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Is 128mph "reckless driving"?
Here's an idiot...
Lucky guy... but still an idiot. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051207/...ckless__charge
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I have a hard time buying the judge's argument. Okay, sure, if there was nobody around then it's easy to argue that the guy on the bike didn't actually endanger anybody else's life. But, being on public roads, there's no way he could have known that the roads were clear of other drivers. Besides that, other drivers don't expect or anticipate a motorcycle traveling at twice the speed limit.
And I'll give an early warning to anybody who thinks they're going to turn this into a 'I went this fast while being chased by the cops once' thread - don't. Please.
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You can not travel faster, than a police radio broadcast wave.
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I'll bet Bill thinks he can!
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I agree with the judge
Speed alone doesn't constitute wreckless driving. Its a stupid and risky thing to do but not completely wreckless. I think the guy got off lucky though with only $300 in fines. In texas (depending on what county you're in) the speeding ticket alone could have been upwards of $900 and more than likely he would have immediately thrown in jail. If i'm told right, here in texas you can be arrested for anything over 30 mph past the posted speed limit.
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I just can't believe a judge would rule this way. Did the driver have some sort of family connection? 128mph is rediculous on public roads, anyway you slice it. You wouldn't reach 128mph falling out of a 5 story window, but the results would be obvious. This is reckless driving....any way you look at it.
I don't care how fast a person's reaction time is, you can't react fast enough at that speed to alter direction or speed. What's worse, no one else could see him in time to react defensively and stay out of his way. He would be on top of you in milliseconds. That means it's reckless driving. He should have his driving priviledges suspended, and be placed in jail. This is where he'll hopefully meet his new boyfriend affectionately known as "Big Bubba-boo". Bail should be set $10 above anything he may be able to afford. His court date should be set 15 days past whatever feels convenient to him. His court appointed attorney should be a rookie first timer that barely passed his bar on the 23rd time of taking it. The judge should be selected on the basis of whoever hates this rookie attorney the most. The charge should be Conspiracy to attempt mass murder...premeditated in the first degree. I don't care if that makes sense.....This guy should have fried.
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Tell us how you really feel robert :D
Its not wreckless driving, its speeding. If he's going down a road in a straight line that is simply a speeding charge. Now if he had been zipping around cars at that speed then its wreckless driving and if there is someone else on the road, then it could also be endangerment. The judge ruled that way because that is the law. Its not a perfect set of laws but they work, and this guy just got lucky, thats all.
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As usual Nick, I have to disagree with you
Someone could have been pulling out of their driveway and been unable to judge the bike's speed. That happend in Sheboygan when I was in High school. A guy was doing ablout 90 on a bike and a guy pulled out of his driveway. The biker left a 300' blood smear on the road. At those speeds, a person's reaction time is too slow to react safely. At 128 MPH, you are covering 187 feet per second. Even someone watching and waiting carefully will have at best a .5 second reaction time and a .2 second response time. That is 131 feet before he starts to brake. A good bike can stop in 140' from 60 MPH, that would be 560' at 120 MPH and 760' at 130 MPH You are looking at close to 1000' in optimal conditions for him to stop. On any public road that is reckless. Doug
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