Driver Gets 10 Weeks In Jail For Speeding

[Markel]

Well, he was doing 172 mph! Link (http://apnews.myway.com//article/20070924/D8RRT9PG0.html)

British Speeder Is Clocked at 172 Mph

Sep 24, 11:14 AM (ET)

LONDON (AP) - The fastest driver ever convicted of speeding in Britain was jailed for 10 weeks Monday after he was clocked at 172 mph in his company's Porsche.

Tim Brady, 33, was caught on Jan. 27 driving the 98,000 pound ($198,000) Porsche 911 Turbo which he took without permission from his employer, luxury car rental firm HelpHire PLC.

The previous record - 156 miles per hour - was set by car dealer Jason McAllister in 2003.

Brady had nagged his boss take the Porsche out the day before but was repeatedly told no, the court heard. He returned the next day and took the car anyway.

Judge David Morton called the act "criminally self-indulgent."

"(You were) utterly thoughtless of the danger you might be creating for the innocent," he told Brady.

Brady, who admitted dangerous driving at a hearing last month, was banned from driving for three years and will have to take a new driving test before taking to the road again.

He quit his job a day after he was caught near Kingston Bagpuize, about 60 miles west of London.

[johnnymk]

That car is really heavy :D

[InfiniteNothing]

How'd they catch up to him? Ferrari cops?

[bachviet]

Helicopter and road block I guess

[Markel]

How'd they catch up to him? Ferrari cops?
Even at 172mph, it's hard to outrun radio.

[renovation]

what gets me is he stole the car .but they seem to just gave him time (10 weeks) for speeding. he should of also been charged with grand thief auto to! and a whole bunch of other charges he could of had added.

[uncledaddy]

That car is really heavy :D

:heh: That got me at first. Then I realized it meant £98,000.

[Memo]

what gets me is he stole the car .but they seem to just gave him time (10 weeks) for speeding. he should of also been charged with grand thief auto to! and a whole bunch of other charges he could of had added.

If the company chose not to press charges then he didn't "steal" the car.

[Maarchk]

:heh: That got me at first. Then I realized it meant £98,000.

Took me a minute to get your joke. I just thought money, but thats pretty funny...
Britain is a small island, how far can you drive before you are back at the same place? not to mention, if you read someones license plate, i dont think you have to actually catch them. You have all the evidence you need.

Thats why i dont get why we do so many crazy chase downs in the US and especially cali. Unless its a stolen car, then cant you just get the owner.

[uncledaddy]

Took me a minute to get your joke. I just thought money, but thats pretty funny...

Well the way the article is written it says...

Tim Brady, 33, was caught on Jan. 27 driving the 98,000 pound ($198,000) Porsche 911 Turbo...
...I was thinking, "How the hell does a 49 ton vehicle do 172 mph unless it falls off of a cliff?" :heh:


Thats why i dont get why we do so many crazy chase downs in the US and especially cali. Unless its a stolen car, then cant you just get the owner.

There are so many variables when a decision is made to proceed with a vehicle chase. I would think that it may be more dangerous to just get the owner later, (like when he arrives home).

Scenario:

A man is having bad day because he just got fired from work and when he went home he found his wife in bed with his coworker, he takes off from home and runs a red light, police attempt to pull vehicle over to issue traffic ticket, man decides not to stop and speeds up in an attempt to evade police thinking what else have I got to lose, police decide not to pursue vehicle since the vehicles plate has been noted, police send unit to owners home, while police are at owners home owner has obtained a gun and is at place of employment and shots and kills eight people.

Question: Should police have continued to chase vehicle?

Makes ya think, huh? :D

[Thesifer]

If the company chose not to press charges then he didn't "steal" the car.


Which they probably wouldn't do after the Boss actually gave him permission, but admitting that would be bad for the company. Saying .. "We didn't give him permission, but we don't want to press charges for theft." seems like the best course of action in that case :)