10 weeks in jail for 172 mph in a porsche!!!

[castrolcraig]

less than those 2 bikers got when they got caught.

he got real lucky.....

porsche 911 from his car hire firm, bet they were happy....

[Burgmeister]

10 weeks for drving too fast and not injuring anyone. seems fair.

[tank slapper]

What was he convicted of then? I wasn't aware that speeding carried a possible jail term.

[Gio G]

Be interested to understand his average speeds... Think 172 mph is a little excessive for our roads... The report I read did not say the time at which he was flying...

[mikeg996]

mickken said:

Court was told that the stopping distance would have been 500 metres....

Surely a 996 TT would be a lot less...??

This table http://www.movit.de/rahmen/stoptbl.htm reckons 208m from 245km/h (152 mph).

Edited by mikeg996 on Monday 24th September 13:22

[TimJMS]

mickken said:

Court was told that the stopping distance would have been 500 metres....

Surely a 996 TT would be a lot less...??

I do hope so, then he could be out on a technicality. Tough break for the lad.

[dazren]

mickken said:

Court was told that the stopping distance would have been 500 metres....

Surely a 996 TT would be a lot less...??

Anyone who has been to VMAX will tell you a 996/997 TT will brake from 172mph to 0 in a lot less than 500 metres. Eg, in dry conditions 190 to 0 has been done in <400 metres......

[Vixpy1]

He was up for aggravated car taking as well.. did he get done for that as well?

[E36GUY]

TimJMS said:

mickken said:

Court was told that the stopping distance would have been 500 metres....

Surely a 996 TT would be a lot less...??

I do hope so, then he could be out on a technicality. Tough break for the lad.

That'll be as per the highway code which is still based on 1960s cars average breaking distance. That's what the govt use for official figures despite them being pitifully out of date.

But, technicality or not, he'd have a hard time justifying the speed with a, "But I'm in a Porsche, your Honour. It's stopping time would be 300m!"

[foggy]

Using laws of motion, stopping distance alone from 172mile/h assuming an average decel of 1.0g (typical value for good performance tyres on a your average dry road surface, potentially 1.1 or 1.2 on a test track) is 301m.

Highway code says a reaction time of 0.68s IIRC so that's another 52m, more likely reaction time is a 1 second from seeing something to applying braking so that would be an 77m, so total distance would be the order of 350 to 380m assuming the driver hit the brakes hard enough to achieve full decel, (which most people generally don't, hence brake assist systems being fitted to cars). 500m is pessimistic, but not entirely unrealistic.

[Plotloss]

Didnt top gear years ago show that a 993T4 could go from 100 to 0 in 75 feet?

[Vesuvius 996]

The man is cleary a bit of dickhead for getting caught going that quick, but 10 weeks in jail?

Aren't we only jailing the most serious offenders these days? Oh................

[m12_nathan]

8 weeks for owning an illegal dog that killed a small girl verses 10 weeks for speeding.

C0cks.

[jagdpanther]

m12_nathan said:

8 weeks for owning an illegal dog that killed a small girl verses 10 weeks for speeding.

C0cks.

Makes no sense at all

[pikey]

Vesuvius 996 said:

The man is cleary a bit of dickhead for getting caught going that quick, but 10 weeks in jail?

Aren't we only jailing the most serious offenders these days? Oh................

What will 10 weeks actually translate to?

[Paul Dishman]

m12_nathan said:

8 weeks for owning an illegal dog that killed a small girl verses 10 weeks for speeding.

C0cks.

Perhaps he could have avoided jail like this chap did

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/6960166...

[pikey]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/700...

Has he still got his licence then? Surely not (but no mention)?

[scotty328i]

He will probably get in the gate, sign in and then sign out again!

[scotty328i]

pikey said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/700...

Has he still got his licence then? Surely not (but no mention)?

He was banned in august?

[djohnson]

I like going quick. A speed limit can only ever be a generalisation and a guide. There are times and places where massive speeds can be safe in the right hands. However when I hear tales of 172 mph the first thing I think of is that it could have been my wife and child on the same bit of road with 100mph speed differential betweem the cars.