Without googling, what was the highest speed a driver was ticketed in the US?

I hate to say it but I agree with BW. There are ways the car *could* be pulled over, but that doesn’t mean that it was. I‘d like to see a source with the story. Otherwise this sounds like something the OP found on Quora or Yahoo Answers.

I had heard about this by a DJ on the radio so it is my fault for not confirming before posting the question. Here is one story about it but whether it is true is highly questionable ...

okay so now I'm supposed to believe they bought a brand new VW just to get a radiator cap. Why not buy just the radiator cap? Surely there's a VW repair shop handy if there's a dealer.

Bad Wigins wrote:

okay so now I'm supposed to believe they bought a brand new VW just to get a radiator cap. Why not buy just the radiator cap? Surely there's a VW repair shop handy if there's a dealer.

That was such an odd detail.

Go to dealer.

"We're in a big hurry, we need a Beetle radiator cap"

"Okay, we'll check our parts department. ... seems like we're all out"

"where's the next closest dealer or parts store that carries it?"

"30 minutes away"

"That's too far. Do you have any new Beetles that have that radiator cap?"

"yes"

"okay, we'll buy it"

"the cap? We can't just take the cap out of the new car"

"no, the whole car"

"it's going to take awhile to do all the paperwork and everything. Why don't you just give me a thousand bucks and take the cap"

"no, we are illegal racers of the utmost integrity as well as being super rich. We'll just sit and wait while you do all the paperwork"

"okay, if you insist, but if you sign here you can just take the cap and go now and pick the car up later"

"we don't have a ride"

"why didn't you pay the guy who brought you here to wait a minute while bought the cap and then drive you back?"

(look at each other)

"anyway, Damon can drive you"

"no, we insist on waiting until the deal is done and then driving the Beetle back and abandoning it"

"how did you say you made your money?"

Have to be 180+. Maybe 220. With all the crotch rockets and super cars here.

Apparently the story in the article has so many details wrong. Yes they hit 240 mph, but they didn't get a ticket for going that fast. The speedo was broken and they slowed way down. The ticket was for 127 mph. Source: this comment on the article from someone who watched a movie with an interview of the driver: "In the 2003 Gumball movie the driver: Arthur and his buddies do mention going roughly that fast

youtu.be/waauqDAFAL0

(around 40:00 in)

But the differences are that

1. He got the ticket well after the whole Volkswagen filler cap thing. He never showed the ticket.

2. He did buy a Volkswagen for the filler cap but he never said what type of VW it was. So it didn't have to be a beetle, just any old VW. It was before they even got going I think. The Segg was leaking fluids.

3. He said he clocked in about 237+ Mph on the speedo before it broke. His friend in the passenger seat who was watching the speedo the whole time said they touched 240 mph before it broke. Moments later they saw a cop. They slammed the brakes but it was too late. Arthur said the cop pulled them over as they slowed down to "127 mph?" It's kind of hard to understand what he's saying here."