[Shotimes] 141 MPH Speeding Ticket

Fri, 23 Apr 2004 12:51:57 -0700 (PDT)

Holy Cow. How long ago was this?  You got OFF LUCKILY!
:)

-John

--- "James F. Ryan III" <av8r567@optonline.net> wrote:
> About 10 years ago I was in Washington D.C. for the
> weekend visiting my
> (then) girlfriend who was working there.  Late
> Sunday night I left for home
> in northern NJ.  When I got to the familiar roads of
> NJ I decided to "kick
> it
> up a few notches".  In no time I was cruising at
> 130+ mph in the SHO.  The
> highway
> separates into 3 express lanes and 3 local lanes
> with a guard rail between
> them.  I was in the left-most lane of the express
> lanes - the #6 lane, if
> you will.
> 
> After about 15 or 20 minutes of this high-speed run
> a bright
> light shone on my head and the rear view mirror.  My
> heart stopped, my
> stomach sank, and I reluctantly looked in the rear
> view mirror.  There was
> nobody behind me for miles!!  My next thought was
> the light was coming from
> above, perhaps a helicopter or maybe the alien
> abduction tractor-beam of a
> UFO.  I slid the moonroof visor back and glanced to
> the heavens - nothing
> there
> either.  Then I figured I must be generating a
> tremendous amount of
> electromagnetic energy (1.21 JigaWatts or more) due
> to the SHO slicing thru
> the air at a high rate.  But, just then the bright
> light went out.
> 
> During this whole time I had let the car slow down
> to 100 mph.  I looked in
> all of my mirrors and through the moonroof again,
> and seeing nothing I took
> 'ol whitey back up to 130 large.  This continued for
> another 10-15 minutes
> until the bright light reappeared.  Instictively I
> looked in my rear view
> mirror and this time there were 3 bright
> lights........then the sparkly red
> lights
> came on.  Oh joy.
> 
> I got three summonses that evening - speeding (131
> mph in a 55 mph zone),
> failure to stay
> right, and failure to signal.  Because of the
> magnitude of the excess
> speeding the "court appearance required" box was
> checked.  The state trooper
> said he had been chasing me for 47 miles.  He was on
> the shoulder of local
> lanes in a
> hiding spot when he saw me blast by at twice the
> rate of
> everyone else.  The chase was on, but he had to
> accelerate to 130mph, and
> then go faster than that to actually close the the
> gap between us.  He said
> that when he caught up to me
> he initially only used the spotlight because he was
> afraid I'd go faster if
> he used the red lights.
> 
> Every so often there's an opening in the guard rail
> and a small
> sign that says "For Official Use Only".  He had to
> slow down to practically
> 0
> mph to slip thru one of these openings, and that's
> when he turned the
> spotlight off.  Then he had to acclerate back to
> 130mph plus some more so
> he could catch up to me again.  He wouldn't tell me
> what his top speed was,
> he
> only said, "Fast enough to catch you".
> 
> In court I plead guilty to the 'speeding' and
> 'failure to signal' summonses,
> but argued with the judge
> on the 'failure to stay right' summons.  "Soooooo,
> if I was in the SLOW lane
> doing 131mph, that would be OK, and I wouldn't have
> gotten this
> summons?!?!?!?"  Judges don't like
> when you argue (sarcastically) with their logic.  I
> argued more, he yelled
> louder, and this continued back and forth until he
> finally slammed his gavel
> on the desk.  The 'failure to signal' summons was
> because I didn't use my
> directional while pulling onto the shoulder at 10mph
> with the cop 5 feet off
> my rear bumper.
> 
> I expected the worst AND thousands of dollars in
> fines, but jail time never
> enetered my mind.  I brought my checkbook and 3
> credit cards to court.
> After the judge slammed his gavel and gave me
> another earful of his
> 'condescending-father-knows-best-attitude' he
> instructed me to pay the court
> $400-something in fines and court costs.  FOUR
> HUNDRED dollars - that's
> it?????  Yes your honor, I have learned my lesson. 
> I will never speed
> again. NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> 
> 
> Jim Ryan - Wayne, NJ
> 91 Plus - all white/mocha
> FPS 96 brakes, Carbotech pads, 55mm MAF w/ K&N, SHO
> Shop horn, SHO Shop
> Y-pipe and cat-back w/ Edelbrock mufflers, KONIs
> with SHO Shop linear
> springs, f&r strut tower braces, HiRevs Jr clutch
> and lightweight flywheel,
> underdrive pulleys, torque limiters, reinforced
> engine mounts, 225/55
> Bridgestone Potenza RE730 tires, and police grille.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Al Fitz" <alfitz@alfitz.com>
> To: "_ShoTimes" <Shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 9:20 AM
> Subject: [Shotimes] 141 MPH Speeding Ticket
> 
> 
> > Interesting news story from here in Nebraska.
> North Platte cops ticketed a
> guy
> > going 141 MPH on the interstate (75 MPH Limit). It
> was the highest speed
> > ticket ever issued by them.
> >
> > NO, he was not driving a SHO, but an '04' Benz.
> >
> > $700 fine and up to 30 days in jail.
> >
> > The original cop who clocked him (Laser) couldn't
> catch him but it is hard
> to
> > outrun a radio and they got him stopped about 15
> miles away (6.38 minutes
> > later).
> >
> > I guess I've been very luck with my high speed
> runs down the
> interstate....
> >
> >
> > Al Fitz
> > alfitz@alfitz.com
> >
> > GET YOUR YAMAHA-SHO EMBLEMS AT:
> > http://www.alfitz.com/sho/yamaha-emblems.htm
> >
> >
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