Fastest speeder in UK.. NOT a Bike!

[Kwackerz]

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.

Ssilly sausage!!

"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.

I'd say getting caught on camera is pretty unexpected. Well done Sir.

[sabestian]

I'd say getting caught on camera is pretty unexpected.

Is it really? In UK...?
Lets do some math.
At that speed he was covering 1.234 villages a minute, which by UK standards equals 12.34 speed cameras and 1234 CCTV cameras. That also meant 0.00001234 (virtually nil) street coppers per minute (but that's a different story).

[Kwackerz]

[D-Rider]

The cages hold the record for speeding .... come on bikers, our honour is at stake ....

..... although a bit of an issue that taking the record will result in a jail sentence .....

[Samray]

fastest speeder ever caught

He is welcome to that record.

[Kwackerz]

I think it's brilliant. Ammunition for use against the Anti biker lot when they come baying that bikes are dangerous and fast, etc..

'Whoa, Hold on Fellas... Lets look at the Facts shall we..'