Wednesday 20th June 2012
Police chase BMW at 140mph on M25
High-speed pursuit closes M25 in the small hours
A silver BMW, neither on the M25, nor being chased...
The M25 was temporarily closed in the small hours of this morning (Wednesday) after a 140mph car chase reached its climax.
The car, described by police as a silver BMW coupe (narrows it down, then...), was eventually brought to a halt after a 75-mile pursuit that lasted almost an hour, with police deploying both a stinger device to puncture the car's tyres and police cars to box the BMW in and bring it to a stop.
The car was pursued by officers from Thames Valley Police, the Metropolitan Police and the Surrey Police helicopter when it entered the Surrey stretch of the anti-clockwise M25 at around 2:40am.
"Due to the danger posed by the suspect vehicle, a decision was taken to safely stop the pursuit as soon as possible," said a police spokesman. "A rolling road block was put in place at junction six, slowing other traffic and creating a sterile area where the suspect vehicle could be stopped.
"Specially trained officers used Tactical Pursuit and Containment - a technique designed to safely and quickly immobilise a vehicle - to stop the car. The driver, a 36-year-old man from London, was arrested on suspicion of failing to stop for police and dangerous driving."
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Lawrence012
Original Poster
13 posts
11 months
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It's idots like these that cause us all to be bound by such ill planned speed limits.
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housen
637 posts
61 months
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can i be the first to say
''bloody bmw drivers eh''
thanks very much
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ecs0set
1,607 posts
153 months
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Pistonheads said: The driver, a 36-year-old man from London, was described by police as being "a very naughty boy"
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thewheelman
2,194 posts
42 months
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I like how he was arrested for "suspicion" of failing to stop for police, & dangerous driving.
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Nors
354 posts
24 months
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was arrested on "suspicion" of failing to stop  So they thought that pursuing a car for an hour at speeds up to 140 was only "suspicious"!!  "oh, sorry officer, I didn't see the Helicopter, 20 police cars swarming round my vehicle, and my throttle jammed open"
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mybrainhurts
71,631 posts
124 months
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Oh no..
Not 140mph...
On a motorway...
In the middle of the night...
How many people died..?
How much global warming was caused..?
Are we doomed...?
I'm going back to bed.
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thewheelman
2,194 posts
42 months
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Clearly it wasn't a mapped 335d, as he'd never have been caught....... 
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markoc
737 posts
65 months
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GeeTeaEye
32 posts
49 months
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Stinger deployed - I'm guessing that BMW could have had run flat tyres!!
I think they're only effective to 50mph, and even then its still like driving with the handbrake on.
On another note, mpg must be quite poor at 140mph, and even poorer with deflated tyres.
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Kawasicki
1,519 posts
104 months
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140mph is not really fast. He broke the law, but no new speed records!
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arkenphel
210 posts
74 months
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Just goes to show you can do 140mph without crashing into a bus and wiping out all life within a 1 mile radius.
Sterile containment area? Just cal it a safe zone ffs...
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BertBert
7,061 posts
80 months
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arkenphel said: Sterile containment area? Just cal it a safe zone ffs... Perhaps because with plod stopping a 140mph car by deflating its tyres is anything but safe? FFS
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mybrainhurts
71,631 posts
124 months
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arkenphel said: Just goes to show you can do 140mph without crashing into a bus and wiping out all life within a 1 mile radius. Strange it's safe for plod to pull 140... But Armageddon if anyone else does.
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LordHaveMurci
3,121 posts
38 months
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140mph yet the 75ml chase took an hour...
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AyBee
5,248 posts
71 months
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LordHaveMurci said: 140mph yet the 75ml chase took an hour... 
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sideways sid
323 posts
84 months
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"The driver, was arrested on suspicion of failing to stop for police and dangerous driving."
But not for speeding?
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andyps
4,697 posts
151 months
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LordHaveMurci said: 140mph yet the 75ml chase took an hour... My thought exactly, either the police can't do maths or the speed detector wasn't working quite right!
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Nors
354 posts
24 months
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sideways sid said: But not for speeding? There wasn't enough 'suspicion' of that crime! 
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cuda
193 posts
109 months
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My csl has never done 140mph...
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Cotty
24,930 posts
153 months
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140mph and no one died, proof if needed that speed does not kill.
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