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OT: Montoya loses driver's licence

Rick Osbor

OT: Montoya loses driver's licence

by Rick Osbor » Thu, 15 May 2003 06:44:44

Well at least with me in the car the ballast was spread from the nose of the
car with my feet to the boot of the car with my neck :P  Chronic cramp after
that I think!

Rick




> > Aye, god knows we tried on the way to Goodwood :D

> > Rick

> Too much ballast

> :P

> Doug

John Simmon

OT: Montoya loses driver's licence

by John Simmon » Thu, 15 May 2003 07:18:33



> > http://www.racesimcentral.net/

> > [quote]
> > Colombian Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya has been stripped of his
> > licence after being caught driving at 204 kilometres per hour in southern
> > France, police said Monday.

> > The Williams-BMW star was clocked on a radar Sunday afternoon while
> driving
> > his BMW over the speed-limit on the A8 motorway between Les Arcs and Le
> Muy
> > south of here. He was then ordered to hand over his driving licence
> pending
> > a judicial investigation.

> > Local officials said that Montoya was facing a two-month suspension from
> > driving in France, but that would not affect his participation in the
> French
> > Grand Prix.
> > [/quote]

> > What a '***ing idiot'!  :-))

I'm surprised that the French police didn't just give up the chase.
don hodgdo

OT: Montoya loses driver's licence

by don hodgdo » Wed, 14 May 2003 08:15:13

Well, I guess that makes every driver I've ever met a, in your words,
'***ing idiot'. Just because they didn't get caught, or it didn't make the
papers, they all have lurid, often hilarious stories about their antics in
an automobile. It sorta' goes with the profession. Of course, if you're one
of those namby pampy, politically correct sheep that seem to want to impress
your morals on the rest of the world, I can see where you might get upset.

Hell, Dan Gurney drove from NYC to Newport Beach in 35 hours, does that make
him a '***ing idiot'?

JPM for President!


Jason Moy

OT: Montoya loses driver's licence

by Jason Moy » Thu, 15 May 2003 11:29:08


>I'm surprised that the French police didn't just give up the chase.

God save the Queen!

Jason (was re: what I'd be singing before baseball games if it weren't
for those wimpy French)

Doug Millike

OT: Montoya loses driver's licence

by Doug Millike » Thu, 15 May 2003 13:12:55


> Yeah, but come on Doug.  204 Kmh, that's nearly 130 mph on a public
> road.  Not sure what the speed limits are in France, but I would guess
> they're not much different to the UK which means he was doing nearly
> twice the national speed limit.

And who was safer?  Montoya in his capable car or the cop that chased
him down...  no contest in my mind.

A classic story from 1960's at Watkins Glen--one of the F1 drivers was
stopped for speeding on the way to the race, the drivers often flew into
NY City and drove across beautiful southern NY State:

Small town cop:  Just who do you think you are, Stirling Moss?
Driver:  No, I'm Jack Brabham!  (and he was World Champion that year).

I believe that Brabham was sent on his way with a "stern warning"<grin>.

-- Doug Milliken
   www.millikenresearch.com

Sebastien Tixie

OT: Montoya loses driver's licence

by Sebastien Tixie » Thu, 15 May 2003 15:18:36

On Tue, 13 May 2003 18:23:09 +0100, Peter Ives




>>> What a '***ing idiot'!  :-))

>>And you've never sped in your life obviously

>Yeah, but come on Doug.  204 Kmh, that's nearly 130 mph on a public
>road.  Not sure what the speed limits are in France,

130kmh
80mph

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Jone Tytlandsvi

OT: Montoya loses driver's licence

by Jone Tytlandsvi » Thu, 15 May 2003 16:27:02


Last time I was in France I felt that people was driving like they were in
Germany; no speed limit. Every time I enter Germany after crossing through
Denmark, I get this "no speed limit" feeling regardless witch country I may
enter after Germany. :)

The main traffic is doing much more than 130kmh on the French highway? How
fast do you have to go to get caught by the police?

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Zonk

OT: Montoya loses driver's licence

by Zonk » Thu, 15 May 2003 17:04:08



130km/h in the dry, 110km/h if wet on an autoroute.

The traffic is likely to move considerably in excess of that figure. I'd
say 100mph would be a typical traffic flow speed.

Z.

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Ice

OT: Montoya loses driver's licence

by Ice » Thu, 15 May 2003 18:09:11

By '***ing idiot' I was referring to the cameraman-incident (hence the
quotations marks). It was posted here last week:

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

Ice D


> Well, I guess that makes every driver I've ever met a, in your words,
> '***ing idiot'. Just because they didn't get caught, or it didn't make
the
> papers, they all have lurid, often hilarious stories about their antics in
> an automobile. It sorta' goes with the profession. Of course, if you're
one
> of those namby pampy, politically correct sheep that seem to want to
impress
> your morals on the rest of the world, I can see where you might get upset.

> Hell, Dan Gurney drove from NYC to Newport Beach in 35 hours, does that
make
> him a '***ing idiot'?

> JPM for President!



> > http://www.racesimcentral.net/

> > [quote]
> > Colombian Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya has been stripped of his
> > licence after being caught driving at 204 kilometres per hour in
southern
> > France, police said Monday.

> > The Williams-BMW star was clocked on a radar Sunday afternoon while
> driving
> > his BMW over the speed-limit on the A8 motorway between Les Arcs and Le
> Muy
> > south of here. He was then ordered to hand over his driving licence
> pending
> > a judicial investigation.

> > Local officials said that Montoya was facing a two-month suspension from
> > driving in France, but that would not affect his participation in the
> French
> > Grand Prix.
> > [/quote]

> > What a '***ing idiot'!  :-))

> > Ice D


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