Watch yer speed

[Snowbird]

yeah, well... 160 on the roads isn't speeding. It's nucking futs. Then he evaded.

I say the book they're throwing at him isn't big or heavy enough.

ST.N Trivia contest: How many posts in this thread before people start saying things like "bikes should be exempted from speed limits because they're so much better..."  

Speed limits for bikes should be "reasonable and prudent." This was neither.

[Snowbird]

Well I got warned last fall for speeding in a school zone.  Middle of the day, 11AM in a small hick town.  Speed limit was posted as "35 mph, 20 when children present"  I was doing 32 and the SOB came after me.  

Apparently "children present" includes "during recess behind a six foot fence 100ft from the road".

Some people get their panties in such a wad about school zones.  At 8AM on Monday in October? Absolutely!   At 9 PM on a Saturday in July?  NO!  Its not a school zone if the school is closed!

160 is a bit excessive, though.

I'd disagree somewhat. Schools have activities at all the times of the year.

OTOH:

Apparently "children present" includes "during recess behind a six foot fence 100ft from the road".

I see your point here.

[Jake Harsha]

 Long live Motorcycling... for it will never crawl up it's own ass and suffocate....

Oh, I don't know about that, Larry...  I think your statement adequately characterizes many of the threads on this site.


Jake

[RowdyRed94]

3 years for 160mph.  And yet we give Drunk Drivers nothing more than a slap on the wrist for killing someone.

I don't disagree with the penalty - I'm just pissed that the courts would give a harsher penalty for NOT harming someone than for a murderer.

I was thinking the same. Had he been going 60mph and actually hit someone, the penalty might have been less.

[MisterEd]

Yeah. Um.  Well...

See there's "speeding" and then there's "SPEEDING"

... or behaving like a true f*cktard.

[Heath3n]

Officers said Engelbeck told them he was a former racer who was heading for work.

Kinda like throwing gas on a fire right? I'm sure that went over real well...lol.  

[DRam]

 

Apparently "children present" includes "during recess behind a six foot fence 100ft from the road".

So all the kids are on the playground, perhaps except for the one kid that is late for school, or is going home for some reason, or ... or ...     You can never be absolutely sure that during the school day, or after for that matter, that some kid won't be wandering around outside the playground.  Many schools have playground equipment that kids play on days schools isn't in session even during summer, especially in small, hick towns.  

And you did get only a warning.  Quit griping.

[stefrrr]

KPHO learned that he has riding with a suspended license and has history of wreckless driving.

Well, if he's not wrecking, what's the problem?  

[DataDan]

It happened in on a Monday in April at 7:00am.

I agree with Mr. Sunshine--the guy was sentenced for felony evasion, not for speeding. The short-bus alum who wrote the story didn't seem to actually understand what he was writing about.

In CA, running from the cops can be charged either as a misdemeanor or a felony, depending on circumstances. I'd guess that it's similar in other states.

[yellowcarbon]

Even if it happen this week, most of the Phoenix Metro areas have year-round school schedules.  School started back in the middle of July.  We should takes winters off so kids can actually play outside.  When it is over 110, it's hard to tell the kids to outside & play.

The freeway he was speeding on is absolutely packed during rush hour.  So at 140, the guy had to be splitting traffic or running down the medial, which is only about 4-5' wide at most points.  The speed limit is 65, but at rush hour you do about 50 with traffic.  

[chornbe]

I don't get why this is so hard to understand...

* 140 mph on public roads.
* ran from the cops.

Case closed. What possible mitigating circumstances could keep this from being a simple case of a douchebag needing a good wringing out?

[Albie]

What possible mitigating circumstances could keep this from being a simple case of a douchebag needing a good wringing out?

Some chick rode along side him and kicked his mirror off.