19 yo caught doing 308 Km/h!! That's 191 MPH!

Hendog · Hendog's Garage

We've read of people doing excessively high speeds before, but it still gets me when I read about it anew. This 19 year old, who seems to have some track knowledge, felt "comfortable" at that speed. That would no doubt change in a hurry if something interfered with his straight line. His licence and dad's car is suspended and impounded for 7 days. The Premier of Ontario wants to see his suspension go to 30 days or more. I wonder if any of that will actually make an impression on this kid. Maybe like the OPP officer says, "If they could all attend the scenes that I attend when someone has been killed in an aggressive driving collision, that might change their perspective a little bit."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/burlington-qew-stunt-driving-308-1.5564486

pwd72s · 05-14-2020, 10:55 AM

There seems to be a set of fools who are competing to see who can get the highest MPH listed on a ticket.

Usually motorcycles that I read about tho.

In Oregon, over 100 makes you liable for a $2,000 fine, loss of license, etc. Officer's discretion you can get a pair of shiny bracelets and a night's free lodging. Judge's discretion, loss of car.

Back in the good old days, we used to be a "basic rule" state...

onewhippedpuppy · 05-14-2020, 11:02 AM

C63 AMG, makes me proud.

GH85Carrera · GH85Carrera's Garage

Around here any triple digit tickets are a trip to jail in the back of the cruiser, and an impounded car.

biosurfer1 · 05-14-2020, 12:17 PM

Meanwhile, the cannonball speed run has been broken SEVERAL times since the lockdown, with the latest averaging over 120 through a couple states.

Crazy since it went 6+ years without being broken prior to the last year.

pmax · pmax's Garage

Another youtube star !

Noah930 · Noah930's Garage

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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

C63 AMG, makes me proud.

LOL. I was trying to figure out what model MB he was driving. (The article I read didn't have that big picture of the car on the back of the tow truck.) My first thought was wow, that's pretty impressive for a street car!

oldE · 05-14-2020, 12:29 PM

A correction by law enforcement advised the driver's age was 18 and he was driving with a provisional license.

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LWJ · 05-14-2020, 12:56 PM

crash site looks like someone dropped a large plate of spaghetti.

Brian 162 · 05-14-2020, 05:11 PM

The kid is 18 the OPP updated his age. It was his fathers car. They hired a lawyer who said there's no way the car reached the posted speed. The car has a cut off at 255 kmh. The car was stock father is a family man. He also questioned the officers laser reading.
After that statement there was a phone video of the car doing a dyno pull.

RSBob · RSBob's Garage

Sounds like a ven diagram where bravery intersects with stupidity. One wrong move on anyone’s part at that speed and the story would be an obit

onewhippedpuppy · 05-16-2020, 04:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian 162

The kid is 18 the OPP updated his age. It was his fathers car. They hired a lawyer who said there's no way the car reached the posted speed. The car has a cut off at 255 kmh. The car was stock father is a family man. He also questioned the officers laser reading.
After that statement there was a phone video of the car doing a dyno pull.

If it's stock and if it doesn't have the P030 performance package there is a limiter at 155 MPH. P030 is 186 I think. Just a tune gets these things around 520 HP, a few bolt ons and you can push 600. So 191 is totally plausible with a few upgrades.