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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/58581.htm |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I make it a point never to break two laws at the same time... |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | I know Jeff, but sometimes you're just so....caught up in the moment......y'know? |
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Location: Tennessee | And then there's the good news for certain types of drivers ...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1382832&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 |
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Location: Southern California | I guess high-speed chases are not what they're "cracked" up to be? :rolleyes: |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Kinda like playing professional golf.
It's not bragging when you can do it. |
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Location: Tennessee | I once owned an Italian car which generally gravitated towards high rpm's and the attendant speeds. Late one night I did a run down a deserted interstate here in Northern California. After I had gone into the cooling down period (and doing about 65), I was pulled over by a rapidly approaching CHP officer, who was responding to a radio report of a speeding vehicle loosely matching my description. Three minutes later, another CHP vehicle pulled up and an irritated officer complained that he had his Dodge Diplomat pegged at 120 and the vehicle he was chasing (he insinuated it was me) disappeared into the night. Following a discussion of reckless driving (them) and whether this might be a case of mistaken identity (me), we all agreed there was no basis for a ticket and that interstates were no place for cars to be driven at 2X+ the speed limit. After which they spent the next 15 minutes admiring the car, sitting in the drivers seat, revving the engine, and wondering what one of these would look like in black & white. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Most cops I've known are motorheads. I've been stopped by some whose real purpose appeared to be to get a better look at my car. I've never driven over 140 myself, so they have no other reason to stop me. |
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Location: North Idaho | Brings back old memories of a friend and I pegging out our Mustang speedos between Boise and Mountain Home years ago when attending College of Idaho (that will date me). If one of us would have blown a tire--yikes. The amazing feeling to me was how the cars seem to float like your high, even though the suspensions were very stiff for street machines. Sure is a good thing my kids don't do stupid things like that. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Yeah, yeah, kids are much more sensible now than they ever were in our day...... :rolleyes: Things you'll never hear a Grandparent say.
'course WE were smarter. No street racing and such....at least not IN town. |
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Location: East Tennessee | It's not how fast but where.
1. Try the New York State Thruway crossing the Tappen Zee Bridge on a windy day.
2. Try the beltway around Washington DC during rush hour.
3. Try I75 thru Downtown Atlanta in the HOV lane during rush hour.
Any of the above WILL make you old before your time,(if you survive). :D |
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Really OT: After a police chase I like to smoke some crack too.
