RE: Police chase BMW at 140mph on M25

[deltashad]

2mad said:

Should have let me known what part of the M25 he was on, i would have waved to him as i passed in the cerbera.

You wouldn't have got passed him, I can almost guarantee he would have been hogging the outside lane.

[Pistonwot]

A new BMW, 140MPH at 2:40AM,,, erm,,, whats the problem?
IF they were after the chap for a crime then fair play BUT if this is all over a car doing what its supposed to do then the bobbies have just lost yet a little more support in my book.
JAIL?
For getting home faster than the number on a stick said,,,
GO AND CATCH THIEVES AND CRIMINALS AND STOP WASTING OUR TAXES

[M@1975]

Wow, slow news day then. 140? As mentioned before who has not managed that on their own private section of unmonitored road?

Middle of the night, no other traffic, no one hurt, expensive bill for new tyres and a ban. I would imagine that cost a crapload in overtime, manpower, petrol, wear and tear on police vehicles and a lot more on court fees. What a waste of time.

Kind of hope the guy gets a good brief.

[Black S2K]

carinaman said:

Is it just me that finds this news piece and use of a library image of a Beemer a bit Northcliffe Press local news website like?

The usual hack style is usually something like this:



A BMW Coupe earlier today

[whipround]

Mr Loophole will get him off.

[BlimeyCharlie]

I've never managed above 14 mph on the M25 yet.

And maybe this 'felon' could have been halted by firing a missile from one of the Olympic rooftop sites? Much less labour intensive, and footage could be sold to 'Police, Camera, Theakston' for use in one of their shows.

[Pistonwot]

BlimeyCharlie said:

I've never managed above 14 mph on the M25 yet.

And maybe this 'felon' could have been halted by firing a missile from one of the Olympic rooftop sites? Much less labour intensive, and footage could be sold to 'Police, Camera, Theakston' for use in one of their shows.

Dont give the Fascists more moneymaking ideas, its possible they hadnt thought that up yet. It doesnt take much for them to get big ideas on how they can CASH IN. They'll get overexcited, eager to play with their idiot-amusement toys AND blow up someones granny just so they can USE IT.
All to be aired on Mouth-Breather TV for the inbreds.
Great Britain eh???

[Gridl0k]

Some people could do with googling 'first world problem', get some perspective.

[myhandle]

Itsallicanafford said:

...Mmh, my brother picked up his silver M3 CSL last night, that didnt last long then....

Didn't it only come in grey or black :-)

[briancorish]

Nickellarse said:

Quick straw poll:

How many people have exceeded 120 on a motorway?

Today?

[magic_marker]

housen said:

can i be the first to say

''bloody bmw drivers eh''


thanks very much

LOL

[sfh3l]

I would tend to subscribe to the 'who was it hurting?' posts already made.

However, it seems that stingers and rolling road blocks are all a bit over the top given the situation surely? Police always say they try to limit the danger to other road users as well as their own officers. Can I ask then, why they saw fit to chase this idiot with multiple cars? The Surrey helicopter could have very discretely tracked him to his destination with a car following at a safe distance and the bust could then have taken place in absolute safety. One thing is for sure, a BMW travelling at 140 mph is not going to go too far before it needs fuel of one description or another!

As it is, we go instead for the 'Dukes of Hazzard' option and put far more people's lives in danger. Strange.

[dcb]

sfh3l said:

One thing is for sure, a BMW travelling at 140 mph is not going to go too far before it needs fuel of one description or another!

Nonsense !

Here are some real numbers from a recent trip.

293 miles, 31.3 mpg, 61.2 average mph, max about 100 mph
361 miles, 29.4 mpg, 62.4 average mph, max 155 mph
108 miles, 36 mpg, 41 average mph, max 89 mph
417 miles, 28.2 mpg, 71.6 average mph, max 142 mph
459 miles, 28.5 mpg, 70.2 average mph, max 145 mph

Worst case of 28.2 mpg gives tank range of 391 miles.

[Vipers]

mybrainhurts said:

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.

I just someone would come up with that one.

[Vipers]

swerni said:

Just spoke to my new manager.

She was driving to the Frankfurt office at the time

I asked her how fast she was going and get the very casual response of "200".

Clearly that's not mph but again, no one died and it was perfectly legal.


If women can safely drive at those speeds, just imagin what us men are capable of

Your right, it was perfectly legal............ in Germany. Driving at 140 is easy, put your right foot down, no problem. If you choose to drive at twice the speed limit, no matter what your views are, or time of night, your probably going to be stopped and booked, wonder what speeds he drives in a 30 At night.

You could drive at 220 mph on the M25 in the early hours and as some will say "well no one got killed"......Totally irresponsible.

[andyps]

dcb said:

sfh3l said:

One thing is for sure, a BMW travelling at 140 mph is not going to go too far before it needs fuel of one description or another!

Nonsense !

Here are some real numbers from a recent trip.

293 miles, 31.3 mpg, 61.2 average mph, max about 100 mph
361 miles, 29.4 mpg, 62.4 average mph, max 155 mph
108 miles, 36 mpg, 41 average mph, max 89 mph
417 miles, 28.2 mpg, 71.6 average mph, max 142 mph
459 miles, 28.5 mpg, 70.2 average mph, max 145 mph

Worst case of 28.2 mpg gives tank range of 391 miles.

Presumably your trip did not include a prolonged chase at high speeds, regularly hitting 140mph. Doing so would almost certainly reduce the average mpg considerably. You have shown with the last figures that going from an average of 70.2 to 71.6mph reduced the consumption from 28.5 to 28.2 so just imagin what doubling the speed would do.

Whilst in a slightly different league wasn't it reported that a Veyron at full speed empties its tanks in 11 minutes or something equally crazy?

[Kawasicki]

Vipers said:

If you choose to drive at twice the speed limit, no matter what your views are, or time of night, your probably going to be stopped and booked

Actually, it is more probable that you will not get stopped and booked.

[Blown2CV]

Kawasicki said:

Vipers said:

If you choose to drive at twice the speed limit, no matter what your views are, or time of night, your probably going to be stopped and booked

Actually, it is more probable that you will not get stopped and booked.

if you do it regularly, you are probably going to get stopped at some point, but do it once and you are very unlikely to get caught.

[sfh3l]

dcb said:

sfh3l said:

One thing is for sure, a BMW travelling at 140 mph is not going to go too far before it needs fuel of one description or another!

Nonsense !

Here are some real numbers from a recent trip.

293 miles, 31.3 mpg, 61.2 average mph, max about 100 mph
361 miles, 29.4 mpg, 62.4 average mph, max 155 mph
108 miles, 36 mpg, 41 average mph, max 89 mph
417 miles, 28.2 mpg, 71.6 average mph, max 142 mph
459 miles, 28.5 mpg, 70.2 average mph, max 145 mph

Worst case of 28.2 mpg gives tank range of 391 miles.

I'm guessing you are in a (diesel fuelled?) BMW minority there and the 'max' figures you quote were more momentary than habitual in the journeys you list? My old M3 csl would do over 30mpg if driven carefully, but those 100+ v.max speeds you quote would destroy that and make it more like sub-20mpg. My 320d would probably achieve what you say but it doesn't reduce the validity of my original point

[Vipers]

Jayfish said:

I still think they should let us have a free reign on the M25 1 day a year, boxing day 2AM would work, to set lap times

There would be so many queing up for that you would all be back to the usual 25 mph