Zhan John Akopyan, 50, is gearing up for a battle in courtroom in with the California Freeway Patrol. He obtained a ticket on November twentieth for allegedly going 152 mph (244 km/h) on Freeway 154 the place the velocity restrict is simply 55 mph (88 km/h). The trial is ready for March twentieth in Santa Maria Superior Court docket.

Akopyan made headlines simply days after the visitors cease involving his Lamborghini Aventador SVJ largely because of the excessive velocity police accuse him of driving. He was ticketed for a misdemeanor of reckless driving. CHP posted in regards to the incident on its Fb web page saying “We all know how tempting it may be to ‘open it up’ when your automobile is quick and the climate is gorgeous, however put it aside for the observe!”

In keeping with native information outlet The Tribute, an lawyer for Mr. Akopyan, Beverly Hills-based Nathan Soleimani, entered a plea of not responsible throughout a February sixth courtroom look. The trial begins on March twentieth at 1:30 p.m. in Santa Maria’s Superior Court docket. Soleimani declined to remark however officers from the town and police division had a couple of issues to say in regards to the incident.

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The officer who submitted the quotation, Joel Asmussen, says that “It’s possible if Mr. Akopyan had continued driving within the reckless method I noticed, he would have been concerned in a collision because of the excessive price of velocity.” It’s unclear as to what protection Akopyan’s counsel is intending to make use of towards the fees.

DA John Savrnoch says that proving a reckless driving cost of this sort would require the CHP to show that there should be a component of hazard to others which would come with greater than merely dashing on a large open street.

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Joan Hartmann leads the Freeway 154 Security Committee as Third District Supervisor and says that “unsafe driving is the No. 1 reason behind accidents on Freeway 154.” To be very clear, the umbrella of issues that match beneath “unsafe driving” is large enough to cowl the continental United States.

Notably, Lamborghini claims that the Aventador SVJ can truly speed up to 219 mph (352 km/h), so if Akopyan was going 152, he was solely at about 75 p.c of the automobile’s functionality. It will likely be fascinating to see how this courtroom battle performs out.