172 = Jail!

Edin430 · Post by **Edin430** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:36 pm

White porkers still there....

First day my mate had his turbo he hit 150 along the bypass...

I would never try it - but thats just me! Mind you my Loti doesnt even go that fast even if i wanted too

Smclean · Post by **Smclean** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:52 pm

i got caught doing 108 on that same road 5th sept 06, still havent heard anything! looks like i got off

Edin430 · Post by **Edin430** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:00 am

fingers crossed for you mate....

same guy got 1 year ban for 107 on same road.!

tenkfeet · Post by **tenkfeet** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:14 am

Smclean wrote:i got caught doing 108 on that same road 5th sept 06, still havent heard anything! looks like i got off

My mate got let off a speeding ticket as they had left it too long, 6 months if I remember correctly . He got caught on the way back from court after getting 5 points

Down the road from his house where he knew the police sat.

Post by **campbell** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:30 pm

I think the accused could be a bit of a fall-guy...with all the nanny-state anti-car smash going on just now, anyone transgressing to a great degree (which let's face it, 170mph really is!) is going to be made an example of.

I agree the taking without permission thing should have been made more of...I guess we have a bigger problem with raw car crime (theft etc) than with 170mph speeders, and anything that deters the low-lives who take what isn't theirs is to be welcomed.

Would be really interesting to explore the rationale behind various "types" of speeding and the amounts beyond each speed limit...

eg...

- doing 75 in a 60 cos you are in a hurry
- doing 125 on a dry empty motorway for the thrill of seeing "what the car will do"
- doing 47 in a 40 cos you were distracted by your phone
- doing 35 in a 30 cos you just didn't happen to notice, it's that slow anyway
- doing 90 in rural 60 cos you are wringing the car's neck and having a great drive
- doing 180 in a 70 cos you have 30 mins with this German Ubercar the likes of which you've delivered for years and always resisted the urge...until now...

Bottom line is he should have saved up and gone to the Ring.

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:13 pm

172mph and you end up as someones ass puppet for 10 weeks..........as soon as the press got hold of this they were always going to have to make an example of him, and in retropect he got away quite lightly.

Till he drops the soap that is

Scotty C · Post by **Scotty C** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:18 pm

Andy

This makes our 180 euro look like a good deal

mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:18 pm

i'm to pretty for jail

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:23 pm

What, from behind?