Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures

On Monday night, traffic cops pulled over a Volkswagen R32 for doing 110mph on I-90 by the floating bridge. What could possibly have befuddled this driver's brain enough to make him think he was on the autobahn? There's only one answer compelling enough to explain it, and it's the answer the driver gave the officer: he was racing home to place a bid on eBay. In this broken world, good explanations are not always good excuses--the driver spent that night in jail. We shed a tear for his lost auction, and really hope he can quickly find another used plastic widget for his arcade cabinet restoration project (or what have you).

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Dude should have bought a smartphone.

Yeah -I imagine the cost of the ticket and the hike in his insurance rates would more than cover that smart phone cost.

What was he bidding on? More than likely Star Wars memorabilia, of course.

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattle911/archives/163875.asp

That's bad, but not that bad. A week ago in Toronto they pulled over a guy doing 250km/h (http://www.thestar.com/Crime/article/595630). That's 155mph.

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