Lucas Wright, 24, has a novel defense for driving like a madman at 100 miles an hour in Illinois: “he’d just gotten his car washed and he was trying to dry it off.”
That was the explanation when an officer finally caught up with 2006 Honda Accord. By the way, the speed limit was 50 miles an hour — which is usually sufficient to dry out most cars. He was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of speeding 40 miles per hour or more over the posted limit. This defense attorney may just want to throw in the towel on this one.
Source: Chicago News
Jonathan Turley
Really? One of the best vehicles I’ve ever owned. We took it out west a year after I bought it and was the best road trip we ever made. It’s a crew cab with a short bed, sport model so it’s high up off the ground with biiig tires, Chevy Colorado 5 cylinder. Did the Rockies and Black Hills with plenty of power to spare and rides like a dream. Great mileage to boot. Has a hardtop, locking bed cover, bench (not bucket) seats and all the amenities. Cool color which they don’t have anymore and just pure beauty. Everybody comments on it, men, women, kids … now, if I could just talk my husband into the LED lights, I’d be a totally happy camper. He thinks they’d look tacky … but come on … I wouldn’t do them full blown … the vehicle deserves them!
100 MPH on 75th street in Naperville is flying. My Mother is in an assisted living building in Lisle, not far from the location of this speeding incident. It would be hard to get up to that speed, unless he was coming off I88 in Naperville. I do like the creativity in his excuse, though!
Blouise I didn’t picture you with a truck.
Mine was a ’56 Tbird, black body, detachable white hardtop with portholes and a 312 cubic inch V8 … I loved that car!
Those days are gone forever … now I drive a tricked out truck. I want to get underbody LED lights … if I can talk my husband into it.
I can’t throw bricks either, got my glass house here…
(But on the bright side I STILL have my Camaro from 39 years ago!)
396/375
honda’s are really hard to dry
Buddha,
No self incrimination for you …
Please note my conspicuous silence on this matter.
That is all I have to say.
Mike Spindell
1, September 8, 2010 at 5:14 pm
In the interest of honesty I must admit that in my teens, until my early twenties I was a street drag racer. Incidentally, its’ portrayals in film from James Dean, Spielberg and Vin Diesel are far from accurate. In the course of doing this stupidity, frequenetly I must add, it began to penetrate my immature brain that doing a hundred miles an hour (or more), despite the vehicle and tires utilized, was dangerous even to the best drivers. Too many factors beyond one’s control (i.e. unseen sand on road) to do it safely. When I began looking at it like that I came to the realization that driving absurdly fast was a factor of my need to prove penis size, rather than engaging in a thrilling pastime.
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Absolutely and totally cool! You were one of the bad boys!
Fear of losing my insurance and thus my little sports car slowed me down … now, I don’t feel like I have to get anywhere quickly … where ever I’m going will still be there when I arrive.
In the interest of honesty I must admit that in my teens, until my early twenties I was a street drag racer. Incidentally, its’ portrayals in film from James Dean, Spielberg and Vin Diesel are far from accurate. In the course of doing this stupidity, frequently I must add, it began to penetrate my immature brain that doing a hundred miles an hour (or more), despite the vehicle and tires utilized, was dangerous even to the best drivers. Too many factors beyond one’s control (i.e. unseen sand on road) to do it safely. When I began looking at it like that I came to the realization that driving absurdly fast was a factor of my need to prove penis size, rather than engaging in a thrilling pastime.
I forgot to say this and for that I am sorry….. and who was blown…..
TonDArch,
If you’re paraphrasing I’ll take 200 and say: Who is, Wilt Chamberlain…..
I think it was actually ole Winston and said that to a woman whom stated that he was drunk….it is alleged that he readily admitted it and said “I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly… I think that’s how it went…..
Read Wilts book, he claims to have slept with 20,000 women……I wonder who was drunk and who was ugly?
First of all, the source of the story isn’t “Chicago News”, it’s “SUBURBAN Chicago News.” harumpf.
I’m not terribly familiar with the exact stretch of road he was on (75th street in Naperville), but getting up to 100mph in that area would take some effort. It’s a multi-lane street, but it has plenty of intersections and stop lights – this is not really an “interstate” type of road.
To paraphrase: “I, sir, may be drunk. But you are stupid. Come tomorrow morning, I will no longer be drunk. You, on the other hand…..”
I freely admit that I have done the same thing – though not to the extent of the three figure range – in my efforts to dry my car after a car wash. I stand duly chastised.
Wow … I learn something new every day …
Oh no Blouise, most departments have a non pursuit policy if it is just for speeding. The Insurers require them to have one…Officer causing deaths as a result of attempted chase when a pediatrician stepped off of the curb to look at the roof of there house. I think that one settle for about 750,000 us dollars.
“it seems the officer was speeding too if he caught up with him.” (AY)
smart-ass
You mean it wasn’t dry by the time it was washed? I’d offer him a towel and help him dry it off…it seems the officer was speeding too if he caught up with him. What is the cut the pursuit thingy I hear about if it could put the officers lives in danger?
I’m not convinced the guy is 24 years old … sounds like he’s 14 and out for a first time joy ride. Luckily no innocent bystanders were involved … kudos to the officer.
You cannot cure stupid with fines or jail time. After the fines are paid and the jail time done, the stupid person is still stupid. And you cannot cure stupid with a driver’s education course. To paraphrase the late Flip Wilson: Beauty is only skin deep, but stupid goes clear to the bone. This fellow may even be unsafe walking, let alone driving.