# But officer! I just got it out of the shop!

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**Created:** [May 17, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-officer-i-just-got-it-out-of-the-shop/814359 "2018-05-17T18:28:11Z")\
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**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:** [May 17, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-officer-i-just-got-it-out-of-the-shop/814359/1 "2018-05-17T18:28:11Z")

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> [Times of Northwest Indiana](http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-illinois-man-arrested-in-cedar-lake-for-driving-mph/article_b966ee10-cedf-549d-b16b-3decb209fbf7.html#1)
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> An Illinois man was arrested Sunday in Cedar Lake for driving 153 mph in a 60-mph zone.
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> At 5:30 p.m., a Griffith officer in full uniform in his squad car was on his way to work near 155th Avenue and U.S. Highway 41 when he observed a 2006 Pontiac GTO traveling at a high rate of speed in the opposite direction, police said.
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> Asked why he was driving so fast, Kemp reportedly responded, “I just got it out of the shop.”

[Burning out the gunk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YotlNRCrFbQ&t=9m0s), eh?