Team drives across U.S. in under 29 hours avg speed 100 mph
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In some areas, police are forbidden to pursue when speeds exceed 100 mph. Not only do you have the car to worry about, but there's also officers doing that speed now. Plus, engaging in pursuit takes the focus away from the driver, and also pushes them to drive crazier trying to lose the cops. They usually just call in aerial support when available and use traffic cameras to get plate info.
It is almost humorous some folks think you can roll 100+ coast to coast on an interstate and even if observed by police, nothing happens. Please share with us how many hundreds of miles you have traveled on an Interstate at 100+MPH and not been pulled over.
Don't need to read the plates, just a description of the car would be fine:
Buford: Hey Barney we got a Mercedes moving at 120+ East on 80. Just passed MM100.
Barney: OK, I am leaving DunkinDounts and will get on at MM110, he should be here in three minutes. Me and Buford will run a rolling roadblock to get him down to 50 and then pick him off.
I doubt you have questioned 1000 cops to come up with that claim, but even if you did, you still have not talked to 99.9% of all cops.
Yes I do. Kyle Busch was clocked at 128 and was still pulled over and ticketed.
Don't need to read the plates, just a description of the car would be fine:
Buford: Hey Barney we got a Mercedes moving at 120+ East on 80. Just passed MM100.
Barney: OK, I am leaving DunkinDounts and will get on at MM110, he should be here in three minutes. Me and Buford will run a rolling roadblock to get him down to 50 and then pick him off.
I doubt you have questioned 1000 cops to come up with that claim, but even if you did, you still have not talked to 99.9% of all cops.
Yes I do. Kyle Busch was clocked at 128 and was still pulled over and ticketed.
RandomHero
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if someone can do it in 31 hours, why is it so hard to believe someone did it in 28?
If you read the accounts (wired.com has a good one) of the 2007 record, the police evasion tactics were pretty serious. So that the nondescript car could better get lost when it blew by police on the side of the road, the tail lights were on a switch. When evading, they killed the rear lights, removing one of the major markers that the police can use to identify a vehicle traveling so fast that it must maneuver in and out of traffic. They also monitored radio, kept in touch with their eye in the sky, and weren't averse to pulling off the road and hiding.
Yes, the advantage is to the police. A smart, well-funded, and determined criminal, however, can make their job so much more difficult that the crook just might win.
Also note that the 2007 record-setter got caught on multiple tries and had already paid a high price before he finally succeeded. I don't know what aborted attempts the current (disputed) record-holder went through before he succeeded. For all I know, he did it on the first try. Still, it's not something I'd be willing to attempt.
Yes, the advantage is to the police. A smart, well-funded, and determined criminal, however, can make their job so much more difficult that the crook just might win.
Also note that the 2007 record-setter got caught on multiple tries and had already paid a high price before he finally succeeded. I don't know what aborted attempts the current (disputed) record-holder went through before he succeeded. For all I know, he did it on the first try. Still, it's not something I'd be willing to attempt.
Adding,
He claims it was the first try, He claims to have started planning 4 years ago, started outfitting the car 18 month ago, but his two passengers only signed up 3 days and 18 hours before, thus had nearly zero experience in the car. His laser jammer was not ready and he left anyway without it. His car, while outfitted with 2 extra tanks, was really not optimized for this type of event.
Keep in mind also that as time goes by, this gets harder and harder to do due to congestion and other issues.
RandomHero
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the new dude also had the taillights wired to shut off
Ok, Renegade. Which times and days would you have chosen to do something like this if it was up to you (and you had the inclination of course) to avoid as many potential confrontations as possible???
From my experience, they did it at the best time to avoid the majority of LEO patrols. Of course, there was a small time frame around bar closing time when the risk was higher than for most of the run, but on the whole it was chosen at least saturated time possible.
From my experience, they did it at the best time to avoid the majority of LEO patrols. Of course, there was a small time frame around bar closing time when the risk was higher than for most of the run, but on the whole it was chosen at least saturated time possible.
Well a nighttime run certainly helps make it difficult for cops to see you catch you. The problem is reduced visibility, deer, etc., make it such you might not be able to run at top speed. But daytime traffic is much higher so you are running slower as a result of that.
I think I would leave a little later, so as not to be running across NY/NJ/PA during prime-time drunk hours. Of course a couple of practice runs during these times in the weeks before will let you know what is the best time. Another option is to leave when they did or earlier, and just "give up" on high speed running until you are in eastern PA. Then make up the time.
Ideally you would make 2-3 speed limit runs to see when is best, but perhaps that is too expensive.
As I mentioned, I make a run from Texas to this area frequently, it took me several runs before I was able to identify consistent traffic patterns and how to avoid them. So I would have made a few coast-coast practice runs first.
Ok, I would like to see (without me expending too much effort) the times when they hit populated areas. I have zero experience driving in that part of the east coast, so I don't know which of the interstates easily bypass high traffic areas and which don't.
With the prep that went into the thing, I would have thought times would have been a priority so that is why I believe they did their research and left at what they believed was the optimal time frame for the driving conditions and traffic expected.
With the prep that went into the thing, I would have thought times would have been a priority so that is why I believe they did their research and left at what they believed was the optimal time frame for the driving conditions and traffic expected.
Agreed. It may have sucked for the NY/NJ/P{A area, but IMO you cannot go fast there anyway. Perhaps they conceded that even though the article suggested otherwise. But if leaving at that time is good for the rest of the route, it is a no-brainer.
Seems like a fun thing to attempt.
