Downtown Seattle residents spend sleepless night after night, terrified by the sounds of an influencer speeding by in his powerful car, determined to make as much noise as possible.
The alleged culprit is Myles Hudson, a 20-year-old influencer, addicted to the need for speed.
Hudson is quickly becoming a victim of his own success, with nearly 800,000 followers on Instagram who love to watch his videos revving his Dodge Charger Hellcat and then tearing through downtown Seattle at speeds of up to 100 mph or more.
There’s nothing subtle about Hudson’s style, as he wears a suit adorned with flames to indicate his speed, while his vehicle is also eye-catching, wrapped in a tiger-striped livery.
Driver Miles Hudson has been the focus of numerous complaints from residents.
Hudson has been stopped by police several times and is now being sued by the city for the noise he is creating.
He’s been speeding his Dodge Charger Hellcat around Seattle at speeds of up to 170 km/h.
Known as the Belltown Hellcat, Hudson has drawn the ire of people who live in the area, including Seattle police, who have rarely managed to stop him.
But Hudson’s online success is now fueling his dangerous habit, as he continues to produce more extreme videos of himself, rampaging through the downtown streetscape.
And it seems that Hudson has no intention of slowing down.
The problem appears to have arisen earlier this year when police stopped Hudson shortly before 2 a.m. one night in January.
On that occasion, the officer gave him a verbal warning and noted that the car was ‘excessively loud, equivalent to the decibels of gunshots or fireworks.’
In March, Hudson was charged with two counts of reckless driving.
Hudson has been speeding his Dodge Charger Hellcat around Seattle
Hudson has now managed to amass almost 800,000 followers through his high-speed videos.
He wasn’t stopped on that occasion, but a video posted to his Instagram shows him racing another Dodge Charger, this time at speeds of up to 107 mph in an area where the speed limit is 25 mph.
“The car makes noise whether you’re going 10 miles an hour or 200. It’s a powerful car, it’s going to be loud either way,” Hudson told the Seattle Times.
The city is now getting serious and has filed a lawsuit against Hudson, which would see him subject to $83,200 in fines.
The court ordered Hudson to stop driving the Charger after he was issued a warning violation for excessive noise and an order to remove the car’s illegal exhaust system.
Hudson believes he is being attacked because of his race.
“There are much bigger issues than a black man with a nice car that makes noise from time to time,” he said.
The city prosecutor alleges how Hudson ‘flaunts’ his Charger’s excessive noise on his Instagram while deliberately setting out to keep people awake.
Known as the Belltown Hellcat, Hudson has drawn the ire of people who live in the area, including Seattle police, who have rarely managed to stop him.
Hudson’s online success is now fueling his need for speed as he continues to produce more extreme videos of himself traversing the downtown cityscape.
From time to time, Seattle police have managed to stop Hudson. Pictured here in March 2024
‘Mister. Hudson has garnered online infamy by flagrantly violating Seattle laws and waking up his neighbors with excessive noise. It’s time for him to face the consequences of his actions. That is why I requested that the court find Mr. Hudson in default and grant the City all applicable sanctions,” City Attorney Ann Davison wrote in a statement.
Court documents show Hudson was required to present evidence that he had fixed his car’s exhaust system so it didn’t make the same level of noise. He is subject to fines of $1,300 for each day his car is not repaired.
“In the two months since that violation notice, Mr. Hudson has not removed the illegal modifications or addressed the excessive noise,” the city attorney’s statement said.
In addition to the speeding, Seattle police also gave Hudson four violations, and note how there have been multiple noise and speed complaints from fed up locals who are kept awake every night by Hudson’s antics.
A Seattle police officer, who also has experience as an auto mechanic, said the Charger’s exhaust had been illegally modified to deliberately backfire, creating an “extremely loud” noise.
The Charger has a hemi engine, which “has a unique exhaust sound,” the lawsuit says.
‘When mufflers are modified or removed, the noise increases and the ‘Hemi’ exhaust note changes. The engine also has a control module whose software code can be rewritten to create a series of firecrackers when the throttle is applied.
Hudson cuts an intimidating figure while driving at high speeds hidden in a mask
Hudson poses with some of the designer clothes she has been able to buy thanks to her fame.
The officer with specialist vehicle knowledge wrote: ‘This audible disturbance made it evident that the vehicle was accelerating fully and that the driver was using maximum engine performance in the center corridor. The noise would continue to get louder as the vehicle approached my location(s). In the end, the same Charger appeared, driving at extremely high speeds, running traffic lights and making unsafe lane changes when passing,” the officer detailed in his report.
‘A citizen approached me and informed me that he was a nearby resident, and asked if I could hear ‘the hellcat’ referring to the type of Hudson’s Charger edition. I stated that I did hear the vehicle. He went on to explain that the owner of the vehicle did this regularly and that he and other residents were “absolutely fed up with it.” He described Hudson’s vehicle and its unique features saying officers needed to “do something.”
When police finally stopped him and talked to him, it was clear that Hudson had no intention of stopping.
‘I ended up having a long conversation with him that I captured on my body video. I asked Hudson why he didn’t just go to a race track to use his vehicle there. ‘He claimed that he had “almost 700,000 followers” on his social media, and that the amount of money he earns by recording videos of him in his vehicle on the street has allowed him to pay for the car,’ the police officer explained. .
In one video, the lights on Fourth Avenue in Seattle turn green, encouraging Hudson to hit the accelerator, reaching triple-digit speeds.
‘I’m going to continue doing what I’m doing. I’m going to make a career out of this.’ Hudson told the officer. “No disrespect, but I feel like I’m doing my thing,” he said. ‘I’ve turned it into a career and the car has paid for itself. 650,000 followers.’
But residents are furious and want Seattle police to take a tougher approach.
‘If you drive at 170 kilometers per hour in the city center, you put people’s lives at risk. What are we waiting for? Him killing someone? Chris Allen said KOMO. “I actually woke up in the middle of the night thinking it was gunshots, but it’s just Miles Hudson driving by in his Charger.
“But it’s still up and running and it’s still making money off of it.” “It’s affecting thousands of people here,” Allen added.
On the Internet, fans are increasingly fed up with his behavior.
‘Miles is the true definition of a sociopath with extreme narcissism. He has a mental illness that shows no concern for others, much like a serial killer or career criminal. “It’s disturbing that a person has such low integrity as to cause so much discomfort to others and lack all empathy,” one user wrote.
“If I lived in Seattle, you’d get flat tires all the time,” said another Instagram follower.
‘Heh, mom’s car, not even yours. A child who cannot even take responsibility for himself and be the owner of his own life or his vehicles. Grow up, little boy,’ wrote another.
Hudson is scheduled to appear in court on reckless driving charges on June 12.
A hearing in the city’s lawsuit against him is set for June 18.
