Speeder gets $1,300 fine

[AdamSnow]

Clipping from a local newspaper.

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A London man was charged after a Dodge Viper sports car was clocked going 193 km/h -- rendering it a blur, the arresting officer said -- near Grand Bend on Saturday.

The powerful car was doing 113 km/h over the posted speed limit.

The man faces a $1,300 speeding fine and the loss of his licence for six months.

OPP stopped the driver of the Viper along Highway 21, near Pinery Provincial Park, about 2:30 p.m.

The car was stopped just south of Grand Bend, as it slowed in traffic entering the Lake Huron village. The posted speed limit is 80 km/h.

OPP said they can't recall a ticket for such a high speed on a county highway before.

"I've been around 18 years and I've never stopped anybody at that rate of speed,'' said Lambton OPP Const. Luke George.

George said there was nothing in the arresting officer's report to explain why the driver was going so fast.

George said speeding is dangerous, especially in that area at this time of year because it's deer rutting season.

"Those bucks get aggressive and nothing scares them,'' he said.

Nigel ******, 50, has been charged with careless driving and speeding and is to appear in Sarnia court.

 

[DaTT]

Good bye liscence, hello insurance rates!

 

[mrchan]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn.

 

[KLin]

For the standard system people, that's ~119 MPH.

 

[stan394]

193km/h ~= 120mph
80km/h ~= 50mph

 

[Soccerman06]

The thing is, over in Europe the speeding ticket prices all depends on how much you make per year, not a set fine. He must be pritty loaded to get a ticket for that much of an amount, even though its over 2x the limit. People have been know to get $10000s in speeding tickets because they are billionaires.

 

[BS911]

120mph is fast but by far the craziest thing I've ever heard. I talked to a guy the other day at my office that was heading to court for a 185mph ticket on his motorcycle! :Q

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: KLin
For the standard system people, that's ~119 MPH.

That isn't even that fast...

Koing

 

[MustangSVT]

Originally posted by: BS911
120mph is fast but by far the craziest thing I've ever heard. I talked to a guy the other day at my office that was heading to court for a 185mph ticket on his motorcycle! :Q

why did he get caught? 😛

 

[malbojah]

Originally posted by: BS911
120mph is fast but by far the craziest thing I've ever heard. I talked to a guy the other day at my office that was heading to court for a 185mph ticket on his motorcycle! :Q

He better be fighting it, unless he owns a Hayabusa

 

[virtuamike]

The good news is that he can save a bundle on his car insurance by switching to Geico.

 

[Soccerman06]

Originally posted by: MustangSVT

Originally posted by: BS911
120mph is fast but by far the craziest thing I've ever heard. I talked to a guy the other day at my office that was heading to court for a 185mph ticket on his motorcycle! :Q

why did he get caught? 😛

Because he was being chased by planes and he ran out of gas. Oh that guy that was speeding was no more than 60 miles from my hometown.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Originally posted by: BS911
120mph is fast but by far the craziest thing I've ever heard. I talked to a guy the other day at my office that was heading to court for a 185mph ticket on his motorcycle! :Q

Crotch rocket FTW! :laugh:

 

[Bootprint]

Is fox a banned word? Just wondering why the guy's name was censored.

 

[Mucho]

The surprise there is the guy is 50

 

[conehead433]

Originally posted by: Mucho
The surprise there is the guy is 50

So at 50 you're too old to drive fast. LOL
Let me guess, you're in your 20s.

 

[BS911]

Originally posted by: WhoBeDaPlaya

Originally posted by: BS911
120mph is fast but by far the craziest thing I've ever heard. I talked to a guy the other day at my office that was heading to court for a 185mph ticket on his motorcycle! :Q

Crotch rocket FTW! :laugh:

Yep, I guess he juiced up the motor and wanted to take it out and see what she would do. I guess the cop that clocked him radioed for help and they had a road block setup 7 or 8 miles down the road waiting for him.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: Soccerman06
The thing is, over in Europe the speeding ticket prices all depends on how much you make per year, not a set fine. He must be pritty loaded to get a ticket for that much of an amount, even though its over 2x the limit. People have been know to get $10000s in speeding tickets because they are billionaires.

This is London, ONTARIO.

 

[jpeyton]

Who cares. If he can afford a Viper, he can afford the fine and a good lawyer.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Please. Let's face it, unless it is well above 120mph, it isn't *that* fast.

 

[RollWave]

I've gone 140 in my Viper. You have to pick your places.

 

[brxndxn]

119mph? scoff..

I've gone 140.. in a much lesser Camaro. Hell.. when I got a speeding ticket, there were a couple people in the '4-hour-no-points' course that had 120mph speeding tickets.

 

[Evadman]

193 km/h isn't all that fast, at least not around here. I get passed by someone doing >100mph once a week or so on 53. I can't believe they had never had someone going >120 in 18 years. I bet if you set up a speed trap on 53 or the elgin-o'ohare, someone will break 150 by the end of the week.

 

[3chordcharlie]

I was driving from waterloo to grand bend one weekend, doing about 130 (~85mph) when I saw a viper come onto the highway behind me, I decided to speed up (i'll admit it wasn't my brightest decision) to see how fast he would go.

I was doing about 190 (~120) in an acura 3.2tl when he passed me... my car shook and he went screaming past. I would guess he had to be up to 230-250 (~140-150) or so when he passed me, I mean it really was a blur. (Pretty sure it was a gts, which i think tops out in the 180s, so 150 is quite plausible, the road was pretty straight and clear).

Wonder if it was the same guy...

 

[Rebasxer]

Why did he even bother to pull over, if you have a viper you can damn well outrun any cop car