Man jailed after filming himself driving 140 mph

[Yeller90]

PORTLAND, Oregon - A man who filmed the speedometer of his car while driving more than 140 miles per hour so he could post it on YouTube, ended up in jail on Saturday and the video confiscated, police said.
Stanislav Vadimovich Bakanov was pulled over by police on Oregon Interstate 5 after he was clocked driving his black 2005 BMW at 118 mph. He filmed Sheriff's Deputy Ryan Postlewait as he approached the car.
When Postlewait asked why he was videotaping, Bakanov said he was filming his speedometer, and his arrest, to post on Youtube. The video later revealed that Bakanov had attained speeds in excess of 140 mph.
He was arrested and confined in jail Saturday night, charged with reckless driving and speeding. It was his third speeding incident in the past year. The video was confiscated and will be used as evidence against him.
Marion County Police spokesman Don Thompson said winds were gusting at up to 50 mph during the day.
"There were tree branches down on the freeway. To be driving at these speeds today was just plain crazy," he said.

[Treibenschnell]

I wonder if his attorney is going to play the 5th Amendment card on this one... if he does at all.

[ray_sir_6]

Reckless driving is not just speeding. So unless the officer saw him driving recklessly on top of the excessive speed, he can get nothing more than a pricey speeding ticket. I have personal experience on it.

[GregW]

It is reckless to drive over double the speed limit is some places

[OZMDD]

I suspect the video will take care of any "reasonable doubt" regarding the reckless driving. Speeds like that belong on a track, period. Any douche can mash the gas pedal, but no driver is so good that they can predict what might wander into the road, and the reaction distance at 140 is farther than you can see on many roads.

The cost of the ticket and a lawyer woudl have easily paid for some time at a nice track.

[POS Racing]

Why am I not surprised to read he was driving a BMW??

[ray_sir_6]

It is reckless to drive over double the speed limit is some places

I know from personal experience that Dallas County requires more than 135 in a 55 to consider it reckless, cause that is what I got pulled over for. I guess it helped that the officer put in his notes that I was easy to track since I used my turn signal for all lanes changes (IE not driving recklessly, just excessively fast). He couldn't catch up (Caprice only goes 123mph), so he had to wait for me to slow down to pull me over. He wrote me a ticket for 135 in a 55, and one for reckless driving, and took me to jail. My court-appointed attorney got it kicked out without even a court date cause "excessive speed doesn't equal reckless driving". If he had cited me for other infractions, it could have added up to being reckless, but I didn't break any other traffic codes, so it was thrown out, and I never even had to pay the speeding ticket (and I never got a copy of it to frame). I actually heard that the officer should have been reprimanded for numerous reasons (Dallas cop arrested me in Plano, didn't turn on his lights when he started pursuit that endangered the other motorists, and was involved in a high-speed pursuit against Dallas PD policy).