182 in a 55 zone...and drunk

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/faenza1.html

SEPTEMBER 4--While we normally don't concern ourselves with speeding arrests, we're making an exception in the case of one Dr. William Faenza. The 35-year-old New York City man was arrested Sunday after Pennsylvania cops clocked his 1997 Lamborghini Diablo going a remarkable 182 mph on State Road 443 (a 55 mph zone). According to the below criminal complaint, a tipsy Faenza was not only moving at Jeff Gordon speeds, he was driving recklessly and sped away from pursuing cops. After getting stuck in traffic at about 6 PM, Faenza, a research chemist who was in the area visiting family, refused police orders to exit the blue sports car, but finally relented and "stumbled out of the vehicle." Faenza failed a field sobriety test, which cops administered after smelling booze on his breath and noting that his eyes were bloodshot.

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[WilliamPitt]

1. Cannonball Run III

Jeez...

[TheBigGuy]

2. 182 MPH? Woah....

....that IS pretty damn fast.

How can a research chemist afford such a spiffy sportscar anyway?

[Ellen Forradalom]

5. Dunno

but perhaps the answer starts with the letter 'E'?

[ProfessorGAC]

30. I Was A Research Chemist, And I Sure Couldn't

So, i can't give you an answer. I know what people in this industry make, and man that is a pricey ride for a chemist.

3 Possibilities:
1) Foradalom's explanation. Bathtub rec drugs?
2) One huge reward for a successfully marketed product developed in his lab from whatever company he works for.
3) Rich parents.
The Professor

[DrGonzoLives]

44. I was wondering that myself

How the hell does a research chemist afford a car like that?

[Susang]

48. Not that unusual

Especially if he's an MD PhD. My brother is a research scientist in the NYC area with those degrees and a big phat research grant. I'm not gonna blab exactly what he's making, but if his priorities were such, he could afford a car like that.

BTW, that reminds me, I have to call him tonight. :evilgrin:

[Drifter]

34. Major Jet Airliners ...

take off at speeds slower than that.

I've gone 120 mph on a crotch rocket, and it is quite a sensation.

Cheers
Drifter

[CanuckAmok]

3. So much for the meritocracy! n/t

[Maple]

4. I've never been able to figure out

what makes the difference...between a rational responsible human being...and a damned fool.

But obviously it isn't education.

[TheBigGuy]

6. maybe he was going fast becuase he had to take a leak..

...he was speeding so he could make it to a gas station to use the john.

...allthough, at that speed, one would wonder if the gas station would just be a blur going by....

[Ellen Forradalom]

8. No, his favorite show is on and he can't program his VCR

Or his girl is about to marry his best friend and he has to stop the wedding.

[diamond14]

7. must be this guy.....

DALLAS - July 17, 2003 - Isotag announced today the acquisition of Calyx, Inc., a technical leader in the authentication industry with significant expertise in the pharmaceutical industry. The firm is led by Dr. William Faenza, MD, PhD, who becomes Isotag's new Chief Technology Officer.

Calyx develops overt and covert security ink technology for brand protection and the prevention of product counterfeiting. The company specializes in multi-tiered solutions that can be combined with standard or secure proprietary symbology. The solutions can be adapted for use with machine reading systems, vision systems, and database-linked barcode systems.


http://www.isotag.com/releases_07212003.cfm

Isotag patents are the result of more than $300 million in R&D investment by the world-renowned Los Alamos National Laboratory and Eastman Chemical Company.

http://www.isotag.com/about.cfm


Board Team
Our background

In the early 1990s, two Texas oilmen patented the commercial application of covert identification processes developed by scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. In 1995, they formed what would eventually become Isotag, Inc. to provide clients with a unique, tamper-proof technology for protecting products from adulteration and counterfeiting.

Lee Barberito, chairman of the board, is President of Manti Resources, a privately held, highly successful exploration and production company founded in 1989. Prior to that he worked in various capacities for Exxon and Netherland & Sewell. He is also co-founder of CIMEX BioTech.

Craig Johnstone, board member, is a veteran of U.S. diplomatic service. Johnstone served under the Secretary of State in the Reagan and Clinton administrations and continues to serve the department as a consultant to Secretary Colin Powell.

Gerald Greenwald, board member, recently founded Greenbriar Equity Group, a company focused on private equity investments in the global transportation sector. The former Chairman and CEO of United Airlines, he has also served as Vice Chairman of Chrysler Corporation and held various positions at Ford Motor Company.

David Moxam, board member and CEO, is a leading industry voice on advanced authentication technologies. He is an active speaker and has appeared in numerous industry publications and television programs. He is also a 15-year veteran of the information technology industry including the successful turnaround of Starpoint Solutions - a private, Goldman Sachs-backed technical consulting firm that delivers complex digital products for the financial services industry and 10 years as a senior executive with $21 billion global professional services firm EDS.

http://www.isotag.com/board.cfm

[Ellen Forradalom]

9. Well well well

Isotag's new Chief Technology Officer is in deep shit, now isn't he?

The sense of entitlement of these management asswipes boggles the mind.

[TheBigGuy]

10. that explains how the guy can afford the car...

...not just any old research chemist, but a corporate type.

Smart people can be so stupid sometimes.

[Ellen Forradalom]

25. Yes I suppose he doesn't have to run an Ecstasy lab in his basement

when he's get venture capitalists throwing money at him.

[VOX]

26. Excellent research, amen1234!

I'm a researcher by profession, so I know whereof I speak.

Well done! :toast:

[Melsky]

11. When I read the headline

I thought Janklow must be out on bail

[Kellanved]

12. I thought it is a Football thread

:shrug:
Then again I'm used to the metric system - 180 is a common cruise speed here (NOT in a 55 zone and certainly not drunk).

[benfranklin1776]

40. I thought, "Gee Cheney must've been coming back from his secret location."

n/t

[diamond14]

13. Isotag Technology: major clients are OIL AND GAS !!!!

Oil and Gas
Keeping your products flowing smoothly to market

Oil products are especially vulnerable to tampering or contamination. Cross-hauling, commingling of fuels, environmental liability, product dilution and diversion all can lead to major problems.

That's where we step in. Our markers let you track your products from the terminal to the tank, and every point in between. And that's just the beginning. Because our technology is also easily applied to interwell waterflood tracers for fluid flow modeling, and our drilling mud tracers make core analysis more accurate. The result? Increased productivity and enhanced profitability.

http://www.isotag.com/oil_and_gas.cfm

[amazona]

14. whoo hoo!

A friend claimed he was speeding this fast in the radar shadow of an 18 wheeler and slowed down enough to get only a 90 MPH ticket on the interstate...but he was sober at the time so had quick reflexes despite his age. The car was a Porsche but I can't tell one from another. He claimed it easily did 180 MPH though...when he got married, his wife sold that sucker.

Not sure if it was relevant but my friend was also in a technical field. Do they have macho issues?

[MercutioATC]

15. Unless is was a GT2, there's no way he hit 180...

The fastest I've ever been as a passenger is 147 in a Porsche 944 turbo. The fastest I've ever driven is 130 in my 911 (it's 20 years old and gets a little squirrely above 120).

I'll certainly believe 160 or so with a non-race Porsche, though...and that's PLENTY fast.

[Kellanved]

17. Strange

This must be an issue with US-Porsches - AFAIR most make it over 300 kph. 200 - 250 kph should't be a problem (most Audis, Mercedes, BMWs, etc go that fast)

[TheBigGuy]

19. The fastest ive ever been was in a Mercedes taxi ....

...on the autobahn, on the way to the Frankfurt airport. I think we where doing over 100 MPH on occasion. Woo hoo!

[Kellanved]

21. 100 mph

That's a good cruise speed - 140-160 kph. Heck, my mother's mini-van goes faster than that :P (and rarely goes slower ;-) )

Speeding is very important for Germans - the car-clubs are roughly as powerful as the Gun-Lobby in the US.

Edit:
This article has a nice way of saying it:
--snip
Much of life on the German roads is conducted at a gentler pace, though not all. I was interested to see in a report on a Formula One car race that Michael Schumacher had won with an average speed of, from memory, 170 kilometres an hour.

If the champion driver were to maintain that rate on the autobahn he would find a very large Mercedes up his boot.
--snap
http://www.expatica.com/germanymain.asp?pad=199,226,&item

[northzax]

33. er, yeah.

but try doing 170 km in downtown Monaco, where there is never more than a 1/4 kilometer straightaway. that's much more impressive.

[Kellanved]

36. broken link- sorry

This should do it; the article is titled "The car is king ".


http://www.expatica.com/germanymain.asp?pad=199,226,&item_id=9184

[TreasonousBastard]

20. Mercedes puts a governor...

on its US models, and I imagine some others do, too.

Even the 600's and AMG's top out at only 150mph (240km/hr)or so here.

Shit, I regularly hit 120-130mph (200km/h) on the Autobahn with a Fiat years ago. Can't imagine why an AMG wouldn't really fly over a Fiat.

[MercutioATC]

46. 180kph, yes...180MPH is a little faster, though...

and I stand corrected...a GT1 will, indeed, break 200mph. I'm simply saying that there are very few street-driven Porsches that can hit 180mph.

[Kellanved]

47. That's why I wrote 300 kph

What is still less than 200 mph, but more than 180mph.

Anyway: there are driving schools advertizing that they teach their students how to drive at 300kph on the Autobahn. Usually they add proudly that they're using a Porsche for these lessons.

[Lurking Dem]

18. A GT1 will do 214

so it is entirely possible. Hell, my car will do 180 but I'm not stupid enough to try it.

[Bake]

22. I've done 150 in the Supra

And it was smooth as silk.

Bake

[Lurking Dem]

24. No mods?

That's a sweet car for a ummm errrrr Japanese sports car!

Hehehehehe. Seriously, though, the Supra's a great car.

When I really feel the need for speed and don't relish having my car towed by the constabulary, I do 55 in first. Not even close to redline and quite the rush.

[amazona]

32. ha! perhaps he exaggerated!

I've heard that guys will do that occasionallY!

[Booberdawg]

16. He should be charged with attempted murder.

[Deja Q]

23. The only person who ought to use his car in 'super turbo boost' mode is

Michael Knight. :eyes:

[Art_from_Ark]

27. Why is my BS meter going off?

182 mph is three miles per minute. This is a state highway with a 55mph limit, so I assume it's a two-laner. Also, nearly every state road I've ever been on in Pennsylvania has been hilly and winding. Plus, with 6 p.m. traffic, I have a difficult time seeing how he could achieve, much less maintain, a speed of 182mph without ramming either another car or running into an animal or tree...

Especially considering that he was also drunk on his :dem:

[northzax]

35. well, I am suspicious as well

but I assume this is an SV, since the 97 stock diablos topped out at 185.

but look at it this way. The SV can hit 145 in a quater mile from a standstill. if he had, say, a half mile to play with he could hit 175 or so from a standstill, and easily get 185 if he started at even 55.

my other question: what cop in a crown vic caught this motherfucker?

[Character Assassin]

42. Um........no, it can't.

The SV can hit 145 in a quater mile from a standstill

Seeing as even today's top liter bikes don't break 10 seconds, and even the McLaren F-1 is only 11.1@138mph, hitting 145 in the quarter seems just a bit, oh, optimisic for the Lambo.

[rbnyc]

39. True...

...I didn't really think about how fast 182 mph is. I just got so mad at the idea of anyone driving drunk and/or speeding because people just don't realize what a serious responsibility driving is.

[pfitz59]

28. Sounds like Joe Walsh.....

"My Maserati does 185, I lost my license, now I don't drive...
Life's been good to me so far!"

I did 190 down I-5 one day......(But I was in a Seahawk helicopter at 150 feet!) Best on the ground was 125 in a Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce, with the top DOWN! I beat Mach 0.8 in a TA-4J.

[Lurking Dem]

29. I've noticed a lot of flyers

like fast cars as well. Is speed addictive?

I doubt my stomach could handle a Skyhawk but damn it looks fun.

edited typo

[rjbcar27]

38. Speed certainly could be addictive.

I know I'm hooked!

I believe it's more like the adrenaline rush more than the actual speed that is addictive.

Personally, I hardly feel speed anymore, so used to it.

[Lurking Dem]

43. I've been considering

doing the Panoz racing school at Road Atlanta. I'm kinda chicken but I love it.

[MissMillie]

31. it's lucky he didn't kill anyone...

... including himself.

[rbnyc]

37. People are such fucking assholes.

This makes me sick. This makes me re-think my position on the death penalty. Too many people drive, and too many people drive like assholes. When will people realize that they have other people's lives in their hands every time they start their cars? After 3 tickets, a person should just have their licence removed forever. That would force cities to build better public transportation.

[Kolesar]

41. 100 mph on a public road is socially irresponsible.

I hate people who are not so much driving as "hurtling". Even 80 mph is stupid. You are just one tire puncture away from spending the rest of your life in a wheelchair or killing someone. Flame on. I know from experience.

[AntiBushRepub]

45. I had this job....

..back in the day. A data entry job at the courthouse.. entering traffic tickets into the system. (I know I'm a traitor..hehe.. But it was a menial summer job when I was 18 :shrug: )

I used to see all the crazy stuff people did....

The one that sticks in my head was the 141mph on a motorcycle.

Granted he was on aligator alley, a long straight road... still you would slide so far along the ground, seems like it would grind through any protective gear you had on.. no to mention you'd end up in the sawgrass with the 'gators.....

But I saw tickets for 125+ at least once or twice a day.

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