Dumb: Top speed runs on public roads. Dumber: Uploading them to YouTube
Click above to see "Canberra Joyride" parts one and two
Remember the guy who took his Lamborghini up to 219 mph on an Arizona highway? A Canberra, Australia man has done the same thing with his Kawasaki ZX-750, filming himself blasting up to 200 km/h (124 mph), sometimes in 60 km/h (37 mph) zone, and called it "Canberra Joyride," part of which is set to, of all things, P.O.D. Then he uploaded the video to YouTube and probably waited for the viewers to gush all over themselves.
It turns out that some of the viewers were the Canberra police. And they didn't gush; they performed their own top-speed hunt-and-capture mission and charged the man with doing 200 in a 60. We've all broken a law or two, but guys, a word of advice: filming high-speed runs is like filming your conjugal activities... not to be done. If you must, keep it on lockdown like D-Block at Folsom. Otherwise... well, you should know by now what happens. Follow the jump to check out the action for yourself. At the end of one video a caption reads "More videos coming soon." Those will probably be from the yard...
[Source: Paul Tan]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
chconline 5:02PM (1/02/2009)
Come on, he could have at least used tobyMac ;)
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Invisible 1:00PM (1/03/2009)
Organ donor!
Flashpoint 5:26PM (1/02/2009)
If he pulls off the top speed run, it will be a good video.
If he crashes - it will end up at failblog and be an even better movie.
as long as he does this far away from me and my family, its all good.
Blackstar 5:31PM (1/02/2009)
Waits for Canberra Joyride part III: The Fine and Jail time. (soundtrack - being the prison bitch)
Flashpoint 5:31PM (1/02/2009)
I'll never forget... I was in a ford expedition coming from Brooklyn to Queens on the Belt Parkway. We come to a light, and as I pull to the line I suddenly change from the middle lane to the right lane.
A guy on a motorcycle slams into the back of my car and his helmet shatters the right turn signal.
I just rolled down the passenger window and casually looked over to him laying on the ground:
"Hey, You alright?"
LOL
Cypher09 6:44PM (1/02/2009)
@Flashpoint
The Belt Pkwy seems to be a magnet for morons. A few years back I watched a pack of assorted sport bikes take the left hand turn heading east bound that goes under the Conduit at 10/10ths. Midway through the pack a guy on a CBR highsided off the bike, up the grass banking and almost over the fence before Brookville Blvd. I wish I would have caught that on video.
tekd 11:24PM (1/02/2009)
@Flashpoint
Lights aside, you're still supposed to be checking to see if you can pull into the other lane. Idiots on bikes might not mess your SUV up, but you'd still be cutting other people off. And there are speeding idiots who drive large trucks as well.
But NYC is rear-ending idiot central. My dad got rear ended by retards at red lights twice in the same week, and someone managed to rear end me midway through a left turn at like 10 mph...the best part was his explanation that he had looked away from my car-as if not looking at where you're going is how you're supposed to drive. Some real geniuses out there.
Billy 11:36PM (1/02/2009)
Well well, flashpoint, swerving in front of people, causing them harm, congratulating yourself, and boasting about it on autoblog. I think you're about the biggest loser I've run into on this site, you certainly blow away this youtuber, who didn't harm anyone. If some of us who ride here ever see your lame, neanderthal, mullet-wearing, swerving, long-island a$$ pull something like that and act proud of it, you can rest assured someone will be following you home.
Yaroukh 5:10AM (1/03/2009)
@Flashpoint: that was pretty stupid from you
Rob 9:52AM (1/06/2009)
Hey Flashpoint, try using your turn signals sometime on your stupid freakin' SUV.
PS: Die! :)
Randy915 5:08PM (1/02/2009)
Doesn't look that fast to me... what a loser.
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Mr. Luke 11:52PM (1/02/2009)
Yeah, that's what I thought.
Jeremy 1:38AM (1/03/2009)
Thats what I'm thinking... he is behind a car... waiting to get around.
All the while his speedo reading 96. Now, what kind of person in thier right mind is doing 96 in a white Kia Sportage?
Personally, I think he changed his speedo gear or something... when his speedo reads 180 nothing is blurred he passes signs and other roads like he's doing 60.
This vid is skewed in some way.
My .02
Tom Winch 3:29AM (1/03/2009)
@Jeremy, that's 96 kilometers per hour, equal to about 60 mph. He gets up to 231 kph, equal to about 143 mph. Not that impressive, and he is an idiot driving like that in traffic on public roads. Here in L.A. I've seen two morons on bikes doing wheelies on the 101 freeway in heavy traffic and someone in a car next to them video taping. I was SOOO hoping for someone to change lanes in front of those idiots!
Yaroukh 5:13AM (1/03/2009)
@Tom Winch: too bad Flashpoint wasn't there :))
sue_me 5:09PM (1/02/2009)
The think the appropriate phrase here is "pwnt"
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waiownsyou 5:09PM (1/02/2009)
I bet some self-righteous jerk reported him. I really don't think the police are paid to troll YouTube. If they are.... WHAT THE HELL! I WANT MY TAX MONEYZ BACK NAO!
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imoore 7:24PM (1/02/2009)
Hate to surprise you, but law enforcement agencies are paid to patrol YouTube and other online sites. That's how so many pervs and sex fiends trolling chat rooms for kids and teens are caught. That means the best way to get your taxes back now is at tax filing time.
And this stupid-fool clown deserves to be jailed for pulling a half-a**ed stunt like that. Reminds me of the KillaCycle clown. NO respect for his own life and safety or that of the poeple on the road.
sue_me 5:10PM (1/02/2009)
He should have been speeding in a school zone.
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Max 5:12PM (1/02/2009)
Tons of people do this on youtube. Some dumbass posted a video of himself doing nearly 200mph indicated on a Hyabusa as he passed a Colorado State Trooper....and kept the camera rolling as he evaded the trooper at 150+ mph.
I am sure the trooper won't remember that incident.
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