One hundred & f****** how much!!!

[Pembroke Pat]

Do you think they checked the tyre rating?

[sir camel toe]

one rule for one one rule for another

do we think it would of been a diffrent story if he killed somone maybe not      

[sir camel toe]

also am i right by sayin that not long ago an ambalance driver lost his license for speeding and he was on the way to an acident or somthing along this lines.

makes ya laugh dont it?

[david.c]

Problem with testing in airfields/tracks is that they are NOT like real world driving.

Surely if they are testing in the real world, it should be with an instructor sitting next to him................and not coz he fancies seeing what he can get out of his new motor        

David

[studbuckle]

1) I can show you a section of '30mph' road near hear that at 3am in the morning I would feel as safe as any NSL to do 84 mph down because it is an innapropriate speed restriction... don't forget you're getting the so called 'facts' of the case via the media filter

2) Would an instructer sitting alongside him have made it safe®?

3) If he had been involved in a collision of any kind then of course the outcome would've been different but he didn't! SPEED Doesn't kill. Innapropriate speed contributes to collisions. collisions at speed kill.

[Mark B]

He wasn't doing it at 3am though was he?

Even so 80+ in a 30 limit is still out of order imo......

[neilb]

This was the opportunity to give out a clear message to all drivers that speed limits apply to all and that traffic cops on a “jolly” at three am can not get away with it.

In the end the message that most people will take way from this is that speeding is OK as long as you don’t get caught and driving like as tw@ is fine as long as you do it in the middle of the night whilst you are meant to be stopping others from doing it.

[steve_m]

1) I can show you a section of '30mph' road near hear that at 3am in the morning I would feel as safe as any NSL to do 84 mph down because it is an innapropriate speed restriction... don't forget you're getting the so called 'facts' of the case via the media filter

I agree with this 100%, there are roads which have been designated a tax collection point with the mobile tax collectors sitting there every couple of weeks and they are usually roads which were 40 or 50 mph, so I take your point.

But even so, it's still no excuse for plod to have a play at more than double the limit.  Probably even worse at night than during the day.

[Ian Podmore]

Probably even worse at night than during the day.

What distance did his lights enable to see the road was clear of debris, because at 150mph you don't want to be hitting a piece of debris.  And in my opinion 150mph is dangerous on the road day or night, clear road, 'safe' or not as at the speed if something goes wrong there's going to be a damned big mess to clear up.

There are times when 100mph is safe on a motorway, but come on, 159mph is a long way past that and there is no way that it would be considered safe except in a proper competition car with appropriate cage, suspension, tyres  etc.

It can only be considered as dangerous driving let alone speeding.      

[studbuckle]

There are times when 100mph is safe on a motorway, but come on, 159mph is a long way past that

Two words can answer that (and most other points)

German

Autobahn

[PeterOz]

Even the Germans slow down at night (mostly)

[steve wilson]

Jeremy vine on radio 2 was talking about this today. One bloke rang up and told him that a police car past him on the motorway doing 80 or 90 without blues on. He followed the copper and pulled him over and asked him what he was doing. The copper didnt no what to say. The bloke complained to relavant people and the copper was was done for it.

[PeterOz]

He followed the copper and pulled him over and asked him what he was doing.

Yeah, right!... I'm sure

[Blatman]

Sounds apochryphal to me. I can't imagine Joe Public, one up with a non calibrated speedo would ever get his "evidence" past the police forces solicitor... I know it's on the radio, but please don't believe everything you read, hear, or see in the media, especially when it comes from a member of the pubic on a phone in...

[david.c]

2) Would an instructer sitting alongside him have made it safe®?

Yes I think it would. (safer, but not safe)

Because he would have been driving under instruction, and not listening to voice in his head going '157, 158, come on 159 go on'      

David