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Old 02-14-2011, 10:20pm   #1
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Default Man jailed after filming himself driving 140 mph

Man jailed after filming himself driving 140 mph - Yahoo! News

Guys should have bought a radar detector along with his video camera.

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PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – A man who filmed the speedometer of his car while driving more than 140 miles per hour so he could post it on YouTube, ended up in jail on Saturday and the video confiscated, police said.

Stanislav Vadimovich Bakanov was pulled over by police on Oregon Interstate 5 after he was clocked driving his black 2005 BMW at 118 mph. He filmed Sheriff's Deputy Ryan Postlewait as he approached the car.

When Postlewait asked why he was videotaping, Bakanov said he was filming his speedometer, and his arrest, to post on Youtube. The video later revealed that Bakanov had attained speeds in excess of 140 mph.

He was arrested and confined in Marion County jail Saturday night, charged with reckless driving and speeding. It was his third speeding incident in the past year. The video was confiscated and will be used as evidence against him.

Marion County Police spokesman Don Thompson said winds were gusting at up to 50 mph during the day.

"There were tree branches down on the freeway. To be driving at these speeds today was just plain crazy," he said.
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Old 02-14-2011, 10:23pm   #2
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When will these Facebook and YouTube nuts learn.
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Old 02-14-2011, 10:25pm   #3
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When will these Facebook and YouTube nuts learn.
Hopefully never, I love a good self-ownage story.
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Marion County Police spokesman Don Thompson said winds were gusting at up to 50 mph during the day.

"There were tree branches down on the freeway. To be driving at these speeds today was just plain crazy," he said.
I guess on other days it's not considered crazy?
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Nothing like video taping yourself breaking the law and then posting it for all to see, lemmie guess, on the advice of his lawyer he'll plead not guilty.
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The video doesn't much matter. That's just story sensationalizing.

A decent lawyer will have the vid tossed out of court, while it may help support the 118mph charge he was witnessed and clocked at, they won't convict for the 140 that wasn't witnessed, and even if they did, would the penalty be any different?
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...lemmie guess, on the advice of his lawyer he'll plead not guilty.
Of course. The speedo is not properly calibrated and therefore could be off by ... oh maybe 80mph.
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Of course. The speedo is not properly calibrated and therefore could be off by ... oh maybe 80mph.
In all seriousness, BMW speedometers are the least accurate, reading high by about 10% or so. Of course, that only screws him over even more, seeing as that means his true speed was actually only about 127.
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Probably switched it over to KPH instead of MPH.
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Probably switched it over to KPH instead of MPH.
It's a 2005 BMW 330ci. There is no "switching over" to KPH. Like most cars, both KPH and MPH are on the same arc.
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