Comments on: Ferrari California nabbed at 231km/h; impounded

By: nd45pd

nd45pd — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:48:59 +0000

Our speed limits are beyond ridiculous. 110kmh is a joke. I agree most road speed limits are what they should be, but on a modern freeway in a 2011 model car the maximum should be atleast 130kmh.
I dont blame people for getn frustrated. 231 kmh is excessive, he shouldve gone to a race track, but the amount of people / idiots that go under the speed limit in the fast lane and then dont move over to let you thru seems to be growin by the day.

By: johnny

johnny — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:49:49 +0000

This man was trying to get away from some drivers who were driving erratically trying to get a good look at this ferrari, he sped up to get away from them.

By: John of Perth

John of Perth — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:18:48 +0000

Unfortunately Mr Easdown regardless of circumstance will suffer the wrath of an increasingly PC bureaucracy. The fact remains he broke the speed limit and like many of us, rightly or wrongly, will have the book thrown at him.

There are lot of terrible drivers on the road and WA would stand out as one of the worst in this regard, so you can expect an even louder reaction from the ‘dumbed down’ as Tony so aptly put it, from here in the West.

Bad luck Rod.

By: Davo

Davo — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:55:06 +0000

No one rational cannot deny that the Ferrari is a relatively safer place to be at 200+ in the right place.
I too have been passed by rusted,damaged heaps at more than the legal limit & yes the motor journo is probably more capable than myself.
But he broke the law & it is well documented what this car is capable of.So why do it on a public road?

DGS & Golfy said it all.

By: Yawn

Yawn — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:28:54 +0000

Well said Tony. By reading all these responses, it seems like the governments attempt at dumbing down the population has been successful.

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:16:02 +0000

Clearly, no one really knows the facts of this case – excepting the Journo and the copper. However here are some reasonable facts and observations regarding this story:
1. Experienced motoring journo with more kms under his belt than most drivers ever achieve. Not to mention his experience in handling a car at speed and his experence in driving at autobahn speeds when on assignment in Europe.
2. Dare say that he probably picked the particular piece of quiet WA road on which to exercise the Ferrari’s legs. Given the car’s ability to spint to these speeds quite effortlessly and quickly, it probably happened on a relatively short and straight sectioon of quite country WA road;
3.This car is designed and engineered to cruise at these speeds for hours;
4. Yep, any speed kills – 40kmph, 60kmph, 100kmph, 120kmph, 213kmph. Speed will always be a factor in road deaths whilst many drivers drive at speeds in excess of the particular vehicle, environmental and driver experience paramaters. I would suggest that probably none of these are in question here. I heard a police report (Victoria) today that 40% of road fatalities involved some form of drug – alcohol, narcotics, etc.

I doubt that said journo would have bothered to undertake this “test” in most other cars. His experience would immediately tell him that most other cars are simply not able to perform at these speeds in a safe manner.

Australian’s need to start applying some critical thinking to this whole issue that speed kills, driver education, and the nonsense propaganda being bandied about by the police and state governments (using taxpayer money BTW). Otherwise we are just being dumbed down as a driving community.

By: John

John — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:49:45 +0000

As if to prove my point, I see Corey Worthington has been nabbed for doing 124 in an 80 zone. Who do you think was the more dangerous – Easdown or Worthington? I know whose car I’d rather have been in.

And HB, leaving aside the fact that confiscating and selling a car regardless of who owns it will inevitably lead to injustices being done, what makes you think the government would put that money towards road safety? The money, as with all revenue raised on the roads, would go into consolidated revenue.

By: HB from Perth

HB from Perth — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:05:56 +0000

Ateco Automotive and Ferrari will get a lot of free press from this incident. If Rod Easdown drove at more than double the speed limit, he should be banned from driving on public roads for a long time. The State Government should introduce legislation that will allow them to confiscate a hoon’s vehicle, even if it does not belong to them, and sell them at an auction to raised funds for road safety. Anyone that allow a hoon to drive their car should share the risk. Something drastic needs to happen to get the message through: your “thrill” my cost another person his/her life! Driving it is not an X-box game.

By: Golfschwein

Golfschwein — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:52:56 +0000

I’ve driven that road hundreds of times. It doesn’t get easier with a recce. There are 10,000 places to die along there, and very little is sign posted at the maximum 110 km/h, simply because it’s so dangerous.

He’s a fool for doing it in any car.

By: Ash Simmonds

Ash Simmonds — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:42:53 +0000

230kph in a modern Ferrari on an open road with plenty of visibiliy is a nice cruising pace.