The Washington County authorities jailed a 19-year-old after they say they caught him driving at 176 mph (283 km/h). According to the Sheriff’s Office there, the young man admitted to going even faster in the 2016 BMW M3 that he was driving.
Police say they caught the driver just south of downtown Portland, Oregon . According to them “The deputy saw and heard a vehicle, a 2016 BMW M3, traveling south on Interstate 5 at an extremely high speed. The deputy used a speed measuring tool called a Lidar and learned that the vehicle was going 176 MPH.”
Perhaps typical of a 19-year-old that’s willing to go that fast on a public road, this person was evidently also willing to admit to police that he was going faster. Milo Schneider, the driver, cooperated with police once they caught him and “said he was going 183 mph (294 km/h)”. As The Drive rightly points out, BMW sold the F80 M3 with a top speed of 155 mph (249 km/h) in just about all cases.
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An M Driver’s package was available and lifted the upper limit to 174 mph (280 km/h). Whether or not this car was modified with the ability to go faster or if the measuring devices used here were miscalibrated slightly is unknown.
A map of the area shows both where the officers first spotted the driver (near the top of the image) and where they ultimately stopped him (near the pin). If accurate it means that the driver could’ve exited at least twice before drawing the attention of the police at the exit where they found him.
It also means that had he not allegedly admitted to anything he could’ve potentially claimed that it was another car since the officers lost their line of sight on him. Considering his young age and what seems to be a general lack of injury in this case it’ll be interesting to see what he ends up sentenced to. Oregon law prevents the police from seizing the car in this case so that’s off the table for now.