New UK speeding record
 

Motorist admits speeding at 172mph



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.

That's quite a punishment.

They must be kidding. You dont get that for mugging old ladies in the UK.

Let me get this straight - police will no longer respond to a home break-in. Even if they apprehend an intruder, they will not arrest him if no one was harmed. Yet they will arrest, and jail, a speeder. When no one was harmed.

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

Outrage from the authorities over speeding. Innaction from the very same authorities over home break-ins. This sounds like some bizarre sci-fi "B" movie plot.

Nah,

Lock the no good spoilt life endangering Porsche driver... a threat to society.

(Psst don't tell any one it s an 'easy' statistic for the Police to add to their targets....)

Low risk to the police as I'm sure he was caught by a 'Safety Camera' on the side of the road (PS the road there is not really designed for that speed but 120mph is certainly not impossible :D)...and was easy to find...and NOBODY is going to say the Police has victimised a minority in doing this.....a young white middle aged man.... the worst sort of criminal...

Lock him away....set the example....etc etc..

Policing by numbers (as directed by politicians) is not good policing..

Sure he sohuld go to jail...but then so should the others...