UK Speeding record broken

[Waugh-terfall]

Original Story Here - BTYahoo News

A motorist has pleaded guilty to driving at 172mph on a rural A-road, making him the fastest speeder ever caught in Britain.

Tim Brady, 33, was caught in a random speed check on the A420 near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, driving a £98,000 3.6-litre Porsche 911 Turbo in January this year.

The current highest speed to result in a conviction is 156mph.

In a short appearance at Oxford Crown Court, Brady pleaded guilty to one count of dangerous driving.

His plea of not guilty to one count of aggravated vehicle-taking was accepted by the Crown Prosecution Service and he will be sentenced next month.

Brady, of Harrow, north-west London, resigned from his job at car lease firm Helphire at its Abingdon branch days after police stopped him in the car.

A spokeswoman for road safety charity Brake branded his actions "selfish".

"The idea of someone driving at that speed is horrific. The chances that a person will be able to control a vehicle at that speed if something unexpected happens is slim.

"It is extremely selfish. Nobody has the right to put other people's lives at risk like that."

In 2003, car dealer Jason McAllister was caught doing 156mph in his 3.2-litre BMW M3 in Scotland. He was jailed for five months.

[ferrarifreak013]

what is aggravated vehicle-taking, does that mean he stole the Porsche...? Also what is an A road is that just a very open rural road?

[Cotterik]

Mr.awesome

[Clivey]

Somehow I'm just not surpised by any of this.

On a side note, if anyone can manage to ram a car up the "Brake!" charity spokespersons' ass, I'll buy them a pint.

[bmwpower]

Well hey, u gotta open up the throttle sometime, not that i would advocate doing it on open roads, but if it's somewhere rural between towns then what the hell, just keep the car stable, know the limits of ur car and ur own skills.

Edit: yea sry, i've just come home after being stuck in major rush hour traffick, and was dying for people to get the hell out of my way, and let me gun it...the feeling will subside.

[Zytek_Fan]

It's 243mph in the US

[Bob]

It's 243mph in the US

What is? The record for speeding? Highest I heard was around 220 by some bikers. Who did 243?

[blingbling]

was it not a koenigsegg?

[Zytek_Fan]

What is? The record for speeding? Highest I heard was around 220 by some bikers. Who did 243?

Some clown in a Koenigsegg during the Gumball Rally

May 2003, on the San Francisco to Miami Gumball 3000 Rally, the first CCR in the United States received the biggest speeding ticket in the world; 242 mph in a 75 mph zone somewhere in west Texas

[Quiggs]

Are radar/laser guns even accurate at that kind of speed?

[Bob]

Are radar/laser guns even accurate at that kind of speed?

They should be... considering both use light. Which is a little tiny bit faster than 243 mph.

[Quiggs]

They should be... considering both use light. Which is a little tiny bit faster than 243 mph.

But the processors in them may not be able to sample at the right rate at that speed.

[Bob]

But the processors in them may not be able to sample at the right rate at that speed.

I'm pretty sure that they can... It's not like we're talking about going ten or one hundred or a thousand time faster than a normal car... almost any car can go a hundred, 240 is only two and a half times as fast. Not really a huge difference.

[kingofthering]

Damn... this only encourages me to go to England and break that record with a TVR.

[my porsche]

In 2003, car dealer Jason McAllister was caught doing 156mph in his 3.2-litre BMW M3 in Scotland. He was jailed for five months.

srsly?


The UK has some goofy ass laws and legislation...