Getting Busted at 146 MPH in a 70 Is Usually Not Fun

29 Sep 2016

[For context: I reside in America, and this event happened in America. Specifically in Maine.]

As a teenager myself, I often times hear stories of my peers and their speed runs. I hear it from both car enthusiasts and non-car enthusiasts. “One night I hit 130 MPH,” would go one person. “I hit the 112 MPH limiter in my family’s car,” would go another. This episode here, featuring 18 year old Tyler Barrows, could have been one of those stories. Actually, it will be. Except those peers that still drive around with a license intact? He won’t be a member of the club. According to Maine police:

TL;DR: Daylight, clocked at 146 MPH in a 70, arrested.

The charges are: Criminal Speed (class E crime), failure to provide proof of insurance, along with failure to provide proof of inspection. In Maine, “Criminal Speed” is traveling at least 30 MPH above the speed limit. The penalties for that include a 30 day license suspension (upon conviction), massive fines, and possibly jail time.

TL;DR: Daylight, clocked at 146 MPH in a 70, arrested.

Okay, I could go on a discussion on how Tyler Barrow’s move was not safe. I’ll let the other news sites handle that. But here is some other ‘punishment’ that he has received:

1) Becoming Instagram-famous through the state police. That’s not a goal people want. And the comments sections are roasting his Dodge Neon SRT-4, which leads to…

2) Getting roasted for pushing a Neon SRT-4 to that speed. Many people forget that the Dodge Neon SRT-4 was a surprisingly decent car. But this one was cooler than most, leading to…

3) THE CAR IS BEING SOLD!
Looks like Tyler’s family was not too pleased with his act, as the car is now up for sale. Some smart Jalopnik readers did some digging, and here is what they found: His mother is not pleased, and the car was capable of over 400 HP! The Craigslist ad is here:

And the angry mom can be seen here: (photo retrieved by another Facebook user)

In America, it can usually be easy to reach high speeds without getting caught, thanks to many highways having long straights. The downside (depending on your point of view, that is) is that there still are some hiding spots for police, which can effectively decrease those straights. Ultimately, this was not a good judgement call, but at least nobody was hurt.

As Alex Roy says, “Every disaster is a wise choice avoided.”

Comments

https://www.instagram.com/p/BK6eSsrDkr_/?taken-by=mainestatepolice

I had trouble embedding certain links, so here is their Instagram post.

Here’s the website with information on “criminal speeding.” https://www.lipmankatz.com/speeding-tickets

Very cool and fast car! Dont think it has over 400hp, but still an awesome ride!

I believe that it has 400hp. Those cars are pretty capable.

Here in Austria we mostly have Radars otherwise if a cop catches you driving faster then 200km/h they just write down your license plate and don’t even try to Catch you.

I first thought you got caught xD

No way lol. My Saab can supposedly do 149 but I wanna test it on a closed course. Besides, I can’t afford to lose my license.

Nice Bugeye Sti.

Genuinly don’t like the bumper. Nor rice, due to it packing 400 bhp. Regardless of that, I’m happy there is some outlaws out there.

Personally I don’t mind it too much, partially because it seems to have some level of functionality. Though I’d likely look at a different design. Or I’d go stock to keep it a sleeper because I’m evil. Thanks for reading!