Teen Fined $2,000 For Speeding -- Clocked At 120-Plus MPH

Quad-Cities Online ^ | 3/20/08 | Stephen Elliott

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A Henry County judge fined a Palos Park teen $2,000 Thursday for driving at least 55 mph over the speed limit in January.

Gianna Didiana, 17, was extremely upset when Judge Dana McReynolds imposed the fine, according to Henry County Assistant State's Attorney Lewis Zimmerman.

Ms. Didiana also was sentenced to six hours in jail and ordered to perform 240 hours of community service.

Mr. Zimmerman said an Illinois State Police trooper was coming off the Geneseo exit onto Interstate 80 eastbound on Jan. 21 when Ms. Didiana drove past the state trooper in a Mercedes Benz at a high rate of speed.

The ticket was for going 120 mph, but Mr. Zimmerman said that was the speed the trooper clocked Ms. Didiana at as she was pulling away from him.

The trooper chased her and eventually stopped her in Bureau County, Mr. Zimmerman said. "She was crying (at the hearing). She was very emotional. It's the biggest fine I've ever seen. It's the fastest I've seen."

[Paul Heinzman]

Girl, you’re gonna drive me to drinkin’ if you don’t quit drivin’ that hot...rod...Lincoln.

[Secret Agent Man]

She’s a little massively-spoiled brat who doesn’t care about anyone else. She’s only upset because she got caught and received such a justly-deserved large fine.

[Tallguy]

Move over Danica... you have a new teammate.

[#1CTYankee]

I dove my Taurus SHO 135 MPH at 1:30 AM on all but deserted highway (Less a Mustang GT in the right lane) back 1990.

Any subsequent high risk actions such as this have been on the track.

Were were all young and dumb once.

[OESY]

Here I thought it was Al Gore’s son trying to beat global warming.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

LOL!

I was a little Speed Demon when I was a teen. I also broke curfew more times than my Dad liked.

The topper? Well, I was speeding, because I was late once again getting home, so I got pulled over for speeding, and when I got home, Dad was still up waiting for me, and he tore up my driver’s license right then and there.

And it was JUNE, so I was car-less for all of the Summer! Talk about cruel and unusual punishment for a 16 year old girl, LOL!

Funny. I turned out OK. I hope this girl has a Dad who cares enough to kick her silly little @ss, too.

[Paul Heinzman]

I was kind of surprised to find out how steep her fine was. My second oldest son's friend was busted doing 105 in a Chevy Cavalier on I-71 (can you imagine? the road weight of that little four-banger at that speed couldn't've been more than 4 ounces). The kid was 16 and I told my son that he'll lose his license until he's 18 for sure.

The kid got an $80 fine and court costs, no suspension. Well, Ohio is pretty forgiving, but I told the boy that if I was his dad, he wouldn't ever drive a car while living under my roof.

He's a pretty good kid, though. I'll confess that on the way to Niagara Falls I buried the speedometer needle on my girlfriend's Delta '88(marked to 120 mph).

Young, stupid and invincible. Guardian angels have always been good to me.

[Diggity]

Those cars have governors on them now that won’t allow them to go over 127 so she was about topped out.

Fortunately my 2000 Lexus 400 does not and will do 155.

Don’t ask me how I know!

John

[coop71]

“Were were all young and dumb once.”

Oh yeah. Borrowed my friend’s BMW back in 1994 in college...I got it up to 125, maybe 130. So stupid because I’d had a few beers - just a few over a few hours, so I was barely buzzed - but still, so stupid. Nice car, though.

[eyedigress]

I haven’t been over 115 all year.

[Moonman62]

I hope it has speed rated tires in good shape.

[TSgt]

He's a pretty good kid, though. I'll confess that on the way to Niagara Falls I buried the speedometer needle on my girlfriend's Delta '88(marked to 120 mph).

I'm 31 and in 1994 I owned a 1967 Delta 88. It was just a car I bought off some old retired doctor for $350.00 so I could get to work and school and was in mint condition. Of course I found out later that I was driving a classic! I wish I still had that car! Big back seat! ;)

[Lee'sGhost]

I lost my license for six months when I was seventeen for doing 120 in a 70. Lying Norfolk cop. It was a six cylinder Firebird with a slipandslide powerglide tranny. I was only doing 110, max.

[dalereed]

In the 1950s when I was going with my wife I used o go to Santa Barbara on weekends where she was in College and between Thousand Oaks and Santa Barbara I would cruise at 150 in my 40 coupe but back then the cops couldn’t get their Fords over 105 and they didn’t have choppers.

[jdm]

And to think I thought "speeding" was a verb.

"Sorry, I can't come to the phone right now; I'm busy speeding."

[Diggity]

That is actually why the Germans put governors on their cars about 15 years ago so they didn’t have to put the high speed rated tires on.

John

[caver]

This is not a very conservative thing to say, but if she was going 120 mph in a Benz, then she can afford a huge fine.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

There was a guy in my traffic school who was clocked at 160 on his motorcycle.

[Paul Heinzman]

It was a sweet ride, and, yes, that back seat was serviceable. But my favorite car has to be my ‘73 Dodge Polara. I cannot relate things that happened in that car in polite company. Let’s just say there is plenty of leg room ;-)