Minnesota Speeding Ticket May Set Record

Posted on | September 23, 2004 | No Comments

Minnesota Speeding Ticket May Set Record

A Minnesota motorcyclist may have hit a record for a speeding ticket: 205 mph.

Minnesota State Patrol pilot Al Loney was flying over U.S. Route 61 near Washaba, part of a task force cracking down on this fall’s “Flood Run,” an informal motorbike ride that takes place twice a year along the Mississippi River.

He looked down and saw two bikes racing at high speed, and when one shot ahead, Loney waited till the rider reached a white marker in the road. Then he clicked his stopwatch.

A quarter mile and 4.39 seconds later, the rider reached another marker. Loney did the math: 205.11 miles per hour.

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