Weeeeeeeeee.... Ooops!

volospian · 30 Jan 2007 at 15:53

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/6312673.stm

A motorist has been arrested on suspicion of driving at 172mph on a rural road.

Muppet

merlin · 30 Jan 2007 at 15:58

What a pecker

In true OcUK style - it gives me great pleasure to declare open season on the following subjects: -

Speed traps
Speeding doesn't kill
The word "borrowed"
911 Turbo's
The amount of experience required to drive RWD

GO GO GO

Housey · 30 Jan 2007 at 16:00

merlin said:
What a pecker

In true OcUK style - it gives me great pleasure to declare open season on the following subjects: -

Speed traps
Speeding doesn't kill
The word "borrowed"
911 Turbo's
The amount of experience required to drive RWD

GO GO GO

Er, one small item.....

It's 4WD

Thank you come again...

mrk · 30 Jan 2007 at 16:01

I heard about this on radio 1 this morning and thought "cool!"

merlin · 30 Jan 2007 at 16:02

housemaster said:
Er, one small item.....

It's 4WD

Back this up with Bread and I'm all ears.

Housey · 30 Jan 2007 at 16:03

merlin said:
Back this up with Bread and I'm all ears.

Rumour has it he was trying to catch a GT3 at the time. His last words were "well it cost a lot more it must be faster" followed by "did you see a van on that bridge"

Siliconslave · 30 Jan 2007 at 16:04

merlin said:
What a pecker

In true OcUK style - it gives me great pleasure to declare open season on the following subjects: -

Speed traps
Speeding doesn't kill
The word "borrowed"
911 Turbo's
The amount of experience required to drive RWD

GO GO GO

wahoo!

erm... damn speed traps, see he may have been speeding, but it obiously didn't kill anyone. Proberbly cause it was 4wd - his obious lack of experiance in a RWD car would proberbly have killed whole nuserys of small children (think about them damn it). Anyhows, the 911 turbos just a poor man's 306D (screw modded obiously)

and breath....

(oh and if was a gasto he woulda got away with it

)

moss · 30 Jan 2007 at 16:10

172mph! Would he possibly be looking at jail time for that?

Housey · 30 Jan 2007 at 16:11

moss said:
172mph! Would he possibly be looking at jail time for that?

I suspect his timing might mean he gets a big fine and some driving time off rather than prison..

chrislusty · 30 Jan 2007 at 16:18

Surely he was just getting used to the car

moss · 30 Jan 2007 at 16:24

housemaster said:
I suspect his timing might mean he gets a big fine and some driving time off rather than prison..

True, then again hes a motorist not a pedophile so who knows

Burned_Alive · 30 Jan 2007 at 16:29

Hope he got the picture for bragging rights!

West · 30 Jan 2007 at 17:55

What a numpety

Firestar_3x · 30 Jan 2007 at 17:59

merlin said:
What a pecker

In true OcUK style - it gives me great pleasure to declare open season on the following subjects: -

Speed traps
Speeding doesn't kill
The word "borrowed"
911 Turbo's
The amount of experience required to drive RWD

GO GO GO

Erm... I feel i have already spoken

PMKeates · 30 Jan 2007 at 21:14

I feel quite sorry for the guy as it goes. A guy caught at 156 in his M3 served five months in prison, so this person might suffer similar. Six months seems like a long time for just a minute's excitment

volospian · 30 Jan 2007 at 21:18

PMKeates said:
I feel quite sorry for the guy as it goes. A guy caught at 156 in his M3 served five months in prison, so this person might suffer similar. Six months seems like a long time for just a minute's excitment

Oh come on, I'm not one of the "it's the law" brigade and being fined for 68 in a 60 is a tad unfair. However, 172 in a 60 is taking the michael a bit

PMKeates · 30 Jan 2007 at 21:19

volospian said:
Oh come on, I'm not one of the "it's the law" brigade and being fined for 68 in a 60 is a tad unfair. However, 172 in a 60 is taking the michael a bit

Nah - it's not too terrible. Worse goes on, and this guy was just unlucky to get caught. I'd feel incredibly gutted if I were him!

triggerthat · 30 Jan 2007 at 21:40

As soon as I heard 172 on the radio I looked at my speedo which reads upto 140mph (1.4 Clio) and thought, damn. No chance beating that.

moss · 30 Jan 2007 at 21:45

PMKeates said:
A guy caught at 156 in his M3 served five months in prison, so this person might suffer similar. Six months seems like a long time for just a minute's excitment

IIRC there was more to it than just the 156mph in the M3 case, he was already banned or something.

sigma · 30 Jan 2007 at 21:48

I've been down that road a few times, imagine seeing a car go past you in the other direction at that speed

172 on a motorway i can 'kinda' undertstand, but on a country road :eek:

he must have a death wish.