[shawnly]

http://www.theprovince.com/news/clocked+Island+Highway+cops/3881298/story.html

20 year old driver with an N clocked at 205km/h in a 110km/h zone, to make it worst, his excuse was that he wanted to avoid an incoming snowstorm.

[_TiDy_]

they should of tire spiked his stupid ass and let him swerve out of control and die.

[bloodmack]

OMG THE OFFICERS NAME IS McPHAIL HAHAHAHAHAHAH
"The related motor vehicle was impounded by police under the new administrative driving provisions," said McPhail.


why did I get McPhailed? :troll:

[Euro7r]

get rid of these motherfuckers off the road.

[The_AK]

wonder what the driver was driving to get clocked at that much

[jtanner_]

OMG THE OFFICERS NAME IS McPHAIL HAHAHAHAHAHAH

What are the odds... that would seriously provide a bit of comic relief to find out I was pulled over by officer McPhail :rofl:

[CP.AR]

man I'm scared shitless going 60km/h on a snow/ice covered highway... how do these kids manage to do 200+?

[J____]

holy shit 205kph in snow conditions? maybe they should of let him speed and kill himself before the idiot does something far more stupid and kill someone else later on in life.

[Okami]

wonder what the driver was driving to get clocked at that much

i think it was something along the lines of a g37 or altima.. on the news it was covered in snow XD

[taylor192]

Will this car get forfeited?

[!Tigger]

most likely

[v.Rossi]

^ i'm like tigger on your avatar right now if his car does. he deserves it

[Nightwalker]

You could get to that speed in any old jalopy on that stretch of highway.

[Groot]

i saw this on the news. it was a 2010 honda civic sedan.

[cococly]

^Almost to its top speed :D (if it really was a 2010 civic)

[MindBomber]

That fact that its a Civic makes this even worse, it can barely stay on the road going 200km an hour in the best conditions, going in a straight line, driven by an experienced driver. The kid should see jail time.

[TOPEC]

i saw this on the news. it was a 2010 honda civic sedan.

yup definitely a silver civic coupe. saw it on the news as well.

[FN-2199]

I saw this on the news earlier. Dude is a new driver, didn't have his license on him, didn't display his N, almost doubled the already-fast-in-the-snow speed limit, and the car wasn't even his.

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQQjL7kb2PjBOQ6_UJwv8C3lm-J70-zgph7cOy4FYVptklJxhOP

[StealthFighter]

good news: he didn't kill anyone

bad news: he didn't kill himself and win a darwin award.

[rJZx]

V-tec anyone :troll:

[tofu1413]

how did he manage to get a regular civic to do 200+km/h...


i dont think WRC cars even go that fast on the snow...... (then again, the wr cars run on studs too)

[MindBomber]

I don't think so either, but rally cars don't drive on the highway. Given a long enough straight stretch almost any car with any driver can break 200+km/h..

[AccordCouped]

musta been that v-tec, brought him up to 205km/h

[jerche]

The article didn't say anything about the driver's excuse about incoming snowstorms. It just said that the cops didn't go on a pursuit because of the weather conditions.

[dark0821]

ya.. thats pretty fast for a civic... this is the best my friend could pull off during summer in "best driving cond"
taken from facebook

http://www.sfu.ca/~cjs9/034.JPG

but in snow..thats.. is just stupid...

for all those WRC cars..the gear ratio tops out @ 241kph for most courses...

[JSALES]

what a dumbass

[Great68]

So many sensationalists in this thread

"ZOMG!!11!! HE WENT 200!!! KILL HIM!!!!"

Have any of you driven that highway?
It's a wide open, smooth, 4 lane highway with big shoulders on both sides, and hardly any traffic on it.The posted limits would be more appropriate at 140-150 than 110.
If there was any highway to do this speed, this would be one of best.

[Hondaracer]

Yea there are straights on that highway so long you can't even see where they lead

Island people...

:troll:
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[Death2Theft]

He'll get to keep his car cuz he wasn't "street racing" anyone else.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

ya.. thats pretty fast for a civic... this is the best my friend could pull off during summer in "best driving cond"
taken from facebook

http://www.sfu.ca/~cjs9/034.JPG

but in snow..thats.. is just stupid...

for all those WRC cars..the gear ratio tops out @ 241kph for most courses...

good for him, he deserves an award

[Noir]

good news: he didn't kill anyone

bad news: he didn't kill himself and win a darwin award.

Becareful what you wish for. Then you'll have a plethora of bleeding hearts boosting their self-righteous points saying, "awww poor kid."

http://www.revscene.net/forums/fatal-accident-hk-t630307.html?t=630307

[zulutango]

The driver is from Campbell River and is heading south ( away from CR) towards Courtenay (where they have more snow) to "escape a snowstorm"? Driving that Hwy at 200k plus in summer with no traffic and dry pavement is not safe...now add snow & ice on the hwy and you have a fatal looking for a place to happen. Happy to hear that they got him safely stopped and his notice of driving prohibition served ( he must have been ducking service) before he killed someone. Had 2 people already killed due to overdriving road conditions at speeds way less than 200kmh.

"Have any of you driven that highway?
It's a wide open, smooth, 4 lane highway with big shoulders on both sides, and hardly any traffic on it.The posted limits would be more appropriate at 140-150 than 110.
If there was any highway to do this speed, this would be one of best. "

As someone who worked that area, has driven it at high speed in response to emergencies, and went to the crashes there for years, I would disagree. Most of the crashes involved drivers who thought exactly like you do. Sorry but I disagree. Even taking away the speed related crashes, there are a large number of car vs deer/elk crashes there as well. At 200 k by the time you see one, you are dead.

[Great68]

The driver is from Campbell River and is heading south ( away from CR) towards Courtenay (where they have more snow) to "escape a snowstorm"? Driving that Hwy at 200k plus in summer with no traffic and dry pavement is not safe...now add snow & ice on the hwy and you have a fatal looking for a place to happen. Happy to hear that they got him safely stopped and his notice of driving prohibition served ( he must have been ducking service) before he killed someone. Had 2 people already killed due to overdriving road conditions at speeds way less than 200kmh.

"Have any of you driven that highway?
It's a wide open, smooth, 4 lane highway with big shoulders on both sides, and hardly any traffic on it.The posted limits would be more appropriate at 140-150 than 110.
If there was any highway to do this speed, this would be one of best. "

As someone who worked that area, has driven it at high speed in response to emergencies, and went to the crashes there for years, I would disagree. Most of the crashes involved drivers who thought exactly like you do. Sorry but I disagree. Even taking away the speed related crashes, there are a large number of car vs deer/elk crashes there as well. At 200 k by the time you see one, you are dead.

I'm not trying to say what the driver did wasn't wrong.

Not counting road conditions, my point was that if this driver choose to do this where no other cars were around it would be relatively safer than doing the same on other highways (Malahat, Hwy 1 etc), or even safer than doing 110km/h in the city (Yes I consider The Ferrari/BMW Seymour Mountain incident much more dangerous) Taking that into account, I don't feel the same instantaneous outrage as others here simply hearing the "200km/h" number.

If this guy was doing this around other traffic, or swerving in and out of traffic, then fuck him I'm glad he was caught and punished accordingly.
If this guy were to go out of control and careen off the road or hit a deer/elk and die it would be no one's fault but his own, he took his life into his own hands and I wouldn't give any sympathy to him either.

[Noir]

I'm not trying to say what the driver did wasn't wrong.

Not counting road conditions, my point was that if this driver choose to do this where no other cars were around it would be relatively safer than doing the same on other highways (Malahat, Hwy 1 etc), or even safer than doing 110km/h in the city (Yes I consider The Ferrari/BMW Seymour Mountain incident much more dangerous) Taking that into account, I don't feel the same instantaneous outrage as others here simply hearing the "200km/h" number.

If this guy was doing this around other traffic, or swerving in and out of traffic, then fuck him I'm glad he was caught and punished accordingly.
If this guy were to go out of control and careen off the road or hit a deer/elk and die it would be no one's fault but his own, he took his life into his own hands and I wouldn't give any sympathy to him either.

So if I were to speed at 160 at Highway 1 within the lower mainland at 3am, it shouldn't be that bad of an offense because it's "relatively safer" at those times due to lack of automobile volume?

[Hondaracer]

There's not one straight on hwy 1 between Vancouver and chilliwack that is as flat or straight as the island hwy
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[Death2Theft]

Not when you know there is construction numbnutz.
So if I were to speed at 160 at Highway 1 within the lower mainland at 3am, it shouldn't be that bad of an offense because it's "relatively safer" at those times due to lack of automobile volume?

[Noir]

There's not one straight on hwy 1 between Vancouver and chilliwack that is as flat or straight as the island hwy
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150+ on Highway within the lower mainland is doable. It can handle it. The point is, is it safe or not.

200 on flat stetch like you and Great68 mentioned is doable, but not safe. Like Zulutango mentioned, at those speeds, and slight disturbance is magnified greatly. Whether that disturbance is inert or external (ie. dodging wildlife)

[Noir]

Not when you know there is construction numbnutz.

Way to miss the point idiot. And despite your point, I always see motorists every now and then do those speeds well after midnight; despite the construction :rolleyes:

So what do you say about that? Are they justified. Does lack of auto volume + space = free reign on the highways?

[Great68]

So if I were to speed at 160 at Highway 1 within the lower mainland at 3am, it shouldn't be that bad of an offense because it's "relatively safer" at those times due to lack of automobile volume?

Uh yeah, Your risk to other motorists on the highway is definately lower when there are no other motorists on the highway. While it may not be safer to YOU, it's relatively safer to others, therefore safer overall. I don't get what's not understood about that.

[Stormspirit]

That fact that its a Civic makes this even worse, it can barely stay on the road going 200km an hour in the best conditions, going in a straight line, driven by an experienced driver. The kid should see jail time.

hes 20, live and learn . Speeding and u get put in jail ? rly... u that hardcore eh

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

So if I were to speed at 160 at Highway 1 within the lower mainland at 3am, it shouldn't be that bad of an offense because it's "relatively safer" at those times due to lack of automobile volume?

sure why not

[1exotic]

like others above said, it was a straight wide open fucking road..... grow some balls, 200km is no big deal....

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

people go OMFG WTF BBQ expression when they hear people go above 120km

HOLLY SHIT HOW ARE YOU GONNA STOP WHEN YOU DO 121km
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

if u are in a tercel than ya..
:rolleyes:




160-180km can be reached in no time......jesus ppl

3am in the morning a straight road that goes on and on for 3-5km +

would you not wonna rip that asshole up when u are the only car on the road?


NO im gonna do 79km just so i can obey the law

:bullshit:

[MindBomber]

hes 20, live and learn . Speeding and u get put in jail ? rly... u that hardcore eh

Your ignoring the other circumstances. He's a driver under probation, so clearly he hasn't learned from lesser penalties. Its time to step it up before he kills someone else.


Some stretches of highway 1 can handle 160km/p, the island highway definitely can, but the cars can't. The average driver is on tires with a P or Q rating at best, not ZR tires built to handle autobahn level speeds.

[TouringTeg]

Having lived in Courtenay I can definitely attest to how wide open, straight and smooth the island highway is in that region. I have to agree that the speed limit could easily be raised from 110. Perhaps we should have two limits like in Europe for good and poor weather conditions.

An inexperienced driver doing 200k on a snow covered road is nuts

[tofu1413]

people go OMFG WTF BBQ expression when they hear people go above 120km

HOLLY SHIT HOW ARE YOU GONNA STOP WHEN YOU DO 121km
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

if u are in a tercel than ya..
:rolleyes:




160-180km can be reached in no time......jesus ppl

3am in the morning a straight road that goes on and on for 3-5km +

would you not wonna rip that asshole up when u are the only car on the road?


NO im gonna do 79km just so i can obey the law

:bullshit:

with our cars.. it doesnt take too long.. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdTX8ZatPqY

[bloodmack]

There's not one straight on hwy 1 between Vancouver and chilliwack that is as flat or straight as the island hwy
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mabye not, but im pretty sure theres enough of a straight to hit 200km

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

more than enough

[tofu1413]

+1 to more than enough.

its just if you're willing to.

oh hell, look at Kinght street bridge all the way to the end at westminster.

all those deaths over the years, with people doing in excess of 200km/h+ easily. any car could do it. its more than enough room. just a matter of guts and if you're insane/ inconsiderate enough to do it.

[Great68]

Having lived in Courtenay I can definitely attest to how wide open, straight and smooth the island highway is in that region. I have to agree that the speed limit could easily be raised from 110. Perhaps we should have two limits like in Europe for good and poor weather conditions.



That's a good suggestion. Dual limits is a great idea.

Actually a friend of one of my uncles is a Highway designer in France.
One of his comments was that stretch of highway would easily be 140 in Europe.

[El Bastardo]

Hes from the Island.
It probably means his sister was feeling frisky but he needed to get to a liquor store before they sold the last 8 pack of Lucky.

(It may be incest, but she has standards you know)

[TheKingdom2000]

you can get to 200km/h on the UBC highway.

[MindBomber]

Which would be very useful if your running late for a midterm!

[darkfroggy]

Which would be very useful if your running late for a midterm!

With time management like that, the midterm is the least of your worries.

[darkfroggy]

hes 20, live and learn . Speeding and u get put in jail ? rly... u that hardcore eh

How do you hit 205km/hr in an icy highway in a Civic?

He needs more than just jail time.

[MindBomber]

With time management like that, the midterm is the least of your worries.

I was being sarcastic.

[Phil@rise]

I don't condone excessive speeding on public roads hwy's etc but everybody is so brainwashed now a days by the police media and insurance providers into believing speeding is pure evil all in the attempt to save lives. The way I see it if some dumbass wants to risk his life and his life alone then leave him be. Let the moron do 200km/h and it will catch up to him why lose sleep over it why get wound up over it.
The way our governments are going its only a matter of time before it will be law for everybody to wear helmets neck protection and bubble wrap to walk their dogs.

[TheKingdom2000]

I don't condone excessive speeding on public roads hwy's etc but everybody is so brainwashed now a days by the police media and insurance providers into believing speeding is pure evil all in the attempt to save lives. The way I see it if some dumbass wants to risk his life and his life alone then leave him be. Let the moron do 200km/h and it will catch up to him why lose sleep over it why get wound up over it.
The way our governments are going its only a matter of time before it will be law for everybody to wear helmets neck protection and bubble wrap to walk their dogs.

The fact that he's driving that fast on an open road where there maybe other people on it is not safe.
No one cares about his life, it's the life/lives of the people in another car that he might have hit.

[darkfroggy]

I don't condone excessive speeding on public roads hwy's etc but everybody is so brainwashed now a days by the police media and insurance providers into believing speeding is pure evil all in the attempt to save lives. The way I see it if some dumbass wants to risk his life and his life alone then leave him be. Let the moron do 200km/h and it will catch up to him why lose sleep over it why get wound up over it.
The way our governments are going its only a matter of time before it will be law for everybody to wear helmets neck protection and bubble wrap to walk their dogs.

How are you sure that no one else is on the highway? At 200 km/h in suboptimal conditions, there's a good chance you won't see everything. A lot of road accidents are caused by people being overconfident and being careless in the way they drive.

That's why they're called "accidents" and not "incidents".