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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 07:34 AM
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Matt Dillon arrested for speeding in Vermont (clocked at 106 mph)

(Reuters) - Hollywood actor Matt Dillon was arrested and charged with driving at an excessive speed after police clocked him traveling at 106 miles per hour on a Vermont interstate highway.

The star of the 2004 movie "Crash" was pulled over at about 10 p.m. on Tuesday in the town of Newbury after he was caught on police radar traveling north at high speed in a rented 2009 Chevrolet Impala, said Vermont State Police Sgt. Tara Thomas.

The New York-based 44-year-old actor is scheduled to appear in Vermont's Orange County Court on January 21. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of three months in jail and a $300 fine.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE4BU3F120081231
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 07:37 AM
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1. The sheriff from Gunsmoke is still alive?
And why wasn't he on a horse?
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 07:43 AM
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2. Badum Ting!
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 08:14 AM
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8. Didn't you know?
The horse was high.

NEVER come into town on a high horse, much less speed on one.
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 09:21 AM
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15. Daaam... How fast was Festus going? Mules Rule!
:evilgrin:
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Wabbajack_ Donating Member (669 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 07:46 AM
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3. Come on that should just be a ticket right?
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 07:48 AM
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4. Over a certain speed, (and I forget what that is)
it's not just a ticket.
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 08:23 AM
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11. 30- 35mph over the posted limit is usually reckless driving- and then some.
laws vary from state to state.
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cobalt1999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 08:10 AM
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5. He's still doing that shit at the age of 44?
I matured beyond that crap by the time I was 25.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 08:12 AM
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7. I actually understand the temptation to speed on that stretch of road
Little traffic, nice road. I've often cruised at 85 on 91 above Bradford.
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 08:25 AM
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12. maybe someday you can mature out of the holier-than-thou condescension crap.
maybe someday...
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 10:00 AM
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21. I'm 62 and I often go faster than that on my motorcycle
Every now and then I crank it up and go a good bit faster than that but I have to tell you, I have been passed like I was in reverse when going a lot faster than that on public roads. There are motorcycles that anyone with twelve grand in their pocket can buy that will go over 200 mph, available at your local Kawasaki or Suzuki dealer.
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Obamanaut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 10:27 AM
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23. I sat on a sport bike recently (actually a Can-Am Spyder), and in
just a few minutes my 66 yr old hips and knees were hurting. Spoke with a guy who said he had been 180 mph on that three wheel lovely.

I'll stick to my cruiser, and the random spurts of speed.
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pl259 Donating Member (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 12:02 PM
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29. I have too, on my GPZ1100
:D

Not recently though, but I occasionally do 100+ in my little sportscar (I'm 4 years older than you) :-)
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pl259 Donating Member (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 12:04 PM
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30. From adolescent to fogey overnight.
:evilgrin: :rofl:
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 01:15 PM
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34. .
:spray:
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 08:11 AM
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6. Vermont is such a great state. You never know who you'll run into.
Or who will run into you.
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Enrique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 08:16 AM
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9. the star of the movie "Crash"
:rofl:
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BeyondGeography Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 08:22 AM
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10. "A rented Chevrolet Impala"
Redundant, isn't it? It's not like anyone actually buys Impalas anymore.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 08:28 AM
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13. LOL.
I thought the sme thing.
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itsrobert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 11:51 AM
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27. Great car. My wife has one.
So people do buy them and like them. Good on gas without sacrificing speed to merge into traffic or to get up a hill.


What's your problem?
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 09:16 AM
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14. 106 in a rental is hitting the speed governer. You can bet if he was
in his own car he would've been going even faster!

:P
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 09:24 AM
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16. BFD!
106 is nothing in VT.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 09:31 AM
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17. it is if you get caught
by the cops, or if you're my kid on his dad's ducati, caught by his dad.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 09:37 AM
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18. Vermonter's all travel over here to NH and drive like maniacs
Come to think of it, so do the Mainers and the Massholes (of which I am a proud member)
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 09:57 AM
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20. Oh yeah? It is with a wooden wagon.
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 09:40 AM
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19. I don't want to be on the same road as anyone going 106 mph if I can help it
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Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 01:12 PM
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33. Me either, especially in a state full of moose
if he collided with one both would probably turn into little more than red vapor at that speed.
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 10:14 AM
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22. Sammy Haggar fan?
I can't drive 55! :rofl:
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nevergiveup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 10:28 AM
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24. Just goes to prove that
liberals are on the move these days.
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 11:13 AM
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25. i accidently hit 110 christmas holiday, trying to get around and out of a clogged
traffic situation. had no idea i had hit that speed, car ran so smooth. new car. immediately dropped it back down when i got out of peoples way and away from them....

but there was the need to speed up with the traffic mess.

didnt know it was an arresting situation.
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lutefisk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 12:29 PM
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31. It's your own fault for buying the Ferrari. Should have gone with the Prius.
:spank:
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 12:36 PM
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32. lol.... it was the cars and big trucks that couldnt make it up the hill that
caused the issue in the first place...

lol

i was just getting out of everyones way and opening it up. i hate being stuck next to the campers and semis swaying in the wind
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 11:47 AM
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26. Was Miss Kitty with him?
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bertman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 01:35 PM
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35. Was Miss Kitty with him? LOL. Miss Kitty was hot stuff with her little beauty mark
and sexy self. Amanda Blake.

What other roles did she play?
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Pavulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 11:54 AM
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28. Very Stupid. They have places for that
they are called racetracks and they have track days. A rental car will have shit tires and possibly shit brakes. Sadly when stupid people doing this stuff hit other people they never die. Mom and kids are usually on the slab.

The amount of time to stop at speed is not linear. Car going 100 mph has 4 times more energy than a car going 50.

I speed, but not double the limit. I have driven roads where it was appropriate to do but have no urge to get locked up. In some states they put you in jail for that.
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