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Geek and Gadgets Set Cross-US Speed Record

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the breaker-breaker-need-a-bear-check dept.

Brikus writes "And you thought your car had gadgets. In this story from Wired magazine, we hear about Alex Roy and his quest to break the record time for a cross-USA road trip. One of the biggest roadblocks to breaking the record: highway patrol officers, about 31,000 along the way. So Roy decked out his E39 BMW M5 with a thermal camera, radar/laser detectors, GPS devices, police scanners, and other high-tech gadgets and toys."

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  1. Re:How stupid... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    These are also the same group people that killed an innocent couple during last years gumball. How many will they kill this year?

    http://jalopnik.com/cars/gumball-3000/gumballers-nick-morley-and-matthew-mcconville-arrested-after-hit+and+run-fatality-257447.php

  2. Re:How stupid... by EvanED · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Yes, but they left the scene of the accident, and tried to flee the country.

    The mitigating factors you mention may bring them down from "string them up by their thumbs" to "super asshole who deserves prison", but the latter is still not a very good state.