Police can't nab 155 mph motorcyclist
06-13-2005, 10:11 AM
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Police can't nab 155 mph motorcyclist
From MSNBC.com
Only thing captured is video of unofficial German record
Updated: 9:16 a.m. ET June 13, 2005BERLIN - A motorcyclist captured on film by German police racing at 155 mph on a road near Berlin has set a new unofficial national record for speeding, Germany's Bild newspaper reported Monday.
Traveling more than twice the speed limit of 62 miles per hour, the motorcycle rider was caught on film in a police radar trap near Bad Freienwalde outside Berlin but authorities don’t know who the speeder was because motorcycles have no front license plates.
“We are not able to identify him,” said Lothar Wiegand, a spokesman for the Brandenburg Transport Ministry in Potsdam.
While German motorists who break speed limits are identified by their license plates in police photos and receive their fines by mail shortly after their infractions, motorcycle riders often escape unpunished
Updated: 9:16 a.m. ET June 13, 2005BERLIN - A motorcyclist captured on film by German police racing at 155 mph on a road near Berlin has set a new unofficial national record for speeding, Germany's Bild newspaper reported Monday.
Traveling more than twice the speed limit of 62 miles per hour, the motorcycle rider was caught on film in a police radar trap near Bad Freienwalde outside Berlin but authorities don’t know who the speeder was because motorcycles have no front license plates.
“We are not able to identify him,” said Lothar Wiegand, a spokesman for the Brandenburg Transport Ministry in Potsdam.
While German motorists who break speed limits are identified by their license plates in police photos and receive their fines by mail shortly after their infractions, motorcycle riders often escape unpunished
06-13-2005, 10:46 AM
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Originally posted by 67HotRod
155mph, must have been slowing down.
155mph, must have been slowing down.
Minnesota biker cited for driving 140 mph over limit
SEPTEMBER 22--The below Minnesota speeding ticket should be in a museum someplace. That's because motorcyclist Samuel Tilley, 20, was clocked Saturday afternoon going 205 mph on his Honda. That was 140 mph over the limit on U.S. Highway 61. Tilley was clocked at Indy car speeds by a State Patrol pilot flying overhead, stopwatch in hand. The pilot radioed ahead to a state trooper who pulled Tilley over and issued the reckless driving citation. Tilley, the son of a sheriff's deputy, displaces William Faenza at the top of TSG's speediest driver list. Faenza was nabbed last September when Pennsylvania cops clocked him doing 182 mph in his Lamborghini Diablo.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0922042speed1.html
06-13-2005, 02:03 PM
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Originally posted by Hoss
You can outrun the car....but you can't outrun the radio.
You can outrun the car....but you can't outrun the radio.
06-13-2005, 02:26 PM
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Thats MR Hoss to you buddy!
Originally posted by 4x4dually
Sold it for a Harley before I lost my life.
Sold it for a Harley before I lost my life.
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06-13-2005, 02:33 PM
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A ticket for reckless driving? I thought that much over the speed limit is a federal offense. I guess it matters not what law you break but, who your daddy is. Even more in your favor if your daddy is sworn to enforce the law.
Yeah my clattering Harley doesn't instill the urge to go like a maniac. I guess I'm getting old. That and my daddy isn't in a position to allow me to break the law.
Yeah my clattering Harley doesn't instill the urge to go like a maniac. I guess I'm getting old. That and my daddy isn't in a position to allow me to break the law.
06-13-2005, 09:35 PM
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Thats MR Hoss to you buddy!
Re: there is no bike that will go
Originally posted by jumpinj
205 mph. I've heard those rumors before. 195 is about all you can get out of a tricked suzuki or kawasaki. But who cares when it is only 10 mph at those speeds.
205 mph. I've heard those rumors before. 195 is about all you can get out of a tricked suzuki or kawasaki. But who cares when it is only 10 mph at those speeds.