10 weeks in jail for 172 mph in a porsche!!!
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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). Surely a 996 TT would be a lot less...??
Edited by mikeg996 on Monday 24th September 13:22
mickken said:
Court was told that the stopping distance would have been 500 metres....
Surely a 996 TT would be a lot less...??
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......
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.Surely a 996 TT would be a lot less...??
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!"
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.
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.
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 didC0cks.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/6960166...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/700...
Has he still got his licence then? Surely not (but no mention)?
Has he still got his licence then? Surely not (but no mention)?
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?Has he still got his licence then? Surely not (but no mention)?
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.
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