Jakpro1

He owns a video production company so he is practicing shooting for a show he is working on. Some drag runs in his slower magnum (hey, he loves it) and then the highway run all get caught on tape.

Luckiest guy on earth. He shoulda been in the joint for sure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM5E6e7bUU4

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How did they catch him? What's the procedure they follow? Sucks but sounds like he got away with it okay.

EDIT: just watched vid. Thought it was a caught by youtube not PULLED OVER. Wow, guy is a comedy genius. You and you're buddies are funny Jakpro. Glad he got off

chiromikey

how long ago was that? i swear i saw that video a couple of years ago.

Cylinder Head

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whats the title of the vid so I can iphone it?

Jakpro1

I'll have to ask him when it was taken. Friend of his, who is a friend of mine, send me the link. Maybe it is few years old. I know he was working on a show called ModdinArt showcasing Amercian Performance cars and street modding but I don't think it went anywhere.

Super great guy and kicks A in the vid studio.

Jakpro1

Title of Vid

busted doin 144mph

Cylinder Head

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got it thanks chief

Cylinder Head

iTrader: (1)

Hooooly ***** he should have been busted. Out here he'd have a knee in his carotid and a glock to his dome in 15 seconds flat after being pulled over.

Jakpro1

I believe he is in St Louis or near. Maybe the Missouri state boys are cooler than ours. Ours tazer first and ask questions later.

Jakpro1

I haven't spoken with him in quite awhile actually. Don't even think he knows I have the monster.

Should I send him this link or would that be kinda rubbing it in??

Don't wanna make him feel bad, but I didn't know he was such a drag nut honestly. Gotta fly out there and meet up with him soon.

Carl Lassiter

That video is brilliant. The guy has some serious wit and *****. Glad he got away with it but those speeds at night are a bad idea.

chiromikey

i have seen that video before. it was posted on an srt8 board about 2 years ago and he went by the screenname "grinner".

Jakpro1

That's the dude.

Here's the show he was working on

b_rashed

that seriously is crazy, i was doing around 97 and the cop pulls me over and says he was PACING me and i was doing over 100 so on the ticket he puts 101+. i hate freaking california cops, they can be pigs most of the time and they make the smallest things such dramatic things. since were on the subject anybody know what i could do about this ticket since he said he was PACING me and i know clearly i didnt go over a 100 since i had my odometer in the digital reading?

cte430

You aint kidding!! LOL! I was shocked at how calm the cops were.

jrcart

Some guys have all the luck, I nearly got arrested a week ago in my own driveway for no front plate...100% true story. This guy gets off doing 140???????

PerisanGodFatha

I got a ticket just like that about 2 years ago... I was doing about 130 in the G55...and got pulled over by 2 CHP cars...they talked sh*t to me for about 25 mins then let me go with a speeding ticket it said 90+mph

Tritech

This guy is from the subaru boards isn't he? I think I recognize him from the **** (periodic review of NASIOC)...

EDIT: Oh yea and he has the "gravedigger" themed magnum!

Rudyrono

Thanks for sharing that video Jim!

skooby

Without a electronic confirmation, ticket is invalid. I would fight it.

chiromikey

that's not necessarily the case. many states can go on as little as a visual estimate by an officer.

Blacksport350

I'm not impressed by your friend...he was his left hand draped over the right side of the wheel running down the quarter mile! If anything happened, it would be bad news.

That aside, he is a lucky man. I got busted in one of my AMG cars on an empty highway on a Saturday morning and while the officer threw the book at me, he let me go. is attitude was far from enthusiastic which might have had something to do with the fact that it took him one mile to catch up to me on his motorcycle as I didn't know we was chasing me and had slowed to the speed limit so he could close the gap.

b_rashed

i dont know what ima do yet. court is in about a month and i have to go to juvenile court b/c im 17. and if he is decent enough i could prolly get some less citation or something. ill have to see.

CWW

I got pulled over once for 128 in a 70, and another time for 105 in a 45, both some time ago.

The 128 they bumped down to 90 and cut me a break, but the guy for the 105 in a 45 was a dick and wrote up the full amount, although he still didn't take me to jail. I fought that one and actually got out of it. IIRC, his radar certificate was expired or some such, and I showed up to court with a court reporter (which tells the judge you will appeal if they don't follow the rules), and he let me off on the technicality. The 90 in a 70 I pled in exchange for a withold...that guy was nice, I wasn't going to be a dick to him in court after he cut me a break like that.

Bottom line, IMO:

2 things:

1: It's a royal hassle for them to take you to jail and book you if they are just doing traffic duty or stationary duty, especially if you are out in the stix (which you would have to be to go that fast...hopefully), and especially if they're near or at the end of their shift. So a lot of it is their own convenience factor. Knowing that, if you're nice to them they will usually let you go with a ticket, unless you're racing another car, then it's game-over.

2: Times have changed. The shiznit I could get away with on the road when I first started driving, or even 10 years ago, is no longer possible these days. Reason: Cell phones are now so affordable that everybody has one, and everybody is a ******' cell-phone cop. If you are doing 140+ on the highway and you see even one other car on the road, then there's like a 99.9% chance they have a cell phone and will probably use it to call the cops on you. Almost makes you wish it was back to the days of BellSouth-Mobility with my $400/mo bill and the 30lb cell phone that cost $2k and was attached by a cord to a bag with a shoulder strap. At least then every mom in a station wagon couldn't play state trooper.

Also, that guy should have had a radar detector and a CB radio if he's going to drive that fast. He prolly would have avoided the whole thing.