Sunday, November 8, 2009

NY to LA in 31 hours 4 minutes

In 2006 Alex Roy set a new world record for fastest cross country run. He traveled from New York City to Los Angeles in 31 hours and 4 minutes. The previous record was 32 hours and 7 minutes sit in 1983. Many skeptics said that it could not be done today with all the traffic on the road and new technologies that police employee to catch speeders. Alex Roy utilized a navigator to spot speed traps, thermal camera (to drive with the lights off), one radar detector, two laser jammers, seven GPS units, three police scanners, a CB radio, two sets of high tech binoculars, a plane flying above to spot speed traps, and multiple helicopters in the air. In order to beat the record he needed to keep an average speed of 90 mph in his 2000 BMW M5. Roy accomplished his goal and even beat it by an unleivable hour and three minutes. He was not pulled over one time on his journey and only had to evade the police one time.

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