Stupid Actor Driving Stupidly
Actor Thomas Jane, who’s best known for his role in “The Punisher”, is about to get punished himself after racing his Mazerati at 124 mph on Interstate 5.
Now, you won’t hear me crying over a rich celebrity having to fork out for California high risk car insurance after pulling a stunt like that. I can only imagine the car insurance quote California drivers get plagued with after incidents like that now that newspapers are publishing DUI offender names.
Still, let’s give the man some credit: despite blowing over 0.08 percent, those are some impressive speeds to be reaching without having an auto accident. And, no doubt his lawyer will bring that out, not that his SR22 insurance will be any lower.
Perhaps his lawyer should also point out Jane’s true accomplishment: being the only person in history who didn’t get gridlocked in I-5’s notorious traffic.
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I’m aware that American interstates have lower speed limits than we do on similar highways in Canada. (When Canadians drive in the States, they feel as though they’re crawling.)
But since we think in metric here, tell me: is 124 mph very fast?
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It’s 199.55 kph, so I suppose after that it just depends on what your definition of “fast” is.
HOLY SHIT. OK, that’s fast… about 99.55 km faster than our highways.
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Yeah, but you kind of have to wonder how drunk could he be if he could still operate a car at that speed.
Though sober while doing so, I will admit that I’ve driven as fast as 130 mph on I49. It was relatively new and not much traffic yet… and… well, there’s no excuse.
However, I did it in a Ford Taurus (SHO, of course), so it’s probably really good that I can’t afford a Maserati.
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I’ve driven that fast on the Autobahn. In a rental Ford. It’s FUN!
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Yeah, but on the Autobahn, you’re not only allowed, you’re expected to keep up.
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Oh, great. Now I have that Kraftwerk Autobahn song stuck in my head. Thanks, pal. Thanks a lot.
I used to have a Ford Taurus SHO. My God, that was a fun car to drive! I’d have loved to have taken it for a stiff drive at that speed, too, but there’s no where in the KC area to really open up and fly like that.
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You are infinitely welcome! It didn’t seem fair that I had the ability to correct stupid things I’d written in comments (particularly on non-sober Tippling Tuesday nights) without letting y’all do the same thing.