Speeding Ticket Or ?

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This Dude should get a

Poll ended at Sun Nov 07, 2004 10:46 am

Trophy
1
20%
Ticket
2
40%
Harley (To keep him under a 110 Mph)
2
40%
 
Total votes: 5
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Speeding Ticket Or ?

Post by Pigman » Thu Sep 23, 2004 10:46 am

205 mph on a U.S. highway. Riding a motorcycle. Frankly, a performance like that deserves a trophy, not a speeding ticket:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0922042speed1.html
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Post by eddiecanuck » Thu Sep 23, 2004 10:58 am

Sure I'll give him a trophy, how 'bout a Darwin Award? He's lucky he didn't kill himself. Sorry but going THAT fast on an open highway is just stupid.
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Post by AsaJay » Thu Sep 23, 2004 10:59 am

Versus going that fast on a racetrack?

My question is, what was the traffic like? Other cars? Or was the road totally open, thereby only creating a hazard to -himself-?
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Post by eddiecanuck » Thu Sep 23, 2004 11:28 am

Yes versus on a racetrack. While in my opinion going that fast on a motorcycle even on a racetrack is pretty dumb, at least is cuts down on other people getting hurt because of what he was doing.
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Post by miftah » Thu Sep 23, 2004 12:52 pm

There was a guy in Kansas City last month who was going 130 on a HIGH overpass. He couldn't make the slow curve of the road and ended up ramming the bike into the wall. He landed several hundred feet away from the bike.
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Post by eddiecanuck » Thu Sep 23, 2004 1:00 pm

Yikes.
I'm a puss, my bike hits 80 and I'm getting nervous. I don't usually go above 70. Maybe I just like living too much.
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Post by Pigman » Thu Sep 23, 2004 2:58 pm

I think he was driving a Honda..... (feeling fiesty today... :twisted: )
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Post by eddiecanuck » Thu Sep 23, 2004 3:20 pm

Well it couldn't have been a Harley, it was going over 100mph.
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