Driver blows past trooper going over 100 mph

BY Chris Sullivan  on June 13, 2012 @ 9:45 am (Updated: 12:45 pm - 6/13/12 )

A trooper picking up debris on the side of I-5, south of Olympia, heard the tricked-out Acura Integra coming up from behind him.

"He could hear this car coming," Trooper Guy Gill told MyNorthwest.com. "He got in his patrol car and clicked the radar. One-hundred-fourteen miles an hour as he passed the trooper that was on the shoulder."

Gill said the trooper got in behind the driver and checked the speed again. It was over 120 miles an hour. "The trooper caught up to him and initiated a traffic stop and placed him under arrest for reckless driving," he said. "The guy's excuse this morning was he was late for work."

A driver was pulled over last week in Snohomish County going 104 miles an hour. He too blew right past a state trooper.

Chris Sullivan, KIRO Radio Reporter
Chris loves the rush of covering breaking news and works hard to try to make sense of it all while telling stories about real people in extraordinary circumstances.
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  • NWGUY wrote...
    why was the trooper going over 100mph?
    June 13, 2012 1:13 pm
    he he
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  • boomshakalaka wrote...
    ...
    June 13, 2012 1:27 pm
    just checked Vegas. Odds are 100000000000000:01 the driver was asian.
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  • 333 wrote...
    For Sale
    June 13, 2012 1:43 pm
    Pro tricked-out acura. fart can exhaust system, lowered with fire-exstinguisher attatched to roll bars,tint. 20k "invested", will sell $2,200 or best offer
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  • superMT wrote...
    Actual Drivers?
    June 13, 2012 1:48 pm
    The troopers find 2 people that can actually drive and they give them a ticket? I still don't believe it, not in this state.
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  • soo purletiv wrote...
    And this is news
    June 13, 2012 2:47 pm
    HOW? ;-{
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  • MattyC wrote...
    soo purletiv
    June 13, 2012 9:57 pm
    Your life must suck because you click on a story that peaks your interest, then are mad that it wasn't a good enough story for you. I'm glad it's a story not involving someone dying. Go blow Dori.
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  • Jake The Snail wrote...
    Troopers Cars can go 120mph?
    June 13, 2012 3:07 pm
    I see your 2700 lbs at 104 mph and raise you 5000lbs at 120 mph.
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  • Nickatnyt wrote...
    And in other news...
    June 13, 2012 3:20 pm
    ..the passive-aggressive drivers going 59 in the passing lane while people are passing them on the right are allowed to mess up traffic flow with impunity.
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  • soo purletiv wrote...
    @ Nickatnyt
    June 13, 2012 3:48 pm
    Exactly!

    However: 59? That must have been a good traffic day..... ;-)

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  • Realitycheck wrote...
    No kidding
    June 13, 2012 4:42 pm
    If you need 5 car length between you and the car you are following going 30 to 40 mph, your DO NOT belong in the fast lane. The amount of people in the left lane that can't drive at all is mind-boggling. Got to love Germany their rules, you go to slow in the fast lane holding up traffic they ding you big time so hardly anybody does it anymore.
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  • jstumbo wrote...
    love driving in Germany.
    June 13, 2012 4:55 pm
    Last time I was there, I was doing 200kph, or 125mph. Loved it. Had a guy pass me that was probaby going 150+.
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  • murr wrote...
    my n west
    June 13, 2012 4:56 pm
    Careful about that heading, and troopers. We ae just going throught that with one, I dont think he was doing 100mph, but im sure the other was going on. Those darn back seats in patol cars, THATS WHY IT HAPPENS
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  • soo purletiv wrote...
    I agree with murr
    June 13, 2012 7:57 pm
    Or at least I think I do...
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