120 on M25
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Agreed. Could be many things.
Long history of driving offences, drink driving, having children in the car, weaving all over the road, racing, bad weather, poorly maintained vehicle, rude to police/judge, etc.
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The only thing I know for certain is the punishment he received and that he had a clean licence which was required for his job (minibus driver) and that it definitely wasn't drink driving, that much I am 100% certain of. So yeah, perhaps he acted like a tool and they decided to make an example of him by throwing the book at him. This was back when the 'Speed Kills' campaign was in full flow.
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Pretty sure they would hit you with a dangerous driving charge plus prison at those speeds.
That was my expectation too.
People in this thread have been suggesting otherwise though.
Wearing flip flops?
Eastern European truckers are known as "flip flops" in the industry.....
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I'd imagine for that speed you'll be in a whole world of trouble as it would be very difficult to argue that it wasn't dangerous. Fortunately it doesn't happen very often so there isn't much case law to look at.
In 2008 I got speed gunned at 103 or something in a clapped out MK3 Golf southbound on the M1 just before JCT 2. 5 series traffic cop pulled me over and I got read my rights in the back of the car.
After some small talk about danger and braking I was left to get on my way. That was in Feb. In June I got a court summons and asked to appear at Hendon Magistrates Court.
Turned up to be greeted by a queue of 8 people who were all there for driving offences, of which I was last to be seen and 3 judges. I saw people getting 8 points on provisional licences and huge fines for driving with no insurance so was bricking it.
I was bricking it by the time it was my turn so I took the stand, pleaded guilty and apologised for driving like a twonk. They conferred (for the first time between them) and eventually gave me a 1 month ban and 175 quid fine.
Was alright in the end as I was on holiday out the country few days later for the summer, so didnt affect me but definitely learnt my lesson!
After some small talk about danger and braking I was left to get on my way. That was in Feb. In June I got a court summons and asked to appear at Hendon Magistrates Court.
Turned up to be greeted by a queue of 8 people who were all there for driving offences, of which I was last to be seen and 3 judges. I saw people getting 8 points on provisional licences and huge fines for driving with no insurance so was bricking it.
I was bricking it by the time it was my turn so I took the stand, pleaded guilty and apologised for driving like a twonk. They conferred (for the first time between them) and eventually gave me a 1 month ban and 175 quid fine.
Was alright in the end as I was on holiday out the country few days later for the summer, so didnt affect me but definitely learnt my lesson!
Will depend a lot on the circumstances - there are a couple of instances where people did an ill thought out burst of silly speeds at the dead of night for car mag stuff and got off relatively lightly while those doing less, but still excessive, speeds in traffic got prison.
Then there is this one https://www.topgear.com/car-news/modified/meet-man-who-attempted-200mph-british-motorway#1
Forty years ago it would be relatively safe and you would be unlikely to be caught. I regularly drove Southampton to Aberdeen overnight in both directions. This included a lot of motorway driving at speeds over the ton.
Nowadays, rubbish in the lanes, more traffic and cameras make it a foolhardy experience. Apart from the cost of fuel.
Nowadays, rubbish in the lanes, more traffic and cameras make it a foolhardy experience. Apart from the cost of fuel.
Haha, I remember that from back in my 1990s Max Power days!!!
Bet a lot of those people made no effort with presentation, argued with or in other way gave the judge attitude, etc. even when they've been had dead to rights - it never works out in their favour.
Hah I need details of why please
When I've been passed them at above those speeds I assumed they did not bother to pursue as it would be too fast to catch in a car and you're gone too quickly for the chopper to be on location - 3 occasions of bombing past police on a motorway during the nighttime and not even a blue light turned on (these were my young rudeboy days in my 325 and M5).
However, aren't they currently going hard on speeders? Fella went to prison for 140+ not long back if I recall, will try to find an article.
Edit: I did find this haahaa idiots:
I've seen a few times where police have moved over to slow someone down and/or given them a stare/wave to slow down but not pulled them. Also seen an idiot brake check an unmarked police car that pulled out along side me, then paced me for a bit well ahead of the other vehicle, to force someone to slow down that was probably doing around 120 - but I'm pretty sure was going to let them go on their way after that if they'd continued at a reasonable speed. Other driver probably thought they were just a busy body though.
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Haha, I remember that from back in my 1990s Max Power days!!!
I'm sure I have the Option DVD of that! He only got busted because the cops spotted a filming crew on top of a bridge and thought something was up.
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Heaven forbid!!
I once did a track day in flip flops. Well until lunch when I went to Tesco and bought some shoes. Long story short I was passenger on the way up and didn't realise I had forgot to put my shoes on until we got there.