Speeding 115mph...
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sell your story to the Sun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7qU8qgwbDw&feature=related
A speedo indicated 104mph in a transit of unknown bhp, and a comment from another user agreeing on the maximum.
In a mondeo the 130PS engine will do around 130mph max. Now the top transits have roughly the same engine and power output, although there are 3 main things to consider when comparing their top speeds.
Weight - a T260 weighs at least 400kg more than a mondeo.
Aero - the brick shape hardly helps it slide through the air.
Gears - the ratios are totally different from a car giving you much less top speed.
Ok so i'm bored, but this filled 5 minutes of the time before i gotta jump in my works ST Transit and try and match the claimed 115mph passed the school on my way to work. Will let you guys know how i get on.
A speedo indicated 104mph in a transit of unknown bhp, and a comment from another user agreeing on the maximum.
In a mondeo the 130PS engine will do around 130mph max. Now the top transits have roughly the same engine and power output, although there are 3 main things to consider when comparing their top speeds.
Weight - a T260 weighs at least 400kg more than a mondeo.
Aero - the brick shape hardly helps it slide through the air.
Gears - the ratios are totally different from a car giving you much less top speed.
Ok so i'm bored, but this filled 5 minutes of the time before i gotta jump in my works ST Transit and try and match the claimed 115mph passed the school on my way to work. Will let you guys know how i get on.
A transit, sprinter, or whatever other large 3500kgs van WILL NOT do 115mph.
I've had 313 sprinters, 135bhp transits, 158bhp LT35's (flat out the fastest van I've ever driven) and they simply do not go that fast, you might see 95 on the clock, but thats about it, they simply are not geared for speed.
Combine that with brick like aerodynamics and all claims of 100mph + vans are exposed as pure nonsense.
The OP needs to fill in the paper work, get the advice of a solicitor and mount a defence based on the fact that the vehicle is not capable of that speed and push for the charge to be dropped and all costs reimbursed.
I've had 313 sprinters, 135bhp transits, 158bhp LT35's (flat out the fastest van I've ever driven) and they simply do not go that fast, you might see 95 on the clock, but thats about it, they simply are not geared for speed.
Combine that with brick like aerodynamics and all claims of 100mph + vans are exposed as pure nonsense.
The OP needs to fill in the paper work, get the advice of a solicitor and mount a defence based on the fact that the vehicle is not capable of that speed and push for the charge to be dropped and all costs reimbursed.
THIS
I'm quite intrigued as to how you interpreted the opening post as it being anything other than mistake.
Why would he be expecting an apology if he had actually been bombing along at 115mph?
'Awfully sorry sir, frightfully poor form of us to catch you breaking the law'
Don't have to get up that early to catch you lot out
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LOL that is all...
Brown tongue in the thread, tra-la-la-la-la!
i dont think the police care about that... the camera said he was doing 115, its up to you to PROVE you were not, I dont think the law allows for common sence...
he needs to get legal advice, the camera will take 2 pics so its possible for an expert to tell how fast it was going.. (by judging the distance he travelled)
I think the camera has 2 seperate systems so the two pictures are nothing to do with the system that measures speed...
He needs to take legal advice, you are (probalby) dealing with complete morons they dont care what was and was not possible.
if there was another vehicle its possible the camera locked onto one then the other... (I'm no expert though)
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No way is that even possible unless he's rocking some insane kind of van.
I've driven a lot of vans and they all struggle to do a ton on the motorway.
I've driven a lot of vans and they all struggle to do a ton on the motorway.
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Yeah and iirc, on your return from the cold you claimed you do 'what you want when you want' or something equally as boorish, yet refrained from calling me more names even though you must have been itching to do so. Presumably a temper is something you struggle with as well as a lack of diplomacy?
Been sorely tempted myself
Oh please do, I simply can't wait to hear your witty northern banter.
Oh look, it's -Add- chipping in again. Take your inferiority complex elsewhere please!
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If he was convicted, he could get a jail term.
But more likely a duff camera.
But more likely a duff camera.
Pfff
Who lit the fuse on this guy's tampon?
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Not at all, it appears like you can be antagonised rather easily given your previous responses, something that a potential employer would not particularly appreciate.
ROFL, this actually caused an ejection of coffee.