Motorcyclist Clocked at 128 MPH and Cited for Reckless Driving

Local police do what they can, but motorcycles like the Yamaha YZFR1 are capable of exceeding 180 mph, and they can be purchased by anyone.

The bike was similar to this Yamaha YZFR1 Photo courtesy: 1.ocn.ne.jp

(ALBANY) - A motorcycle operator was pulled over by state troopers Thursday after they clocked him with radar guns going 128-mph. The Seattle, Washington man also faces a reckless driving charge. Oregon State Police troopers say it began just after noon, when two high speed motorcycles were spotted moving southbound on Interstate-5 in the Albany area. The police dispatch center in Albany received a call from a Linn County Sheriff's Deputy who was transporting prisoners, about the two motorcycles traveling at a high rate of speed on Interstate 5. Oregon State Police Senior Trooper Scott Hite was on patrol about twenty miles south of Albany near milepost 218 when says he say a lone motorcycle southbound in the left lane at a high rate of speed. The motorcycle made rapid lane changes to pass other vehicles and its speed was checked by Laser at 128 mph in a 65 mph zone. Hite stopped the blue/silver 2000 Yamaha YZFR1M motorcycle at milepost 211 and identified the operator as 37-year old Scott Bullene of Seattle, Washington. Bullene said he was unaware of traveling at the alleged speed but did feel he was keeping it at a reasonable speed. Bullene was cited to appear in Linn County Circuit Court for Reckless Driving and Exceeding the Interstate Speed Limit, for going 128 mph in 65 mph area. A new Oregon law that tood effect January 1st, stiffened penalties for drivers who exceed 100 mph and faster. Senate Bill 568 requires that a conviction carries a mandatory minimum 30 – 90 day drivers license suspension in addition to a $1,103.00 fine. Police say excessive speed is a factor in half of all traffic fatalities, and it is the only factor in about 30% of these crashes. Since the new law went into effect, during the first three months of 2006, OSP troopers have issued 1/3 fewer citations to drivers going 100 mph and faster in comparison to the same period in 2005. In 2005, data provided by the Oregon State Police Patrol Services Division indicates OSP troopers cited 464 people for driving 100 mph or faster. Between 2000 and 2004, troopers cited more the 2,600 drivers for going 100 mph or faster. During July 2005, OSP troopers cited 72 drivers for going 100 mph and faster. That was the month with the highest number of these high speed drivers, followed by August (59) and September (48).

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Not so much TJ. He's an upstanding firefighter in Seattle who realizes how retarded speed limit laws are.

Bad Boy Racer thats what ure ccalling a bike

He was probably tweeking.

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