Hellcat 198MPH on the highway

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by gsfred, Aug 17, 2018.

  1. gsfred

    gsfred Founders Club Member

  2. Ken Mild

    Ken Mild King of 18 Year Resto's

    Next people will be posting videos of murders all over youtube. What idiots. Someone posted "Hell of a ticket. I doubt he’ll be able to dodge this in court." I wonder if they even knew the pun they created. "dodge". LOL
     
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  3. 1972Mach1

    1972Mach1 Just some M.M.O.G. guy.....

    That, sadly, has already happened on Facebook live quite a few times. People live streaming themselves killing people. Crazy world.
     
  4. Luxus

    Luxus Gold Level Contributor

    I bet they impounded the car, even though they didn't catch him 'red handed'. I don't care how dead the public road was, one mistake and he would be dead and anyone else who may have crossed his path.
     
  5. Stage 2 iron

    Stage 2 iron 480 IRON HEAD STAGE 2

    The car has more brains then the driver.
     
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  6. jay3000

    jay3000 RIP 1-16-21

    I once saw a video of a guy sliding down a water slide, flying across a huge field, and landing in a wading pool. Seems a conviction based solely on a video that is obviously edited is unlikely. (hopefully) . IMO if someone is arrested based solely on a Youtube video with today's editing capabilities, that in itself should be illegal.
     
  7. jay3000

    jay3000 RIP 1-16-21

    I took a picture of my old park avenue going 129..................... KPH. It looks cool though.
     
  8. Ken Mild

    Ken Mild King of 18 Year Resto's

    It's a slippery slope indeed. Where do you draw the line. There's a whole separate justice system needed just for video prosecutions. They probably got warrant for poster's IP Address and it went from there. Not hard to get a conviction if you get someone's back against the wall far enough to fess up.
     
  9. NormsGS

    NormsGS Well-Known Member

    There was a video of a guy in an M-plate Hellcat here in SE Michigan on I96 (near Woodward) who did the same thing, but topped out a little slower....it was on the local Motown Muscle website but the video disappeared some time ago. I think they got in trouble with the company.
     
  10. 70staged

    70staged Well-Known Member

    Nothing said about the crotch rocket trying to keep up in the video.
     
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  11. TexasT

    TexasT Texas, where are you from

    That is why all the street racing vids are filmed in Mexico.
     
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  12. flynbuick

    flynbuick Guest

    The 198 mph Hellcat run took place very close to our home. Once the driver posted his video on U tube, someone sent it to the N.C. Highway Patrol. The Highway Patrol identified and arrested him. He is in some serious legal trouble.
     
  13. jay3000

    jay3000 RIP 1-16-21

    Did he have the sense to use his "right to remain silent"? He wasn't able to before.

    Based solely on the video that was posted, I find it hard to arrest or convict someone.
     
  14. 70 gsconvt

    70 gsconvt Silver Level contributor

    How does a 22 year old get one of these cars anyway??? When I was 22 I was still driving a POS. Of course, I was in the Army then.
     
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  15. BQUICK

    BQUICK Gold Level Contributor

    I'm thinking the goal was 200.....maybe in 20 years when he gets outta jail he can try again.o_O
     
  16. George D.

    George D. Platinum Level Contributor

    They SAY it's in Mexico.. ;). ... Not Houston or Baytown... LOL
     
  17. nekkidhillbilly

    nekkidhillbilly jeffreyrigged youtube channel owner

    Will be awful hard to get any kind of conviction out of this and I can see a lawsuit against the state when they lose the case and before anyone comments im pro police as they come (work for them) but I think this is a little absurd and a waste of a bunch of resources and money. Proving without a doubt its him driving at that speed on that road is not going to work so well and proving someone else was in danger at the time. No victim her really.
     
  18. flynbuick

    flynbuick Guest

    Having actually worked as an attorney, on the prosecution side, in the same state, let me say that obtaining a conviction in this case for willful speed competition, careless and reckless driving and speeding more than 190 mph in a 65 zone, will be a slam dunk. Also, the tort risk to the state for this arrest and prosecution is near zero. With the guys lined up on the side of the road in advance using video, the state will be able to go to the jury on a charge of pre-arranged racing. If they can ID one of the people on the side of the road, they will charge them if they do not agree to testify against the driver.

    If (once) convicted a likely outcome is a permanent revocation of driver's license. Perhaps he will also lose the vehicle.

    If he is charged with prearranged racing by statute the county sheriff is directed to immediately take possession of the vehicle and hold it pending trial. You can get it back pending trial by posting a bond for double the value of the Hellcat.
     
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  19. copperheadgs1

    copperheadgs1 copperheadgs1

    I don’t think I will be trying this in my Hellcat.
     
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  20. Ken Mild

    Ken Mild King of 18 Year Resto's

    Great decision!
     
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