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56 day ban and £365 fine for driving at 154mph?!

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  • August 3, 2016 at 10:45 am #875949
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    Windydog

    Right first off, he can go to

    Right first off, he can go to jail and not pass go for all I care.   Is he a danger to cyclists or just everyone?   Anything over 100mph is bend over and pick up the soap I assumed.

    However,  stopping distance.  Can we be a little more scientific?  Highway code is not a fair assessment tool when dealing with a Leon Cupra (Assume R to get to 154mph) as braking performance taken from a modern car is perhaps a little less 1970s.  Approx co-effiecient used is 1.58 for Leon against 1970s standard car (can show working comparing brake test results).

    Therefore at 154mph Thinking distance (same as HC) = 46m + 228m Actual calculated distance (adjusted) = 274meters for this loon. 

    I reckon (for purposes of justice and re-offending) he ought to stand 229m meters away from a stop line and someone driving at him at 154mph in his own car, see how confident he is then.

     

      

    August 3, 2016 at 10:41 am #875947
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    Anonymous

    Do the same on a motorbike

    Do the same on a motorbike and you will probably be jailed. 

    Actually I’m just guessing from stuff I seem to remember but a friend of a friend got done for doing 155 on a B-road a couple of years ago and was banned for dangerous for 12 months with a re-test.

    When I was riding a motorbike though, it did seem that the punishment for the same crime would always be more severe than if you did it in a car. I remember we got pulled for nothing really one day and it was like Parc Ferme, with the copper inspecting the bikes trying to find some technical infringement to get us on as we’d sussed he was a bike copper a while back (usually fat, Sam Brown belt, Honda Blackbird with shit Macadam touring tyres on and a very upright riding style) and were obeying the laws of the land. That used to happen a fair bit around Sherburn in Elmett but I was never pulled for anything back in my hot hatch days.

    August 3, 2016 at 9:38 am #875945
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    Stumps

    Its not the Police who appeal

    Its not the Police who appeal its the CPS but whether the CPS can be arsed is another matter, but like above i wont hold my breath.

    August 3, 2016 at 9:15 am #875943
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    tourdelound

    In today’s local paper, the

    In today’s local paper, the EDP, you can find this – http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/crime/police_launch_appeal_against_sentence_after_lakenheath_man_caught_going_154mph_on_a11_is_banned_for_56_days_1_4642581

    Maybe something will come out of the appeal, but I wouldn’t hold your breath.

    August 2, 2016 at 10:37 pm #875941
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    FatAndFurious
    notfastenough wrote:
    What would the stopping distance be I wonder?

    A basic calculation is “speed + (speed squared)/20” feet which works for the UK driving test. 

    154mph gives 1340 feet or 408m no

    This random google find agrees pretty well: http://www.random-science-tools.com/physics/stopping-distance.htm

     

    You’re welcome.

     

    August 2, 2016 at 9:31 pm #875939
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    notfastenough

    What would the stopping

    What would the stopping distance be I wonder?

    August 2, 2016 at 5:10 pm #875937
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    tritecommentbot

    Nothing reasonable about the

    Nothing reasonable about the current legislation. Long overdue an overhaul. 

    August 2, 2016 at 4:51 pm #875935
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    brooksby

    £365=~4.5 cyclists 

    £365=~4.5 cyclists 

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