Cool.. Do it on a track where the error for disaster is limited to you. BTW.. reading arizona laws just for kicks.... reckless driving is defined as endangering person or property (including passenger). Just thought that added an important bit to what it's about.

All those things you pointed out are against the rules and if a cop views you doing them you will get ticketed. Hell, if you see someone doing it and you video them and their plate number you can turn them in if you like.

I want a mirror :) especially for the hidef
the autoblog link is down now too!!

Sure skills are needed, but not while going in a straight line like this :) well, you only need to be smart enough to not make any sudden moves together with taking foot from accelerator :)

They all are...

Many things can affect the accuracy of a speedometer: tires size and wear, internal mechanical tolerances, electrical fluctuations...

There is no such thing as an accurate dash-o-meter.

Did the passanger look scared to you? you sure cannot see his face, but he was videotaping steadily and sure was enjoying ride not less than a driver :)

Chargeable offenses and the actual state of mind are not related.

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Because you don't understand US Law.

Going 10mph over you get a ticket, its a moving violation. Nothing serious at all.

When you go 150+ mph over the speed limit from what I hear its a felony. Felony = illegal. It is reckless he could have hit a bump and lost control. Even though i hear (from Lia) that he is an excellant driver. If he was going that fast and killed his passanger or another person on the road he would be charged with manslaughter or vehicular homicide or something a lot worse than someone going 10mph over the speed limit.

where is the video, its gone and so is that site

Maybe not in Can-a-da but here that works like a charm.

See, we have this little thing called "reasonable doubt" and if you challenge the validity of something the burden of proof falls on the prosecution. In the details presented by the other poster, the court would never go to extended lengths to prosecute a speeding ticket (unless you are driving 219 then...). Most strongly contested speeding tickets are thrown out because in the time it would take them to mount an effective case they could process 100 more idiots that are pleading guilty.

If you are convicted on your speeding ticket you also have the right to a jury trial. Ask for one! The case will either be dismissed or simply never go to trial.

At least that is how it works in Am-er-i-ca.

Can I cast my vote for an IQ entrance exam to get access to GFY? Oh, and how about $150.00 per year subscription fee?

I am 110% sick of sifting through posts by children and/or idiots!

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http://www.abc15.com/news/local/stor...8-d5238bcbf048

From the story:
The Arizona Department of Public safety is trying to determine the validity of a video showing a man driving more than 200 miles per hour in a Lamborghini on the Loop 202.

The video, which has been making rounds on the internet, claims the man reached a top speed of 219 miles per hour.

The video has appeared on both individual websites and on the popular video sharing site, YouTube.com.

In it, the Lamborghini appears to pass other vehicles on the freeway at the high rate of speed. The driver also appears to make a contest out of it all.

DPS has confirmed there’s a criminal investigation underway to determine the authenticity of the video.

The speeding appears to be happening on the San Tan Freeway portion of the Loop 202 in the Southeast Valley.

It's unclear when the video was shot.

Stay with ABC15.com for updates.


Holy Shit! 10 pages!!!

Like most GFY threads, which you should be use to by now... No one is making him out to be Hitler. Actually most posts are replies to other idiots making posts in this thread. You know like some idiot says " whats the big deal we speed on the AutoBahn" and that spins off a 30 post discussion.


I think you are over reacting with the " he shouldn't be executed " and " made out to be hitler" comments. If you read back through the thread and actually read the posts you will see most people said the same thing you did, it was stupid, bad judgement on his part, it was reckless, what an idiot for taping it and posting it to the net etc... I think that is hardly making the guy out to be Hitler. Last i checked Hitler killed millions of people, Rob just drove a car 200+ mph. All the rest of the posts were people arguing amongest themselves.

When the mini-van with 4 kids pulls into the lane from the shoulder, after checking their side view mirror and seeing headlights well off in the distance, having no idea that the headlights are approaching at 4 times the speed you would expect them to approach at, how do you avoid making any sudden moves?

Wow, from the story this shit doesn't look to good for Rob. Me senses a witch hunt about to begin!

He might lose his car, but at least he will have a new x-box to play with!***

Sorry, I could not resist!


***this assumes that the prize for the longest thread is a new x-box

and what makes you think so? Just enough bravery is needed, driving like this in straight line is fairly easy in such a car, the car is 100% stable and easy to drive, even no clutch. You don't know because you never did it, the fact that something scares the shit out of you does not mean that other people need skills for this :) And well, in curves it would be something different.

Oh christ maddox - for the love of god stop.

Ill second that. However since that wont happen I have decided to use the ignore function, by the time i am done i will have thousands of people added . Its a pain in the ass but better than nothing.

minivan with 4 children in the middle of the night? I am sure in US it means jail time to have your children up at 3 in the morning

I will, but it was a fun night :)

Wrong. There can be many reasons why, but you completely miss the point. Mini-van with 4 children, an old guy in a pick-up truck, a stripper going home after a hard nights work, it is all the same.

If speeding is a felony in Arizona ......... (is it?, reckless driving)
 

The car will be seized. Period. The fact that the "crime" was deliberate, and on going won't help.

You can't explain this to Maddox the idiot. his response is they do it on the autobahn and people should look in their rear mirrors.

On the autobahn people know there is no speed limit so the people going slower are aware and cautious. On an interstate were the speed limit is 65 mph no one is expecting someone else to be driving 200+ mph. When they look in their mirror and they barely see headlights in the distance they will not react to it thinking that person is 5 mins behind them not 5 seconds.

but you (maddox) are to thick in the fucking head to understand this.

you know what, you actually convinced me :)

I don't know about that. I am not versed in AZ law but even on a felony Reckless endangerment charge, I don't think the state can seize a vehicle.

vehicle seizures usually take place due to drug busts and thats a special and specific piece of legislation that allows that.

Hell, even in a vehicular homicide case, the defendant gets the car back unless it's his second DWI (DUI) ...at least here in NY, as far as I know.

It also doesnt help that he was making the video to promote his site (make money), and says in the video " see if you can beat that" or something to that affect. Encouraging people to go out and do it and trying to use it for self promotion are the things that probably have the cops interested. if he would have just made a video it got posted to youtube and there was no site behind it or way to track the person down i bet nothing would have ever been done about it.

maddox, My mother in her Chevy has no business and is just as dangerous on a German autobahn as this guy is on our roads. Make it a little clearer?

oh shit...making news all over:
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/102919

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Officials are investigating a YouTube.com video that appears to show an unknown man driving a Lamborghini Murcielago about 219 mph on Loop 202.

Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Harold Sanders would not comment on the video, which he called an "alleged extreme violation of the posted speed limit," in a statement to the media.

The video shows the gold car making three attempts to beat what a narrator calls the car?s former top speed of 171 mph. In the first run, the engine roars, but only reaches 211 mph.

The Lamborghini then takes a rest and goes for another race, but is apparently slowed down by another driver.

"Could?ve gone even more if it wasn?t for this car in front of us," a voice says.

Based on passing signs in the background, it appears the car is traveling in east Mesa near Ellsworth Road on the Santan stretch of Loop 202.

Ros De Giaxa, sales manager at Motorsports of Scottsdale, the only licensed Lamborghini dealership in the state, said the manufacturer of the car lists its top speed at 205 mph, but it?s quite possible the car could travel faster.

"They are built for speed," De Giaxa said. "They have all-wheel drive, 12 cylinders, 640 horsepower ... which is more than a Ferrari."

De Giaxa said there are about 350 Lamborghinis in Arizona, with more being purchased every day. He said Motorsports of Scottsdale is Arizona's only authorized service center for the car.

He said Lamborghini technicians have equipment that can show how fast the car has been driven.

"Everyone who has a warranty has to come to us," he added.

De Giaxa confirmed he had watched the video, but declined to comment if he knows who owns the car, citing a customer privacy protection policy.

The video doesn?t show the drivers? face, and only his voice can be heard at the end of the video when he introduces himself and challenges someone to beat his alleged record speed.

Maybe how it works in SD, sure is not the way it works in CA

Ray, Cars are also taken from "john's" looking for 20 dollar blowjobs. If the vehicle is continually used in the commission of a crime, and is in fact the only reason the crime can be committed it will be seized.

Right or wrong the justification is there to take it. Property in a seizure becomes it's own entity and it's guilt or innocence is not tied to the human being charged. The state attorneys will make it to expensive to even attempt to recover.


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You really are a goof ball, aren't you?

I am going to rescind my comment about you being ESL, you are simply a dunce.

Honestly, WTF is your problem....??

This 219 MPH fiasco did not happen in Germany. It happened in Arizona, USA where the legal speed limit is between 65 and 75 MPH depending on the population and controlled access. Not 219; ever!

As for your statement: "it's the same damn road and a lot less cars."

Let me start with: BAAAHAHAHAHAHAH

Now on tot the facts:

If you do a little research you will find that the "autobahn" is actually unlike any US highway. It is smoother, thicker and wider. In fact the autobahn was specifically designed with a 3 degree camber in the flats to disburse rainwater and a steeper than normal angle in curves to allow for tracking.

In short you are an idiot and the autobahn is designed more like a racetrack.. which is where this entire let's=drive-219 deal should have begin and ended.

This is clear like sky during the sunny day, I was just playing with you people :)

and leave Arnold alone, I am sure he is a great Governor!!!!

There was a 3 1/2 year window in Montana where speed limits were defined as *reasonable and prudent*. The freeways there were built exactly the same as every freeway in the US.

My experiences with the Autobahn are that people there are trained to drive differently. They don't drink coffee and talk on phones. They drive in the right and pass on the left.

The roads in Germany are not that much better than the US system.

that kind of kills the argument " the tape has been edited, it can't be credible, they can't go off the tape, etc etc." All they have to do is get a subpoena which t hey could get from the video and bring the car into the dealership to verify how fast it has been driven. Doesn't matter if the orginal tape has been destroyed etc... At this point if i was him I would destroy the car, you have to get rid of all the evidence :helpme:winkwink::Oh crap

I wish it were like this. We have many people here that change lanes without checking if there's a faster car on the left lane approaching. Then we have people that even change lanes on purpose to slow you down and of course the people that think they own the left lane. I'm happy that my car has very good brakes :)

that was stupid thing to do .

No doubt the autobahn is far from perfect and is getting more congested yearly. But a bad day on the autobahn is still far better than a great day on American freeways.

Check out this comment someone made to the news story ( I edited the post not to show the info), I don't want to be responsible for posting personal shit, but this guy who made the comment actually posted the address and phone numbers.


Now, how the hell did he get that from the video???
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You need to get out more. I have driven on highways that I can go an hour and see as many people as Rob did in that 5 minute video.