I was just watching TopGear on BBC'murica and they were were playing with a Koenigsegg CCX.. mentioned it's the current record holder for fastest speeding ticket ever. Heres the top 3..



The fastest speeding ticket in the world allegedly occurred in May 2003 in Texas. It was supposedly 242mph in a 75mph zone. The car was a Swedish-built Koenigsegg, which was involved in the San Francisco to Miami Gumball 3000 Rally.

The fastest convicted speeder in the UK was Daniel Nicks, convicted of 175 mph on a Honda Fireblade motorcycle in 2000. He received six weeks in jail and was banned from driving for two years.

The fastest UK speeder in a car was Timothy Brady, caught driving a 3.6-litre Porsche 911 Turbo at 172 mph on the A420 in Oxfordshire in January 2007 and jailed for 10 weeks and banned from driving for 3 years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_ticket

I think it's BS, Ted. No name is given. And how the hell did the cops catch him anyway?

Here's something really stupid I just ran across.
http://www.leftlanenews.com/texas-to...er-habits.html
Raise the speed limits and less people speed! Whoda thunk it?

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Uhh... but that beeb show I was watching mentioned that same info.



Lemme see. k here we go. Gumball Rally 2003.. video evidence
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gumball-Rall.../dp/B000171QSW

DVD Description
150 Supercars, 3000 miles, 14 arrests and over $50,000 in fines! Fasten your seatbelts and start up your engines for the movie of the Gumball Rally from San Francisco to Miami! Amazing cars, including Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Bentleys and the Swedish Koenigsegg Supercar set off for 6 days of driving to the limit, hitting speeds of over 240 mph on the highways of America.


There ya go. Apparently, unlike back in the 70s and 80s, illegal coast-to-coast cannonball racers now film their own crimes for the police

Cannonball Run was a ripoff of the original Gumball Rally movie from 1976. According to IMDB, the still unnamed driver of the Koenig talked his way out of the speeding ticket! I'd like to see that!


"And now my friend, the first rule of Italian driving: What's behind me is not important."

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My personal Lawyer has told me this.

1) Fight every ticket you ever get. There is a reasonable chance the police officer will not show up for court. If he/she does not, its dismissed. In San
Antonio, cops have an absentee in the 50% range, but it is probably much smaller in a small town.

2) If the cop made an error on the ticket: sex, name, lisence plate, make model, the ticket will be dismissed.

3) If you show up and the cop show up and his ticket is error free. Do not press the issue. Its you versus a cop.
And in your case its: You the outsider versus the hometown cop.

You lose.

4) If you ask for a jury trial, the jury will hate your guts for wasting their time. Do not do this.

5) Go on with your life if you lose.

Ixtellor

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heyeh that was a fun movie!



Here is the first Cannonball race. I had to wait months just to read about them on Car&Driver and Road&Track... now they get movies.

http://www.allamericanracers.com/cannonball.html

ohbtw, iirc that was actually the second time it was run. A year before that, Yates organized the same race but no-one showed up. So it was just him and his son in van that won.

I've gotta drive about 750 miles tomorrow. I am totally jealous of the van with the portapotty and 298 gallons of gas. I don't even have an extra driver.

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Bonvoya'gee! Have a safe trip, Pam.


Just imagine yourself in a nascar race driving the slowest car. That should make time go faster. Oh, don't forget pit strategy. very important.

Thanks Ted. I know all the good pit stops by now. I time my own fluid intake so that I get full about the time the gas tank is empty. I have to drive a pickup though. There's that one part of I-10 in Louisiana that is mile after mile of rhythmic bouncing and I don't mean that in a good way either.

I listen to talk radio a lot on these trips. I also think about what I'll do when I win the lottery. I haven't figured it all out yet, but one thing for sure is I will never spend an entire day driving again - unless of course, I was in a McLaren or something similar doing the Gumball.

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I think that's because many (most) people tend to drive at the speed they feel comfortable. The speed limit is simply ignored because the odds of getting caught are so slim. After all, I've sped every day for 20 years and have ZERO tickets. Not one. Been pulled over 3 times. Let go each time. As you raise the limit people still drive at the speed they feel most comfortable, so more people are driving within the limits. I drive 80-85 on the expressway. Raise the limit to 100 and I'll still go 80-85.

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