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Matt Dillon Guilty of Being a Speed Freak

Posted Mar 30th 2009 3:24PM by TMZ Staff

Matt Dillon just pled guilty for having a heavier-than-lead foot -- meaning he has to pay the price for going 106 in a 65 last December.

Dillon, whose case was brought up today in Vermont, was ordered to pay an $828 fine. As part of the plea agreement, Dillon's negligent operation charge was dropped.

In addition to the fine, Matt will also be forced to read a pamphlet called "The Brake Is That Funny Looking Little Pedal on the Left ... for Dummies."

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1. really now !

Posted at 4:51PM on Mar 30th 2009 by really now

2. HA pays to be a celebrity I guess, i had no record, was caught doing 102 in a 44, got 74 days in jail all but 2 suspended, 1000 fine, and a license suspension for six months. Don't speed in Virginia...

Posted at 4:57PM on Mar 30th 2009 by JEH

3. WHO CAARES ABOUT THIS NEW SPEED RACER............

Posted at 4:52PM on Mar 30th 2009 by REYNA

4. Well, it could be the pedal in the middle. Don't send him too far left, he'll mistake the brake for the clutch. Hopefully there is a chapter on that in the book. :-)

Posted at 4:55PM on Mar 30th 2009 by Dcfinest

5. I think you mean he "pleaded" guilty, no?

Posted at 6:20PM on Mar 30th 2009 by It's Pleaded TMZ

6. Matt has a house on Lake Bomoseen. We see him all the time, and our constible has warned him many times about his speed, I am glad the Vermont State police gave him a ticket !

Posted at 5:33PM on Mar 30th 2009 by castleton townhall

7. WOOOOOOW, BIG DEAL! $828 FINE... THAT'S IT?? ONLY IN AMERICA .. AND HOLLYWOOD. SMDH.

WHERE'S THE COMMUNITY SERVICE? WE ALL WANT TO SEE DILLON PICKING WHITE TRASH BY THE FREEWAY.

Posted at 5:35PM on Mar 30th 2009 by 3 hot chics and 1 pimpin gangsta

8. I wondered what happened to him--- and then this...

Posted at 5:40PM on Mar 30th 2009 by Joanne

9. That's fine if he's in an M series BMW and on a track and has gone to track school. Fun stuff baby!

Posted at 5:45PM on Mar 30th 2009 by Ash

10. He got off way too easy. I live in Upstate New York right across the lake from Vermont and if I was caught doing that speed on their highways, I'd probably be in jail. Vermont has some of the toughest cops...they're fair but they're tough and going that much over the speed limit and jeopardizing people's lives on their highways just wouldn't be tolerated. Not if you're an average, run of the mill, every day Joe. I mean come on, an $828 fine for him is a penny fine for me and reading a pamphlet..providing he can read (he couldn't read the speed limit could he?) isn't any punishment at all. I hope he realizes how lucky he is to be a star and he does some paying forward. Maybe the town he was caught speeding in could use a new playground or rec center or something - put your money to good use.

Posted at 6:05PM on Mar 30th 2009 by prfctlildvl

11.
hey matt...call up andre 3000...give him the reality check...that both of you needed !!!

Posted at 6:37PM on Mar 30th 2009 by northern gypsy

12. Who cares... cops drive 130 mph and no one cares... your average street bike will shoot up to 160mph in no time flat... as long as he was in a good car... who cares? Slow people stay to the right and try not to panic when you get passed... go on with your lives.

Posted at 9:12PM on Mar 30th 2009 by whocares

13. I wonder what car he was driving!


Posted at 9:47PM on Mar 30th 2009 by www.twitter.comwin_prizes

14. no not everyone go 105 now, I never went over 75 since I reached like 25 old, before that I used to do 120 and more all the time, I crashed 2 cars because of stuff like that, I was so stupid sooooo stupid

Posted at 3:39AM on Apr 8th 2009 by firas

15. Go Speed Racer Go

Posted at 10:00PM on Apr 2nd 2009 by trixi

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