02-10-2005 20:18

Karthik

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Tytus,

I know you're an accomplished driver, but why are you taking pictures of your dashboard, while on the phone, while going 86 mph?!?

02-10-2005 20:21

Tytus Gerrish

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i know i know not the safest thing in the world. Dont do this at home Kids!

02-10-2005 20:21

Cory

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It's sort of illegal too...

02-10-2005 20:56

sanddrag

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Yeah, that's a bit fast. It's a Ford right? Edit: I guess it is Mazda (B series?, equivalent of Ford Ranger)

02-10-2005 20:58

Michelle Celio

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Haha Pwn3d.

And yeah thats a little of an un-safe speed don't cha think?

02-10-2005 21:03

DarMagi

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Only you would do something like this... I don't think even Aerifin is that crazy, and thats pretty bad there.

02-10-2005 21:05

Arefin Bari

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hahaha... you have no idea. (Cory pointed out that it is not cool to discuss illegal things like this on the forum... so I can't share) but to some respective members on the forum (specially Neha): Please don't tell them how crazy I am.

Tytus has a Mazda B2500 (truck) now.

02-10-2005 21:19

Alex Cormier

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hilarious.

02-10-2005 22:33

nehalita

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eh, don't you get run over if you're going below 80? well okay i'm stretching it but going AT the speed limit means you're going to get cut off by everyone on the road and that poses a greater safety hazard.
[this is written is slight sarcasm...i'm not here to argue i'm just playing around]

02-10-2005 23:31

mechanicalbrain

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Well all illegalities aside its either a tribut to team 233 or future team 9395.

02-10-2005 23:34

Conor Ryan

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Notice the team 87(mph) or the 139(km/h) reference too...

02-10-2005 23:40

sanddrag

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Actually, I'd sort of agree, at least on some freeways here. At times, the freeway will have an average volume or cars and the fast lane will maintain a speed of around 80mph. It is actually a pretty common thing. I've seen people go like 68 (speed limit is 65) in the fast lane and hold up traffic for about a mile. The freeway was free and clear in front of them and packed behind them. Everyone's got somewhere to be, and most people want to get there faster. And when you encounter someone just "out for an afternoon drive" I'd say a significant percentage of drivers don't like that. I know I don't. If the freeway is flowing at a good rate, I go with the flow, even if the flow is faster than the speed limit.

Also, one kind of funny thing is that quite a few times cops have come up right behind me when I'm doing 75-80mph. And every single time it turns out that they were only trying to get around me, and then they do, and proceed to accelerate up to about 90mph.

02-10-2005 23:46

Elgin Clock

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Hey! Karthik, you're canadian. You will use the metric system.
140 km/h

And.. my guess is the heiroglyphics of the sailboat inbetween the large H and C in which your arrow is pointing at has to mean something..

WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WHAT DOES IT MEAN???


Other than that, the only thing I can think of is that if you took your picture 4 miles later then you would of had a really cool number on your trip tick.

02-10-2005 23:53

mechanicalbrain

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I was talking to a police officer I'm friends with about this subject. He says he speeds a little just so he doesn't slow people down. He also told me about the most amazing speeding ticket he ever gave he ever made. He was driving 70 on a 65 mph road and this woman passes him going 80. When he pulls her over he says "Mam I was going 70 on a 65 mph road and you passed me pretty fast. Do you know what that means Mam?" she replies "Yes sir, you were speeding on duty." That takes some guts.

03-10-2005 01:53

K.Shaw

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in a hurry are you? lol

03-10-2005 05:49

Jay H 237

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He actually has 93,95X miles on it. The first zero is for when you roll the odometer over. The tenths column is in the trip odometer.

or stupidity!

03-10-2005 16:57

Gabe Salas Jr.

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You were on the phone, going 86 mph on I-95 (fairly common), while taking a picture at the same time? Where your knees on the steering wheel? I pray you had your seatbelt on. Now is a good time to emphasize usage of safety glasses...

03-10-2005 17:07

Billfred

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Remember, everyone, it's Tytus. He's used to driving things ridiculously fast.

03-10-2005 17:42

Elgin Clock

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So.. the more important thing is; did she get out of getting a ticket?
They always speed on duty.. I hope she got out of it.

03-10-2005 17:54

nehalita

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i'm assuming he gave her the ticket after all
(then again assuming makes a....well you know how that saying goes)

03-10-2005 17:55

Cory

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I bet she got it.

Cops don't like smartasses. If you're trying to get out of a ticket, this is probably the worst way to do so.

03-10-2005 18:08

Wetzel

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Hey kid, don't do it again!
Roll up on a few nasty accident scenes where you have to cut the car apart to get people out and it will have an effect upon you.
I went through the whole invincible period too, but I am no longer invincible in my car, just out on the pitch.

Stay safe,
Wetzel

03-10-2005 18:53

team222badbrad

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Speaking of speeding and with the winter weather just around the corner I figured I would post about my incident. I know some of you do not have to worry about snow and ice, but traveling excessive speeds is just as bad on dry roads.

Anyway back in February of 2004 I rolled my vehicle less than two miles from my house while driving too fast for the road conditions.

Luckily, I escaped with a two very very very minor injuries, a cut on my pinky from the driver side window shattering and a bruise on my head where the rear view mirror hit me.

Surprisingly I even drove the vehicle home, after I removed it from the snow bank, and parked it in the driveway. After the vehicle did a complete flip it landed back on all fours, if that would not have occured I would have most likely sustained many more painful injuries!

Anyway at least buckle up, no matter how slow or fast you drive!

04-10-2005 06:23

Arefin Bari

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haha... Tytus always wears his seatbelt. And I don't think he took the picture while he was on the phone with me (unless he wanted to surprise me, he knew that the picture of the ticket on my car was going to make an appearance here). He probably realized it when he got off the phone with me and then took the picture. tytus is a safe driver... ya he doesn't drive his truck like he drives his Swampthing (if he was to driver his truck like he drives swampthing, atleast 2 tickets would pop up every week).

25-07-2006 15:32

Michelle Celio

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Ok thread revival!



I can do it too
I took this this morning at about 6:34am..and at a safer speed. It only took me 5 days of driving to and from school. So you can do the math for how far away I live from my school.

25-07-2006 15:53

Alex Cormier

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looks like that you need to get some gas!

25-07-2006 19:58

Dylan

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Something like 23.3 miles, right?

I noticed you switched your user name and AKA. And what is "Double Bays"?

25-07-2006 20:15

Joe_Widen

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I think Tytus just went faster to get that annoying speed indicator out of our way so we could see the 233.

26-07-2006 12:59

Tytus Gerrish

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i actually slowed down to take that picture

26-07-2006 13:02

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...That's scary.

We shouldn't let this turn into a "who can take a picture of the trip meter reading 233 while going the fastest"... despite how cool it would be.

28-07-2006 00:42

RoboMadi

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I agree. But in safer conditions, things like these can happen.

28-07-2006 02:04

sanddrag

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Man, I remember when Montana had no speed limit. It was so awesome. Going 110 in a Ford Explorer with Firestone Wilderness ATs.

Is there anywhere in the US with no speed limit now?

28-07-2006 02:35

Tristan Lall

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Not on public roads. But Texas has some stretches that are being raised to 80 mph.

But the number hunting that spawned this thread? That's a waste of time.

28-07-2006 03:17

sanddrag

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An interesting note is that the German Autobahn is statistically much safer than US highways. There are far fewer crashes. However, when a crash does occur, I bet it is pretty bad.

The difference is that their cars don't have cupholders and people don't grab a big mac before happing on the autobahn. They don't talk on the phone while driving either. And a lot of their cars are all quite high performance models. Also, you must drive in the right lane, and pass on the left, and can be heavily fined for not doing so, or for driving too slowly. In Germany, driving is a skillful art, in the US, it is a passive annoyance.

28-07-2006 11:14

travis48elite

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Hey our engineers do that all the time, especially Evil Trav. Sometimes its a miracle that even get to some of the regionals in one piece especially New Jersey. Sometimes they will even have races while going down the interstate against each other. That is why we always remember to bring extra pants...................well at least the rookies on the team since they are not use to the engineers driving habits.

28-07-2006 11:31

lukevanoort

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I dunno about all of the mentors and engineers on my team but I did see one do 92 on the way to Virginia. (He actually didn't realize he was doing 92, when I pointed it out, he slowed down)

28-07-2006 11:40

travis48elite

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Well actually its not Evil Trav with the lead foot it's one of our other engineers. He has been known to hit 95 while the other engineers try to keep up. We slowed him down for IRI.

28-07-2006 11:49

Travis Hoffman

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When in Rome....

One of our OTHER mentors, who shall remain nameless, did take some rather.....rapid......liberties with the V8 Envoy while hauling the team trailer to NJ. I guess he couldn't wait to get there and see all the beautiful concrete*.....

*I'm just kidding. There was lots of asphalt and blacktop too**.

**I'm still kidding.

Yes, on the way home from IRI, I hooked up with Tony Stewart who was out crusing on I-70 E at about 135, and we sent two of the other mentors into the wall somewhere in the vicinity of Columbus. I picked up the draft from Tony on I-71 N and never looked back.

Oh, and didn't I tell you I own stock in Levi Strauss?

I believe we were going along with the flow of traffic at a leisurely 75 most of the way to and from Indiana, SIR. Stop rear seat driving!

30-07-2006 01:25

RyanN

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Just notice that he is going 87MPH. What American road has a speed limit of 85MPH or 80MPH.

30-07-2006 02:05

Tytus Gerrish

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The speed limit is more of a sugestion in South florida. a sugestion i've been pulled over Four times for, but a sugestion none the less.