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Driver charged with going 139 MPH
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| May 6, 2013
| Jennifer McDermott
Posted on 05/07/2013 11:03:48 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: OldMissileer
yeah nothing like getting the vette up above 150. it just begs for more. I hope I never get caught. $500 and a arrested doesn't sound like any fun.
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posted on
05/07/2013 11:43:52 AM PDT
by
jetvol1
(Yeah yeah yeah i love ya. now roll over.)
To: ConorMacNessa
That’s awesome. The car, I mean.
I live here, please don’t do that again!
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posted on
05/07/2013 11:44:51 AM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: cuban leaf
Anecdotal What,my experiences or the ones of that German cop? Sorry *I* don't have any photos to show you but...remember the picture of the dead jihadi from Boston that's been on the web? Well,*I* have seen people come in after an MVA (motor vehicle accident) that looked 10 times worse than that even before the surgeons went to work (the jihadi was photographed *after* surgical intervention).And as for the cop...he either did,or didn't,patrol the Autobahn.If he did...for any length of time...I have *no* problem believing his story given what *I've* seen result from accidents at 70mph.
And as for bikes...anyone with the most basic understanding of physics can easily imagine what might happen to a rider involved in an accident at 70mph....or even 40mph.
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
“I could be there in an hour! Then I came back to my senses.”
lol! That’s how the thought process usually goes....let’s see...240 miles at 120mph, or 65mph...mmmm.
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posted on
05/07/2013 11:47:44 AM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off. -786 +969)
To: occamrzr06
“Had my 74 Vega up to 65 once.”
I was going to post about having a full race Yamaha 1100 endurance bike over 150 once, but you’ve trounced me in the courage department.
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posted on
05/07/2013 11:47:47 AM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
To: henkster
Hes got me; best I ever did was 115 in my 1972 Mustang Mach I on I 465 in the wee hours of the morning. It had more to give but the Ford steering was so bad, I was starting to drift between lanes. That was enough for me.I have seen that happen to a Mustang. I had a guy in a 70's era Mustang II trying to keep up with my Saab Turbo in Oklahoma. At 105, he had a hard time tracking his lane. I pushed it to 140 and he quickly disappeared from view.
86
posted on
05/07/2013 11:48:41 AM PDT
by
tpmintx
(Gun free zones are hunting preserves for unarmed people.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
87
posted on
05/07/2013 11:49:16 AM PDT
by
SoldierDad
(Proud dad of an Army Soldier who has survived 24 months of Combat deployment.)
To: occamrzr06
I don’t think my 74 Vega could do 65. I beat that car like a drum. Afterr me it went to a junk yard...
To: 1rudeboy
My thoughts exactly. Must have had it at half throttle. LOL! Can’t outrun motorola. Or sprint PTT.
89
posted on
05/07/2013 11:49:58 AM PDT
by
rktman
(BACKGROUND CHECKS? YOU FIRST mr. president(not that we'd get the truth!))
To: dsrtsage
In rural desert areas I regularly see how fast the rental car can go in the US.Funny. I used to travel a lot for work. Whenever you turn in a rent-car, they always ask if there is anything wrong with the car. I always answered "It doesn't go fast enough."
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posted on
05/07/2013 11:52:13 AM PDT
by
tpmintx
(Gun free zones are hunting preserves for unarmed people.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
What's the point of having a car that will do 139 MPH if you never get to do 139 MPH?
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posted on
05/07/2013 11:54:08 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Islam is a religion of peace, and Moslems reserve the right to detonate anyone who says otherwise.)
To: AppyPappy
In July 1985 I did 90 in a 1972 Ford Pinto wagon while driving my wife to the hospital that was 20 miles away when she went into labor and her water had broke.
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posted on
05/07/2013 11:54:18 AM PDT
by
SoldierDad
(Proud dad of an Army Soldier who has survived 24 months of Combat deployment.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Stewart V. Williams, 25, ... was charged with reckless driving, greater than 85 mph. Dude should have come to Texas
93
posted on
05/07/2013 11:55:34 AM PDT
by
tpmintx
(Gun free zones are hunting preserves for unarmed people.)
To: tpmintx
Sorry - Image failed to post.
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posted on
05/07/2013 11:56:55 AM PDT
by
tpmintx
(Gun free zones are hunting preserves for unarmed people.)
To: tpmintx
Even medium-priced Euro cars are indeed designed to do 100mph and remain stable. I believe a lot of Americanized Euro cars (like the smaller Buicks that are actually Opel designs) are altered for more sedate American highways.
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posted on
05/07/2013 11:57:57 AM PDT
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Did 120 in an 83 (? +/-)ford escort 4 cylinder manual transmission with one other guy. Took me 2 miles downhill to get up to speed and 1/2 mile to stop. Thought the doors were going to rattle off and fly away. Boy was I out of my mind...
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posted on
05/07/2013 11:58:03 AM PDT
by
reed13k
(For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
To: henkster
Hes got me; best I ever did was 115 in my 1972 Mustang Mach I on I 465 in the wee hours of the morning. It had more to give but the Ford steering was so bad, I was starting to drift between lanes. That was enough for me.Similar experience back in high school with a 74 Malibu. Buried the needle at 120MPH. That thing was all over the road.
Some years later I was riding with a friend on his Ninja. He hit 130. At the next light, I hit him square on the back for doing that. That's just too fast for me on two wheels.
But last summer I hit 150 at the NASCAR experience at Texas Motor Speedway. THAT was fun!!!
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posted on
05/07/2013 12:01:24 PM PDT
by
al_c
(http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
To: miliantnutcase
This dude went 147 in a stock rental....
Some records are meant to be broken, but Scottsdale police aren’t happy with one that has been shattered by someone they described as “a very dangerous driver.” The new speed record clocked last month by photo enforcement cameras along Loop 101 in Scottsdale — at 147 mph — is 16 mph more than the one set by an unknown motorcyclist on Feb. 14. Lawrence Pargo, 26, of Goodyear was arrested by Scottsdale police at his home May 26 on suspicion of four counts of excessive speeding, reckless driving and endangerment, Scottsdale police Lt. Frank O’Halloran said. Pargo was clocked and...
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posted on
05/07/2013 12:02:26 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: cuban leaf
Maybe not. It’s called “reckless endangerment” and going so much faster than most traffic would go, on limited road geometries - this is not AZ or MT - is indeed ridiculously dangerous.
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posted on
05/07/2013 12:03:43 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Slackers.
Drove 165 in a friend’s Pantera across Alligator Alley from Naples to Ft. Lauderdale in 1972 when it was only a 2-lane.....really thankful The Lord looks out for fools, children, idiots and drunks cause I was a fool that day and one little gator crossing the road - which they frequently did back then - would have nailed me.
Oh, yeah. I’ve been the other 3 in the past too.......
Oh,my bro in Naples drove a new R8 and R10 at those speeds last week at Audi’s invitation - but it was on a closed course track.......
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posted on
05/07/2013 12:03:53 PM PDT
by
Arlis
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