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[Dave-C]

I know that the forum doesn't condone such illegalities....  However, WOW!  
I've seen the report on TV too, now, no disrerspect to the police officer in question, but, he did sound like a droid reading from a traffic law book...

Read on.....

LONDON (AFP) - A man caught speeding at a British record of 172 miles (277 kilometres) per hour was jailed for 10 weeks on Monday.

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Tim Brady, 33, from Harrow in north-west London, became the fastest person ever caught by a British speed camera for his spin in a 98,000-pound (198,000-dollar, 141,000-euro) 3.6-litre Porsche 911 Turbo in January.

He was clocked by a random speed check near Abingdon in Oxfordshire, southern England, Oxford Crown Court heard. Brady pleaded guilty to one count of dangerous driving.

His speed beat the previous record of 156 mph (251 kph) set by a car dealer in Scotland in 2003.

"Your driving was criminally self-indulgent and utterly thoughtless of the danger you might be creating for the innocent," judge David Morton Jack told Brady.

Besides his jail term, Brady was banned from driving for three years and ordered to pay 474 pounds in costs.

He resigned his job as a delivery driver for a luxury hire car firm following his arrest. He had taken the Porsche from his workplace without permission.

Brady's lawyer John Reilly said his client's high-speed antics were "foolhardy, stupid and done in a moment of weakness."

A spokesman for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents said after the ruling: "This was an absolutely terrifying piece of driving. Our roads are not race tracks or for breaking speed records.

"Through his own selfishness, in what appears to be a lust for speed, he has completely disregarded the safety of others on the road."

Though the quickest ever caught by a speed trap, Brady is not the fastest person ever convicted for speeding on Britain's roads.

Motorcyclist Daniel Nicks strapped a camcorder to his helmet and filmed himself doing 175 mph in December 2000. When he crashed, police found the camera, played the tape and charged him.

But detectives are still hunting a biker who posted a video on the Internet of him speeding on a wet mountain pass road in low light at 176 mph.



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[miggy]

These people are idiots, they have no respect for other peoples lives and there own, these type of people cause accidents, kill others, and they get away with it, I cannot understand why they need to do this on a public road, there are many tracks around britian if these people need to prove something.

 

[Martin_1962]

This one is a idiot - he got caught for a start which means that his observational skills are somwhat lacking.

If he wanted to see how fast why not say a motorway at 03:00

Unskilled as well - just took the car to see how fast it would go basically a idiot

The 175mph bike I think the Police can forget strong rumours it was faked and km/h displayed.

Anyway how can they prosecute on that sort of evidence?

[bertiecbx550]

Wasn`t there a west mercia traffic officer who did something very similar a while back and after appealing didnt he get his licence back and keep his job?

[geoff]

he didn't get away with it because he wasn't a football player or some famous celebrity or the cop that tuck that famous vauxhall vectra for a test drive, i know it sounds a bit tuff but people like this should not be allowed licences to drive any thing at all

[Dave-C]

[/quote]A man caught speeding at a British record of 172 miles (277 kilometres) per hour was jailed for 10 weeks on Monday.


Tim Brady, 33, from Harrow in north-west London, became the fastest person ever caught by a British speed camera for his spin in a 98,000-pound (198,000-dollar, 141,000-euro) 3.6-litre Porsche 911 Turbo in January.

He was clocked by a random speed check near Abingdon in Oxfordshire, southern England, Oxford Crown Court heard. Brady pleaded guilty to one count of dangerous driving.

His speed beat the previous record of 156 mph (251 kph) set by a car dealer in Scotland in 2003.

[/quote]

Yes,
perhaps, somewhat excessive, I agree...  at least it wasn't a Vauxhall Viva with drum brakes, which at 50mph it could have been deemed as dangerous...  hyperthetically, technology and development allows a little in excess of the current speed limit..  As you folks say, it's reaction times that count at that speed...  the thinking and braking distances, assuming decent traction, would be less than the highway code would calculate....  agreed, would have been more excusable in the early hours, less traffic and all....  

Speed doesn't kill, it's the contact with a solid object

 

[Danny]

if a cop needs to "play" with a new patrol car, they should be able to use a closed track, apart from that, regardless of the power of cars, speed limits are purely a safety measure

its shocking how many people ignore that

my manner of driving since my accident has seriously matured, and i'm that annoying driver in front of you who wont go beyond 30 in a 30, and i couldn't give a damn about the irate driver behind me who wants to do 50, and the truth is, its most likely going to be me, the safe driver, killed by some fool not caring about the speed limits

rant over

[Baron Von Spongebob]

if a cop needs to "play" with a new patrol car, they should be able to use a closed track, apart from that, regardless of the power of cars, speed limits are purely a safety measure

its shocking how many people ignore that

my manner of driving since my accident has seriously matured, and i'm that annoying driver in front of you who wont go beyond 30 in a 30, and i couldn't give a damn about the irate driver behind me who wants to do 50, and the truth is, its most likely going to be me, the safe driver, killed by some fool not caring about the speed limits

rant over

Well said..

[TheBoy]

my manner of driving since my accident has seriously matured

I always say everybody needs a serious accident to realise the potential danger...

[geoff]

people these days are to busy flying about as if there asses are on fire,taking your time you can stop a lot faster and maybe avoid a crash and give other drives a bit of respect on the road

[miggy]

A man caught speeding at a British record of 172 miles (277 kilometres) per hour was jailed for 10 weeks on Monday.


Tim Brady, 33, from Harrow in north-west London, became the fastest person ever caught by a British speed camera for his spin in a 98,000-pound (198,000-dollar, 141,000-euro) 3.6-litre Porsche 911 Turbo in January.

He was clocked by a random speed check near Abingdon in Oxfordshire, southern England, Oxford Crown Court heard. Brady pleaded guilty to one count of dangerous driving.

His speed beat the previous record of 156 mph (251 kph) set by a car dealer in Scotland in 2003.

[/quote]

Yes,
perhaps, somewhat excessive, I agree...  at least it wasn't a Vauxhall Viva with drum brakes, which at 50mph it could have been deemed as dangerous...  hyperthetically, technology and development allows a little in excess of the current speed limit..  As you folks say, it's reaction times that count at that speed...  the thinking and braking distances, assuming decent traction, would be less than the highway code would calculate....  agreed, would have been more excusable in the early hours, less traffic and all....  

Speed doesn't kill, it's the contact with a solid object

 
[/quote]




Speed does kill, and the solid object could be some kid walking between parked cars, or some other driver having a lapse of concentration and pulling out of a junction, or some driver changing lanes not knowing that the idiot behind is doing in excess of 100 mph, there is no excuse for travelling at these speeds and anyone caught deserves everything that come his or hers way when in court.

Last post on this subject.

[Danny]

..and mine wasnt even serious, about 15mph, corsa without ABS on a wet road, minor damage, car was my pride and joy and i'm not afraid to say i was upset, no injuries, no write-offs, but enough to remind me why I have to drive sensibly!

[TheBoy]

..and mine wasnt even serious, about 15mph, corsa without ABS on a wet road, minor damage, car was my pride and joy and i'm not afraid to say i was upset, no injuries, no write-offs, but enough to remind me why I have to drive sensibly!

[Martin_1962]

It wasn't so much the speed but the attitude of the driver, I expect a skilled driver on a quiet motorway at night would be fine.

After all there are no limits on large chunks of the Autobahn network.

[STMO123]

We are all the best driver in the world until...........

Then some of us walk away and some dont