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Keep in mind that the pavement on our interstates here is just one notch above a dirt road...

"Law catches up with 146 mph driver
By Erica Jacobson
Free Press Staff Writer

Vermont State Trooper William Sweeny was on the lookout for a fast little red car headed north on Interstate 89 on Friday night, but, when the car blasted past, nothing prepared Sweeny for the three numbers that popped up on his radar machine.

1-4-6.

Around 8:30 Friday night, Sweeny clocked 20-year-old Ryan Seeholzer of Williston driving 146 mph just north of Exit 19 in St. Albans.

"If he would have wiped out going that speed," Sweeny said, "hopefully he would have had a wallet in his pocket because that would have been the only way to identify him."

Police eventually stopped Seeholzer on U.S. 2 in Rouses Point, N.Y., but only after a 25-mile hunt that involved six law enforcement agencies.

Seeholzer did not return a phone call for this story.

Part of the problem, Sweeny said, was that his cruiser was no match for Seeholzer's Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution sedan.

"I could keep him in sight for a while," Sweeny said, "but I couldn't catch him."

Sweeny radioed for help. Swanton Police stopped another red car, but the occupants told police they were headed to the same destination as Seeholzer -- a Quebec racetrack about 15 miles north of the border at Rouses Point.

The Grand Isle sheriff also answered Sweeny's call as did the Border Patrol, the New York State Police and Rouses Point Police Department.

By that time, Sweeny said, Seeholzer had reduced his speed to legal limits.

"He knew his goose was cooked," Sweeny said. "He wasn't trying to draw any more attention to himself at this point."

Police wrote Seeholzer a $767 speeding ticket and cited him with careless and negligent operation of a motor vehicle. Sweeny credited the quick response of law enforcement to tracking down Seeholzer.

"You can do 146 mph," Sweeny said, "but you're never going to outrun a radio."

jj1814

$767 !!!!! DAMN!

Plus insurance is going to rape him.

vice86

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Isn't that fast enough to lock him up?

Montez

Thats rediculous, he needs to be locked up and license taken!

DiRN

He needs to be tied up and photographed.

cedusett

that's hilarious

Zcool

That's not funny. It's down right stupid. i can't help but point out the dumb s....'s age --20. If he' lives to see retirement he will be lucky. I just hope he doesn't take some else with him. The cop was right, wiping out at the speed is instant death!!!

drew703

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Definitely! If it was in VA for example, he would have spent 1 night in jail for every MPH over 90 he was doing (according to law in most jurisdictions)

Hell, if he got caught doing 146 in Fairfax county, he would have been executed by now.

crazy story though

-drew

crazygideon

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There are plenty of members on this board that have done 150mph+. I'm not endorsing speeding but it seems like bashing him only because he got caught.

Sky2king8

That's not true crazy... I've never gone above 130 ;-)

TZUNAMI

uh wtf sky king, he said there are plenty, not all

I have maxed out the Z on a long strait stretch of highway in Texas without another car in sight. I just had to do it, and was prepared for the consequences of being caught/killed.

I now have a GF and other important things in my life to consider, and would never do this again.

Well, maybe on a track.

silver&black03

****! too bad he did not get away!

Lerxst

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I wish I could remember the details...

I think it was Denmark, I know it was a senior executive of Nokia, he was speeding (nothing too insane I think), speeding tickets there are on a sliding scale based on last year's salary. I'm sure his ticket was at least $100,000USD.

ouch.

Anybody remember this story to fill in the gaps?

MadMax76

I think this is crap. Unless the have a photo of him doing that how do they know it was really him? If he accepted the ticket then he is a dumbass.

BDM

What makes you think he has a choice other than accepting the ticket? He can fight it in court later, but most states require you to sign and accept the ticket at the scene or go to jail.

cedusett

That's not entirely true. When you sign for the ticket, you're not signing a guilty plea. You're only confirming that yes, the officer did give you the ticket.

You can still enter a plea of not guilty when you do go to court, or you can sign the back and say you're guilty and just send in the 767 dollars.

WayneTN

146 MPH, man I would have paid the $767 just to stay out of jail! Probably what should have happened is he should have lost his license and spent some time in confinement before he kills somebody.

my $0.02

MA4

"his cruiser was no match for Seeholzer's Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution sedan"

i bet the mitsu guys are eating this up!

BDM

Well, well what I wrote was entirely true, but not a complete explanation. What you added definitely made it clearer. What can I say, I was tired.

XtaZee

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I used to blast past FHP alot on the curve from the Turpike North going into 836 East on my bike. They love to hide in the embankment on the curve. I would always be doing 110 MPH + coming out of the curve. As soon as I saw them, I dropped a gear and it was a race to the next exit, which was a couple miles up. Many times I 'd look in the rearview to see he couldn't get on because of the traffic, hehe. If he did, no hope of him catching up to me since by then I had a couple mile lead on him. That's why if you're gonna do this, you need to get off at the first exit or he will radio for help and set up a road block.

He should have gotten off the highway at the first exit, made mad right, left turns parked the car at some retail location or apartments and called his freinds from a phone to come get him. He then could have picked the car up later, if the popo did find it, no way to prove he was driving it.