Long story short, I was on a work trip. Rented a vehicle from the airport and drove off to work. The work took a bit longer than expected and so I had to drive back fast to return the vehicle in time in order to catch my same day return flight. On a 100 km/hr highway I was driving 140. Weewooweewooo got pulled over by a highway police. I didn’t argue cuz I knew I was wrong, but he decided to ticket me and impound the car for 7 days.
Of course I missed the flight but also racked up a big bill for the rental company and impounding fees. The worst part was this is on a work trip. I should have just said eff this and just drove at the speed limit and if I miss the original flight then so be it, as it’s all work time.
NGL one of the dumbest things I had done. Not only was it costly financially, but I could’ve had a bad accident going that fast.
TL;DR got the rental car impounded while on a work trip
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Hopefully your work doesn’t discipline you as well. The company I work for certainly would.
Shoulda,woulda, could’ve
Friend who works at a car share company in Vancouver comment how a few of their cars are impounded for 30 days around New Years Eve every year. That is one expensive tab.
If the airport was 15 miles away…
Driving the entire way (unlikely I know) at 140km/hr (87 mph) you would arrive in about 10 minutes 30 seconds.
Driving the entire way at 116 km/hr (72 mph) you would arrive in about 12 minutes 30 seconds.
*converted*
That’s 85mph…. that’s not even fast even for a 60 mph zone. Most of the highways around my city are 65mph, and I drive 70 everywhere, but my girlfriend I think does 85 minimum most of the time. XD
Impounding the car for 85mph is wild.