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Thread: 383mph Speeding Ticket!?!

Started 3 weeks, 5 days ago by LoopyLee
I just came across this Quote: An Italian motorcycle rider has been charged with speeding at 383mph on an unfaired Moto Guzzi. Paolo Turina, 26, is appealing against the charge, claiming the speed camera must have been defective. He is also disputing the £200 fine Police have issued the not-so-speedy Italian. "If I could go that fast I'd enter my bike in the MotoGP ...
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bladeracer replied 3 weeks, 5 days ago
200 quid for 383mph - that doesn't sound like much :-)

LoopyLee replied 3 weeks, 5 days ago
Quote: Originally Posted by bladeracer 200 quid for 383mph - that doesn't sound like much :-) True

sidmarklong replied 3 weeks, 5 days ago
Thats about $430.00 greenbacks for me, give or take a few nickles. Kinda weird to clock a bike at 383 mph. Pretty hard to hang on at that speed.

Sideshow bob replied 3 weeks, 5 days ago
that reminds me of a friend...... many years ago* he got a caught by a speed gun in Plymouth... 150ish in a builtup area not very fast by todays standards... but, as he was on a old, jacked up, Suzi TS125ER he contested it on the ground the bike wasn't capable of that speed & even if it was thrown of a cliff, it would still struggle to break the speed limit.. the judge ignored ...

sidmarklong replied 3 weeks, 5 days ago
I think a counter sue is at hand for this guy. I'm sure that a posting of the upheld ticket for 383mph on a road bike, all over the web and public would make mocurry of the judgement. Something is wrong with the camera and the judicial system.

929ADAM replied 3 weeks, 5 days ago
im gonna go ahead and say that would be IMPOSSIBLE to do on a nekkid bike. unless hes hercules.

bladeracer replied 3 weeks, 5 days ago
Quote: Originally Posted by 929ADAM im gonna go ahead and say that would be IMPOSSIBLE to do on a nekkid bike. unless hes hercules. I think you mean it's impossible for any bike on the road. Where do you buy tyres rated to 600kph+?

StrumminRonin replied 3 weeks, 5 days ago
Quote: Originally Posted by Sideshow bob ... he was on a old, jacked up, Suzi TS125ER he contested it on the ground the bike wasn't capable of that speed & even if it was thrown of a cliff, it would still struggle to break the speed limit.. the judge ignored the imposibly quick status of the 125 & up held the conviction and he was banned for a year and had ...

ghbzorro replied 3 weeks, 4 days ago
The fine was a small price to pay for the bragging rights. "Hey, and I can prove it!!!"

LoopyLee replied 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Quote: Originally Posted by ghbzorro The fine was a small price to pay for the bragging rights. "Hey, and I can prove it!!!" Good point

 

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TheOne11
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Published (2009-11-15 14:32:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by dicknose But found that the headlights were still going at the speed of light away from you (and changed colour - even though they are the same colour leaving you, when they reflect off a slower/still object in front they get a doppler shift - thats the basis of radar speed detection) Physics WIN!
Destructo
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Published (2009-11-10 12:24:00)
Courtesy of onlineconversion.com: 616 kilometer/hour = 382.764 654 42 mile/hour (mph)
dr256
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Published (2009-11-10 11:54:00)
I thought I broke the sound barrier on my blade this morning, but it was just wind!
bladeracer
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Published (2009-11-09 20:06:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by dicknose Most of the english speaking world still uses mph (most as in by population!) Are you counting Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the American South as speaking English? I think most Europeans speak more clearly understood English :-)
Stu748R
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Published (2009-11-10 17:56:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by dr256 - For getting obscure Guinness Book of Records reference. That takes 'Dedication' Thats Roy Castle,so my dad tells me
LoopyLee
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383mph Speeding Ticket!?!
Published (2009-11-09 14:51:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by Shinobi250 Every place in the world, other than the US, uses kilometers per hour. Are you sure about that?
jrivas
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383mph Speeding Ticket!?!
Published (2009-11-10 10:08:00)
ghbzorro
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Published (2009-11-10 12:02:00)
1 mph = 5280 x 12 x 25.4 / 1000 exactly
dicknose
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Published (2009-11-10 19:22:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by TheOne11 Hahahaha... I tried to reach the speed of light and turn my headlights on to race the high beam! But found that the headlights were still going at the speed of light away from you (and changed colour - even though they are the same colour leaving you, when they reflect off a slower/still object in front they get a doppler shift - thats the basis of radar speed detection)
sidmarklong
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383mph Speeding Ticket!?!
Published (2009-11-08 10:39:00)
I think a counter sue is at hand for this guy. I'm sure that a posting of the upheld ticket for 383mph on a road bike, all over the web and public would make mocurry of the judgement. Something is wrong with the camera and the judicial system.

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