Caught at 172 mph ???

**Bainie** · 30th January 2007, 21:29

Read about a guy caught doing 172mph in a Porsche 911 he borrowed from work on an A road, how ferkin craaazy is that, going to spend some time in clink I would have thought

**AJA** · 30th January 2007, 21:30

I heard today of a man a while ago getting sent down for 5 months for doing 157mph on a motorway.

**Harry** · 30th January 2007, 22:07

apparently that guy in the porker had gone into work and resigned that morning - then decided to seal the deal by taking the car

spoons · 30th January 2007, 22:12

Naughty

**gary** · 30th January 2007, 22:16

172mph,could have rounded it off a bit like 180mph.i like nice round figures.

**Paddy2bsure** · 30th January 2007, 22:21

Don't know where it was etc - silly guy to take the car in the first place, more stupid to get caught. Assume we're talking about TWOCing, Exceeding the statutory speed limit, etc. Definitely looking at a custodial sentence (effectively mandatory above 125mph). Not nice, but if you can't do the crime...

Maybe the stupid anti-speeding campaigner Jools Whatshisface (who had a rant against Clarkson saying Speed Kills on Sunday... www.brake.org) should campaign to ban the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", as the similarites to to the Porsche guy are uncanny

I have to admit that I could have been in that situation once... but when you ride a 170+mph bike (or drive the car, as this guy did) it's all too tempting. Never done it on an A-road tho'.

**Harry** · 30th January 2007, 22:37

Originally Posted by Paddy2bsure

Not nice, but if you can't do the crime...

i don't think he had any trouble doing the crime!

i know what you mean though!!

**Bainie** · 30th January 2007, 22:38

Originally Posted by AJA

I heard today of a man a while ago getting sent down for 5 months for doing 157mph on a motorway.

That was a guy from Aberdeen in an M3, iirc he had already lost his license a couple of times before. It was on the A90 I think between Aberdeen and Forfar, he owned a garage up here, his record has just been broken hence the story in the paper up here ...

**Paddy2bsure** · 30th January 2007, 22:42

I remember the guy in the M3... I was surprised it wasn't his "HM issue ankle bracelet" that didn't get him caught!

**vectrasri03** · 31st January 2007, 11:22

Custodial sentence, no chance as they don't even put sex offenders inside due to the new rules. Prisons are full so it will be massive fine and a 5 year ban or something. If he does get a sentence then that will cause a massive stink after last weeks court fiasco.

Wonder what the thoughts were of the officer doing the laser trap?