Tyler Hoover of Hoovie’s Garage, has a fanbase of over 710,000 followers and he wouldn’t want them to get the wrong idea that having a fast car means it’s ok to drive recklessly by speeding.
So when he was pulled over by a deputy from the Sedwick County Sheriff’s Office for this very offense, he made sure he shared the video with his followers. He also doubled the ticket as a donation to an organization that helps police families deal with loss and tragedy.
Ironically, as he explains himself in the video available at the bottom of the page, when he was pulled over for speeding in Wichita, Kansas, Hoover had just traded in his McLaren for a “slower” Lamborghini. He says he had a 2012 McLaren Mp4-12C, which he traded in for a newer Lamborghini Gallardo, which he was happening to drive home at the time of the traffic stop.
He’d only had the car for 48 hours.
He didn’t have his driver’s license on him when the cop pulled him over, nor any type of documentation for the car. Hoover tried to crack a joke or two with the deputy about how he was wearing “old man’s pants” but the officer wasn’t having it. In the end, he apologized for speeding and was sent on his way with a ticket.
Some time later, Hoover donated the same amount to the Honore Adversis Foundation, ThinBlueLine.org, which helps families of police officers to cope in case of death or injury. Once more, he apologized for wasting the officer’s time by speeding and stressed he wasn’t the type that bought a Lambo to show off on the public roads.
“I still feel guilty. I don’t like speeding, I’m not much of a speeder, and I’m really guilty, not just because I got caught,” Hoover explains in the video. He has no idea how fast he was going, but he reckons he was going slower than he would’ve on the highway.
“I don’t blame the officer at all for giving me a ticket, I was definitely speeding,” he adds. “And since I feel guilty about it, I matched my ticket fee with a donation to the thin-blue-line.org. ... I was pulled over by a Sedgwick County deputy, and last year one of those deputies was killed in the line of duty, shot and killed.”
Ironically, as he explains himself in the video available at the bottom of the page, when he was pulled over for speeding in Wichita, Kansas, Hoover had just traded in his McLaren for a “slower” Lamborghini. He says he had a 2012 McLaren Mp4-12C, which he traded in for a newer Lamborghini Gallardo, which he was happening to drive home at the time of the traffic stop.
He’d only had the car for 48 hours.
He didn’t have his driver’s license on him when the cop pulled him over, nor any type of documentation for the car. Hoover tried to crack a joke or two with the deputy about how he was wearing “old man’s pants” but the officer wasn’t having it. In the end, he apologized for speeding and was sent on his way with a ticket.
Some time later, Hoover donated the same amount to the Honore Adversis Foundation, ThinBlueLine.org, which helps families of police officers to cope in case of death or injury. Once more, he apologized for wasting the officer’s time by speeding and stressed he wasn’t the type that bought a Lambo to show off on the public roads.
“I still feel guilty. I don’t like speeding, I’m not much of a speeder, and I’m really guilty, not just because I got caught,” Hoover explains in the video. He has no idea how fast he was going, but he reckons he was going slower than he would’ve on the highway.
“I don’t blame the officer at all for giving me a ticket, I was definitely speeding,” he adds. “And since I feel guilty about it, I matched my ticket fee with a donation to the thin-blue-line.org. ... I was pulled over by a Sedgwick County deputy, and last year one of those deputies was killed in the line of duty, shot and killed.”