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Ferrari 488 Spider Driver Caught Speeding in Iowa Has Oldest Excuse in the Book

Everything is relative, so when you have a really fast and powerful car, it’s understandable how it may seem like you’re going too slow. Even when you’re already well over the legal limit.
Female driver caught speeding in Ferrari 488 Spider, tries to lie her way out of a ticket 5 photos
Photo: Facebook / Iowa State Patrol
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Still, that doesn’t make this a good excuse for speeding when you get caught. And you eventually will. One female driver from Iowa found this on her own the other day, when she was pulled over by the Iowa State Patrol.

According to a post on the force’s Facebook page, officers pulled over a white Ferrari 488 Spider for doing 137mph near Mason City. For the record, the highest you can go on the highway in Iowa is 70mph, so the female driver was doing twice the legal limit. Sure, the car has a top speed of 202mph, so this could have been way worse.

When officers approached the car, she tried her hand at the oldest excuse in the book: she thought she was only speeding by 30mph or so over the legal limit. The officers were undoubtedly amused, but they still ticketed her – and then used her as an example of what not to do on the road.

“Driver thought she was going around 100 mph,” the post on social media reads. “Not a great idea to drive this fast in the rain. Slow down, put the phone down, and buckle up!!”

Having a fast and expensive car may provide a false sense of superiority and “I can do anything”-type of attitude in some people, but ignoring weather and road conditions can still spell major trouble and even death. The same goes for this woman, who was speeding and, apparently, also spending time on her phone as well.

It’s that, rather than the fact that she tried to lie her way out a ticket, that got the Iowa State Patrol to make of her an example.

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About the author: Elena Gorgan
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Elena has been writing for a living since 2006 and, as a journalist, she has put her double major in English and Spanish to good use. She covers automotive and mobility topics like cars and bicycles, and she always knows the shows worth watching on Netflix and friends.
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