108 in a 30 limit
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k me - I have seen (and maybe done) fast in stupid places at stupid speeds - but that - THAT is at a totally different level.
Love to know what drugs he was on - Over the ton, other side of road at a controlled crossing into oncoming traffic.
The dashcam driver must have damn near st themselves on that one.
Doesn't matter how this is viewed it is past idiotic - so very many chances for things to go wrong, I just cant see how you could not go to court taking the lubricant with you.
k me - I have seen (and maybe done) fast in stupid places at stupid speeds - but that - THAT is at a totally different level.Love to know what drugs he was on - Over the ton, other side of road at a controlled crossing into oncoming traffic.
The dashcam driver must have damn near s
t themselves on that one.Doesn't matter how this is viewed it is past idiotic - so very many chances for things to go wrong, I just cant see how you could not go to court taking the lubricant with you.
The only reason he is supposedly ''of previous good character'' is because he's obviously managed to get away with stupid, reckless, illegal behaviour before now.
There's no way that's just a one off aberration and momentary lapse of judgement from someone who's normally a well adjusted, responsible, law abiding member of society,
There's no way that's just a one off aberration and momentary lapse of judgement from someone who's normally a well adjusted, responsible, law abiding member of society,
Piginapoke said:
I’m really hoping someone’s going to argue it was fine because it wasn’t raining
If he didn't crash he wasn't driving dangerously. Or fast enough. Most crashes in built up areas, happen at speeds well below the speed limit, so it stands to reason that you are less likely to crash the faster you are going.
Am I qualified to run a Covid test and trace service?
Breadvan72 said:
agtlaw said:
@bv72
4m suspended for 18m (to include 200 hrs unpaid work). Disqualification 18m. Extended retest.
If the sentence weren’t during the covid pandemic then immediate not suspended sentence.
Thanks, Maestro!*4m suspended for 18m (to include 200 hrs unpaid work). Disqualification 18m. Extended retest.
If the sentence weren’t during the covid pandemic then immediate not suspended sentence.
I would prefer a sentencing policy that said no prison but .... enormofine, loadsa community service, and a five year driving ban.
* Not an Austin one.
mike74 said:
The only reason he is supposedly ''of previous good character'' is because he's obviously managed to get away with stupid, reckless, illegal behaviour before now.
There's no way that's just a one off aberration and momentary lapse of judgement from someone who's normally a well adjusted, responsible, law abiding member of society,
that's the way I read it.There's no way that's just a one off aberration and momentary lapse of judgement from someone who's normally a well adjusted, responsible, law abiding member of society,
He had previous good character at every yellow box he drove past .
CoolHands said:
Why would someone of previously good character drive like that? I have ridden motorbikes at silly speeds in the past but still only where (you at least think you can) see potential hazards. Going in the wrong side near past that crossing etc is mentalness esp at that speed
Because 'previous good character' just means not been caught before.I do understand the rationale so I’m not questioning the legitimacy of the practice, but the notion of a first offence as mitigation does raise a wry smile especially when it’s deployed for more serious crimes.
“Please have mercy on my client your honour, it is the first time he’s ever murdered anyone.”
“Please have mercy on my client your honour, it is the first time he’s ever murdered anyone.”
The fastest I've done in a 30 (one temporary on a formerly NSL DC excluded, where everybody did 60) was 53. Not on a highstreet. On a pushbike. A collision with a pedestrian would likely have been fatal for both of us, but I had enough visibility to be confident of that not happening (and was also riding on the white line, so much further from potential hazards than a car would be).
Slightly over double that speed, in a car, on a high street? Not legally, but morally, attempted murder.
Slightly over double that speed, in a car, on a high street? Not legally, but morally, attempted murder.
Heaveho said:
If you're from Newcastle and find yourself in Sunderland then that sort of driving becomes the norm. I dare say it's the same when the roles are reversed. Fastest route out, driven as fast as possible! Geordies and Mackems have a real affinity for each other..........
Whilst I'd love to blame this on a Tackem* trying to get home before his heroine got cold, this was a Mackem driving in Sunderland. 
* He even had cropped hair!
Heaveho said:
If you're from Newcastle and find yourself in Sunderland then that sort of driving becomes the norm. I dare say it's the same when the roles are reversed. Fastest route out, driven as fast as possible! Geordies and Mackems have a real affinity for each other..........
Since the 17th Century, although the horse and carts then were a tad slower.http://www.destinationsunderland.co.uk/history/the...
A1VDY said:
Piginapoke said:
I’m really hoping someone’s going to argue it was fine because it wasn’t raining
Only a nerdy goofy Gumball Timothy would say that. This guy needs banning for life and the max inside.
He had absolutely no regard for anyone..
I can honestly say I’ve beaten that speed.
In 1999 driving a Golf GTi 16V racing a friend who was in a SAAB 9000 Turbo.
We were racing very late at night on a long, wide, A Road which passed, in a perfectly straight line, through a village with a 30mph limit and had a couple of mini traffic islands with illuminated bollards.
We were pretty much flat out on approach to the village but I was gaining, and I pulled out to overtake. We both went through the village at an indicated 127mph with me on the wrong side of the road passing the traffic islands with him on the correct side of the road.
Yes it was really silly, but that’s the sort of thing idiots like me did in ‘hot hatchbacks’ when we were 19.
Wouldn’t do it again.
In 1999 driving a Golf GTi 16V racing a friend who was in a SAAB 9000 Turbo.
We were racing very late at night on a long, wide, A Road which passed, in a perfectly straight line, through a village with a 30mph limit and had a couple of mini traffic islands with illuminated bollards.
We were pretty much flat out on approach to the village but I was gaining, and I pulled out to overtake. We both went through the village at an indicated 127mph with me on the wrong side of the road passing the traffic islands with him on the correct side of the road.
Yes it was really silly, but that’s the sort of thing idiots like me did in ‘hot hatchbacks’ when we were 19.
Wouldn’t do it again.
Lord Marylebone said:
I can honestly say I’ve beaten that speed.
In 1999 driving a Golf GTi 16V racing a friend who was in a SAAB 9000 Turbo.
We were racing very late at night on a long, wide, A Road which passed, in a perfectly straight line, through a village with a 30mph limit and had a couple of mini traffic islands with illuminated bollards.
We were pretty much flat out on approach to the village but I was gaining, and I pulled out to overtake. We both went through the village at an indicated 127mph with me on the wrong side of the road passing the traffic islands with him on the correct side of the road.
Yes it was really silly, but that’s the sort of thing idiots like me did in ‘hot hatchbacks’ when we were 19.
Wouldn’t do it again.
Not quite the same, but one eve, in 83, I was out in one of my many MK1 3 Litre Capris. In 1999 driving a Golf GTi 16V racing a friend who was in a SAAB 9000 Turbo.
We were racing very late at night on a long, wide, A Road which passed, in a perfectly straight line, through a village with a 30mph limit and had a couple of mini traffic islands with illuminated bollards.
We were pretty much flat out on approach to the village but I was gaining, and I pulled out to overtake. We both went through the village at an indicated 127mph with me on the wrong side of the road passing the traffic islands with him on the correct side of the road.
Yes it was really silly, but that’s the sort of thing idiots like me did in ‘hot hatchbacks’ when we were 19.
Wouldn’t do it again.
( Back in the early to late 80s, if you drove a 3 Litre Capri, everyone wanted to race you. )
Next thing I knew, another 3 Litre Capri ( a facelift GXL was a foot from my rear bumper and the race was on. But, as we got to about 50 mph, 2 Plod, in a Triumph 2500 pi, suddenly appeared on the right, at the entrance to a side turning, whilst @ the same time, the GXL is alongside me on my left, about six inches from my door handle, driving down the ruddy pavement, trying to get past me !
Plod saw the whole thing, put their lights on and gave chase. GXL and I both pulled over and whilst one copper gave the GXL driver a b
king, the other one said to me “ And you, you f....., were driving along the b.....y pavement !! “ I protested my innocence. They let us go with just a talking to and the other Capri driver and I drove a few hundred yards down the road, pulled over and chatted 3 Litre Capris for the next hour.
Edited by neutral 3 on Monday 5th October 02:17
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