I'm rather ignorant about American law. As to the underlined part, I agree completely - both the AR kid and those running after him and trying to wrestle it from him played stupid games and won stupid prizes. Personally I don't think the kid intended to murder anyone either. Personally I think he panicked when he got tackled. Granted, that doesn't make him any less of an imbecile in my eyes.
As to the speeding part I'd advise against it, rules aren't automatically rational but sometimes they are and I'd rather follow them. Granted, I'm European and I don't have immense deserts with zero traffic and completely straight highways. I remember driving to Las Vegas from the Death Valley, god was I bored. Cruise control is what prevented me from shooting myself in the head. But again I digress.