Another Darwin Award winner...

[cmyX6go]

Anyone hear about the Z4 that did a 24 minute lap around Manhattan? He posted it on youtube. Police weren't amused. They tracked him down, arrested him and seized his car. Saw it on the news this morning. Looking for the video now.

Carry on.

Found it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_4ghLXaEVM

[ard]

Stupid, yes- but technically to be a darwin winner one need to either die or neuter them self.

[TerminatorX5]

while the video is self-incriminating, with a good lawyer the owner can get away - the video does not identify the driver, and a driver can be cited for the speeding, not the car (even though they can try to cite the owner), the video does not identify the car, even though in description they do... the only way this can stick, if they pull the video from the traffic cameras, identifying the license plate of the vehicle, and have a record of the speed - as evidenced by the video, it can be manipulated to increase or decrease the speed of the playback, thus giving a visual impression of a certain speed... and the time markers on the video mean nothing, as the device is not certified...

on the other hand, this is not a criminal proceedings, and in a civil court the requirements for the evidence can much more laxed then in criminal courts...

This was stupid to do, even more stupid to post it on line with self-identification, but the guy should fight back, not because he was right to drive so but to protect the rights from unusual seizures, prosecution, blah blah blah... under the constitution, every person has a right to face his/her accuser...

[cmyX6go]

Originally Posted by TerminatorX5

the only way this can stick, if they pull the video from the traffic cameras, identifying the license plate of the vehicle, and have a record of the speed - as evidenced by the video, it can be manipulated to increase or decrease the speed of the playback, thus giving a visual impression of a certain speed... and the time markers on the video mean nothing, as the device is not certified...

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I'm sure that's how they got him. He posted the date on the video and the route. All they had to do was go to the traffic cameras. He gave it to them.

[TerminatorX5]

Originally Posted by cmyX6go

I'm sure that's how they got him. He posted the date on the video and the route. All they had to do was go to the traffic cameras. He gave it to them.

in this case, the timing of the posting of the video on the youtube may prove crucial - the video from the traffic cameras can not be kept forever, as it infringes on the citizens' privacy. the video should be kept for certain period of time (shuold be spelled out in the NYPD scriptures somewhere) and then deleted... so, if the video was posted after the speed cameras deleted the footage, it might tougher for state to prove its case... again, with a good lawyer who is not intimidated by the system...
of course, the BIG BROTHER would rather have those videos kept forever, but... but we pride ourselves as a free, democratic society, and while collection of this information is vital in various investigations, we can not assume that every citizen is a potential criminal just because there are some potential criminals out there... and collect all of that inf... wait... isn't it what the the Big Brother does with our emails? and the phones?... lol

still - stupid to drive like that... he ran a red light in one instance, did he not? and undercut couple cars while taking them over...

the other thing, a lot of his ground was covered in the right lane - tells me about the left lane bandits... for some reason they were not punished... as i drive to work and home everyday, most of my passing (as a matter of fact, under 65 MPH speed limit) is happening in the right lane - the left lane is overcrowded and is crawling at 55 MPH... why? there are NO left turns for the next 80 miles on that stretch of the road...

[drex]

Juan drives like that all the time....lol