Driver jailed for doing 172 mph

[The Real Laoislad]

Motorist jailed for British speeding record

A man caught speeding at a British record of 172 miles (277 kilometres) per hour was jailed for 10 weeks on Monday.


Tim Brady, 33, from Harrow in north-west London, became the fastest person ever caught by a British speed camera for his spin in a 98,000-pound (198,000-dollar, 141,000-euro) 3.6-litre Porsche 911 Turbo in January.

He was clocked by a random speed check near Abingdon in Oxfordshire, southern England, Oxford Crown Court heard. Brady pleaded guilty to one count of dangerous driving.

His speed beat the previous record of 156 mph (251 kph) set by a car dealer in Scotland in 2003.

"Your driving was criminally self-indulgent and utterly thoughtless of the danger you might be creating for the innocent," judge David Morton Jack told Brady.

Besides his jail term, Brady was banned from driving for three years and ordered to pay 474 pounds in costs.

He resigned his job as a delivery driver for a luxury hire car firm following his arrest. He had taken the Porsche from his workplace without permission.

Brady's lawyer John Reilly said his client's high-speed antics were "foolhardy, stupid and done in a moment of weakness."

A spokesman for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents said after the ruling: "This was an absolutely terrifying piece of driving. Our roads are not race tracks or for breaking speed records.

"Through his own selfishness, in what appears to be a lust for speed, he has completely disregarded the safety of others on the road."

Though the quickest ever caught by a speed trap, Brady is not the fastest person ever convicted for speeding on Britain's roads.

Motorcyclist Daniel Nicks strapped a camcorder to his helmet and filmed himself doing 175 mph in December 2000. When he crashed, police found the camera, played the tape and charged him.

But detectives are still hunting a biker who posted a video on the Internet of him speeding on a wet mountain pass road in low light at 176 mph.

[The Real Laoislad]

Serves him right

[Silky]

Hopefully he's learned a lesson. But 10 weeks? What trade will he learn inside in 10 weeks? 

[ziggysego]

Maybe he'll get traded.

[Louth Exile]

He got off lightly. Minimum 10 year driving ban and at least 6 months inside and even that would be lenient