Wednesday 20th June 2012

Police chase BMW at 140mph on M25

High-speed pursuit closes M25 in the small hours

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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."

[Lawrence012]

It's idots like these that cause us all to be bound by such ill planned speed limits.

[housen]

can i be the first to say

''bloody bmw drivers eh''


thanks very much

[ecs0set]

Pistonheads said:

The driver, a 36-year-old man from London, was described by police as being "a very naughty boy"

[thewheelman]

I like how he was arrested for "suspicion" of failing to stop for police, & dangerous driving.

[Nors]

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"

[mybrainhurts]

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.

[thewheelman]

Clearly it wasn't a mapped 335d, as he'd never have been caught.......

[markoc]

Slow news day?

[GeeTeaEye]

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.

[Kawasicki]

140mph is not really fast. He broke the law, but no new speed records!

[arkenphel]

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...

[BertBert]

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

[mybrainhurts]

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.

[LordHaveMurci]

140mph yet the 75ml chase took an hour...

[AyBee]

LordHaveMurci said:

140mph yet the 75ml chase took an hour...

[sideways sid]

"The driver, was arrested on suspicion of failing to stop for police and dangerous driving."


But not for speeding?

[andyps]

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!

[Nors]

sideways sid said:

But not for speeding?

There wasn't enough 'suspicion' of that crime!

[cuda]

My csl has never done 140mph...

[Cotty]

140mph and no one died, proof if needed that speed does not kill.