Woz gets $700 ticket for going 105 MPH in a Prius
It seems Gore Junior is not alone. Apple co-founder Steve "the Woz" Wozniak got a $700 ticket for going 105 MPH in a Prius back on March 28. When asked, Woz playfully denied the charges. "Not true," Wozniak replied, "104 MPH. I pleaded guilty, with an explanation." In an e-mail exchange with Mr. Roadshow, he explained that since he's been all over the world, he'd "gotten used to kilometer speeds." The judge smiled and fined him anyway.
The March incident is not his first time speeding in the Prius. He had previously taken it that high last Thanksgiving en route to a Bob's Big Boy in Burbank. He was "surprised" his Prius showed itself to be "very stable, even with major gusting winds" compared to his HUMMER. Yep, you read that correctly: Woz has a HUMMER, too. He advised the judge that he now observes the proper speed limit.
"I'm not a fast person or a fast driver," he says. "I'm very laid-back and patient and don't mind going slowly at all." Besides, fuel efficiency goes down when you go faster. Instead of 55 MPG, you might only get 31 MPG. Well, depending on the wind speed, says Woz... and he would know.
[Source: San Jose Mercury News]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ug 1:27AM (8/22/2007)
A Prius and a Hummer? I guess the two cancel eachother out.
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steven 2:07PM (8/21/2007)
@1 Only if you crash them into each other with Woz doing 105 in the Prius! Wait till FSJ get ahold of this one!!!!
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MikeW 2:45PM (8/21/2007)
Can I get a Woz edition Prius?
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wififun 4:34PM (8/22/2007)
I don't believe this story. I ride a motorcycle, every day. Nearly every day I end up in the carpool lane behind a #$@#%@ Prius. I have never once seen one going faster than 50 MPH (That would be about 80 KPH for our metric friends). The point being, can these #^&@%# cars even go that fast. I say ban them and all hybrids from the freeway, or require they do to them whatever Woz did to his.
Now get you Prius out of my way or at least keep up with traffic.
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G 8:29PM (8/27/2007)
What are you doing in the carpool lane with a motorcycle?
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Dr. Kenneth Noisewater 8:52PM (9/21/2007)
If that carpool/HOV lane was in any way funded with Federal money, motorcycles are allowed to ride in it. Look up the 1991 ISTEA legislation or just read this link:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/08/18/solo_on_motorcycle_hov_is_ok/
/vroom
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Chris M 11:11PM (9/21/2007)
Just because a few Prius drivers go real slow to squeeze out the very best gas milage doesn't mean that all Prius drivers do so! Besides, I've been stuck behind slow drivers of almost every make - even once got stuck behind a slow Corvette!
The Prius top speed on level ground is a respectable 120 mph, and some drivers have managed to reach that.
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