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Driver spotted going 234 km/h on Hwy. 174 in Ottawa's east end (ottawa.ctvnews.ca)
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A 27-year-old man is facing several charges after police observed a vehicle traveling 134 km/h over the speed limit on Highway 174 in Ottawa's east end.

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[–] Frog@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Freedom Unit conversion:

Speed Limit on Highway 174: 62.14 mi/h
Car Speed: 145.4 mi/h

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That by itself means nothing to me.

What made me realize. How fast that is, is that it’s halfway to the top speed of a veyron SS

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Silly @Frog@Lemmy.ca

They forgot that US highway speed units are measured as a ratio of a veyron SS's top speed. For those that don't know, that's 7.37 billion bald eagle wingspans per presidential term.

[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's that in football fields per commercial break (brought to you by Carl's Jr(tm))?

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

1 VSSTS = 39.28 FF/CB

c'mon, every god fearin'merican knows that! They teach that in gunday school.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 month ago

The best part of this reply

They teach that in gunday school.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

lol I meant top speed. But bald eagle/presidential term is definitely superior

[–] independantiste@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

That looks like an M5, it can definitely go at 300kmh, about 75% the speed of a Veyron

[–] lohky@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When translated to American, it's honestly not that impressive anymore. 🀷

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

...yeah, buck-forty-five isn't even gentlemen's-agreement v-max...