Fastest motorist to be sentenced

Mobius 1 · 24 Sep 2007 at 11:43

The fastest driver ever caught in a routine speed check in the UK is to be sentenced at Oxford Crown Court.

Timothy Brady, 33, pleaded guilty to driving at 172mph in a 70mph zone on the A420 near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in January.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/7009923.stm

apologies if it is a re-post, i'd hate to be this guy at the moment. lol.

Matt-Page · 24 Sep 2007 at 11:45

Wonder what 172mph feels like. Insane, bet it's fun though.

Fair play for admitting it.

PMKeates · 24 Sep 2007 at 11:49

Absolutely ridiculous speed to be driving at in such a well respected high performance car.

He deserves to be shot. Just look at his face. You can see the evil.

Trojan · 24 Sep 2007 at 11:51

Matt-Page said:
Wonder what 172mph feels like. Insane, bet it's fun though.

In a 911 Turbo I bet it doesn't feel any quicker than doing say 120mph in a run of the mill car.

BigglesPiP · 24 Sep 2007 at 13:18

The corners on motorways get surprisingly tight past 120.

Skii · 24 Sep 2007 at 13:21

Silly man - only Japanese drift specialists are allowed to do this.

Pyscho_Si · 24 Sep 2007 at 13:23

Well he got sent down for 10 weeks ..... he will be out in 5. I wonder how long his ban is? I hope it is for a very long time.

volospian · 24 Sep 2007 at 13:28

Should be hung from the nearest lamp post. Won't anybody think of the children, ffs?? :mad:

InvaderGIR · 24 Sep 2007 at 13:31

volospian said:
Should be hung from the nearest lamp post. Won't anybody think of the children, ffs??

because children play on A roads... :rolleyes:

InvG

Fr0dders · 24 Sep 2007 at 13:39

InvaderGIR said:
because children play on A roads...

InvG

for the boy that missed the joke.

Muncher · 24 Sep 2007 at 13:40

Nice to know we now have plenty of space in our prisons... :rolleyes:

InvaderGIR · 24 Sep 2007 at 13:41

MrLOL said:
for the boy that missed the joke.

*hides from thread*

InvG

volospian · 24 Sep 2007 at 13:46

MrLOL said:
for the boy that missed the joke.

lol

Sagalout · 24 Sep 2007 at 13:49

Matt-Page said:
Wonder what 172mph feels like. Insane, bet it's fun though.

Havent done it on a road, but on a runway its surprisingly un-exciting mid run. The most shocking thing is when you come to brake - only then do you realise how fast you're going as it takes you a looong time to slow down to corner-taking speeds. I remember missing a braking marker by less than a second which was the difference between making a corner comfortably and having an 'oh ****' moment as the end of the runway loomed.

Its strange how physics affect you (this was on a bike) but slowing from 165 seemed to take so very much longer than 140, which is a speed I've done several times, including on a road (IOM mountain before the safety nazis start)

Fr0dders · 24 Sep 2007 at 13:51

volospian said:
lol

he should know by now

its not a motors speeding thread without "will somebody think of the children" somewhere

its like fish without chips, tom without jerry etc..

i believe its actually in the forum guidelines somewhere too, that posting of "will somebody think of the children" is mandatory

InvaderGIR · 24 Sep 2007 at 14:07

MrLOL said:
he should know by now

its not a motors speeding thread without "will somebody think of the children" somewhere

its like fish without chips, tom without jerry etc..

i believe its actually in the forum guidelines somewhere too, that posting of "will somebody think of the children" is mandatory

Yeah, but in fairness most people put the

or

by it, and some people actually mean it, especially when they put the :mad:

.

But yeah, I should know by now, I've been in Motors long enough.

InvG

volospian · 24 Sep 2007 at 14:08

MrLOL said:
he should know by now

its not a motors speeding thread without "will somebody think of the children" somewhere

its like fish without chips, tom without jerry etc..

i believe its actually in the forum guidelines somewhere too, that posting of "will somebody think of the children" is mandatory

Indeed.

Apparently the guy nearly got off this one as they had a hard time proving it was actually him driving it. The police had to present the jury with a photo of the car with some bread on it, to prove it was his.

alexthecheese · 24 Sep 2007 at 14:10

Is 800 metres an accurate stopping distance at that speed?

InvaderGIR · 24 Sep 2007 at 14:10

volospian said:
Indeed.

Apparently the guy nearly got off this one as they had a hard time proving it was actually him driving it. The police had to present the jury with a photo of the car with some bread on it, to prove it was his.

Wow...the police must trawl the OcUK forums...where else would they get the bread idea?

On topic...the guy should be banned for life for being a muppet. As for jail time, to be honest I don't see the point, the government is always going on about the state of prisons etc. with them being overcrowded, so he should get lots of fines etc. instead.

InvG

volospian · 24 Sep 2007 at 14:14

InvaderGIR said:
Wow...the police must trawl the OcUK forums...where else would they get the bread idea?

On topic...the guy should be banned for life for being a muppet. As for jail time, to be honest I don't see the point, the government is always going on about the state of prisons etc. with them being overcrowded, so he should get lots of fines etc. instead.

InvG

Yeah, prison time is a waste, he'll be out in no time due to overcrowding and whatever. Mind you, he's lost his job because of it too. If he's going inside for a few months he'll be hard pushed to pay his bills and so on. He's probably paid quite hard for it already, in many ways.