Cops Say Corvette Hits 140 MPH During Chase, Airplane Needed to Follow It
According to a press release posed to their Facebook page, the New Hampshire State Police were conducting a traffic enforcement initiative tied to the holiday weekend on Monday. As part of the initiative, troopers were patrolling Interstate 93 in Salem in a fixed-wing aircraft. At approximately 7:45am, authorities say a white C8 Corvette was spotted traveling at 110 mph; troopers on the ground reportedly tried to pull the car over, but the driver increased speed and made a run for it.
Trooper Thomas Lombardi tracked the Corvette from the sky, police say, and guided the staties on the ground to the location of the car. The driver was arrested, and authorities have identified him as Brandon E. Babcock, 22, of Salem, Massachusetts. The charges he faces include reckless driving and disobeying an officer; the former carries a minimum fine of $620 as well as the loss of a driver's license for 60 days.
That said, Babcock wasn't the only one going fast in the Granite State that weekend, according to New Hampshire State Police. The release says that six drivers were clocked at more than 100 mph during the special traffic enforcement initiative, while 42 drivers were observed going faster than 90 mph. The highest speed limit in New Hampshire, for the record, is 70 mph.
This New Hampshire incident wasn't the only newsworthy case of Corvette drivers apparently struggling to behave themselves on the roads over the Memorial Day holiday; five Corvette drivers were ticketed for speeding in California in a similar holiday weekend traffic enforcement initiative. Perhaps next year, these driver should take another car to the backyard barbecue... or better yet, ease off the gas a little.
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