What's the fastest speed you got caught doing?
- Thread starter B21
- Start date
Scottish Borders
149 MPH on a Triumph Sprint ST. Wriggled out of it though.....
I’m wondering if the following will qualify for your thread given neither offence resulted in a speeding charge :lol:
First one was 123mph and resulted in a CD30 conviction, straight 6 month disqualification and £485 fine paid weekly
Second one was on a Fireblade (allegedly up to 150 mph) but summons showed something like travelling in excess of 118 mph - we accelerated to this speed but we were not gaining ground on the the accused was, he was pulling away from us - resulted in a DD30 conviction, straight 11 month disqualification and £650 fine, also paid weekly
Before I get any stick, both bans were thoroughly deserved because I was driving like a tool :roll: Never got my bike license back after the second one. Decided for self preservation not too bother with it after that. Toyed with the idea a few times but Kathleen refuses to ride pillion so pointless. Ex wife suggested a few times maybe I should get another bike
I think I might have the summons for the first one at my mums somewhere, along with my weekly letters including my payment receipts from my new pen pal, The Sheriff Clerk
I was laughing at the other thread n car ownership power where the graphs were following a straight line upwards on power/torque. Mine was a bit more peaks and troughs. After 1st ban a Metro 1.0 was all I could insure, 2nd one was a Civic 1.3 automatic
First one was 123mph and resulted in a CD30 conviction, straight 6 month disqualification and £485 fine paid weekly
Second one was on a Fireblade (allegedly up to 150 mph) but summons showed something like travelling in excess of 118 mph - we accelerated to this speed but we were not gaining ground on the the accused was, he was pulling away from us - resulted in a DD30 conviction, straight 11 month disqualification and £650 fine, also paid weekly
Before I get any stick, both bans were thoroughly deserved because I was driving like a tool :roll: Never got my bike license back after the second one. Decided for self preservation not too bother with it after that. Toyed with the idea a few times but Kathleen refuses to ride pillion so pointless. Ex wife suggested a few times maybe I should get another bike
I think I might have the summons for the first one at my mums somewhere, along with my weekly letters including my payment receipts from my new pen pal, The Sheriff Clerk
I was laughing at the other thread n car ownership power where the graphs were following a straight line upwards on power/torque. Mine was a bit more peaks and troughs. After 1st ban a Metro 1.0 was all I could insure, 2nd one was a Civic 1.3 automatic
In the late nineties I’d driven from East Yorkshire to Southampton and was on my way back when I got caught doing 91 mph on the M18 at 01:30. I was the only one on the road at the time until someone joined the motorway from the A1 with their full beam blinding, me so I speeded up to get clear, turned out to be the police 
I was smoking around on my fireblade in the mid nineties when i saw a Ford mondeo exit a roundabout at considerable speed, i gave chase of course & did manage to overtake him after a mile or so - he was absolutely flying. I’d guess i was doing around 140mph (on a B road) as i pulled back in front and noticed the blue lights flashing behind his grill….
He was a bit purple faced & upset but after a ten minute roasting he let me go, i told him i thought i was doing around 65 as I’d only just crawled past him
Rob
He was a bit purple faced & upset but after a ten minute roasting he let me go, i told him i thought i was doing around 65 as I’d only just crawled past him
Rob
Attleborough, Norfolk
I was 'making progress' in my E36 M3 demo along the M58, Liverpool bound about 2am one morning back in '96. Came around the long bend by Bickerstaffe decelerating for the exit ramp when a Police Range Rover moved out from a line of cars in the left lane and out in front of me in the central lane. My heart sank and I feared the worse When I focused properly on the rear matrix it didn't say "Pull over" amazingly. It actually said "Turn your fog lights off !"
I switched them off and shot off down the exit ramp as Plod accelerated away up the central lane...phew ! TFFT ! Half a mile earlier as I lifted off for the long right hand bend I was doing 164mph...in 5th !
A very lucky escape :roll:
However, only recently took 3 points and a fine for 37mph in a 30mph zone :x
When I focused properly on the rear matrix it didn't say "Pull over" amazingly. It actually said "Turn your fog lights off !" I switched them off and shot off down the exit ramp as Plod accelerated away up the central lane...phew ! TFFT ! Half a mile earlier as I lifted off for the long right hand bend I was doing 164mph...in 5th !
A very lucky escape :roll:However, only recently took 3 points and a fine for 37mph in a 30mph zone :x
Argyll Andy said:I’m wondering if the following will qualify for your thread given neither offence resulted in a speeding charge :lol:
First one was 123mph and resulted in a CD30 conviction, straight 6 month disqualification and £485 fine paid weekly
Second one was on a Fireblade (allegedly up to 150 mph) but summons showed something like travelling in excess of 118 mph - we accelerated to this speed but we were not gaining ground on the the accused was, he was pulling away from us - resulted in a DD30 conviction, straight 11 month disqualification and £650 fine, also paid weekly
Before I get any stick, both bans were thoroughly deserved because I was driving like a tool :roll: Never got my bike license back after the second one. Decided for self preservation not too bother with it after that. Toyed with the idea a few times but Kathleen refuses to ride pillion so pointless. Ex wife suggested a few times maybe I should get another bike
I think I might have the summons for the first one at my mums somewhere, along with my weekly letters including my payment receipts from my new pen pal, The Sheriff Clerk
I was laughing at the other thread n car ownership power where the graphs were following a straight line upwards on power/torque. Mine was a bit more peaks and troughs. After 1st ban a Metro 1.0 was all I could insure, 2nd one was a Civic 1.3 automatic
Well if you are going to abuse the system then you certainly did it in style…makes my 106 mph on an empty dual carriageway with a 28 day ban look soooh tame…
patriot66 said:So is that you Peter doing 678kmh in the Mig-29 ?B21 said:
I wish…I’d heard tales of UK police radar guns having had been inadvertently been locked on by US fighter aircraft carrying radar homing missiles but that’s a nice bit of speeding ‘evidence’…apparently 2013, it was a Polish Mig29..
B21 said:
No dual carriageway involved, both within a 40 mile radius of the house. That’s what turned them both from SP to CD/DD offences because I’d crossed the white line even though no oncoming traffic. Well on the first one anyway.
Strange thing is on first one I was charged with both Careless driving and Dangerous driving and could “choose” which one. Was strongly advised to cop to CD, which I did. Second one was just Dangerous driving charge
Didn’t plead guilty to that but for some strange reason was found guilty, hence longer ban
My most entertaining run in with plod was driving an Astra 1.4 Estate from Gosport to Plymouth on my weekly commute about 30 years ago. It was about 5:30 in the morning. I spotted the Blue Fashing lights on a long straight. Had to be for me nothing else on the road. So I pulled over and let him catch up. Apparently I passed his radar trap at 114mph and he had been chasing for 8 miles. :lol: A sterrn chat about this and that. He complemented me for pulling over as soon as I spottedhim and that was that. Their not all bad.
Their not all bad.In 1993 I was the (not that) proud owner of a green 1.6L Vauxhall Cavalier. Returning home at 3am from a night out in South Shields with 3 of my mates I foot to the floor past Washington services. When the police caught up with me they told me they had clocked me at 112mph, must have been on a down hill section of the A1!
The two guys that pulled me over used to call in at a service station I worked at when I was a student. I always made them tea or coffee if I was working but they said even though they knew me they couldn’t ignore the fact I was doing 112mph. I was quite surprised when I got to court expecting a bad to find out they had only clocked me doing 99mph!
I got away with a £300 fine and a stern telling off from the magistrates.
The two guys that pulled me over used to call in at a service station I worked at when I was a student. I always made them tea or coffee if I was working but they said even though they knew me they couldn’t ignore the fact I was doing 112mph. I was quite surprised when I got to court expecting a bad to find out they had only clocked me doing 99mph!
I got away with a £300 fine and a stern telling off from the magistrates.