This year the Utah Highway Patrol organized the first Utah FastPass where a desolate stretch of Utah's Route 257 is closed off and participants are allowed to drive as fast as their car can take them. For some drivers, it's just a really fast trip to the hospital.

Mr. Plummer then roared off, with a reporter along for the ride. After quickly reaching 140, he slowed down through the rises and dips, then pushed the bright orange car to 170.

Mr. Losee never made it to the flat stretch of road. He lost control in the whoop-de-doos and crashed.

The entry fee is $5000 per car not including the "speeding ticket" you receive.

There, with the road cleared of traffic, Highway Patrol allowed unlimited speeds and planned to "catch" each car on radar and write out a ticket. The "offender" would pay the "fine" to charity, and get to keep the speeding ticket as a memento. Several drivers had planned to frame the tickets as proof they had been "caught" doing 150 or more.

So as long as I don't trash a Ferarri Enzo over a  'whoop-dee-doo' and wind up in the hostpital with a concussion, does my insurance need to know about this?

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