Speeder gets $1,300 fine

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: 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.

That guy should be ashamed of himself for doing 185MPH...and getting caught. The lesson he should have learned? As soon as you pass a cop doing 185MPH, the next hill you go over, exit onto another highway. Not smart staying on the same highway you just passed a cop doing 185MPH.

And yes, 120MPH ain't that fast. Apparently people drive pretty damn slow in London for 120MPH to stand out.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

119? that's it?

 

[PHiuR]

120? I've driven 120 on a 30-45 before.

 

[tommywishbone]

Sounds about right. My wife got a $1200 ticket for going 113 mph on Interstate 5 in the Central Valley in Calif.

 

[Biggerhammer]

Yes, the Viper can go faster. No, the Viper can't go past a speed cop at that rate and expect to get away with it.

He's lucky that his little midlife crisis mobile didn't catch Bambi, a pedestrian or some road debris, driving that fast on public roads.

 

[AdamSnow]

Originally posted by: C6FT7
They should take his car and give it to these folks.

Yeah that's right...

Screw the fine. Make him take HIS car, load it in the crusher and make HIM run the controls of the crusher watching his car get crushed flat. If he doesn't wish to co operate, then members of the enforcing firm (Mr. Browning, Mr. Mossburg, Mr. Winchester, Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson, and Mister Glock) shall make his choice an easy one.

That sounds like a RETARDED idea...

If that were the case, I'd have crushed my car many times over... stupid. pay the fine, go do it again...

 

[Lord Zado]

Originally posted by: AdamSnow
193km/h is fast no matter how you look at it... next time you are doing that look straight out your side window and tell me it's not fast...

Ha! I love this. Next time you are going 120 MPH, why not take your eyes completely off the road!

 

[ahurtt]

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

Good GOD it's a wonder the cop was able to catch him!

 

[AdamSnow]

Originally posted by: Lord Zado

Originally posted by: AdamSnow
193km/h is fast no matter how you look at it... next time you are doing that look straight out your side window and tell me it's not fast...

Ha! I love this. Next time you are going 120 MPH, why not take your eyes completely off the road!

Well if it's not that fast - Why the hell not! :thumbsup:

Get my point? At 120mph or 200km/h the time available to react to something is very small... It's fast... no matter how many people on the board here say it isnt... or say they go that speed on their way to work every morning...

If you are going a speed that you dont feel comfortable taking your eyes off the road even for a split second... your going fast...

 

[BS911]

Originally posted by: greenman100

Originally posted by: 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.

they set up a roadblock in 3 minutes?

Well i doubt it was the roadblock like you see in the movies. Probably a couple cops that were already down the interstate that heard the radio call and were waiting for him. And yes, that can certainly happen in 3 minutes.

 

[akiraxtc]

Doesn't sound too fast, unless it's on a narrow road.
Been driving 140 mph before and it doesn't feel so fast, just meh; but slowing down to 80 mph does make it feel you're crawling

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Who cares. If he can afford a Viper, he can afford the fine and a good lawyer.

$15,000

 

[akiraxtc]

Good find! kinda makes you wonder what's wrong with the car...

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Who cares. If he can afford a Viper, he can afford the fine and a good lawyer.

$15,000

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

How's that fast? I've seen photos of my friends M3 doing 163.. I mean he got pulled over by friggn cop cars. My friend got pulled over by helicopter. Go figure...

 

[imported_nautique]

Ha that sucks big time. I wonder if i can borrow his viper now?

 

[Demon-Xanth]

11 year old car, was $60k new.
KBB for a private party 1996 (doesn't have 1995 listed) in good condition is less than $30k.

 

[flot]

120 is fast, but not that fast.
130 is pretty fast, but not insane
140 and you better be paying attention
150 and you should really slow down
Past that it's just balls vs hp

 

[kumanchu]

Originally posted by: Syringer

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Agreed, 119mph is nothing.
I've been at 130mph on my 92' corolla.

I don't believe you.

30mph per gear times 5 gears = 150mph top speed at 5th gear.
130mph is just starting at 5th gear.

I hope you're not being serious.

A '92 Corolla has barely 100 hp I believe, 130mph is impossible.

And your explanation on gearing is even more ridiculous I don't even know where to begin.

shh!!
/me wants to see a vid of a '92 corrolla do 90 in 3rd gear

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Agreed, 119mph is nothing.
I've been at 130mph on my 92' corolla.

I don't believe you.

30mph per gear times 5 gears = 150mph top speed at 5th gear.
130mph is just starting at 5th gear.

Lets see, based on my car's RPM:
1st gear: 35MPH redline
2nd gear: 60MPH redline
3rd gear: 105MPH redline
4th gear: 153MPH redline (115MPH@4500RPM)
5th gear: 197MPH redline (115MPH@3500RPM)
If it weren't for the computer, drag would kick in at 125 (based on someone with a similar trucks w/ aftermarket ECU that was stationed in Germany). I'd like to think that I have a truck that can almost do 200MPH, but I can't afford the drugs.

For the math heads:
6000RPM redline, NV3500 transmission, 3.55 rear end ratio, 29.5" tall tires.

 

[DPmaster]

Originally posted by: 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.

Heh I've gone 115 mph in a Nissan Sentra before :laugh:

Did it on I-10 (long trip from TX heading to California).

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: kumanchu

Originally posted by: Syringer

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Agreed, 119mph is nothing.
I've been at 130mph on my 92' corolla.

I don't believe you.

30mph per gear times 5 gears = 150mph top speed at 5th gear.
130mph is just starting at 5th gear.

I hope you're not being serious.

A '92 Corolla has barely 100 hp I believe, 130mph is impossible.

And your explanation on gearing is even more ridiculous I don't even know where to begin.

shh!!
/me wants to see a vid of a '92 corrolla do 90 in 3rd gear

Sure, I'll show you when I get my camera back from my gf

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: akiraxtc
Doesn't sound too fast, unless it's on a narrow road.
Been driving 140 mph before and it doesn't feel so fast, just meh; but slowing down to 80 mph does make it feel you're crawling

How fast it feels depends a lot on what sort of car you're driving.

 

[imported_Phil]

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.

WTF are you talking about?
Speeding fines over here (in the UK at least) are a fixed amount, depending on speed. There's no $10000 fine.

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: akiraxtc
Good find! kinda makes you wonder what's wrong with the car...

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Who cares. If he can afford a Viper, he can afford the fine and a good lawyer.

$15,000

Scam asking you to wire money international and have the car shipped to you.

 

[kumanchu]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: kumanchu

Originally posted by: Syringer

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Agreed, 119mph is nothing.
I've been at 130mph on my 92' corolla.

I don't believe you.

30mph per gear times 5 gears = 150mph top speed at 5th gear.
130mph is just starting at 5th gear.

I hope you're not being serious.

A '92 Corolla has barely 100 hp I believe, 130mph is impossible.

And your explanation on gearing is even more ridiculous I don't even know where to begin.

shh!!
/me wants to see a vid of a '92 corrolla do 90 in 3rd gear

Sure, I'll show you when I get my camera back from my gf

/me gleefully waits