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To: Laurens who wrote (11486)	9/11/1999 6:34:00 AM
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Speeder nabbed - at 143 mph Cops say cyclist was just a blur <Picture> Josh Haisten / Mesa man says he will sell his motorcycle. By Christina Leonard The Arizona Republic Sept. 10, 1999 Flashing downhill from the Papago Buttes, Josh Haisten was a blur of silver sunglasses, bleached hair and white Kawasaki. When Phoenix police caught up with Haisten seconds later, they asked just how fast he thought he was going. "65?" the 20-year-old replied. Try 143 mph. That's the highest speed police have ever clocked in the city, Sgt. Bob Whiteman said. At that rate, Haisten could get to Flagstaff in an hour, or Tucson in 47 minutes. Or, in Whiteman's eyes, if his bike happened to hit a splash of water or a drop of radiator fluid, Haisten's body could fly about 600 feet. "Somebody might as well give him a gun and shoot himself," Officer Dan Malone said. Haisten admitted Thursday that he may have been a bit too hard on the throttle - the 1993 motorcycle now sits at his house "under a cover, no key in it" and ready for sale. "I realized it's too much temptation," Haisten said. "I need a slow car." Whiteman's squad was flabbergasted. "We've been 100-plus, and your eyes just start to tear up and blur," he said. Haisten's response: "They don't have good sunglasses." Personnel at an Air National Guard office - along an often empty stretch of McDowell Road that connects Scottsdale and Phoenix through Papago Park - called the cops last month after hearing a motorcycle whiz by morning after morning. On Aug. 25, three Phoenix motor officers positioned themselves at intervals along the long stretch of three-lane-wide road, and waited to nab the culprit. "Sure enough, here comes this motorcycle over the hill," Malone said, recalling his radio message to his fellow officers. "I can't even get a visual because he was going too fast." With officers flashing their lights in front and behind him, Haisten slowed, and pulled his bike to the side of the road - perhaps for the last time. Haisten was cited for excessive speed and could face 30 days in jail and a fine of up to $1,000, Whiteman said. The officers - Malone, Rich Eyrich and Mike Solace - will receive commendations for their creative approach to snagging the speed demon. Though he's already given up his bike, Haisten said, he hopes that the penalties won't hurt his job - as a chauffeur. "That's the thing," he said. "I have never had a ticket in a car, but when I get on my bike I just go fast." Friend and employer Chris Wenh agrees: "He's excellent driver." azcentral.com