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McGee and Young ticketed for reckless driving

Posted: Tue Feb 3, 2009 4:21 pm
by fishercob
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0209/591167.html

According to Airports Authority Police, vehicles driven by center Javale McGee and guard Nick Young were pulled over January 1 along the access road that leads to Dulles International Airport.

Authorities won't say how fast the players were going, but it was apparently fast enough to warrant reckless driving charges. Under Virginia law, you can be charged with reckless driving for going more than 20 miles per hour over the speed limit, for driving more than 80 miles an hour, for racing, or for driving in a manner that endangers life, limb or property.


anyone care to find a way to blame this on Jamison, Butler, Tapscott or possibly Abe? Or might the kids be responsible for their own actions in this unique circumstance? Thankfully no one was hurt by this stupidity. Hopefully Mama McGee whoops Nick's ass in addition to Javale's.

Re: McGee and Young ticketed for reckless driving

Posted: Tue Feb 3, 2009 4:49 pm
by LyricalRico
Maybe they wouldn't have had the energy to race if they'd played more minutes.

Re: McGee and Young ticketed for reckless driving

Posted: Tue Feb 3, 2009 4:52 pm
by JWizmentality
Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeach.


Yes, thankfully no one was hurt. Kids speeding...shocker.

Re: McGee and Young ticketed for reckless driving

Posted: Tue Feb 3, 2009 4:53 pm
by JWizmentality
LyricalRico wrote:Maybe they wouldn't have had the energy to race if they'd played more minutes.


Actually, that's a pretty good point. I think McGee was the one driving. He got three straight DNP's from the 4th onwards. I am absolutely shocked that Blatche was nowhere in the vicinity.

Re: McGee and Young ticketed for reckless driving

Posted: Tue Feb 3, 2009 5:21 pm
by dobrojim
That road has a long and storied history of people going out and seeing how
fast they can go.

In my car or pickup, I drive slow, like the old fart I am. On my cycle,
I'm often at risk of the 20 over the limit reckless ticket. (I refuse
to grow up).

so to me, this is no big deal.

Re: McGee and Young ticketed for reckless driving

Posted: Tue Feb 3, 2009 5:56 pm
by Wizards2Lottery
The access road to the airport :lol:

I've been ticketed with reckless driving on there. Later it was dropped down to a normal speeding ticket. It's hard to keep track of your speed on that road because of how empty it is most of the time, especially night time if you are trying to avoid paying the toll on 267 :lol:

Re: McGee and Young ticketed for reckless driving

Posted: Tue Feb 3, 2009 5:58 pm
by AAEXPRESS
JWizmentality wrote:
LyricalRico wrote:Maybe they wouldn't have had the energy to race if they'd played more minutes.


Actually, that's a pretty good point. I think McGee was the one driving. He got three straight DNP's from the 4th onwards. I am absolutely shocked that Blatche was nowhere in the vicinity.


I think they were rushing to get to one of Blatche's parties.

Re: McGee and Young ticketed for reckless driving

Posted: Tue Feb 3, 2009 6:01 pm
by Kanyewest
If I'm not mistaken, isn't the speed limit on the access road like 50-55 miles per hour?

Re: McGee and Young ticketed for reckless driving

Posted: Tue Feb 3, 2009 6:05 pm
by dobrojim
Gilbert0Arenas wrote:The access road to the airport :lol:

I've been ticketed with reckless driving on there. Later it was dropped down to a normal speeding ticket. It's hard to keep track of your speed on that road because of how empty it is most of the time, especially night time if you are trying to avoid paying the toll on 267 :lol:


As all right thinking Americans should do.

Last night I made a major exception and took the toll road since I was in
Herndon at 5:45 and needed to get to the game. Normally the toll road
is a non-road for me, like people in the old SovUnion could become nonpeople.

I'm afraid you just pushed one of my buttons.

The followers of pol discussions here might be shocked to hear that
I voted for Herrity (GOP) in the special for FFX co ChmnBOS this morning.
And the reason was the Sharon Bulova is so stupid that she thinks
rail to Dulles (at it's current price) is the answer to anything.
Bulova's direct mail fliers completely backfired in my case.

Re: McGee and Young ticketed for reckless driving

Posted: Tue Feb 3, 2009 8:22 pm
by yungal07
Oh damn, they got caught speeding on the toll road? They should be traded IMMEDIATELY!

Re: McGee and Young ticketed for reckless driving

Posted: Tue Feb 3, 2009 8:38 pm
by pancakes3
most def. true 2 way stars do not drive recklessly.

Re: McGee and Young ticketed for reckless driving

Posted: Tue Feb 3, 2009 9:28 pm
by yungal07
maybe McGee was trying to overcompensate for his lack of lateral acceleration on the basketball court by increasing his forward acceleration on the toll road...

Re: McGee and Young ticketed for reckless driving

Posted: Tue Feb 3, 2009 9:31 pm
by long suffrin' boulez fan
Momma's gonna whip his @ss... but c'mon, instigating those of us who think he hasn't been handled well by EJ or Tap is a bit of a stretch.

Re: McGee and Young ticketed for reckless driving

Posted: Tue Feb 3, 2009 11:03 pm
by Donkey McDonkerton
There are ALWAYS cops on that road...always!

Who hasn't been cited for reckless driving in VA?

two middle fingers to VA and their speeding laws and the fact it's illegal to have a radar detector

Re: McGee and Young ticketed for reckless driving

Posted: Tue Feb 3, 2009 11:07 pm
by dobrojim
Bravo Donk

There freq ARE cops/speedtraps on that road.

Showing my age here. it was back in the 70s when Dulles was much
less busy, that my teenage peers used to check out the top end
on their hotrods on the access road. It was patrolled considerably
less at that time.

Re: McGee and Young ticketed for reckless driving

Posted: Tue Feb 3, 2009 11:09 pm
by NbdyBeatsTheWiz
exactly. i know countless people who've received reckless driving tickets and turned out juuuuust fine. this is a non-story.

...that is unless they were straight racing like Bobby Phills, but until it's anything more than going 80 in a 55, let it rest.

Re: McGee and Young ticketed for reckless driving

Posted: Tue Feb 3, 2009 11:22 pm
by JWizmentality
long suffrin' boulez fan wrote:Momma's gonna whip his @ss... but c'mon, instigating those of us who think he hasn't been handled well by EJ or Tap is a bit of a stretch.


Nah, I doubt it...seeing as this was like a month ago.

Re: McGee and Young ticketed for reckless driving

Posted: Wed Feb 4, 2009 12:11 am
by WashWiz54
Donkey McDonkerton wrote:There are ALWAYS cops on that road...always!

Who hasn't been cited for reckless driving in VA?

two middle fingers to VA and their speeding laws and the fact it's illegal to have a radar detector


Yupppp.

I just got cited for it this weekend by a state trooper. So I'll join you and send four middle fingers to those herbs.

Re: McGee and Young ticketed for reckless driving

Posted: Wed Feb 4, 2009 1:31 am
by yungal07
If I'm not mitaken, the Dulles toll road is one of the most ticketed roads in the United States. I think I saw that on the news once before.

Re: McGee and Young ticketed for reckless driving

Posted: Wed Feb 4, 2009 1:40 am
by bulletproof_32
There's years of overwhelming evidence to suggest this will get thrown out.

Officer: I clocked you two passing me at 82 mph.
Nick: That's impossible!
Officer: Huh?
Javale: He don't pass.

Case closed.