Crime

Speeder Arrested While Recording 140 MPH Joyride for YouTube

It could be that the guy in the video below does not read The Blaze. If he did, he would know that trying to post a speeding video featuring yourself can lead to your own arrest. But that may be exactly what he wanted.

Back in December, we posted a story and a video of a guy filming himself going 190 mph in Oklahoma, only to be arrested later once police saw the footage on YouTube. Fast forward two months and we have the story of a guy in Oregon getting pulled over and arrested while trying to film his own version on a rainy night — this time the speedometer hit 140 mph:

[WARNING: The music in the background may contain some cuss words]

Reuters reports:

Stanislav Vadimovich Bakanov was pulled over by police on Oregon Interstate 5 after he was clocked driving his black 2005 BMW at 118 mph. He filmed Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Postlewait as he approached the car.

When Postlewait asked why he was videotaping, Bakanov said he was filming his speedometer, and his arrest, to post on Youtube. The video later revealed that Bakanov had attained speeds in excess of 140 mph.

He was arrested and confined in Marion County jail Saturday night, charged with reckless driving and speeding. It was his third speeding incident in the past year. The video was confiscated and will be used as evidence against him.

Comments (53)

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  • Verum Ad Potentia
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:03pm

    What part of “Caution: Professional Driver On Closed Track, Do NOT Attempt” did this fool not grasp?

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  • Warphead
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 5:45pm

    Miami. Your not only a fool, but a damned fool. My God how can you be so stupid and write and breath at the same time. I know. You were holding your breath. Your argument is on the level of a third grader.

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  • Warphead
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 5:36pm

    Idiot to Police: Ohhhh nooooooo. I’m so sorry officer. I didn’t mean to hurt anyone. I was just showing off. (idiot crying and sobbing)
    Officer to arresting officer. Sir, I have some bad news. The litttle girl, the lone survivor from the back of the vehicle. Yea the one still strapped into the infant seat. Life-Flight radio’d in. She’s a DOA. A witness arrived. He says he knows them. Says they were coming home from a birthday party, that the whole family was in the car.
    Arresting officer to Idiot: Mr. Bakanov. You have the right to remain silent. You have the right to an attorney…..

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  • rfycom
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 2:10pm

    Charlie Sheen, is that you?

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  • Ronko
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:51pm

    How stupid can people be, hello If you put it up on Youtube expect to face the consequences I mean you are breaking the law.

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  • dinadp
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:18pm

    What is it with BMW drivers? A hotel doorman “borrowed” one and was clocked doing 240km in a 70km zone on an elevated highway (that’s about 150mph in a 45mph zone). He was arrested, fined $2,600, got 42 demerit points and had his license suspended. http://news.sympatico.ctv.ca/canada/montreal_driver_clocked_at_240_kmh_in_70_zone/f8532b9b

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  • wodiej
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:40am

    He’s too stupid to roam the streets free.

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  • SquirrelNYC
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:31am

    Epic fail.

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  • ThoreauHD
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:21am

    BMW owner’s after the 2000 model are a different breed from their earlier cousins. I have a E34 530i and it’s pure class. This guy, pure clueless.

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  • JD Carp
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:43am

    It’s like the guy who called the police to complain the pot he bought was all oregano. The music alone proves he’s just plain stupid. DARWIN AWARD SOON.

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  • MadNewYorker
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:33am

    Nothing like videotaping your own stupidy.

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  • orcainohio
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:49am

    Liberty is gone in the name of safety,,,,,, Hitler imposed speed limits and checkpoints when he assumed power too. The best way to go green is to remove all these stop lights and stop signs on every corner.

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  • 545 vs 300,000,000+
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 6:07am

    Meet the new director of the DOT.

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  • Societal Misfit
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 4:30am

    To The_Ancient, and you would be completely wrong in all your defenses. If you had read the article, the young man was pulled over later for traveling 118 MPH which is well over the posted speed limit. Secondly this young man was holding the recording device at the time of the stop and asked by the officer why he was filming and the young man told him that he had been filming his speedometer while driving down the road. Thirdly they confiscated said recording device which contained video of the speedometer reading speeds in excess of 130MPH as well periodically in said video you could see exit and other highway signs designating the area in which he was in let alone that it showed that he was indeed on public property when performing the act. So there you have the preponderance of the evidence that would blow your proposed defenses completely out of the water. The best thing this kid can do is plead nolo contendere and set himself upon the mercy of the court. Most likely given his priors he would end up with a hefty fine, possible 6 month or 1 year license suspension, a year or so of probation, as well as mandatory attendance of a defensive driving course.

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    • the_ancient
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 4:38am

      So I am wrong in saying, “short of a confession” and then you admit he confessed

      WOW you got me……..

      Please.. That is the ONLY way cases like these are won, People needless confess…

      http://flexyourrights.org/

      //PS, if you hit the “Reply” button under any post your reply will go directly under that post,

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    • Societal Misfit
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 5:59pm

      No Ancient, what I said was that you were wrong with all the defenses you proposed not just because you stated “short of a confession”. You see there is this little issue in matters of the court called “preponderance of evidence” in that a case is won or lost based upon what can be presented as proof. I simply ascertained that according to the information in the article and that it made mention of priors that your proposed defenses would not hold much weight due to a preponderance of evidence. If there is enough evidence to prove guilt then a confession is more or less an addition to the evidence presented and is not necessarily needed to convict.

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  • the_ancient
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 4:07am

    There is absolutely zero, short of confession, that any prosecutor could convict.

    First off how does the county even know that the incident took place in the county he was arrested, unless they can PROVE location, the case is out right there, further, there is no Face on the video, so the car was driven by SOMEONE at the speed, prove it was the person they arrested. Further still, going 140mph is NOT automatically illegal, only doing so on a PUBLIC road, he could have been on private property, or some other area that would not be violation of the law.

    I could probably come up with about 100 more defenses before trial…

    I am still very alarmed with the notion that a random youtube video is all that is needed for arresting someone.

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  • WireWizard
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 3:52am

    Well, now he’s a youtube star. Personally, I’d rather get famous by posting a video of Glenn Beck saying “you can go to hell” that gets exploited by huffpo. It’s a lot less dangerous and you can get hours of comic relief reading unintelligible comment by thumb-sucking pimple-faced morons.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3QMpvR2nqw

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  • HammerOfJustice
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 3:20am

    I’ve gone faster than this in my old 1987 Acura Legend. Why is this news?

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    • donottreadonme
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 4:00am

      Did you video yourself doing it, then tell the police that pulled you in the act, that you were filming yourself breaking the law, and not by a little bit either? It advertises the name of an utter idiot (Stanislav Vadimovich Bakanov) who needs to be given a wide berth.

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    • SCHEXbp
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 4:07am

      I don’t believe that old car can go that fast. My 4 cylinder ‘88 BMW M3 can (because it was a homologated racing car BEFORE it was turned into a BMW model, unlike all later M3s) per Mfg. specs, but not your underpowered FWD V6 (nor would you be as safe & stable). Wasn’t a 1st generation Legend under 200 hp?

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  • docgreen
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 1:55am

    Ok all you speed demons out there, No more speeding! LOL, just kidding! This was a little Over the Limit! Hey has anyonr seen that Pakistan now wants Obama as the Supreme leader of the muslim world? Along with this is Palestine and a few other countries, saying the same thing! So now you add this, with what Glenn has been saying and it all make perfect sense! Henry Kissinger stated “Obama is primed as the New World Order Leader!” Then on the same tv show, they had pics of Obamas face as Budha, now what are the chances of this happening? If you understand the Bible, you know were not to look on the Earth for Jesus, but were supposed to be watching for the Rapture and him coming on the Clouds! Oh, lastly; have you heard Louis Farekhan aslo saying Obama is their Islamic savior? Its not just coming from the right! These muslims people and others are saying he’s their Mesiah!

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  • Randyrocker
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 1:47am

    I didn’t need to go to church to pray to God the night that while driving on a super slippery sheen of frozen ice, I passed car after car that were either sliding into one another or sailing off the road into the side embankment of snow. It had been raining and the rain immediately was turned into freezing black ice. I slowed by taking my foot completely off the gas peddle and manning the emergency brake should I need to engage it if needed as an extra deterrent, while ever so lightly pressuring down on the brake in as slow and purposeful manner as could be exercised as the situation was a life and death one. All the while my heart was sinking as I saw more and more cars sliding into oblivion, while watching the lights of the cars behind me getting closer and closer, fearing I would get rear ended and sent flying into the median or into the on coming traffic.
    Just as I was about to have a heart attack God answered my prayer and the pavement provided grip to my BMW projectile. There are days when your wise if you just let the night storms pass and drink that cup of java, thanking your lucky stars that you will live to see another day.
    I was lucky that night and I was very fortunate that God was listening to my fearful prayer, even though my radio was playing ‘Highway To Hell’ by AC/DC throughout the whole ordeal.

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    • WAR PIGS CRAWLING
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 3:39am

      @ Randyrocker….I will not try to out-do your story, but by the grace of God, I am alive, as well.

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    • Miami
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 3:38pm

      Your first instinct was right ( letting off the gas ) everything else you did could have killed you as much or more so than going 135 mph. NEVER touch an “E” brake while driving EVER, that is what you do if you want to spin your car and what drifters do to initiate their drift ( driving side ways while spinning the rear wheels. Secondly you never touch your brakes on ice, black or other. The idea is to not brake traction and slowly steer the car through it with no fast or harsh actions.

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  • mharry860
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 1:46am

    Looks like it accelerates kinda slow though, I think my Trailblazer is faster, but I ain’t stupid.

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  • Waltermelon
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 1:01am

    Yea, this is totally premeditated. If he killed somebody it wouldn’t exactly be an accident.

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    • Miami
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 2:04am

      IF

      I never heard about the IF law

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    • STATE IRON
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 4:05pm

      @MIAMI
      Driving recklessly is cool until you lose control and kill someone.

      Then it’s, “I DIDN’T MEAN TO HURT ANYONE!!11. REALLY JUDGE, I’M SORRY! BOOHOO”

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    • Miami
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:06am

      “STATE IRON”

      By your logic one should never leave the home unless the weather is perfect.

      “Driving recklessly is cool until you lose control and kill someone”

      That can be said of just about everything whether it is reckless or not. How many people lose control of their car in perfect weather driving the legal speed and end up in a canal or tree line? What might be reckless to you might be common case for someone else.

      Getting on a dirt bike and jumping hills seems crazy, driving on ice seems crazy but people still seem to chance it, hell if you stop to think about it, riding a bike is insane. Much more so in traffic, even more so in New York City traffic yet people do it everyday.

      Get in a plane, while the safest form of transport was once considered reckless even barnstorming.

      You are for freedom or your not.

      PS more accidents happen at rush hour than at speed and that is a fact.

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  • Puddle Duck
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:55am

    A real idiot’s Idiot………to do this on a wet road at night with traffic ….WOW what an utter fool.

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  • Robert-CA
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:50am

    Going this fast in wet conditions is a certification for stupid ignorant SOB who has no regards for other innocent drivers .

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  • joseph Fawcett
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:46am

    Now that is Stupid! Really Stupid!!

    http://www.josephfawcettart.com Western artist

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  • WISEPENNY
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:41am

    You can’t fix stupid, but you can film it.

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    • Robert-CA
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:47am

      That‘s why you can’t fix liberals :)

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    • joseph Fawcett
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:47am

      So very true!!

      http://www.josephfawcettart.com Western artist

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    • BMartin1776
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:48am

      on a wet road!!!! what a jerk! he should be arrested, especially for that noise he is listening to!

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    • home_of_the_brave
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:55am

      lol both of you. 140 mph and on a rainy night no less.

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    • home_of_the_brave
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 1:04am

      @Wisepenny
      Nature has a way of fixing stupid, just let nature run its course.

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    • silentwatcher
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 1:21am

      Should also confiscate his car, freedom, impose a stiff fine, and terminate driving priveleges for about 5 years. Maybe he will then not take risks with other peoples lives.

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    • WAR PIGS CRAWLING
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 1:33am

      @BMARTIN1776….LMAO….what ever that was that he was listening to could/should be used by the CIA to “soften-up” detainees…

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    • Miami
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 1:56am

      Where are the victims? Oh right there weren’t any, so I guess they’re arresting him for future crimes or crimes he might have thought of but the fact is he was stupid for the risk and filming it then posting it.

      If there were more race tracks out their fewer people would risk racing and stupid stunts on public roads. Liberals have fought to killed public race tracks/drag strips all around the nation for environmental reasons based lies and manipulated “science”

      PS he didn’t hit 140 mph it was 135 mph

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    • Miami
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 1:59am

      The “music” was the real crime…LOL

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    • WAR PIGS CRAWLING
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 2:49am

      @Miami….really…more race tracks….by that logic….If only we had more opium houses there would be fewer people using drugs….&….the armed robber only had an airsoft gun, so it shouldn’t be armed robbery…no “victims”…I don’t think so…

      Race tracks would still have to charge ridiculously high rates to cover their insurance liability….I doubt the street thugs are going to give up their hard earned “thuggin” money for safety…

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    • SpankDaMonkey
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:34am

      .
      Only 140? Have a 70′ Hemi GTX that goes 140 parked in the driveway……….

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    • Miami
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:02am

      “WAR PIGS CRAWLING”
      Gee cars are legal drugs are not…

      And robbery isn’t either…

      Why not compare apples to apples…?

      Street fight or sanctioned fight in the ring or cage…?

      As for your analogy of “Street thugs” and the cost of going to a track, I can only assess you’ve never been to one. People build up or buy 100 thousand dollar machines but you seem to believe they won’t pay $20 to race their cars. You are not just un inform, your ignorant.

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    • Miami
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:09am

      Sorry,
      You’re ignorant…

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    • plunderpower
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:08am

      Going that fast involves more than just pushing down on the accelerator. At that speed a small chuck hole can flip your car. Additionally, the average vehicle can hit that speed, but isn’t made to sustain it…and once it hits that speed your car has aged a million years. Vehicles that run at those speeds have specific fuels and setups…and they have professional drivers. If you feel the need for speed, take a course at a raceway. You’ll live longer…and so will your car.

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    • middleclassprophet
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 2:43pm

      -Robert-CA-

      Has nothing to do with politics, brainiac.

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    • Miami
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 3:25pm

      “middleclassprophet”
      Yes, it does as I wrote before,

      ” Liberals have fought to killed public race tracks/drag strips all around the nation for environmental reasons based lies and manipulated “science” “

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    • Warphead
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 5:37pm

      You can eliminate it.

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