A lesson to us all!

General General Lotus Talk
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From the BBC website

A man caught doing 180mph in a police chase on the M6 in the West Midlands has been jailed for nine years.
Ben Westwood, of Woden Road, Wednesfield, is thought to be the fastest driver to be caught in the UK.
Wolverhampton Crown Court heard how during the 65-mile chase in January Westwood, 33, almost outpaced the police helicopter, in a stolen car.
Westwood was found guilty of dangerous driving and conspiracy to burgle and steal earlier this month.
The court heard how the modified Audi RS5 had been previously stolen from Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire.
Police said the car was then linked to 16 raids across Staffordshire, Shropshire and the West Midlands, including incidents at a bowling alley and a jewellers.

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wonder what the term would have been if he’d been clocked doing 180mph but in his own car with non of the other stuff.

still, another reason why I find road driving boring

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I use cruise control on road cars all the time since 10 yrs ago was banned for 117mph ave over 8 miles. Longest 28 days of my life and had clean license before.

Lesson learnt and save the heavy foot for track now.

Learnt also that plod Volvo T5 top out at 135mph according to the nice pc who stopped me. :smiley:

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Disgusting state of affairs, you wouldn’t catch me doing anything like that!! :whistle:

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“you wouldn’t catch me”…being the operative phrase eh? :smiley:

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Until a few years ago we all thought Anglesey was like Isle of Man with no speed limit too :smiley:

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apparently 18 months of the sentence were for the dangerous driving!

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Oops sorry about the cross thread I didn’t see this. It was mad seeing those two on telly yesterday, utter scum!!!

http://www.exiges.com/ubbz/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=181799#Post181799

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Move along, nothing to see here!

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that was driving on the wrong side of the road though!

how long before someone cracks 200?

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Better fit an E153 :wink:
Oh and 700 whp

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[quote=jfk]Better fit an E153 :wink:
Oh and 700 whp [/quote]

You’d be doing 200 at the top of third with that box of cogs :wink:

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From back in the day when I ran a MKIV Supra. Not quite 200.

http://www.mkiv.com/publications/other/max_power/max_1/banza1.htm

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Great read, Will! M6 Toll would be a better bet these days � even in daylight!!