Steve Wozniak Receives $700 Ticket For 105mph In A Prius

http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=3687

Seems like Al Gore III ain’t the only one experiencing a little lead foot action with the Toyota Prius. According to AutoBlogGreen, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak received a $700 ticket (ouch!) for going 105MPH in a Prius on March 28th. When pressed for comment, Woz denied the charges saying, “Not true,” Wozniak replied: “104 MPH.” “I pleaded guilty, with an explanation” he says. Apparently he’s driven all over the world and has “gotten used to kilometer speeds.” The judge wasn’t buying it, however, and fined him anyways. From the article,

“The Prius, Wozniak said, handled great at 104. And that wasn’t the first time he reached the speed that sends shudders down my I-like-60-mph spine. The first time came one Thanksgiving when he decided to drive down to a Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank. ‘Highway 5 was empty that night and I made good time and was surprised to discover that the Prius was very stable, even with major gusting winds,’ Wozniak said. Being used to a Hummer I expected the opposite.’”

;)

If so, should he be driving if he's going to constantly mix up KPH and MPH...

He says that when you have a Hummer and a Prius, they cancel each other out and it's like having a normal car.

Hummer + Prius != 2 Honda Civics.

Hummer + Prius = rich, hypocritical asshole.

And just another reason to dislike that Apple company.

Dude, your hatred of Apple consumes you.

:nuke:

Dang!

I've done 110 in one.

indiana in the wee hours is pretty dead. and i hit 100 in my 72' delta 88. the problem was even tho i tried to do 80, my SS Queen Victoria had developed a taste for 100, and she did it easy. so, yes, i ended up with a speeding ticket.
i got that car in the 80's with 56k. she hadn't done much highway driving. oh, i did love that beast.

was tempted to bid, but it was a convertable. and it was the 90's.

"I'm not a fast person or a fast driver," he says. "I'm very laid-back and patient and don't mind going slowly at all." Besides, fuel efficiency goes down when you go faster. Instead of 55 MPG, you might only get 31 MPG. Well, depending on the wind speed, says Woz... and he would know.
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/08/21/woz-gets-700-ticket-for-going-105-mph-in-a-prius/

God I miss my Supra. Sigh.

Bake

'93 Q45..

110 mph with a car full of old ladies..

And they never even noticed..

Now that's smooth.

Good for Woz, I always liked him.

:)

The drivers were giving each other "wanna drag?" glances. When the light turned green, the Smartcar guy floored it and zoomed ahead of the Prius. (The Prius driver probably was aware of the police speed trap which is often lurking on the next side-street.)