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When a Highway Patrol trooper told a driver Tuesday that there was no good reason for him to blaze down a busy stretch of South Carolina interstate at 85 mph, he got a surprising reply: "Tell him that."
An official says the Highway Patrol stopped embattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's car for speeding this week but the trooper let the politician's protective detail driver go without a ticket.
Police charged the father of a 5-year-old girl with child abuse after the girl was spotted behind the wheel of a speeding pickup truck. KRQE-TV reported the father was arrested Thurday when police saw his truck speeding and swerving on the city's west side. Police said the father told them he was trying to teach his daughter how to drive by having her sit in his lap.
State police said a 23-year-old man clocked driving at more than 130 mph on an upstate New York road is facing multiple traffic charges. Police said a trooper spotted Michael DiBernardino's 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer doing 134 mph in a 55-mph zone Tuesday afternoon in the Dutchess County town of Pawling, near the Connecticut border 65 miles north of New York City.
A woman accused of driving 103 mph with her 10-year-old grandson was on leave from a job at the state Driver and Motor Vehicle Services. The 53-year-old driver was arrested Sunday on charges of reckless driving and reckless endangering. Investigators said she told them she was teaching her grandson about the dangers of speeding, telling him not to drive as she was about to.
A British judge has sentenced a motorcyclist to six months in jail after he was caught speeding 122 mph with his 14-year-old son clinging to the back. A police video shows the man speeding down a road in southern England. Police clocked the motorcycle going more than twice the 60 mph limit. It also showed images of the man's son who was not wearing proper protective gloves or pants.
A 23-year-old motorcyclist was jailed after a 5-minute chase at speeds reaching 145 on U.S. Highway 77 on Wednesday evening. The Nebraska State Patrol said a trooper tried to pull the man over, but he accelerated, eventually hitting 145 mph.
State police have ticketed an upstate New York man for driving more than twice the 65-mph speed limit on an interstate highway. Troopers said a 21-year-old man was clocked doing 137 mph on Interstate 84 in Orange County on Tuesday. He was pulled over in the westbound lanes near Exit 2 in the town of Greenville, on the New Jersey border 60 miles northwest of New York City.
A Spring Creek man who beat a $62 ticket has created a legal speed trap that could cost Elko County and his neighbors much more. James Killian, a civil engineer with the Nevada Department of Transportation, argued the ticket he received in April for going 39 mph in a 25 mph zone was unenforceable because the speed limit sign was too small and didn't comply with uniform traffic codes adopted by the state in 2003.
Danica Patrick paid a $196 fine to settle a speeding ticket after the star race car driver was caught going 54 mph in a 35 mph zone last month. Patrick, the first woman to win an IndyCar race, was due in traffic court Monday, but a Scottsdale City Court clerk says she paid the fine Wednesday.
A 27-year-old man was being held on $10,000 bond in the Arapahoe County Jail after allegedly speeding up Interstate 25 in a Volkswagen Beetle. An Arapahoe County sheriff's deputy arrested the man on Monday after the deputy said he was clocked driving 115 mph.
German police have confiscated what may be the world's fastest office chair. Police say officers happened on the contraption — the work of two inventive 17-year-olds — in the western town of Gross-Zimmern on Saturday.
A man and woman who told troopers they were speeding to catch a flight when they were clocked driving 108 mph ended up in jail a second time — this time on charges of unruly behavior aboard an airplane, officials said.
DMX was arrested after speed-enforcement cameras captured him in his bright yellow 1966 Chevrolet going 114 mph on a suburban Phoenix freeway.
An Oregon man who was speeding through Baker County at 130 miles per hour to get to court in Portland didn't make it on time.
A 19-year-old man who was pulled over for driving at speeds over 100 mph told a deputy he was rushing to get home by dark because he didn't want to get into trouble for breaking his curfew.
A teenager charged with driving 142 mph along a four-lane divided highway said he was speeding home so his parents wouldn't be mad at him for being late, police said.
A Chandler woman is facing $11,000 in fines and possible jail time after telling Scottsdale police that she threw away 69 unpaid speeding tickets.
A state Highway Patrol officer who crashed while trying to catch up to a speeding motorist got some aid from an unlikely source — the man he was chasing.
A teacher on her way to school in South Dakota was caught speeding at more than 100 mph, thanks to a tip from a driver who said the woman had been routinely passing him at triple-digit speeds, authorities say.
Police Footage Shows Fatal Teen CrashSpeeding Police Cruiser Hits Teen at 94 MPH: Jason Anderson, the police officer driving the vehicle involved in this crash, has been charged with manslaughter. He is still being paid though he is on leave from the police department.
It's Friday the 13th and drivers are behaving accordingly. You know you need to get that frustration out of your system. I'm just curious what sort of driving faux pas send others over the edge.
Software May Help You Avoid Red Light TicketsGPS and iPhone users can download PhantomAlert to make them aware of red light cameras, school zones, railroad crossings, DUI checkpoints and dangerous intersections. Car Toys has other products available as well.
Some would argue that there is a fine line between being a good driver and a bad one. The criteria for determining ones driving credibility is usually based upon their driving record: how many tickets they have, DUIs, accidents, etc.
No substitutions: Officer doesn't trade pizza for speeding-ticket break A pizza deliverer has appeared in court on charges that he tried to bribe a police officer with a pepperoni pizza when he was ticketed for speeding in Sandy.
While on my way to work this morning, I realized something. I actually enjoy commuting to and from work. Now, before you go thinking I've fallen off my rocker completely, you should know that I do not live in an overly large city. I think we have about 75,000 residents now.
Kate Gosselin Ticketed For 84 MPH In 65 MPH ZoneGETTYSBURG, Pa. -- America's highest-profile mom grabbed the eye of a police officer Thursday near Gettysburg. Kate Gosselin, 34, of the reality show Jon and Kate Plus Eight, was ticketed on Route 15.
Man Arrested For Driving 150 MPH In Grapevine behind bars after Grapevine police say they stopped him driving 150 m.p.h. At about 3 a.m. Friday, police say, an officer was driving on Highway 114 near DFW Airport when a Buick flew past him.
Masked speeder stymies Arizona policeSpeed camera photos of the man in the monkey and giraffe masks have generated lots of chuckles. But the cops aren't laughing.
911 Call Released In UNC Student's Death - Authorities have released audio of a University of North Carolina student's call to 911 before he was shot and killed during a confrontation with an Archdale police officer Sunday morning
Officer who killed student in crash pays $260 fineThe fact that he was drinking that night is irrelevent; the fact that he is a police officer is also irrelevent. The problem is that he was speeding (twice the posted limit), thus causing a fatal crash. I've heard of parking tickets costing more money.
Nun fined for 112mph Italy mercy dashIn a country where speeding is a national sport, Italian traffic police are used to hearing the most colourful of excuses from drivers.
-- The following links to an article regarding the "boys will be boys" actions of two law officers, one a state trooper and one a local police officer, which took place recently in central Ohio.
Man 'driving commando' pulled over for speedingA Delaware man faces drunken driving charges after he was pulled over for speeding in northeastern Maryland and a sheriff's deputy noticed he wasn't wearing any pants. A spokesman for the Cecil County Sheriff's Office says 41-year-old Jonathan Schultz "was driving commando."
Oregon's red-light camera law needs reform - OregonLive.comOregon's red-light camera law violates a basic tenant of the American legal system: It allows prosecutors and state courts to convict people without their knowledge.
Speeding attorney blames his Beemer; judge says 'slow down and pay the fine!'"I am a victim of the handling characteristics of the car," explained prominent Portland attorney Akin C. Blitz, whose firm does work for North Coast governments.
Ariz. Bill Would Raise Stakes For Speed Violations"A bill advancing in the Legislature would mean that speeding violations captured by state photo enforcement cameras would be reported for possible action against the violator's drivers license"
3 Kids Ejected From Car During Crash Three children are in critical condition Friday afternoon after they were ejected from their mother's minivan during a crash. The two-car crash sent five children to the hospital and injured one adult.
Citizen Videos Pulls Over Cop for SpeedingThis guy was apparently tired of cops in his area abusing their power of authority. Interesting video accompanies the article.
Which are the worst states for tickets?Diane Daniel knows her drive to the North Carolina coast this Memorial Day weekend will take longer. But it won't be the traffic slowing her down -- it will be the cops.
Workers flee in terror as motorist angry at speeding ticket drives his car into U.S. city hall... and around the corridorseAn irate motorist who was angry at being told to turn his radio down drove his car into a town hall causing more than £125,000 worth of damage. Staff jumped for their lives as Marcus Johnson's car careered through revolving glass doors and continued down a corridor.
Police: Mom drove 130 with kids in carHOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. — Police charged a North Carolina mother with child abuse and reckless driving Wednesday when she admitted driving up to 130 mph in her car with her kids in the backseat while taking pictures with a cell phone.
Two die as car hits royal crowd in NetherlandsA speeding car smashed into a crowd of royal watchers near a open-top bus carrying the Netherlands' Queen Beatrix today, killing two of them.
Oregon trooper reels in line of Ferraris, LamborghiniSo said Oregon State Senior Trooper David Petersen after he was able to catch up with six exotic sports cars on a stretch of Highway 18 near Grand Ronde on Thursday, according to a news release. Perhaps a more amazing feat was that he stopped all the cars simultaneously.
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