140 mph punishment.

[InEssex]

Can someone give me an idea of how you would be treated for getting caught driving at 140mph, possibly more? (On a motorway!!, not a 30mph zone!)
I am not asking for any reason other than curiousity.

Thanks, Steve

[InEssex]

wow, quite a few responses! thanks a lot guys. May I now ask how many of you out there have been inside a vehicle travelling at 150mph plus? I, like the rest of you understand that 150mph is breaking the law, and if caught travelling at that or a similar speed you should be prosecuted, but I think the majority of people will feel that the system of prosecution needs some common sense added to it. As mentioned earlier, surely doing 40 or 50 in a 30 zone near a school during the afternoon is far more dangerous than travelling at 150mph on the M25 at 3am in good conditions and no other vehicle in sight? So should the punishment be so stern? I feel strongly that motorway speed limits should be altered, maybe even increasing the limit after a certain time? Making criminals of joe public is becoming far to easy. I found it very amusing that travelling from Brentwood to lakeside around the M25 on the inside lane doing exactly 70mph I was an obstruction. I was amazed to find that nobody was prepared to sit behind me doing 70mph, everyone had to overtake, and I am not just talking about boy racers, i mean everybody including a lady that looked all of 80!! in her Micra. This meant that everybody in the overtaking lane was travelling at well over 100mph, if not 120mph, are these people criminals? I think not.