Posted on 08/10/2017 8:18:46 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
KINGSPORT A Greeneville woman has been arrested after allegedly zooming through Interstate 81 traffic at 115 mph while hauling a 16-year-old and toddler as passengers.
According to an affidavit filed in Kingsport General Sessions Court, Britanni N. Starnes, 20, is charged with reckless endangerment and speeding. The incident occurred Tuesday at 8:15 p.m.
A Kingsport officer near mile marker 56 spotted a 2010 Nissan Versa speeding in the northbound lanes. Radar reportedly confirmed the vehicle was traveling at 115 mph.
After being pulled over, Starnes claimed she was rushing to the hospital, where her brother was being treated for a football injury. Also in the car were a 16-year-old boy and 3-year-old girl, though their relationship to Starnes is not specified.
The reporting officer contacted the medical facility and learned that Starnes is in no way related to the person she had named. Police also note that the front tires on Starnes car were extremely worn and bald.
Due to her alleged speed, condition of the tires and the presence of juveniles, Starnes was arrested and booked into the city jail. She is scheduled for a November court appearance.
When I had my Mustang GT I’d look down and be doing 100 thinking I was going 60.
I'd never think to push a Versa past 70 or so. The damned things are really bottom-rung transportation; akin to the 1980s Hyundai sedans. IIRC, Nissan had problems with airbags in that model - they'd fire if a door was slammed hard.
She wants them to be NASCAR racers when they grow up. She was teaching them the ropes of speed
Coming back west from Lytle Creek (San Berdo area) on the 210 and recording on GPS, was amazed to see I had been cruising 90+mph. In a 2001 4Runner, which you would think the speed would have been apparent.
“When I had my Mustang GT Id look down and be doing 100 thinking I was going 60.”
Sigh...my 95 Mustang Cobra SVT was the same..God I loved that car. I could floor it and feel my stomach pressed against the back of the bucket seat. And the rumble of the engine amping up..sweet! Great memories.
Nope...would have airborne without them....
A set of AFR heads and a Cobra intake on my 94 was far faster. Cobra brakes were a GOOD thing to be added. Thank God for parts interchangeability.
Ford tried to trade off on the earlier SVT product reputation with a gussied up GT that was only marginally faster, but a lot more expensive.
I’d tell you a story about a 68 427Corvette with 10-day plates at 4 am in the morning on I-95...going 143mph (clocked)....but I regress...
Id just got home from 2 yrs in VN and I was invincible.....luckily i didn’t know they could fly at 145 like my helicopter....
I got a warning for 87 mph in a Delorean tricked out as a time machine. Had a lot of cops show up to take pictures.
When asked where I was going in such a hurry, I said "1955".
The next day I went to Waffle house in a 55 Chevy convertible and ran into the same bunch of cops. They bought me breakfast.
I had a lot of fun and got to drive some really exotic cars.
good joke
The car was not done accelerating by any means.
True - but a Nisan Versa? Shame on her....;-)
I think Im saying the same thing.....front end was so light i couldnt keep it in 3 lanes of interstate....a couple of more MPH and id have been airborne
and the same story...I had a lot of tach left....
I’d guess that’s an estimate from a police car chasing her rather than radar or beibg clocked.
The cat is ‘drag limited’ to 110 according to test drivers, so it might get faster on a long enough downhill grade.
Felony charges are warranted.
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