The driver told the auto-blog Jalopnik.com: "Whether you're a good driver or not, when you're on the road, you have a high chance of getting hit by a drunk driver, being cut off, especially in New York. The driver, who goes by the code name AfroDuckProduction, says he made the run on August 26th. The driver starts on FDR/East Side Drive at 116th Street, just outside of Harlem. After that there are the red lights of West Street/West Side Drive, which finally opens up in Midtown by all of Trump's buildings. Advertisement 
 
 The course then cuts off the northern tip of Manhattan, turning right by the George Washington Bridge in Washington Heights. The man posted a video of the entire 26.5 mile loop taken from the dashboard of a BMW Z3.
– The NYPD is on the lookout after an anonymous driver posted a video that appears to show him (or her) driving all the way around Manhattan (a 26.5-mile loop) in 24 minutes, 7 seconds. That would be an unofficial record, MyFox New York reports; the previous mark was 26:03, set in 2010. The August 26 drive was made in a BMW Z3, and the driver had to stop at six red lights. "We've seen this before. We've taken enforcement action," NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly says. "We now have license plate readers that will help in this investigation." Jalopnik writer Raphael Orlove calls the Manhattan speed laps "illegal," "reckless," and "dangerous," and notes that though the driver was going an average speed of 66mph, the driver was also "passing on the right, weaving across lanes, and cutting people off like a cabbie." Orlove managed to contact the driver, who insists, "Being a fast driver doesn't mean that you're inherently a bad or reckless driver. ... I'm in control."