I hope the rest of the reporting is more accurate than this statement. Rodney was driving a Yugo that would have been in trouble at anything over about 90. Although the media published the 110 to 115 quote, primarily for the purpose of creating a strawman that they could proceed to knock down, the actual report from officers Singer and Singer indicated Rodney's speed when overtaken was approximately 85.
The 110 figure comes from the narrative in their report in which they indicate that they pulled off the freeway onto an off/on ramp to let Rodney go by, then accelerated to catch him. In order to make up the difference between his speed and the zero mph start that they made, they accelerated to approx. 110 mph.
That's what the report said, and that's what the testimony at trial was. Rodney wasn't going 110, the CHP unit trying to catch up with him was.
This issue particularly irritates me because it bears a strong resemblance to the "Bush said there was an imminent threat" claim that the Demos have been making. He never said it, they know he never said it, but by getting people to believe he said it they then have something to attack him for. The "110 mph" claim was the Times equivalent of the "imminent threat" canard.
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>>>Rodney was driving a Yugo that would have been in trouble at anything over about 90.