Noun
the ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours)
a speedometer reading for the momentary rate of travel
Source: WordNetGarcia wondered why people with JESUS stickers on their bumper always drove twenty miles per hour under the speed limit. If God was my co-pilot, he thought, I'd be doing a hundred and twenty. Carl Hiaasen
Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down. Dave Barry
I want to die at a hundred years old with an American flag on my back and the star of Texas on my helmet, after screaming down an Alpine descent on a bicycle at 75 miles per hour. Lance Armstrong
What Dad means by "see" of course, is "drive past at 67 miles per hour." Dad feels it is a foolish waste of valuable vacation time to get out of the car and actually go look at an attraction. Dave Barry
When Attenborough asked me to do Gandhi it was almost like stepping off one boat and stepping on to another, even though both boats are going at 60 miles per hour. Ben Kingsley
I'm actually a very quiet person off the golf course. I talk 150 miles per hour when I'm at the course, but when in private I very seldom ever open my mouth. Lee Trevino