Police Aircraft Clocks Teenager at 127 MPH on I-93

[Eugene]

Source: Boston.com

Police Aircraft Clocks Teenager at 127 MPH on I-93

By Ellen O’Leary
Boston.com Staff
November 29, 2014 3:25 PM

New Hampshire State Police arrested a teen driving at a speed of 127 mph around 9:30 a.m. Saturday. The Special Enforcement Unit, which monitors aggressive driving behaviors from the air during high traffic and holiday periods, spotted the Subaru sedan traveling northbound on Interstate 93 at an extremely high velocity.

Trooper Craig Gagne, a tactical flight officer aboard a fixed wing Cessna airplane, notified troopers on the ground, who intercepted the vehicle around Northfield, NH.

The driver, Ryan Quinn, 19, of Newport, RI was charged with reckless driving and two counts of possession of a controlled substance. Sargent Sampson, patrol supervisor for Troop D, told Boston.com that Quinn did not appear to be under the influence at the time.

Quinn will appear in the Franklin District Court on January 13, 2015.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/new-hampshire/2014/11/29/police-aircraft-clocks-teenager-mph/uTMk5Jsp1JpcxtEnjtbxSO/story.html

[devils chaplain]

1. Possession of a controlled dangerous substance...

Let me guess... Speed?

[Snotcicles]

54. har har. nt

[Snotcicles]

55. Just think what he could have done if he could have gotten it out of second gear. nt

[Sancho]

2. 127 in a Subaru! Just think what he could have done in Mom's Prius!

[ProfessorGAC]

5. That Engine Had To Be Begging For A Break

Just kidding as i don't know much about Suburu's. But, i can't imagine my Chrysler convertible even getting to 127 unless it was dropped out of a plane.

[Agschmid]

30. Easy for some subaru's, no model mentioned.

[Electric Monk]

37. I think it would have to have been a WRX STI to reach that speed

[RedCappedBandit]

52. Seems you don't know much about subarus...

[ManiacJoe]

3. Must be nice to live in an area where the traffic is light enough that

it is even possible to do 120 on the freeway.

[Blue_Tires]

35. I need to show you the great state of Kansas someday...

[onehandle]

4. I got my Rocket 455 V8 Oldsmobile up to 130 MPH when I was 17 on a newly opened highway.

No illicit substances involved.

Kids are dumb.

[Lithos]

6. 130 for my mom's 1967 V8 Mustang Fastback

More or less a straight line on a US Highway, - suspension was too squirrely for anything else.

L-

[AndyTiedye]

8. I Don't Think That Subaru Has Quite as Big an Engine as That

[Lithos]

12. Don't think so...

Course he definitely got better gas mileage...

btw, my 130 was an estimate - the odometer topped out at 120...

L-

[Brigid]

13. You drove your mother's 1967 V8 Mustang Fastback at 130 mph . . .

And she let you live?

[Lithos]

16. Somethings she never knew...

[MannyGoldstein]

34. 289?

Good engine!

I had a '65 Mustang coupe that had been retrofitted with a 302, which was a bored-out version of the 289. It *was* squirrely as hell.

[Lithos]

36. yes, 289...

Was pretty much pedal to the floor.

L-

[FLPanhandle]

10. 120 in my family's V8 Ford LTD

Car full of my friends. We could have all been killed. Teenage boys can be dumb.

[elias49]

27. "Teenage boys can be dumb" bears repeating.

Teenage boys can be dumb.
I know I was. And most of my friends.

[MannyGoldstein]

42. Can be?

Inevitable!

[librechik]

28. 120 in my 04 Mustang GT on back roads to Steamboat

Along with a few dozen others on our way to the Mustang Roundup!

That was thrilling. And somewhat tolerated for that day only. Folks go a bit Stang nutty.

[GP6971]

41. 142 mph on the German autoban from Munich to the Czech border

with a brand new BMW rental. M3 if I recall correctly.

[librechik]

50. just a normal Sunday drive on the autobahn!

[NutmegYankee]

20. Toronado?

Fastest I ever got a car up to in my youth was 81 MPH. Considering it was a VW microbus, that was actually quite a feat!

[MannyGoldstein]

33. Some friends got a VW Bug to 100

Down a looooooong hill. When they exited the vehicle, they looked more shaken than perhaps anyone I've seen.

[NutmegYankee]

38. They get very squirrelly at high speed.

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The bugs shape caused it to lift up at high speeds, reducing tire grip on the road. The only reason it didn't suffer the swing axle problems of the Corvair was it was underpowered.

The Microbus is pretty damn scary at 80 MPH too. When driving something as aerodynamic as a brick, a slight crosswind could give you quite the fright.

[jmowreader]

45. There's another reason

ALL rear-engine cars, no matter what they are, need more tire in the back than in the front. You can do it two ways: the Sports Car Way, which is to put wider tires on the back axle, or the VW Bug way, which involves putting more air in the back tires. (The air pressure on a Bug is 10 psi lower in the front tires than the rear.) VW, which has been aligned with Porsche for a long time, made sure to tell its customers to put more air in the rear, and they told tire shops to do this too. GM, however, didn't know this and that's why so many Corvair accidents happened.

[Aerows]

22. 135 in my Mazda RX-7

I shudder to think how absolutely stupid that was in hindsight.

[csziggy]

39. Blew a tire going over 120 MPH in my 1968 Buick Skylark

NEVER went that fast again, even though I kept it under control and managed to pull over safely. It scared the piss out of me! And I had to wait for the tire to cool off enough to change it so all that speed didn't get me to my destination any faster.

Good thing I was stone cold sober, it was good weather, and I was wide awake. If I'd gone off the side of the road I would have ended up in the Green Swamp and the alligators might have gotten me before I could have gotten out.

Yeah, kids are dumb.

[AngryAmish]

40. 155 in a borrowed 1987 bmw 7 series

That thing could move.

[ozone82]

60. 165 In A 1970 Challenger R/T

In 1977 on the 118 east bound in Simi Valley. Myself and a couple of other cars were 'leaving' a street race late one night. Got across the county into LA before the LAPD/CHP showed up. Semi PD back then had to stop at the county line.....

[whistler162]

7. Oh to be again young and stupid....

instead of old and stupid.

winter and high speeds are not a smart combination.

[brooklynite]

9. Of course, if you're old and stupid...

...it means you didn't kill yourself when you were young and stupid.

[whistler162]

59. So true.

[aikoaiko]

11. Betchya it was a Subaru WRX STi. Great power/weight ratio and great handling.

Doesn't look like much, but its wicked quick.

[FLPanhandle]

14. Subarus have come a long way from the Outback I owned over 20 years ago.

But that Outback was a damn fine car too.

[sir pball]

57. Evos are so much better, though

450hp with just a chip-swap, and they have an ultra state of the art flappy-paddle dual-clutch transmission.

That said, I've had four Subies and I love all of them like pets.

[Socal31]

15. Is that fast???

In all seriousness when I have gone that fast, it is in the middle of the desert where I can only harm myself. In the city is just nuts.

[whistler162]

58. New Hampshire after a snowstorm

slightly fast. Even if the roads appeared clean and dry one patch of black ice and someone would be using a mop and bucket on his remains.

[roamer65]

17. These little engines can develop a lot more power nowadays.

I really have to watch it with my Chevy Sonic, otherwise I am hitting 85-90 with it. On uncrowded freeways I have to set cruise control to keep it down.

127 mph, however, is a blatant disregard for safety and the kid deserves what is coming to him.

[NutmegYankee]

18. I'm surprised the engine didn't redline trying for that speed.

Usually the transmission is only geared for a max speed around 100. My 5 speed VW is @3000 RPM at 80 MPH.

[flvegan]

21. Know much about modern cars, do you? I'm guessing WRX or WRX/STi

for that one. But even then, that's just based on age and stupidity.*



*Disclaimer: I don't mean all Subie drivers are stupid. The age and brand scream Rex/STi, as Outback drivers tend to not drive like that. Not that all Rex/STi drivers are stupid, but if this one was piloting one, this one was.

[NutmegYankee]

26. I know how they work, but not the stats.

I originally thought I'd go into the automotive industry as a mech engineer, but fate got me into the naval industry instead. None of my cars over the years have been fast. Had a 4 speed VW microbus (which I still miss), a Volvo 240 wagon 5 speed (which I also miss), and currently have a Jetta 5 speed.

[Reter]

19. I had that beat in my youth

I did over 130 in my Mustang GT on some NJ highway. And no I'm not proud.

[flvegan]

23. Why is this in GD?

Is I-93 some sacred stretch of asphalt that bears no speeding? Is 127 mph the new cornflake chicken? Is it because Subaru stands for so many things stereotyped liberal perhaps?

I don't really care, I love to talk about cars. Just curious is all.

[EX500rider]

24. If it was a WRX he was nowhere near maxed out..

...top speed for that car is 159mph per Car & Driver:

http://www.caranddriver.com/subaru/wrx-sti

[Fumesucker]

46. Yeah, and now there's a Golf that will go 174 mph

http://jalopnik.com/tag/volkswagen-golf-r-400

[X_Digger]

25. 140 in my 1969 nova ss-- on a drag strip.

I had to get out and beat the firewall back to keep the distributor from rubbing, but I shoved a 500 from a caddy under the hood. That thing was so powerful that I popped the windshield trim loose from the torque twisting the car (I also replaced about 5 left-side motor mounts for the same reason.)

[librechik]

29. Rice Burners: souped up Asian cars that can easily street race

Tokyo Drift!

[LeftyMom]

31. Sounds fun.

If he wants to make a habit of it he should move to someplace where nobody gives a shit, ie most of Nevada.

[MannyGoldstein]

32. Many years ago, Mrs. Goldstein was in her friend's new Porsche,

and he got it up to 120 on Rte. 2 around the Arlington/Cambridge border.

Amusing, but stupid.

[bluesbassman]

43. Had a 1967 Royal Enfield 750 Interceptor when I was 16

Speedo topped out at 120 and I pegged it going down the Sunol grade late one night. Of course back in '73 I-680 had no traffic on it after rush hour and I was a adrenaline junkie 16yr old. Teenagers do stupid stuff.

[BootinUp]

44. I was never this famous when I was 19 and driving Fast and Furious. lol.

[Fumesucker]

47. I go that fast a couple of times a week when I get bored..

https://www.simraceway.com/

[ileus]

48. I remember my 91 Legacy

would hit 120 in nothing flat once you got it around 90.

I did a little over 120 two different times (same spot on the interstate) in that little car.

[sir pball]

49. Amateur, I did somewhere north of 150

On I-80W in PA, along the absolutely deserted stretch heading to Lock Haven. I'm not sure exactly how fast I was going since the speedo in my (engine-swapped) 240SX only went to 150.

No worries though, there were no other cars in sight and I was strapped in to my high-buck "ricer-bling" race seat bolted to a roll cage. It was essentially a race car, idiotic and technically illegal but oh so much fun..

[99Forever]

51. My '71 GTO had 140 mph on the speedmeter...

... which it could easily peg and was still accelerating hard. I80 west of Lincoln, Neb. has some nice long stretches. The age of the muscle car had many models capable of that and more.

[underpants]

53. 1992 - Newport News Va to Charlottesville in 75 minutes

My buddy had a Neo or Spirit or something. Speedometer went to 120. I thought we had the radar detector on.

[PCIntern]

56. I shall never forget

that when I was driving to Rochester NY where I went to college, my Triumph Herald 1200 would max out at 82 with the pedal to the floor and the wind behind me. I was 'tooling' along at this rate when a large car, either a Lincoln or Pontiac sped past me as though I were in reverse. I was so frightened that I couldn't see what make or model the car was because I was so stunned at being passed that fast going at that rate of speed.

And then…and THEN…a State Police Car almost literally flew past me and CAUGHT UP to the speeding car which pulled into a rest area when he saw the lights. I estimated the first car at 130-140. I have no idea how fast the policeman was driving. It was disorienting.