Career Mode Mission "Dangerous Speeds" Impossible

Is it a skill issue or is the mission "Dangerous Speeds" actually impossible to three-star-complete?

The fastest I can manage to stop the enemy - opponent I mean, is at right about 0:50:00. But at that time, I also need to slow down from the max speed of 124 Mph to zero, next to the other car, and this within five seconds (even less than that) so the arrest count down can finish.

This seems to be physically impossible, unless you somehow manage to mangle you and the other car in a ball, which seems highly random to me.

I can see sub 1:20:00 or even sub 1:10:00, but not sub 1:00:00.

I would like to be proven wrong.

 

For anyone here 4 years or more after this was posted (being the only the that actually mentions this mission on google) if you turn your tcs off and gun it as hard as possible you can just barely ram the bx into the wall, whilst also trying to stop your front from hitting the traffic light and killing your engine. (the bx will either be out of arrest distance or just drive off if you hit the traffic light)

it's a pain in the ass, but it stops top speed from being a problem and can five star the mission.

 

That's interesing, I was never fast enough to touch the other vehicle before going on the highway. I'll try that.

This works just fine. Make sure to clip your left mirror on the first power pole and the right one on the yellow bumpers, but without hitting the side walk too hard. I can't stress the use of "barely" enough.