Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has admitted to being caught speeding in his Toyota Prius. Woz was ticketd by CHiPs for going 104 mph on California’s Interstate 5.
“All right Al Gore III, you’re still the tops when it comes to speeding in a Prius – but not by much. Steve Wozniak is right behind you,” Gary Richards reports for The Mercury News.
“‘I pleaded guilty, with an explanation,’ Wozniak said in one of several e-mails exchanged the past few days. ‘I said that I was really scientific, and in the last year had been in Athens, Moscow, Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich (twice), Zurich, Canada (three times), Columbia, Singapore, Japan, London, etc., and had gotten used to kilometer speeds.’ The judge smiled. But he didn’t buy it. The fine was about $700,” Richards reports.
Woz “owns Hummers and hybrids. No, green-only, Birkenstock-loving guy,” Richards reports.
“Wozniak says he is sorry and that he has reformed his driving habits,” Richards reports. “‘Since then, as I told the judge, I’d driven to L.A. a few times, to San Diego and to Las Vegas, all at the speed limit,’ said Wozniak, who has owned eight of the Toyota hybrids.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “bjh,” “Don,” and “buzz” for the heads up.]
Please insert Kathy Griffin jokes below.
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“…Skip and Bradley CEO won’t have to worry so much about butt rape at the country club jail!…”
translation: I hate rich people.
I’ll bet if the Finnish gov’t had to give all the speeding ticket money collected to, say, the families of car wreck victims instead of tossing it into the big socialist “Let’s spend it!” pot, they’d be a lot less concerned about soaking people for speeding., rich or poor…
QuickDraw GX!!
That explains how a Prius can do 104! It was running QuickDraw GX!
An alert driver, going at 100+ mph is less of a danger than a distracted one
One problem is when a less-than-alert driver, going much slower, swerves or pulls out in front of the fast alert one. Result: crunch. Few of us have the reaction time of, say, Danika Patrick. There’s a case that mismatched speeds are the real danger.
Another problem is most current production cars still have laughably poor crash protection. Sure some models have a 5-star rating at 35 MPH. So what. How does that help you at 100+?
until recently, in the Northern Territory of Australia (A not-quite state about the size of Germany, big city Darwin with 85,000 people), there were unlimited speed limits on the highways not in towns. That has gone now. Germany is starting to place speed limits on the Autobahns. If you drove on one you’d see the possibility for unlimited speed is quite limited anyway-> HEAVY traffic, massive numbers of trucks and congestions/traffic jams.
Kathy Griffin has to be marginally better than your hand, especially those wankers who criticize Woz for other reasons. Guess when you’ve accomplished absolutely zero in your life you resent those who changed the world. Woz is still cool.
To whoever wrote to me without even having the balls to use his pen name:
The safest way to drive is to adapt your speed to the traffic situation. Going along an empty freeway at 100 mph is perfectly safe. Doing the same speed in dense traffic is suicidal. Intelligent people recognise this difference and adapt, simpletons need simple and strict rules. Have your rules!
@clunker
You have a point there. Of course, as stated above, the speed needs to be adapted to the traffic situation. But it is not dangerous per se.
It should also be adapted to the type of car you’re driving. Obviously, the Prius is a modern car, with a 5-star crash protection rating and appropriate road worthiness.
Folks, driving that fast is against the rules. However, I challenge everybody here to declare that he/she never broke any rules. It’s like jay walking. It’s against the rules, but we’ve all done it when the situation allowed it. Woz got caught. That’s the only difference, so stop the sanctimonious attitude.
“Kathy Griffin has to be marginally better than your hand . . .”
You’re giving her way too much credit and not nearly enough to my hand.
yes hagar, you are right – if no one is on the road, then 100 mph is great. Sorry if I had my brain turned on and didn’t quite consider the the possibility that in your world most traffic accidents occur on empty roads. Usually traffic accidents occur in, well, traffic – especially here in socal. If everyone was always alert and on an empty road, you are my personal genius – my sage o’ the obvious. I would like to live in your world, but i have grown accustomed to reality.
I think these “rules” of which it seems you have some kind of knee JERK reaction to have possibly kept you alive longer. Please, though, don’t worry so much about that seat belt rule – in your rule-less, 100 mph driving solo kind of world (with that reaction time you must have in case a tree falls in your path) it’s probably not necessary.
Again – end of discussion.
It must be hard going thru life with the mental capacity of a hamster. Show me a CEO who isn’t wealthy…
Yeah, I hate the rich – that’s why I’m working so hard to be one of ’em!
By the way – we have our own big let’s spend it pot – we call it taxes. Are you somehow exempt? Do tell…
You basically get what you pay for – we pay less in taxes… we pay more for health care. We don’t call it a “tax” though – so if you are into labels, you win. If you’re accounting, ya lose. -Our health care is better health care – but only for those who can afford it. It’s worse for those who can’t. You probably consider yourself a moral person. You may even go to church. Funny how most people will spend more energy keeping themselves from being ripped off than helping those who are less fortunate.
Hear of any bridges falling on top of the Fins?? Again, you get what you pay for.
I DO admire your high school debating skills – especially the emotional knee jerk “i must hate the rich” tact. If you were paying attention, ( they teach that at your local community college) I was talking about convicted felons. So – yes – I don’t like rich people who abuse their power. I admit it – I’m an absolutely horrible person.
Your thoughts need more thought behind them. At that point it’ll be ok for you to open your mouth again.
I love how the deterrent for speeding ( a fine that is truly equal across the wealth spectrum) is on one hand a “soaking of the rich or poor” kind of thing while at the same time it it’s what the victims need for compensation.
Later, brainiac.
people break rules all of the time. So let’s not have them!
Settle down, little camper! No need to start hurling your insults around. Go to your safe place… breathe…
You should admit that your gleeful musings about Skip & Bradley being “butt raped” in prison might indicate a little resentment there. So, it’s just CEO’s that should be butt raped, then?
I’m not sure what you think health care has to do with speeding tickets, but I’ll tell you, if you’re confused. Nothing.
Also, what do bridges have to do with speeding tickets? Come on, you can do it… That’s right! Nothing.
As for your second rant, I haven’t quite deciphered that one yet. But here’s what I said, without the irony, so you can understand. Speeding ticket money does not go to victims. It goes into a general pot for the locality to spend any way it sees fit. It is not earmarked for bridges or health care or ensuring CEO butt rape.
Government is a business. Paying it for health care will not make us pay less for health care – it will only make health care less efficient.
Classes in logic starting soon at your local Community College.
Look up the difference between infer and imply. That way, you’ll see how YOU got from “Skip and Bradley getting butt raped” to “I must hate the rich ” to the supposed glee I must feel when “only CEO’s should get butt raped”.
About what followed – it had to do with your comment about their big socialist pool of moola and the broad swipe at it all. Some things work better over there, some things work better over here. It’s not hard to see.
“I’m not sure what you think health care has to do with speeding tickets, but I’ll tell you, if you’re confused. Nothing.
Also, what do bridges have to do with speeding tickets? Come on, you can do it… That’s right! Nothing.”
Try to connect the dots here if you can… newer broader topic… generated by your socialist pool comment… talking about the collection of funds by a government entity (taxes / socialist pool, whatever. The difference is mostly how they decide to spend the money and where they decide to collect it).
Thanks for clearing it all up for me, in terms of government being a business and all. Which of course implies (oops I mean I’m inferring) that the government roads, police, fire services, etc are second rate. Maybe they should be private enterprises and all would be better. No, wait… private enterprises are businesses. The government is a business (according to you). So maybe it’s better to demand that ANY business be run as efficient as possible for the benefit of all (not just those that can afford it – speaking of health care here).
All in all I would like to thank you for letting me practice my insults – it’s been fun and no harm was intended.