# How much trouble with the law could I get for driving down Main St at 0.9c

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 10, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-trouble-with-the-law-could-i-get-for-driving-down-main-st-at-0-9c/153979 "2003-02-10T00:43:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![weeril](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@weeril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weeril)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-trouble-with-the-law-could-i-get-for-driving-down-main-st-at-0-9c/153979/61 "2003-03-24T07:58:31Z")

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Ok, Somebody tell me how long it would take him to stop and how far he overshot the space by.

I am quite sure he is going to squish some people and structures as he skids across the landscape. So I say that when he comes to rest he will be arrested for what ever he has managed to destroy in his attempt to snake the “Good Spot” from me.

Weeril

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**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-trouble-with-the-law-could-i-get-for-driving-down-main-st-at-0-9c/153979/62 "2003-03-24T23:53:56Z")

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Sure… according to [this site](http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/garage/stopmph.htm), it’s gonna take 18158749082640000 feet to stop. Oh, and I’ve also got an infraction to add: tailgating. I calculate that at .9c, and assuming you’re following the 2 second rule, you should leave at least 539626 km to the bumper of the next vehicle.

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