Originally Posted by patrickt (Post 1019774)

It's a good question. The overriding general rule in American courts is that "prior bad acts" are inadmissable in both civil and criminal trials unless they fall in to a few exceptions. The reasoning behind that general rule is that the prejudicial impact of prior bad acts will outweigh the probative value of the evidence itself. It's also basically a "relevance" issue as well, just because you've been bad in the past doesn't mean you were bad today. Now, let's just suppose Native1 got in to an accident with this Cobra and the issue before the jury was whether he was driving negligently, or even recklessly, with his Cobra. If that video got in he's already got two and a half strikes against him with most juries (criminal or civil). Depending on the state, most judges would not let that video be played during the trial because it would be so prejudicial (and not very probative at all). But of course the plaintiff's attorney really wants the jury to see it because it paints Native1 as a reckless nut. One way you might be able to get it in is to allege that the Cobra has limited visibility and try and get the video in front of the jury with a "limiting instruction." The judge would tell the jury "You should not allow the video of Native1 doing 100MPH on that street influence your decision as to whether he was negligent, rather you should only let it influence your decision as to the visibility out of the car." Of course, the jury only half-listens to that and plaintiff's attorney will refer to the video as "defendant's 100mph flight down main street last year," or something like that, until the Judge tells him to quit doing that. Make sense?:3DSMILE:

Originally Posted by Doug I (Post 1019793)

Just 1 thing ..... shoulder belts. In a hard stop you've got the wheel to brace against and you know it's happening, your wife may not react quick enough to get her hands on the dash before her face hits it (esp if she's looking to the side when you hit the binders).

Originally Posted by patrickt (Post 1019796)

Best piece of advice in the entire thread.;)

Originally Posted by Mdman352 (Post 1019814)

Nice video. I've got to go back and watch it again!

Better prices???

http://www.nextag.com/go-pro-camera/...3A66A9A2074B34

Originally Posted by 67FEfastback (Post 1019840)

Your car is wickedly quick :D I don't know how you keep it straight.
What tires do you have?

Yeah, I'd retiterate to be careful what you post.

I got a couple really stupid comments after posting This video on youtube
Considering it was late at night, deserted roads, and we didn't really do anything except make some noise with the tires.

Next driving videos, for me, are at the track.

Originally Posted by SP01715 (Post 1020000)

Nice vid...

Is that your Hustler in the other video you posted? I had a Top Gun that I sold a few years ago. Fast boats and fast cars, nothing better...:cool:

Originally Posted by SP01715 (Post 1020105)

Very Nice, I had a few cats as well. The last was a 28 Skater with 300x's.

Originally Posted by Got the Bug (Post 1019562)

"Wolf Blitzer? who the hell is Wolf Blitzer?"

Originally Posted by RodKnock (Post 1020117)

Patrick, stop watching Law & Order. :)

Originally Posted by RodKnock (Post 1020117)

Doug, watch CNN occasionally. :p

Originally Posted by native1 (Post 1019838)

The Nitto drag radials were a HUGE improvement over the Goodyear F1's. However, they wear VERY quickly. If you drive on the highway, the tread will literally disappear in one trip. But, I couldn't have gotten to a 100 nearly as quick without them. And thanks Greg for bringing up the rolling start... I knew you would notice. Never had mine on the track, but I would be VERY happy if my car could pull off 10.7 @ 130 in the quarter. That is smokin fast. You are still the king. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmDd14eITU0 I have watched this one many times...