Tyreke Evans busted doing 130 mph

[guava_wrench]

I accelerate my motorcycle to 120mph for short bursts.  I don't think I'm a bad guy and I don't think I should have a gun drawn to my head if I get pulled over.

Your judgment is tainted on this because you know yourself. The cops don't know you.

When you drive 120, you lose the benefit of the doubt.

[Gainesville Celtic]

Maybe Tyreke should go talk to Bobby Phills.

Was thinking the same thing bdm860 --- or better yet his family or David Wesley who was racing him.

All the NBAers should have to listen to Phills' family and Jay Williams (from Duke) about he tossed away his career for a motorcycle ride.

(i haven't watched the part with the police, but this is dumb, dumb, dumb (not to mention illegal) on Evans' part)

[guava_wrench]

How can someone defend going 130 MPH for several minutes weaving in and out of lanes?

How can someone disagree with the police reaction? The driver could have easily been armed and tried to pull a fast one. They didn't use unnecessary force or anything on him.

If I get stopped for jaywalking, I guess you could say that I could easily be armed, and a policeman would be within his rights to draw his fireman and aim it at me for his own protection.

People are potentially dangerous, to be sure, but the police are supposed to be trained to use their best judgment and not pull out their weapons unless they or others are in danger.  Based on what I could see in this video, the cops over-reacted.

The jaywalking response is just silly. It is not comparable to a tinted car speeding well over 100 mph for 10 minutes. That is very suspicious and the police need to protect themselves.

I am not particularly judgmental of Evans on this. A lot of people with his money at his age would be tempted to do just selfish, irresponsible behavior. I do not condone his idiocy, but we are all idiots at times. Nevertheless, the police have no idea what the temperament is of the person in the car, nor do they know whether or not the driver was fleeing a crime.

What they do know is that arresting someone after an incident like that is not always as easy as it was with Evans. Perhaps we need to have more video shown of police getting killed for people to look at this with some sense.

[housecall]

Thats what race tracks are for...you are endangering others lives when you speed on our nations roads,highways,and streets.I don't have a problem with how the law handled it.


 Next time i suggest Tyreke rent a track if he has the need or urge to speed.Just don't risk others lives to satisfy your quick fix(high)you get from speeding.

[Celtics18]

How can someone defend going 130 MPH for several minutes weaving in and out of lanes?

How can someone disagree with the police reaction? The driver could have easily been armed and tried to pull a fast one. They didn't use unnecessary force or anything on him.

If I get stopped for jaywalking, I guess you could say that I could easily be armed, and a policeman would be within his rights to draw his fireman and aim it at me for his own protection.

People are potentially dangerous, to be sure, but the police are supposed to be trained to use their best judgment and not pull out their weapons unless they or others are in danger.  Based on what I could see in this video, the cops over-reacted.

The jaywalking response is just silly. It is not comparable to a tinted car speeding well over 100 mph for 10 minutes. That is very suspicious and the police need to protect themselves.

I am not particularly judgmental of Evans on this. A lot of people with his money at his age would be tempted to do just selfish, irresponsible behavior. I do not condone his idiocy, but we are all idiots at times. Nevertheless, the police have no idea what the temperament is of the person in the car, nor do they know whether or not the driver was fleeing a crime.

What they do know is that arresting someone after an incident like that is not always as easy as it was with Evans. Perhaps we need to have more video shown of police getting killed for people to look at this with some sense.

I do realize that weaving in and out of traffic at 130 mph is more dangerous than Jay walking.  I was trying to make a point about appropriate judgement by the police.  

If the police on the ground were privy to the information being gathered by the helicopter video, they would have been aware that Evans was involved in a foolish highway race and not fleeing a crime.  Also, his level of cooperation upon being pulled over, do not indicate someone in a violently deranged mind set.

I understand that being a cop is a dangerous job, and I have the utmost respect for those who do the job honorably, bravely and competently.

I really don't need to see videos of cops being killed to scare some sense into me.

[Celtics18]

How can someone defend going 130 MPH for several minutes weaving in and out of lanes?

How can someone disagree with the police reaction? The driver could have easily been armed and tried to pull a fast one. They didn't use unnecessary force or anything on him.

If I get stopped for jaywalking, I guess you could say that I could easily be armed, and a policeman would be within his rights to draw his fireman and aim it at me for his own protection.

People are potentially dangerous, to be sure, but the police are supposed to be trained to use their best judgment and not pull out their weapons unless they or others are in danger.  Based on what I could see in this video, the cops over-reacted.

The jaywalking response is just silly. It is not comparable to a tinted car speeding well over 100 mph for 10 minutes. That is very suspicious and the police need to protect themselves.

I am not particularly judgmental of Evans on this. A lot of people with his money at his age would be tempted to do just selfish, irresponsible behavior. I do not condone his idiocy, but we are all idiots at times. Nevertheless, the police have no idea what the temperament is of the person in the car, nor do they know whether or not the driver was fleeing a crime.

What they do know is that arresting someone after an incident like that is not always as easy as it was with Evans. Perhaps we need to have more video shown of police getting killed for people to look at this with some sense.

[KG Living Legend]

 Wait a gosh darn minute here. How old is Tyreke? 20 or 21. Come on people, don't you remember what it was like to be young and stupid. Let alone be young and stupid with a few million dollars to boost your ego into the next stratosphere.  I have done a hundred and twenty plenty of times and 130 at least once. And now I hardly ever speed more than ten miles over the speed limit.

 I want everyone to post the fastest they have EVER gone while driving. 

[Celtics18]

 Wait a gosh darn minute here. How old is Tyreke? 20 or 21. Come on people, don't you remember what it was like to be young and stupid. Let alone be young and stupid with a few million dollars to boost your ego into the next stratosphere.  I have done a hundred and twenty plenty of times and 130 at least once. And now I hardly ever speed more than ten miles over the speed limit.

 I want everyone to post the fastest they have EVER gone while driving. 

I maxed out at close to 100.  I never owned a car that would go beyond the century mark.

[KG Living Legend]

 Tp Celts18 for honesty. I take it if you had Tyreke's car you prob. would have gone faster.

[moiso]

 Tp Celts18 for honesty. I take it if you had Tyreke's car you prob. would have gone faster.

Me too to try it out.  I'd feel safer sharing a road with a sober athlete going over 100mph than an old person going far too slow on a highway.  Not to mention all the people driving while texting and things of that nature.  These things seem more dangerous than a sober athlete focusing on his driving.

[Celtics18]

 Tp Celts18 for honesty. I take it if you had Tyreke's car you prob. would have gone faster.

When I was between the ages of 16-22 I went as fast as I could on more than one occassion.  If I could have gone faster, I'm sure I would have.  

And, to be honest, I was by no means among the most reckless of my peer group.  

  

[Fan from VT]

 Wait a gosh darn minute here. How old is Tyreke? 20 or 21. Come on people, don't you remember what it was like to be young and stupid. Let alone be young and stupid with a few million dollars to boost your ego into the next stratosphere.  I have done a hundred and twenty plenty of times and 130 at least once. And now I hardly ever speed more than ten miles over the speed limit.

 I want everyone to post the fastest they have EVER gone while driving. 

Youth is no excuse. In fact, what you and evans did was stupid, selfish, and endangered lives, and was not just some amusing shenanigans.

Weaving in traffic at 130 mph is probably more dangerous than driving 45-50mph when drunk, and that is clearly a crime that results in people dying.

When you speed, your reaction time stays the same, but the actual distance it takes to stop your car increases exponentially the faster you go. The idea that you can drive "rationally" or "under control" in traffic at that speed is a complete illusion. There is no control. There are other drivers who may make mistakes, there are other drivers who may get freaked out at what you are doing and swerve to get out of your way, there are an infinite number of objects that could throw the balance/traction of your car...and should anything at all go wrong, you've forfeited the ability to correct for mistakes. at that speed on public roads, your car is essentially a loaded gun being pointed at a crowd and could go off at any time.

[KG Living Legend]

 So VT fan what's the fastest you have EVER driven. Air it out.

[ssspence]

reactions are too far one way or the other...

fact: i believe over 90 is reckless driving in most states, so when you drive 130 in a tinted out Benz, you're going to have a gun drawn on you.

fact: if this is the dumbest thing Evans does, he's going to be a very good player for years to come. in a seperate thread today we're talking about a guy who just won an NBA championship after years of playing drunk and punching out fans in the stands of Detroit.

seriously who cares? when Delonte was pulled over mariachi-style, we all thought it was "sad" because he's got BPD and he's a former Celtic who we like. but which was dumber? Mr. West, clearly....

I'm sorry but this just doesn't rank that high on the dumb list....

I think this is dumber.  How often do we hear about gun fights on the road vs. terrible crashed created by speeding and racing?



Do I think he is an awful person I would want off my team?  No.


Do I think he is a moron right now?  Yes.


Does he deserve the negative response he is receiving right now?  You better believe it.  

A) Driving a nice car (which was designed to go this speed and more i might add) very fast while never really coming anywhere near wrecking in broad daylight sober without weapons and without a cop anywhere in sight before pulling off the highway and driving completely rationally;

B)Swerving violantly on the most dangerous vehichle in the world -- a three-wheeled motorcyle -- at night with guns and knives strapped all over one's body including a shotgun in a guitar case thrown over your back as your followed by cops;


You'd take A? Which would you take if you were a GM?

Look i really don't care, but i think the soapbox here often gets a bit ridiculous on this stuff. I'm sure no one on this blog has ever done something stupid, or even gotten cuffed -- nor would have if they were 20 and had far too much money handed to them at that age. If I'm this guys GM -- or even his dad -- I'm [peeved] but ackowledge to myself it could have been much much worse.

1. when you're going 130 MPH, you're always a quarter second from wrecking. Don't kid yourself. The slightest slip and you're dead.

2. It is not "driving rationally" to go 130 mph.

Sorry but i think this is a joke -- I've driven cars very fast before both on track, and on the road – particularly in Europe. I’d feel far safer on almost any European highway – where they drive far faster – than on those of the US. They respect the road and the fellow driver far more than Americans. That they drive faster is a non-issue. That they don’t drive like total idiots -- as a huge number of Americans do -- is. I saw nothing in Evans driving that I would deem reckless. But I get that the law doesn’t discriminate, and assumingly he knows those laws, and regardless he’ll have to face the consequences – so be it. I’m just not going to preach at him for it.

Let me ask you this: Do you think it’s rational for one to talk on a cell phone while driving? Do you think it’s rational for one to text message while driving? Do you think it’s rational to eat a Whopper while you drive? If you don’t, how can you explain that on any major American roadway there are dozens of people around you gabbing on the phone or TYPING while going 70 miles an hour? These items alone – among those called “distracted driving” -- cause more accidents than speeding or any other cause, and are doubly dangerous considering Americans are among the world’s worst drivers, so they can hardly tolerate being distracted in the first place. Read any article on the subject: distracted driving is by far the most dangerous issue facing American roadways, not the occasional basketball superstar going faster than you in his Benz. And yet American laws remain a laugh on most of these topics – Massachusetts JUST passed a texting law…. with…. wait for it….. a whopping $100 fine for violators. And we still don’t have a cell phone law. Disgusting.

Would you start a thread about Tyreke Evans being pulled over for texting while driving? Doubt it.

[KungPoweChicken]

 Wait a gosh darn minute here. How old is Tyreke? 20 or 21. Come on people, don't you remember what it was like to be young and stupid. Let alone be young and stupid with a few million dollars to boost your ego into the next stratosphere.  I have done a hundred and twenty plenty of times and 130 at least once. And now I hardly ever speed more than ten miles over the speed limit.

 I want everyone to post the fastest they have EVER gone while driving.  

Back when I was 16, I put the "pedal to the metal" on the highway and maxed out at about 110mph. My car really couldn't go any faster than that. Believe it or not though, that was one of the only times I ever even broke 100mph. I thought of it more as an "experiment" than anything else.