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Old Apr 24, 2011 | 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Percy_991
Every time with a seatbelt on ProMed!

How about yourself?
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Old Apr 24, 2011 | 03:48 PM
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154 in abt a mile stretch, couldn't miss my exit
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Old Apr 24, 2011 | 03:50 PM
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Wooow! That type of b.s. would never happen in the States. All he would have to do is plead the fifth, and there would be no way the court could prove he was actually speeding...
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Old Apr 24, 2011 | 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by kajin99
Wooow! That type of b.s. would never happen in the States. All he would have to do is plead the fifth, and there would be no way the court could prove he was actually speeding...
From what I understand, he plead guilty...
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Old Apr 24, 2011 | 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by sahiljain22
Guys, please don't be stupid. OP - this is a great question if this was a private thread, not public. A lot of us can be haunted down later in the future by what we answered.

Why don't you make this an anonymous poll:
10-20
20-60
60-80
80-100
100-120
120-140 .. and so on?

How can someone be prosecuted by he said, she said
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Old Apr 24, 2011 | 05:44 PM
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Bought my 08 535i yesterday and got to run her from Orlando to Ft Lauderdale today - great time on the highway
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Old Apr 24, 2011 | 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by G530
How can someone be prosecuted by he said, she said
It was mentioned in one of the other articles that police found an eye-witness in the area.
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Old Apr 24, 2011 | 06:14 PM
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I've been eyewitness to plenty of speeding, but in the States that's not enough for a conviction. The cops have to see you (or record you) doing it or it doesn't count. If you plead guilty on the other hand, that's another matter...Vlad should have kept his mouth shut.
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Old Apr 24, 2011 | 11:08 PM
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I've drove only 135mph.. Not ever tried to go any faster.
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Old Apr 25, 2011 | 02:24 AM
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Originally Posted by DD_545i
That's true up to about 140mph. Beyond that, you really really know it. At 180mph you're going 3 miles a minute. Crazy stuff. I only did it once and for about 3 miles. I'd guesstimate that out of my last 100,000 miles driving in Germany, only about 30 miles were above 150mph.
I guess it depends on what cars you have used to get over the 140MPH mark, as different cars will have different characteristics. In the X6M, even past 150MPH, you just don't realise the speed as the thing is so planted and keeps pushing. And this is a >2 tonne beast we are talking about. As I was concentrating on what was ahead of me, the only indication of the speed was the HUD and things outside moving very very quickly. And in the C2S, again 150MPH..."come on Mr. Driver your just teasing me, push me harder".
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