Fast and Frivolous

 Stunt Driving

   I have realized that we are at the end of the month and that my last post was in the middle of it. So I will now offer a sort-of 'loss leader' to lure back readers and attempt to attract new ones. Since the weather is still nice and it is much better to be outside than inside typing, I will simply grab something sensational since I don't know of anything that can be defined as close to "sensational" happening here at home. It is also the case that no original thoughts have sprouted in the summer sun, but I can assure you that I will try to come up with some.

  If you were thinking of going for a quick spin, don't go too fast since fuel is expensive and the fines for far exceeding the speed limit are rather severe and you could even end up in the slammer. Here is what happened to the poor fellow who was driving the car pictured above:

“LAMBO BUSTED: Early this morning we clocked a $460,000 Lamborghini Aventador going 170 km/hr in a 60 km/hr zone in the area of Highway 7 and Keele,” York Regional Police wrote in the Tweet. “And by now you know the drill: Driver charged with stunt. 30-day DL suspension. 14-day vehicle impound.”

   You probably know about MADD and drive soberly, but you may be unaware of MOMS.  Perhaps this post can be given a purpose, after all, since it will alert you to the Moving Ontarians More Safely Act, 2021.

The Bonus:

   I was incorrect when I described the stunt driver as a "poor fellow", given that he was piloting a car that is worth almost a half million dollars. It is now probably worth more than that since fifteen Lamborghini Adventadors are now sitting at the bottom of the Atlantic, along with about 4,000 other cars, Bentleys and Porsches among them. 

Sources:

  "GTA Lamborghini Driver Nabbed at Nearly 3X the Speed Limit,  “..we never get tired of yanking stunt drivers off our roads.”

Coleman Molnar, Driving, July 6, 2022

   "After Burning for Days, a Ship Carrying Thousands of Luxury Cars Sinks:

The Ship, the Felicity Ace, Was Carrying About 4,000 Vehicles, Including Bentleys and Porsches, When it Caught Fire on Feb. 16. On Tuesday morning, it Sank." New York Times,  Azi Paybarah and Maria Cramer.March 1, 2022

"Two weeks after catching fire, a mammoth ship that was transporting thousands of luxury cars sank on Tuesday morning about 253 miles off the Azores, according to the company that managed the vessel.

The ship, the Felicity Ace, went down at about 9 a.m. local time after tilting starboard, plunging about 4,000 cars — including more than 1,000 Porsches and 200 Bentleys — into the sea, according to the company, MOL Ship Management."

Post Script:

   You may recall that I wrote a while back about the few hundred cars that can still be found at the bottom of Lake Michigan:  "The Lost Nashes of Halloween." I have also written about the large number of containers and cattle that were lost at sea. See: "More Flotsam" and "Cattle Crossing."