Got pulled over doing 110 mph because....

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http://www.komonews.com/news/41038882.html

MERCER ISLAND, Wash. -- We're sure State Patrol troopers get a lot of excuses for speeding, but "I'm hurrying home to bid on an eBay auction"?

That was apparently the reason a 46-year-old Fall City man was going over 100 mph on the I-90 floating bridge Monday evening.

It was around 9:20 p.m. when a trooper saw James Garrett's VW R-32 going at a very high rate of speed while passing other drivers in the eastbound express lanes of I-90 in the Mount Baker Tunnel, according to Trooper Dan McDonald with the Washington State Patrol.

The trooper was able to clock Garrett at 100 mph, and then got a second reading of 110 mph as he chased after him, McDonald said.

The driver then exited the freeway at Mercer Island and pulled over. After he was arrested, Garrett told the trooper he was late placing a bid on eBay, McDonald said.

Garrett was booked into the King County Jail for investigation of reckless driving, and his car was impounded. McDonald said Garret has several criminal convictions for driving-related offenses.

No word yet on what he was trying to bid on.

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Going....going....going.... GONE!

Too bad, the bid is over ;)
 
Shoot and here I was curious to know about item he was bidding on... :lol:

Jamie
 
so true that he won a speeding ticket and a jailtime. :lol:

I bet he was on auction with a rare part for his car.
 
Oh gawd, That's funny when he had to use that lame excuse.

Hasn't he heard of bidding it on his mobile device? (That is if he ever has one) :roll:
 
Lol

I've seen some funny reasons to get pulled over, but that's a first. I hope he can pay the ticket. :laugh2:
 
Is Mercer Island really an island? If yes, then at least he was contained there, lol....
 
Yes, it's really an island on Lake Washington East of Seattle, you can check it on google maps. :)
 
sequoias said:
Yes, it's really an island on Lake Washington East of Seattle, you can check it on google maps. :)
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Thanks, Sequoias; I was at Lake Washington many years ago; I guess I just don't remember the Island. I think the only place on that lake I was on was at the fish ladders.
 
Tousi said:
Thanks, Sequoias; I was at Lake Washington many years ago; I guess I just don't remember the Island. I think the only place on that lake I was on was at the fish ladders.
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Ahhh, I see...I didn't know there was fish ladders at Lake Washington, but I know there is one at the Ballard Locks near Puget Sound (Salmon Bay).
 
sequoias said:
Ahhh, I see...I didn't know there was fish ladders at Lake Washington, but I know there is one at the Ballard Locks near Puget Sound (Salmon Bay).
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*Uh oh, Tousi, are you confused again?*
 
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