Samurai Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 The fastest driver ever caught in a routine speed check in the UK has been sentenced to 10 weeks in jail. Timothy Brady, 33, of Earls Crescent, Harrow, north-west London, pleaded guilty at Oxford Crown Court to dangerous driving. Brady was clocked at 172mph in a Porsche 911 Turbo in a 70mph zone on the A420 in Oxfordshire on 27 January. He was banned from driving for three years and will have to take an extended driving test to get another licence. He denied another charge of aggravated vehicle taking. The court heard Brady had taken the Porsche from luxury car hire firm Helphire, where he worked as a delivery driver.He had nagged his boss to let him drive the sports car and had been repeatedly told no, but the court heard Brady took the car out the next day. Judge David Morton Jack said to Brady in court: "Your driving was criminally self-indulgent and utterly thoughtless of the danger you might be creating for the innocent." Police have criticised Brady for travelling at such high speed. Insp Martin Percival, of Thames Valley Police, said: "All road users share a great responsibility to others and need to realise that high speed increases the chance of failing to react to an emergency, let alone take sufficient action to resolve it." Insp Percival said the 172mph speed equated to 77m per second. "To put that into context, the average duration of a single blink of the eye is 0.3 seconds, during which time the car would have travelled 23m (five car lengths)." A spokesman for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (Rospa) said: "This was an absolutely terrifying piece of driving. "Our roads are not race tracks or for breaking speed records. "It is fortunate the police were there to take action before he ended up killing himself or someone else. "Through his own selfishness, in what appears to be a lust for speed, he has completely disregarded the safety of others on the road." Paul Smith of the Safe Speed Road Safety Campaign said: "Our official position is that we are worried that current speed enforcement policy based on cameras is ineffective, but this case is the exception that proves the rule. "This is someone who was driving dangerously and it is important to distinguish between those who are a few miles over the limit and those who are driving dangerously. "It is not the behaviour of a responsible motorist - dangerous driving is dangerous and should be punished," he said. The previous highest speed recorded by a camera which resulted in a conviction was 156mph in 2003. It involved Aberdeen car dealer Jason McAllister, driving on the A90 between Aberdeen and Dundee.Source: BBC News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dock98 Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 if he wanted to do that he should have driven it on the autoban.i dont think it was worth the time or restrictions for the 1 minute thrill. thats what sex is for. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrVoice Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 For comparison, the highest speed recorded on a ticket in the US was 242 MPH by a man driving a Koenigsegg CCR in Texas. I'm not exactly sure how they managed to catch him :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Husen Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 The headline should have read " .. has been fast tracked to 10weeks in jail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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