Racing in the streets

[Jason Kohls]

There's a good breakdown of the speeds by using distances and time
identified on Expedia.com/Yahoo! maps here:
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2005/Rendezvous.shtml

I agree -- what gives it away is at the end and the girl's heels
clicking sound too close.  This was recently remastered from 30mm so
they might've got the time synch messed up and had to accommodate with
some dubs.  Still, dubbed or not, those downshifts sound mad.



On 6/6/06, Cody Forbes <cody at 5000tq.com> wrote:
> Jason Kohls wrote:
> > holy sh*t thats crazy awesome!  I heard about this a long long time
> > ago but I have never seen it.  Probably the most thrilling 10 minutes
> > of driving ever captured on film...period.
> >
>
> Is it just me or does the audio seem to be re-dubbed? Theres times when the
> engine is heard to be accelorating and the car is going straight yet you
> hear squeeling tires as if he's rounding a corner. Also one particular
> corner that could not have been taken over 30mph near 6:32 into the video,
> yet he had just been doing a very high rate of speed and didn't start
> braking until waaaay late to take the corner, plus the closing speed on the
> pedestrian made it look like he was doing 15mph, not the 50+mph the engine
> speed would have you believe.
>
> No doubt he obviously ran lights and went down wrong way streets, but I'm
> not convinced on the speeds.
>
> -Cody Forbes
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