Fox News host Judge Jeanine Pirro caught speeding at 119 mph

[RoosGirl]

You "puckered up" over that?

Heck yeah.  I kept waiting for someone to change lanes in front of him.  He'd be like a big bug splat on the road.

[roamer_1]

About 12 years ago one of my favorite students got caught doing 110 in a 55 on his motorcycle. The Trooper didn't give him a ticket. He made him call his father and explain what he was doing. When the kid got home his father handed him a pair of scissors and made him cut up the license. I laughed when i heard about it.

@verga
LOL! That still works out here...

Worst day of my life was the day I got busted and the Deputy knew my old man. I tried to talk him out of the violation off the get go, but the most of our conversation was me trying to convince him to take me to jail instead of calling my old man. But no,  he called my old man, got him out of bed at 3 am...

Something like 20 years later, I get a call at 3am, because a guy I know is a cop, and has my boy nailed down...

There are times when the veil thins, and you can feel the weight pf generations of your fathers - And I felt that connection while I uttered the words "Put the boy on the phone, I'll straighten his dumb ass out..." And as my boy stammered: "Hey Dad... But I didn't... no, sir I don't... Yessir... yessir... Ok, I will. No sir. I won't [...]," I remember my time in his shoes like it was yesterday.

 

[Restored]

My wife's answer will be "Put him in a cell. I'll get my Bible and be right down there".

[roamer_1]

My wife's answer will be "Put him in a cell. I'll get my Bible and be right down there".

My dad threw my bail exactly one time.,, And I got the 'Exactly One Time' lecture on the way home.
Same dang thing, me an both my sons.... Some things never change. 

[kidd]

Tioga county is hilly and has few straight sections of road.
She is lucky that she wasn't arrested. She could face up to 30 days in jail.

[Smokin Joe]

That presupposes that they knew how to drive it.

Well yeah, but not really - there is nothing magic about 100 vs 80 vs 130 - A 69 3/4T 4x4 chevy with 4:55 gears (assuming stock and good repair) is all out at 80/85 - you are pushing the rig past its limits... I'll admit your average grocery getter in the USA is likely designed to a limit around 100 - But a modern Vette or Camero takes 100+ right in stride... while a crotch-rocket isn't even trying at 130 (or a Lambo, to stay in 4-wheeled vehicles).

And btw, it ain't 'more dangerous' on US interstates out here in the west than it is in Germany. If you are heading east to west, it takes 3 days to drive across Montana in a purportedly 'sane' manner- a good portion of it straight, flat as a pancake, and almost wholly empty. Putting on a little steam will save a ton of time out here.

If you can average 60 mph, it's a 12 hour drive. Add an hour for fuel and pee time.
If you can average 85, it's an 8 hour drive.

The difference really adds up on long trips. It is minimal on short ones.

There is little point in speeding through towns unless you are on the way to the hospital with someone bleeding out or having a heart attack, because you won't save time and are more likely to get in an accident. .

[Smokin Joe]

A modern car designed for 140 mph is designed to have downforce, too. Hence it is controllable.

But the driver has to pay attention, cuz the thing doesn't steer itself.

European highways are designed for higher speeds, than the US.

A 1970s vintage full sized American boat, is not a safe car imo to drive over 100 mph. But a 2010 Audi, BMW or MB is.

They tended to 'float' at 100, but they'd suck down at 120+. I think those big bumpers had a ground effect that pulled the car back down when you got going fast enough. Still, sudden maneuvers were out. The suspensions were not tuned for that and they had too much body roll in the big boats.

[mrclose]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mHyxp0k9Xw

IDIOT!

One blowout from death!

Years ago I was doing, 125 on SR7 (441), a divided four lane highway in Fort Lauderdale.

Front tire blew out and the bike spun around 180 degrees, jumped the medium and continued going backwards but into head on traffic!

I survived (well duh) but I learned that if I ever wanted to prove my manhood with how fast I could go .. next time it would be on FOUR wheels!

[RoosGirl]

IDIOT!

One blowout from death!

Years ago I was doing, 125 on SR7 (441), a divided four lane highway in Fort Lauderdale.

Front tire blew out and the bike spun around 180 degrees, jumped the medium and continued going backwards but into head on traffic!

I survived (well duh) but I learned that if I ever wanted to prove my manhood with how fast I could go .. next time it would be on FOUR wheels!

You could have gone out to Moroso.

[Smokin Joe]

IDIOT!

One blowout from death!

Years ago I was doing, 125 on SR7 (441), a divided four lane highway in Fort Lauderdale.

Front tire blew out and the bike spun around 180 degrees, jumped the medium and continued going backwards but into head on traffic!

I survived (well duh) but I learned that if I ever wanted to prove my manhood with how fast I could go .. next time it would be on FOUR wheels!

I laid one down going backwards, but I was going a lot slower--just a freak situation, and one I walked away from laughing. I did get a high speed wobble just as I topped the throttle out my old Superglide at ~120MPH, and had to hang on to that and power down through it (I couldn't power out of it, it was wide open). No fun, my shoulders hurt for days, but I had had enough of that sh*t and rode much more sanely after that.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

If you can average 60 mph, it's a 12 hour drive. Add an hour for fuel and pee time.
If you can average 85, it's an 8 hour drive.

On long drives, I tend to think about how much time I can save by driving "faster", at least for the first few hours.  As I get closer to my destination, I tend to slow down because the difference in speed can no longer cut off much time.

I totally understand that the math doesn't care if I drive fast on the first half of the trip and slow on the second, or vice versa.  And yet I still do it.

[Frank Cannon]

I survived (well duh) but I learned that if I ever wanted to prove my manhood with how fast I could go .. next time it would be on FOUR wheels!

Or you can find your wallet and buy real tires?

[Smokin Joe]

On long drives, I tend to think about how much time I can save by driving "faster", at least for the first few hours.  As I get closer to my destination, I tend to slow down because the difference in speed can no longer cut off much time.

I totally understand that the math doesn't care if I drive fast on the first half of the trip and slow on the second, or vice versa.  And yet I still do it.

My last long trip was 2000 miles each way. What would have been a 40 hour trip averaging 50 mph was reduced to 29 hours by averaging 70 (Interstates here are 75 mph, most major highways are 65, so 70 is only 5 over). It knocks a whole day (and the associated expenses) off the trip each way. Now, that isn't a leisurely style, ambling around the countryside, but many of my little 'drives' were work associated, and the focus was on getting there, and when done, on getting home.