http://www.metafilter.com/tags/31hours4minutes Posts tagged with '31hours4minutes' at MetaFilter. Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:29:33 -0800 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:29:33 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/65620/31%2Dhours%2D4%2Dminutes <a href="http://www.wired.com/cars/coolwheels/magazine/15-11/ff_cannonballrun">31 hours, 4 minutes.</a> Blowing the doors off the previous record of <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/46941/32-Hours-7-Minutes">32 hours, 7 minutes</a>, <a href="http://www.teampolizei.com/biography.html">Alex Roy</a> of Team Polizei and co-pilot Dave Maher set a new transcontinental driving record in a modified <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxRLyiBs3XA">BMW M5</a>. Of course, to pull off such a feat today required a modest collection of equipment: thermal night-vision camera, binoculars, radar detector, radar jammer, CB and police scanners, oh, and a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pImIwAQcrI">spotter airplane</a>. As you might expect, <a href="http://jalopnik.com/cars/speed-record/why-the-transcontinental-driving-record-should-die-311111.php">not everyone is celebrating.</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jalopnik/sets/72157602429049656/">Some photos.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.65620 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:29:33 -0800 31hours4minutes 32hours7minutes alexroy bmwm5 cannonballrun gumball3000 knave