driving fast (what's the fastest you've gone in a car)

[Brett Dikeman]

At 10:16 AM -0700 4/4/02, Brandon Rogers wrote:
>I haven't gone the fastest on this list-by far.  But I do have good proof of
>my speed.  Driving back from the Monterey Historics '99 to Denver in my
>Tornado Red '84 urquattro I was stopped by one of Nevada's Finest for doing
>129.  The cop was cool about it.  I have the ticket, yet to frame it.  He
>indicated my speed of 129, but only wrote me up for 110.  Nice guy.  Small
>fine by check in the mail.  No points.  All this just because my friend in
>an A4 had gone faster than me.  Now I have the record back-with proof.

Igor Kessel was telling us last weekend that around Moscow there's a
12 lane divided highway that runs around the city in a circle.  There
are automatic traffic cameras.

It's turned into a sport; the challenge is to get the highest speed
ticket you possibly can, because, after all...it's verified and
documented.  The practice is apparently encouraged by Moscow police,
who post the top 10 speeders on their website.

The $ from the tickets probably pays to keep the patrol cars going, why not...

Brett
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