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Originally posted by Mr.E.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3030327.stm
He deserved longer in jail, idiot
Originally posted by eidolon
Do we actually know what the traffic was like at the time? I don't imagine that it was rush hour or that there were loads of other users on the road.
no theres not....does he deserve jail for it?Originally posted by pinkaardvark
Rush hour or not, there's no need for 120mph in a 40mph zone.
Originally posted by pinkaardvark
Rush hour or not, there's no need for 120mph in a 40mph zone.
Originally posted by Andyman
Would you want him jailed if he were standing outside a school waving a knife at kids? He's threatening their lives in the same way.
Police clocked the vehicle several times and found he was doing 120.6mph in a 40mph zone and 156.7mph on the dual carriageway, which has a speed limit of 70mph.
30/40mph limits exist for a reason. Usually they indicate built up areas where your likely to encounter pedestrians and turning vehicles. IMHO doing 120 in a 40 is far far worse than the 158 on a dual carriageway. Having driven across German in the TT touching 160 at times I know how much distance this speed eats up. But on straight roads where all other road users expect high speed the risk is reduced. In urban areas other road users won't be expecting that kind of speed and wouldn't of given him sufficient room to Manoeuvre.Originally posted by moss
if he was going past a school then fine, i have no idea what the roads/conditions/times were so i cant comment properly
Originally posted by eidolon
I agree, I was only commenting on the thread title of 156mph.
Come on, own up. How many of the 150mph+ car/bike owners have tested their top speed?
Originally posted by Will Gill
owning up post
Originally posted by moss
your car (scooby) could stop way quicker from 150 than my car could from 70.
Originally posted by Sundance Kid
I doubt it - the distance a car covers doing 150mph is waaaaaaay more than a car doing 70mph, regardless of the cars better ability to stop it will take a longer distance.
It would be interesting to test