172mph on the A420!

[byker28i]

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Porsche driver clocked at 172mph


A motorist has been caught doing 172mph on a rural A-road, police said today.

Tim Brady, 33, was apparently clocked by a Pc's speed gun on a bridge over the A420, which runs from Swindon to Oxford past Faringdon, Southmoor, Appleton and Cumnor.

If convicted, he would become Britain's fastest speeder in a car. The current record is 156mph.
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Brady notched up his alleged chart-topping speed in a £98,000 3.6-litre Porsche 911 Turbo on Saturday.

He allegedly borrowed the car from work without bosses' authority.

Until he resigned, he worked for car lease firm Helphire at its Abingdon branch.

A company spokeswoman said: "Tim Brady was an employee until Monday morning when he handed in his resignation.

"He borrowed the Porsche 911 Turbo without permission - he jumped before he was pushed."

Brady has been released on bail to reappear at Oxford police station on February 17, police said.

In 2003, car dealer Jason McAllister was caught doing 156mph in his BMW M3 3.2litre in Scotland. He was jailed for five months.

[hedders]

£50 fine and no points I reckon.

He took the car without permission after all

[dcb]

byker28i said:

In 2003, car dealer Jason McAllister was caught doing 156mph in his BMW M3 3.2litre in Scotland. He was jailed for five months.

What a waste of money, brains and time.

I can think of much more deserving cases for that prison cell.

[justinp1]

Interesting....

Firstly, I thought that M3s were limited to 155... and that may also include the speedos overreading, yet was convicted of 156.

Of course this guy may have been speeding, but 170 odd?.. maybe, mabe not.

[TonyHetherington]

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