Driver caught doing 122mph on 30mph road as UK’s shocking speed records revealed

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• ThePyroPython@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Lifetime driving ban.

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  • blackn1ght@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yup. Zero excuse for going that fast anywhere on public roads.

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  • Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    And 10 years in jail. That speed is taking the piss, and the need to come down hard on people who do ridiculous speeds.

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  • Ste41th@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    They should call it a “Lifetime driving ban plan” and call the fine a one off subscription to the service lmao

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• afronaut@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  “Well now you see, we are staging a homage to William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and we’re a little late for the dress rehearsal. I’m playing the eponymous hero. Romeo, not Juliet.”

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• Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  how do you even manage that? was it just a particularly poorly designed road where they slapped a lower speed limit on it? because i cannot imagine being physically able to reach that speed on most low-speed roads.

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  • hairyfeet@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    manchestereveningnews.co.uk/…/driver-caught-camer…

    Any kind of residential area with a long straight road…

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    • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I was literally thinking of Mauldeth Road as an example of where you could do this but absolutely shouldn’t.

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    • blackn1ght@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Unrelated, but God damn I hate Reach websites. Makes me irrationally angry every time I stumble upon one.

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  • Venator@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Possibly just after a speed limit change?

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    • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Yes, the road has changed from 45 to 30, so naturally we’ll go…checks notes…120.

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  • Longpork3@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    The data here is simply the maximum recorded speed, which includes a bunch of edge-cases and one-time events, and is not a mean speed value. Even a stock corolla can hit 200km/h given 1km of straight road to wind up on.

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• Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Those are rookie numbers. 764 mph in a 30mph zone is where it’s at nowadays.

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  • blackn1ght@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    If pedestrians don’t vaporise into nothing then you’re clearly not going fast enough.

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  • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    The goal is to have the sun never set on you.

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• SplashJackson@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Shocking!

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  • dave@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I hope they get SLAMMED for that.

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• Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I’m not sure it’s a great idea to publish these like some sort of high score table.

  We’ve got enough dickheads without them competing to see who can be the biggest.

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• troyunrau@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Did they think they could drive faster than the radar who catch them or something?

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• sirico@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Lucky car crimes don’t count

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• pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Uk measures in mph?

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  • cynar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    We got stuck in a weird halfway point between imperial and metric. We are mostly metric, with a few holdovers. Road speeds being the biggest one.

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  • blackn1ght@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yup!

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• j4yt33@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’m still convinced 90% of British people shouldn’t be allowed to drive. Don’t even understand how indicators work

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• Paddzr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I wonder what were they driving? There’s likely some I teresting data there!

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  • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Ford Focus with full body kit and wrap.

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