ShEp
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Registered: 9th Aug 05
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police clocked me at 142mph last night, and charged me at travelling over a distance of 2miles with an average speed of 104mph, 
they followed me on a rural unlit road for 10miles with their headlights off,
i dont need people telling me how stupid i am as i already know i shouldnt of travelled at that speed,
banned, for 6 or 12 months, i have to wait till court to find out how long
gutted
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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142mph  Surely not in that cav? 
Unlucky man, I got 3pts last night for going through a red light, live & learn eh
[Edited on 07-07-2007 by Colin]
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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police were dangerous driving though if they had o lights on in the dark
one rules for us, another for them
hope everything works out for you though, 14mph is a good achievment in my eyes, albeit you were caught, we all speed every day of our lives whther its 1mph over or 80 
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C00RSA
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 how did they keep up with you without lights on?
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VegasPhil
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Fucking Hell What the hell were you driving?!
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Ben G
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1.2 8v corsa
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Whittie
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lol at least you did it in style, I was caught at 99mph last week
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ShEp
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in my cavalier
they were most unimpressed as they couldnt keep up, they only caught me when i slowed down to 50, then i entered to 30 zone and the lights went on
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ShEp
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the culprit
didnt know she had it in her
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Whittie
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Fair play then 
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Rob B
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gutted surely them following you with no lights is a offence too though
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Marc
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SRi 16v?
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strick206
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a mate of mine turned his headlights off going onto a industrial estate, and the copper said if that was on a public road i could have given you three points for it, so yes, its illegal
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ShEp
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gls wit mods 
well i'd say so rob, ill be telling my solicitor as it will be apparent in the video evidence that they had no lights on
doesnt alter the fact i was breaking the speed limit though
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mk4_astra
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quote:
Originally posted by ShEp
they followed me on a rural unlit road for 10miles with their headlights off,
gutted
wtf
im not someone who hates police and flames them for whatever they do but that sounds pretty stupid and dangerous!!
what if someone pulled out, crossed the road etc
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Rob B
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say you could see a car with no lights following you and u were really worried
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strick206
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob B
say you could see a car with no lights following you and u were really worried
long shot, worth a try though
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John G
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob B
say you could see a car with no lights following you and u were really worried
good comment too, take it u werent on a motorway, how did you find a straight enough unlit road to do 142mph on here.
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Rob B
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i prob wont get you off but might get the sentance reduced a fair bit :
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Mike GSi
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oopsy, good luck in court mate, lets hope you were as lucky as i was 
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DAZ1985
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Its the only point you've got going for you which may have an effect on the outcome in court so definatley worth a mention, cant get you in any more shit.
The road was obviously clear and you were only putting yourself at risk at them speeds and to be fair if they only clocked 2miles then it was a short blast, but if you did see lights of any shepe of form then id assume you'd have reduced your speed. so someone following with no lights on is wrong, but then your offence is wrong also. Its a tricky one
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Dan Lewis
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you cant get charged if the police car isnt legal, so if they have there lights off the car is not legal for the night time
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chris-sri
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104mph average over 10 miles Was that on VASCAR? OR was there video in the car?
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by Dan Lewis
you cant get charged if the police car isnt legal, so if they have there lights off the car is not legal for the night time
not true.
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Gregor
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Registered: 28th Nov 03
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142 mph on a rural road will result in a large shafting.
But good luck
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