If you're driving 225, why would you ever stop for the police.

In less than 20 seconds, you're a mile away from the point the police officer saw you. By the time he got in and started the engine and accelerated to 120mph, you're 2 miles away from him.

Police cars can't travel 225mph, even if they wanted to.

Golf clap, subby.

revrendjim: AverageAmericanGuy: If you're driving 225, why would you ever stop for the police.

In less than 20 seconds, you're a mile away from the point the police officer saw you. By the time he got in and started the engine and accelerated to 120mph, you're 2 miles away from him.

Police cars can't travel 225mph, even if they wanted to.

Police cars have radios, and radio waves go 186000 miles in one second. And there are more police cars out there.

That's true, but it's awfully hard to do the initial coordination of resources when your target is 2 miles away and can beat your car's top speed by double..

"south of the border." How they end up getting pulled over by an Arizona Highway Patrol car at the end

'Coast' over the border at 99 mph?

AverageAmericanGuy: If you're driving 225, why would you ever stop for the police.

In less than 20 seconds, you're a mile away from the point the police officer saw you. By the time he got in and started the engine and accelerated to 120mph, you're 2 miles away from him.

Police cars can't travel 225mph, even if they wanted to.


That is almost funny. Can't think of a situation where you are more screwed than this one. Can't outrun the radio. No streets to turn down to get away. Can't pull off some dusty desert road because your car will high center on anything higher than a copenhagen can. Miles from anywhere. You might as well just pull over because you have zero chance of blending in or outrunning his backup. Game over.

DirtyDeadGhostofEbenezerCooke: "south of the border." How they end up getting pulled over by an Arizona Highway Patrol car at the end

'Coast' over the border at 99 mph?

They were south of the Utah border.

Yeah, well:

I can't get a license
To drive in my car
But I don't really need one
if I'm a big star

Javacrucian: He has a limo, he rides in the back.
He locks the doors in case he's attacked.

Life's been good so far.

I give them points for using the Homeworld soundtrack.

Captain Slow did 259 mph !

The traffic stop could have happened an hour later and he was doing 81 in a 70 or some such.

there was no traffic on the speed run stretch. Where the car was pulled over had a decent amount of traffic.

/granted, doing the speed run on public roads was pretty dumb, unless they had the mexican police shut it down.

Comic Book Guy: That's true, but it's awfully hard to do the initial coordination of resources when your target is 2 miles away and can beat your car's top speed by double..

The cops have these things called maps, which tell them where the roads go. With maps and radios, they can block the roads up ahead.

/Whaddah ya, straight out of 1936?

Wenchmaster: I can't think of much the Veyron would be good for, but it is an extremely impressive bit of engineering. Building a street-legal vehicle that can get to 200+ mph is becoming almost commonplace. Building a street-legal vehicle that can get to 200+ mph with so little drama is a marvel.

Yeah, building something that can go that fast isn't that hard. A friend of mine did it for a little under 10 grand several years ago. He never took it above 170 or so, because the car wasn't built to handle anything faster than that and he wasn't stupid. Building something that can go that fast and still be controllable, that's a whole other story.

DjangoStonereaver: [i.dailymail.co.uk image 306x419]

"My mother could drive a Veyron at 225, damn pikeys."

Damn. I did not realize it was possible for James May to look sexy.

AverageAmericanGuy: Police cars can't travel 225mph, even if they wanted to.

Says you.

OK the Gallardo tops out at 200, but still...


/subby

Shoot. I was having fun imagining it was one of the six of these in existence:



Hopefully with Rich Uncle Pennybags in the driver's seat.

Gleeman: AverageAmericanGuy: Police cars can't travel 225mph, even if they wanted to.

Says you.

OK the Gallardo tops out at 200, but still...


/subby

okay, AMERICAN police cars. The Crown Vics anyway. Those 2v 4.6 engines only put out around 280hp and the cars are heavy.

/don't know about the new Chargers.

AverageAmericanGuy: If you're driving 225, why would you ever stop for the police.

In less than 20 seconds, you're a mile away from the point the police officer saw you. By the time he got in and started the engine and accelerated to 120mph, you're 2 miles away from him.

Police cars can't travel 225mph, even if they wanted to.

That's going to be one helluva ticket... then again, if you can afford to drive a Bugatti, it's probably just chump change to you.

Captain Slow got that thing up to 250+. I feel cheated

Ric Romero's Mexican Cousin says: "people who are dumb enough to spend that kind of money on a car aren't smart enough not to do stupid things with it".

AverageAmericanGuy: If you're driving 225, why would you ever stop for the police.

No car can outrun a radio, and it's not like it's real easy to blend in with the rest of traffic when you're driving a Veyron. There are some cars and bikes that are both fast and common enough that you might get away with that. A Veyron is not one of them.

"Plus evading is a felony. Speeding, even this fast, isn't. Felonies change your entire life. If you can afford a Veyron, you can afford to take care of the trouble you can get into in it."

I get the feeling that the cop was in on the filming.............................note that at no time did they tape the speedo at that speed and they only shot footage of the cop car sitting on the side of the road. With a good attorney, if it ever came to charges, that's reasonable doubt

If he did get spotted going that fast, it was probably from above, and the car could have outrun the spotter plane (but not its radio)

the bust would have made the papers too. I know that the guy who took his veyron swimming in an attempt to defraud the insurance company in the vicinity of where I live made national news

cmunic8r99: Shadow Blasko: whyRpeoplesostupid: calbert: with a camera inside the car, you'd think they would've got a shot of the speedometer.

I kept waiting for it. Wonder if it goes up to 225?

Yes. It does.

[automotiveauto.info image 580x384]

/hotter than a 1001 hp engine
//European version goes t0 420km/h

His door is ajar and one of his tires needs air. He's gonna die!

toetag: The traffic stop could have happened an hour later and he was doing 81 in a 70 or some such.

The YouTube video description says:

"Bugatti Veyron on Seven 215-225mph Runs. Multiple flyby views/angles. Car kept in handling mode (not top speed mode) due to uneven surface of the road used.
Due to its 26 gallon tank and its incredible fuel efficiency at normal speeds (80mph), the car was driven down to the border and back, without the need to refuel or the use of a carrier.
On the way back from from the border, returning through AZ, an officer stopped the car to take a look at it. No citations given since the car was driven at 80mph where at that speed it gets great gas mileage (about 17mpg highway).
About 12 gallons was burned on the 7 speed runs."

HallasHell: Captain Slow got that thing up to 250+. I feel cheated

Captain Slow's run was in speed mode, these guys left it in handling mode (the rear wing is still up for downforce).

What kind of ticket does that earn you?

I imagine in some states, they fine you, impound the car, strip you of your license for a year and make you take plenty of courses to regain it.

Then there are probably other states where they give you a warning.

You know, I bet that if you owned a Bugatti Veyron in Arizona, you could probably just drive to the police station and say, 'Hey guys, i want to do a speed run in the desert. Do you think you guys could block off the road for me for a bit? I'll let you guys take turns riding shotgun.'

And then you'd have half the squad out there cheering you on.

Samwise Gamgee: You know, I bet that if you owned a Bugatti Veyron in Arizona, you could probably just drive to the police station and say, 'Hey guys, i want to do a speed run in the desert. Do you think you guys could block off the road for me for a bit? I'll let you guys take turns riding shotgun.'

And then you'd have half the squad out there cheering you on.

I've found most cops are amazingly cool if you talk to them first. You just don't go and do something stupid and hope for forgiveness afterwards.

I'm going to call shenanigans on the video, at least to the extent of the speed they achieved. I don't doubt he was speeding, But he wasn't going that fast. The reason I say this is because the rear spoiler is fully extended, meaning the car is not in Top Speed mode. In order to reach the speeds the guy is claiming you need to insert a special key into the Veyron which retracts the spoiler, closes the front vents and lowers the car's suspension.

You can see what I'm walking about here.

Kaeishiwaza: I'm going to call shenanigans on the video, at least to the extent of the speed they achieved. I don't doubt he was speeding, But he wasn't going that fast. The reason I say this is because the rear spoiler is fully extended, meaning the car is not in Top Speed mode. In order to reach the speeds the guy is claiming you need to insert a special key into the Veyron which retracts the spoiler, closes the front vents and lowers the car's suspension.

You can see what I'm walking about here.

One other thing, they would probably need to check the entire stretch of road for debris. One blown tire at that speed and you're hamburger