Slow down. You are not invincible. If this affects just one young reader, then it could make a difference. This story doesn't involve an IS but i'm sure plenty of young readers here who like to go fast. I know I did when I was younger. Trust me.. not worth it!

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...ng-100-n948856

Text from above:

"To the 18 year old kid I stopped on SR 10,

You’re welcome. I’d like to believe that you were minutes away from creating an unspeakable Christmas tragedy when I stopped you. If not only killing yourself, you were well on your way to killing some innocent person who was minding their own business doing nothing else wrong but being in front of you.

You said you didn’t realize how fast you were going. That’s a lie. You may not realize when you’re doing 45 in a 35 but you are fully aware of every mile per hour at 100. You realize it with every bump you hit. You realize it as you pass cars so fast the wind moves your car. You realize it every time you drift over the line and when you move the wheel the car reacts a lot quicker than you’re used to. You absolutely realized it.

You were scared when I stopped you. You were visibly shaking and breathing hard. Unfortunately, you were scared one minute too late and for the wrong reason. You should have been scared that you were trying to kill yourself. I know you’re invincible. I know that you can’t even fathom your own death.

I can tell you dozens of stories of dead and broken 18 year old bodies that I’ve pulled from cars. Broken bodies that I’ve found in front yards after crashes. Unrecognizable bodies. They thought they were invincible too. They weren’t. They were gone so they missed the part where I had to tell their parents that they were dead. Part of your soul disappears every time you have to tell parents that their kid is dead.

I don’t KNOW your parents, but I know them. I know that when you leave every day they say “Be careful. Drive safe.” Those aren’t just words. That is the very last act of them pleading with you to come home safe. When they get a knock on the door, it’s not “Good afternoon ma’am. Your 18 year old son just had a massive heart attack. It’s “Can we sit down? Your son has been involved in a very serious crash. I’m so sorry. He’s died.” When you leave the house they know that, far and away, the best chance you have of dying that day is in that car. Sometimes you’re the innocent person hit by someone with no regard for anyone else and sometimes you’re the one with no regard for anyone else. Today you were the latter.

You seemed like a really nice kid who made a bad decision. I don’t feel bad about this ticket at all. In fact, I’m proud of it. I hope you’re paying it off for months and with every payment you think about how it wasn’t worth it. I hope you slow down. I hope that when your mom tells you to “drive safe” you make a promise to her, and yourself, that you will. I hope you can envision me sitting in your kitchen telling your screaming mother that you have been killed.

Slow down. Please. You are not invincible. I promise"

 

 

I believe you can lose it for 20 over in CA, which on most freeways is 85 mph (that's a max as I believe some of the older freeways are still 55). I think for triple digits, the CHP will most of the time escort the driver to the intake of a county jail.

 

Never understood the appeal of just flying in a straight line at speeds that are so high above the speed limit - just not worth the risk to myself or others. In fact, I'd say the most fun I have is going half that speed, on curvy roads that have no traffic around. If you're going to have fun, at least be decent enough to do it where you're not endangering others, I'd say.

Good timing on posting this - highways are going to be busy this season.

 

 

You get an excessive speeding ticket when you are over 85 mph but they don't take your license away. At 100 mph, you get the same ticket and it's at the discretion of the officer to take you to jail but unless you are racing, they just give you the ticket.

 

The IS stops pretty darn well from triple digits. I love mine with high friction F pads ;-) 120 to 60 like its nothing

 

 

 

Thank you for posting this. I dont know if its cause Im getting older? (weird to say) but hey, Safety First!

 

Probably better posted on a Civic forum, few 18 year old kids can afford this car, but I suppose the sentiment works regardless of the car.

 

Thanks for posting this.

 

A fully formed adult still makes bad decisions from time to time. I know in my time with my IS, I have done some stupid things while driving and gotten away with them, even though I didn't get mine until age 27.

 

True. I've made some mistakes in my Exige, and didn't get it until I was 39.

 

I hear you. I'm sure there are 18-25 y/o lurkers whose parents are leasing them an IS. And i've seen a few here that may be on the younger side just observing their mods and method of speak. Asking about how to make their IS faster, but using poor spelling/grammar lol. But I'd agree most here are probably on the older side. I was once a 21 year old with a brand new BMW (using my own credit and money) =D that could've used this advice. Today cars like these aren't hard to get for young people @ $299 a month a lot of times.