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Who says hybrids are slow?

Woz was recently ticketed for pushing his Prius to 104 m.p.h. on California Interstate 5. His excuse was that international traveling had him thinking in kilometers per hour, not miles. The judge thought this over, then handed Steve a $700US fine.

Why was Woz in such a hurry? Perhaps he had a date with Kathy.

Thanks, Phil!


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Who says hybrids are slow?Woz was recently ticketed for pushing his Prius to 104 m.p.h. on California Interstate 5. His excuse was that...
 

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Michael Moncur

As a fellow Prius owner, I appreciate the efforts by Woz and Mr. Gore to let everyone know that the Prius is indeed capable of speeding (top speed: 104-107 MPH).

August 27 2007 at 1:02 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
CascadeHush

The judge should have given him a break.

Surely he was going down an extremely steep hill with a gail force tailwind.

August 23 2007 at 10:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Michael

LOL! He should'a tld the judge that it was a software error.

(see, he's a hardware enginee... oh, nm)

August 22 2007 at 3:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tom

I don't buy the mph/kph argument -- lame! If you're doing 60 mph in the rural parts of I-5 in California, I'd think the CHP will pull you over for driving too slow. It's posted at 75, and typical speeds are 80-85.

August 22 2007 at 3:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dave

He must've meant that he thought he was doing 104 kilometers per hour, which, being about 60 mph, would probably be OK on an interstate. Of course, I'd think that anyone who was paying attention could tell 60 mph from 100 mph just by looking out the window . . .

August 22 2007 at 2:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brandon

That's 167 kilometers per hour, unless he's been driving on the autobahn I'm pretty sure that's considered speeding around the world.

August 22 2007 at 12:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
eric f

Woz told the judge, "I eat lasers more expensive than that for breakfast."

August 22 2007 at 11:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
M

Most of the time I see a Prius on the highway it's doing 45 in the left lane.

August 22 2007 at 10:12 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ben Stafford

Was he racing Al Gore JR? http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0428148420070704

August 22 2007 at 7:28 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Stephen

Wow I live right off of the 5 in Soo. Cal and can never go over 40 on it. It's ALWAYS cramped.

August 22 2007 at 2:09 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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