# "Bandit" Bo Darville had 28 hours, he could have made the first leg in 28 minutes! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 6, 2008, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bandit-bo-darville-had-28-hours-he-could-have-made-the-first-leg-in-28-minutes/451987 "2008-06-06T05:46:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bandit-bo-darville-had-28-hours-he-could-have-made-the-first-leg-in-28-minutes/451987/1 "2008-06-06T05:46:05Z")
As a fan of the movie [Smokey and the Bandit](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076729/) and as a recent transplant to NE Texas, I just found a loophole that the Burdette’s didn’t think of. Bandit and Snowman could have used [this route.](http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl) Saves me a lot of time and gas. I was going to use my leave to do what they say can’t be done with 4 cases of Coors. SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bandit-bo-darville-had-28-hours-he-could-have-made-the-first-leg-in-28-minutes/451987/2 "2008-06-06T05:48:52Z")
They could have Mercatored their way to their destination? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bandit-bo-darville-had-28-hours-he-could-have-made-the-first-leg-in-28-minutes/451987/3 "2008-06-06T05:50:08Z")
Maybe mapquest it? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bandit-bo-darville-had-28-hours-he-could-have-made-the-first-leg-in-28-minutes/451987/4 "2008-06-06T05:53:22Z")
[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz] As a fan of the movie [Smokey and the Bandit](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076729/) and as a recent transplant to NE Texas, I just found a loophole that the Burdette’s didn’t think of. Bandit and Snowman could have used [this route.](http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl) [/QUOTE] Your link just goes to a blank map of the US. You have to go to the “link to this page” button in googlemaps to…umm…_link to that page._ ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bandit-bo-darville-had-28-hours-he-could-have-made-the-first-leg-in-28-minutes/451987/5 "2008-06-06T06:11:04Z")
Oops, try this [link](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Atlanta,+Texas&daddr=Texarkana,+Texas&sll=33.021415,-89.2207&sspn=8.52402,13.447266&ie=UTF8&ll=33.26625,-94.10202&spn=0.531635,0.840454&z=10) SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bandit-bo-darville-had-28-hours-he-could-have-made-the-first-leg-in-28-minutes/451987/6 "2008-06-06T06:23:09Z")
Heck, they coulda got the beer to Paris in under two hours. Screw the Concorde. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bandit-bo-darville-had-28-hours-he-could-have-made-the-first-leg-in-28-minutes/451987/7 "2008-06-06T06:37:04Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] Heck, they coulda got the beer to Paris in under two hours. Screw the Concorde. [/QUOTE] “Frank’s fine with that.” I’m fine with that. SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bandit-bo-darville-had-28-hours-he-could-have-made-the-first-leg-in-28-minutes/451987/8 "2008-06-06T14:17:47Z")
[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz] As a fan of the movie [Smokey and the Bandit](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076729/) and as a recent transplant to NE Texas, I just found a loophole that the Burdette’s didn’t think of. Bandit and Snowman could have used [this route.](http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl) [/QUOTE] And the double-or-nothing mentions neither amount nor method of delivery, so they could just drive to an airport, fly to Boston, pick up a couple cans of chowder, and fly back. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bandit-bo-darville-had-28-hours-he-could-have-made-the-first-leg-in-28-minutes/451987/9 "2008-06-06T17:21:50Z")
Hijack. That reminds me of the end of Bandit, he is going to Boston and back to Atlanta in 18 hours. Is that really possible? How far is Boston from Atlanta 1000 or so miles. Round trip 2000 miles in 18 hours, that is average of 111 MPH! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bandit-bo-darville-had-28-hours-he-could-have-made-the-first-leg-in-28-minutes/451987/10 "2008-06-06T17:31:05Z")
**Lute** covered that in the previous post. I twould serve Big Enis right if they did just what he (Lute)suggested.