This reminds me of another case Steve. A bloke got booked for doing over an hundred mph on the motorway. The case went to court and the defendant argued his driving was not dangerous. The motorway was clear, the weather fine and his car a high powered BMW limited to 155, so capable of carrying that speed safely.
The prosecuting officer argued he had to travel well in excess of a hundred to apprehend the bloke. The defendant cited that this could also be construed as dangerous driving. The police officer asserted he was trained to drive at high speed safely. His driving ability was above that of an average driver. To this the defendant replied 'so is mine, I teach you and your colleagues to drive like that'. He was an advanced driving instructor. The case was dismissed forthwith.

 

They haven't gone to jail. They're on a suspended sentence. If they commit a further crime during the duration of the suspended sentence they will go jail.

Just to clarify - they have not gone to jail!

 

and that's why insurance is high for all of us.

out of interest... a 21 yr old with a RS Focus.... how'd he afford that, run it and insure it? or is it his Dad's car

 

Just another point on this - both drivers ADMITTED to driving dangerously.

 

and didn't say they had big brakes that means they can stop faster/quicker than the stated distance in the High Way Code book. lol

 

My thoughts too! When I was 21 there wasn't a chance on earth I could afford to insure a car like that, that's even if any company would touch you!

 

joke

144mph suspended jail terms

try 158mph in an RS500 1 month ban (motor mechanic friend of mine)

 

How? Part time judge at weekends?

 

Agreed, idiots in fast cars, the limits are 30-70 so why the need for bloody fast cars?

 

come on cess pit has your memory failed you? arent you the man that once told us of your street racing exploits??

https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...ight-king.html

 

I have no sympathy for these two. Yes I agree the sentences do seem a little on the harsh side, however I believe the judge set it this way as a deterrent to other road users.

People saying that it's too harsh as they didn't cause a crash or didn't lose control are ignorant and it's totally irrelevant.

Conspiracy to murder and attempted murder gets the same mandatory life sentence as murder. Well you could say that they didn't actually murder the person so how can they get life? It doesn't matter the mens rea was there. They intentionally hit 144mph fully knowing that if they did lose control or did hit into someone then the police will be picking body parts up from the road.

Totally reckless.

 

The laws of the country are fairly clear and the punishments above 100 leptons get proportionately sterner the further north you go. At the end of the day, you do the crime, you take the time but please don't come on PH or similar forums and whinge about it. You got caught, deal with it. This is not to say that I have never sped or been caught for that matter.

The main problem I have with this event is the time of day the event happened when we can probably assume there were other cars with families in on the road. One bloke barrelling along at 140mph in those conditions isn't great when other road users aren't used to it, but the knobber tail gating and pushing the RS along is worse and an accident waiting to happen. It wasn't so long ago that 2 cars being raced by some Asian lads had a pretty big 'off', think it was a Beemer which was the car where the lad was killed. Just goes to show how wrong it can go when folk start ***** waving.

 

130,000 members on here think they are idiots for speeding.

130,000 members on here vote no to inherent car devices that report to the Police station when they sense 71mph.

The duality of sticker haters.