115 Mph? You Must Be Joking

[YogsVR4]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...nm/speeding_dc

LONDON (Reuters) - A British man accused by police of driving at 115 mph in a Fiat Punto thought the accusation so ridiculous he enlisted an expert driver to help prove his new car was incapable of going that fast.

Law student Steve Lucas, who risked a large fine and losing his driving license if convicted of being so far over the 70 mph limit, said his small Fiat hatchback was just too slow to have reached such a speed, British newspapers reported Saturday. "I was happy to put my hands up and admit that I was driving at 85 mph but the idea that my little Fiat Punto 1.2 liter could manage 115 mph was laughable," he was quoted as saying.

Lucas spent 18 months fighting the charges, hiring a traffic consultant to test drive his Punto on a private racecourse. He found the best the car could manage, going downhill with a following wind, was 104 mph.

Police were finally forced to drop the speeding charges, although Lucas was fined $70 for driving without due care and attention.

[lamehonda]

That is lovely. Must have removed the turbo putting out 25 psi

[90Stangjc]

Sad really.....go get the drug dealers..leave the people in 25 horsepower Punta's alone.

[Ace$nyper]

haha thats funny he had to do that shame that it happened to the poor guy though.

[youngvr4]

that reminds me, one day i was driving down the street on cruise controll at 35mph the speed limit was 30.
a cop comes out of knowere and pulls me over, and i'm like wtf.
he asks me "do you know why i pulled you over?" and im like no!

him: well you were doing 45 in a 30
me: sir i was doing 35, i was on cruise controll
him:hay listen, i said you were doing 45 now if you wanna argue with me things can get worse.
me: do as you will sir but i was on cruise controll, i'm sorry that bothers you.

so in a angry voice he asks for my id and insurance and snatches it out my hand, comes back and says
i could give you a ticket and raise up your points, but i dont' think you want that, so take your id and leave and do the speed limit.

its people like him that give cops bad names

[theflinger]

well that is a asshole way to talk, but who hasn't had a bad day on the job? At least he let you go :/

[youngvr4]

Originally Posted by theflinger

but who hasn't had a bad day on the job?

this is true

[nissanfanatic]

I suppose sometimes you have to think what cops go through everyday. I mean imagne what runs through their heads every time they pull someone over? For them, they don't know if someone is going to pull a gun on them or what. Not saying I like cops because I don't, I'm just saying I respect them. Funny story by the way. Fiat Punto going 115 hahahhahahah. Maybe if he took a long drive off a short cliff.

[DomesticRicer]

Did it look like this?

[JekylandHyde]

hmmm ... my .9 liter 3 cylinder turbo Sprint could do 115 mph