Fastest Speeding Tickets in Texas in 2018
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Indeed. The F150 has a limiter that cuts in at 100mph. Something is amiss there. I'm not even sure the gearing makes it possible. We Maybe it was clocked driving off a cliff? Assuming terminal velocity is even that fast for a truck :)
https://www.topspeed.com/cars/ford/2013-ford-f-150-raptor-sv...
Think about it like a reverse drag race where you start at trap speed and reach 0 ASAP and the vehicle always has more power than it can put to the ground (indeed brakes are basically always capable of enough torque to break the wheels free). Pretty much anything on good tires should be able to stop from that kind of speed in under 1/4mi. It won't be 1/8mi but it will be solidly under 1/4.
I can say from personal experience that if you have non-terrible tires and you're stopping in the kind of distances insurance companies, driver's ed and state drivers' manuals like to quote then something is wrong because those sources are very, conservative with stuff like that (for obvious reasons).
I'm not trying to assume best case. I'm saying we should not assume worst case either. Most sources do the latter because most sources seek to coax everyone into driving conservatively (which is not a bad thing).
I will add 10:22am there would've been quite a bit of traffic (relatively speaking) and highway patrol loves hanging out on I40 (as it's a major drug corridor).
> VIOLATOR ADMITTED TO SPEED AS "BEING A RECORD"
another one
> First checked at 85 mph northbound on I-45 driving in the left hand lane. Sped off at a high rate of speed "sped off at a high rate of speed".
Is that proper english?
>DRIVER ADMITTED HE WAS RUNNING LATE TO WORK AND THOUGHT HE WAS GOING 130 MPH NOT 137 MPH
that's a 80pmh zone. Is there some cutoff at 130 that would have made the driver's situation better if below 130?!
The rate of a rate is the acceleration, so it's valid English, but probably not what was meant.
but that was on a completely empty, open road, where no cars could be seen for miles.
I can't fathom going that fast in traffic.
edit: It should be mentioned I had a long history at that point of driving 100+ nearly all the time. That stopped when I finally got pulled over the summer before college and got a $300 ticket. I can't afford to speed like that. lol
In my country (France) you would loose your driving license for up to 3 years, pay a hefty fine between 1500 and 4000 euros, have your car confiscated and might even go to jail for a few months if you're a repeat offender.
The US tends to have much more lax laws than Europe when it comes to minimum punishment but reserves the right to screw people hard if it wants.
In most states if the cop doesn't like something about you they can make 20-over (which BTW is normal traffic speed on a lot of highways when they aren't clogged with traffic) a misdemeanor which can carry all sorts of penalties if the prosecutor wants to throw the book. There's also "catch-all" violations that are vaguely worded that they can nab your for even if you're doing nothing (at which point it's basically up to the court to decide WTF to do).
I would guess the penalty might range from an expensive ticket all the way up to several months in jail with fines on top. Depends on where in the US you get caught.
Also a bit concerned that lists like this gaining publicity may cause the problem to get worse. Some may see last year's "high score" as a challenge to top.
That said, finding the space to get up to that speed in heavy traffic is somewhat of an achievement in itself.
You've got three drivers, A, doing whatever, we'll assume speed limit +0.
Then you've got B, doing speed limit +5 and closing the gap between him and A in the right lane.
And finally you've got C, doing speed limit +10 in the left lane, coming up behind B.
B could be considerate in that they are assuming that C, being the sort of crazy speed limit who drives faster than themselves, would prefer the chance to accelerate to +15 or +20 and pass both A&B before the A/B pass is executed, but C isn't going to do that because they're happy doing +10 and not a penny over. Or they could be the inconsiderate jerk who isn't paying attention to C at all.
C could be considerate in that they assume B wants to be going faster than +5 and are giving them an opportunity to pass A and go at least +10, but B is happy going +5 and doesn't want to go a penny over. Or they could be an inconsiderate jerk who just wants to drive +10 in the left lane and thinks everyone should get out of their way.
The end result is that B ends up pissed off that that asshole C refused to pass him and then tailgates him for the next 30 seconds until the pass is complete, while C ends up pissed off that the asshole B waited until the last second to pass and then did so extremely slow.
A stays blissfully happy so long as neither B not C hit him, and B doesn't merge back too aggressively while completing the pass, forcing him to decelerate, or C attempts to pass B on the right because B is taking to long to merge, again forcing A to decelerate to maintain proper following distance.
In any case, both B&C are jerks for exceeding the speed limit and then acting entitled about it.
I've driven highish end German cars at speed, and American muscle at speed, and there's NO question in my mind which is better engineered for that kind of behavior.
Watch the driving portion of the GT review by Doug DeMuro, he's blown away by the driving experience: https://youtu.be/l5zT005oGbA?t=1123
http://articles.latimes.com/1991-03-30/news/mn-850_1_police-...