We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. It’s just not a good idea to use a public highway as your own personal race track.
Just ask the owner of this C6 Corvette who learned an expensive lesson this week. He faces speeding and reckless driving charges from the California Highway Patrol after he was clocked going 134 mph on Highway 50.
You can see a view of the dark red Corvette from the motorcycle used to pull the driver over, and afterwards, the CHP posted this warning to others on Facebook:
“The driver of this Corvette decided that being late for work was worth driving 134 mph on US-50. At that speed, there’s no room for error — reaction times are cut in half, stopping distances increase exponentially, and the consequences of even a minor mistake can be deadly.”
Furthermore, patrol officials stressed the dangers of speeding for everyone, urging all drivers to plan ahead and slow down on the road.
“Running late is never worth risking your life — or the lives of others on the road,” the CHP post read. “Reckless driving isn’t just dangerous, it’s irresponsible, and illegal.”
Source:
Facebook via Sacremento Bee
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If not the interstate hwy , where ? can’t they at least give a small window of crazy time ? jus kidding lol that 20 over law is a ball buster
Some people just (DON’T CARE) about others, or themselves. He or she should get the max fine, points on drivers license☻and impound that Vette.
I am in California… That ticket will cost a fortune, but so will the 30 day suspended license.
A friend got nailed about 5 years ago. Her auto insurance went from about $1000 a year to $4000 a year. GEICO sucks…
I’m curious – was the motorcycle cop doing that speed to pull him over?
@Jake Nope, Their system can get a clock on you going and coming, regardless of their speed. RADAR has come a long way since the days when a detector was worth it’s weight in gold.
@Ronnie I think what the OP meant was whether the officer had to attain an equal or greater speed on his motorcycle in order to catch-up to the offending vehicle and actually initiate the stop, irrespective of how he measured the speed. I would opine the answer to that question is very likely “yes”.
@Matt Thank you, that was my question.
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