Police Chase Drivers Speeding Over 100mph | Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders | Channel 5

[@chylimzbydzi]

Outrun by an astra, takes some skill...

[@TextuRePro]

@@JG-ge3ui sri is a trim model, has nothing to do with the engine size or power.. just saying lol

[@jonhoughton372]

It *might* be a Vauxhall Astra VXR.

[@Tanzzz]

​@@jonhoughton372def not a vxr

[@nathansweeney8902]

1.9cdti 150 most likely. If it had a vxr engine in it they never would of got the registration 😂

[@ΧρήστοςΛύτρας-μ3η]

​@@nathansweeney8902 would have*

[@chrisbowling7221]

Cops would never be this chill in America for offenses like these

[@glynjones5280]

Is anyone that chilled in america

[@was786loaded]

Apart from in california were everything is a fine!!

[@themadmechanic1964]

think is could be theres no handgun coming out the window 🙂

[@lmc3307]

Cos Britain isn’t a third world country

[@marknestbox]

@@lmc3307 Yes it is, and it is becoming more so year on year because there are so many coming here from abroad for numerous reasons, and eventually this island will be the dustbin of Europe.

[@Koniu7]

130mph in that death trunk? 😮 bro got bigger balls then Chuck Norris ego😂

[@Toby_the_Glen]

130mph in a Vauxhall Astra estate, yikes! Our 70mph limit is a joke, how long before you can do that on an escooter?

[@ronz-uf2ww]

Yeh u already can 😂😢

[@user-kr6si1pl7v]

Was thinking that loll

[@eagleowlish]

The technology has improved no end, for sure, but not people’s reaction speeds. That’s why.

[@PBMS123]

Someone was caught in Australia doing approx 70mph, at 110km/h in the Nations Capital on a 90kmh road, police pulled in behind and activated lights and sirens and the scooter refused to stop, a very short time later in his attempt to get away, the man stacked it in the shoulder and crashed the scooter. Funny days

[@byronchavarria4954]

The Ford Interceptor Utility Will Catch That Speeder

[@bedfordshireeastmidlandstrains]

The fact that the Astra went 150 MPH, but the copper in the BMW could only go 135 MPH

[@marshandmere]

I'm amazed the driver and pasengers in the BMW were outright liars and scumbags who would have thought it??????

[@Clungehammer]

Yet when you get broken into... nowhere to be seen 🤔

[@buchan448]

agreed

[@highdownmartin]

It’s just not as much fun.

[@gethinbowen2211]

Its, because Traffic Cops only deal with cars on bypasses/motorways, and not offences such as burglary. 999 Response Officers deal with that stuff

[@supertouring22]

Try moving to a house on the motorway

[@ultra_vires]

There's fewer traffic cops than ever before. Road deaths are up, despite being on a 40 year decline. We all want our houses patrolled as much as the motorway, but simple logic will deduce that's not possible. Anyway, who's to say that lad doing 150mph may not have been a burglar?

[@josephfoster-x6h]

Lots of people commenting on the autobahns and the "no speed" limits, there are in fact speed limits on most of the autobahn,these have red signs max speed 130kph, do even 1 kph over and you'll be hammered with a massive fine, another point is the difference in the driving test in Germany compared to our "drive around the block " one.

[@RODALCO2007]

There are often a lot of road-works on the Autobahn as well. usually, speeds are restricted by the variable speed signs, or a traffic jams (Stau) near the bigger cities.

[@toffeelatte6042]

Plus literally just play eurotruck sim 2 and people will see how restrictive many areas of the autobahn are lol.

[@jamesrobert680]

Are there any parts of the autobahn that isn’t restricted?

[@richardwilson57]

I drove to Munich from London and I don’t recognise your characterisation of autobahns ……. Plus whilst there I was regularly doing 145mph legally while only having passed the supposedly boggo uk test

[@Hahakijkverder]

It is clear that most of these people never actually go to germany. Youll find that large parts are desrestricted especially inter-city and during calm hours. And the massive fine for going 1 over is also nonsense. Fines in germany are notoriously low for small offences.

[@skywatch4639]

From memory, having passed my driving test in 1985, i recall that in the highway code printed at the time, the stopping distance from 70mph would be 245 feet. So how far would the bmw in this clip need to stop at 150? I appreciate things have moved on since the days of vauxhall cavalier, ford cortina/capri and merc 280se, but you still need reaction time.

[@r.a.6459]

To keep it simple: a vehicle that's moving twice as fast, needs _four_ times more braking distance. 3x as fast, 9x the braking distance.

[@borinvlogs]

30 feet in Tesla

[@thekingofmeerkats]

Arguments for doing say 80-85 on motorways, most do anyway. But you've got to be absolutely brain dead to do 150 on the roads here... absolute plank

[@roucey8580]

driving in a straight line at 150 isnt hard or dangerous if the roads are empty at the car is capable

[@thefiestaguy8831]

@C H 150 is still moronic when you think about how badly the UK roads are maintained. Potholes galore, modulations, bad road repairs, debris.... it's not just about colliding with another car.

[@audify3833]

@@thefiestaguy8831 If you know your area and the roads, and you know which ones have less traffic at night or which ones are safer, I don't see the problem especially at an anti social time like 2am?

[@thefiestaguy8831]

@@audify3833 It's about the unexpected, you can "know your roads" all you like. But when some drunken bloke suddenly steps out from behind a car at midnight on a dark road, and you hit them at 60 despite it being a posted 40 speed limit you will have an extremely difficult time convincing any judge and jury that you should not be convicted of an offence, if said person is seriously injured or dies you're likely to spend time in custody. Is it worth a prison sentence over going a bit quicker? I don't generally speed around and not on residential roads.

[@manny9992]

@@thefiestaguy8831 potholes on the motorway barley any

[@paulwatson2702]

Kudos to the cops involved for their calmness and professionalism. But the commentator says, "Rich hits the fast lane" - no he doesn't as there is no such thing. There is a driving lane (the left) and there are one or more overtaking lanes - language is important!

[@thefiestaguy8831]

You're also wrong to be fair. There's no such thing as "the overtaking lane(s)", because under the right circumstances you can legally undertake in lane 1, passing traffic in lanes 2 and 3. The correct usage is "lane 1, lane 2, lane 3, etc".

[@cliveramsbotty6077]

they're all 'driving lanes' you absolute div. none of them are 'overtaking lanes' either you daft prat. they're just lanes numbered from left to right in ascending order. language is important!

[@HumansAreShitFactories]

Both WRONG WRONG WRONG. Slow lane, fast lane, overtaking lane. You’re welcome.

[@elementone4309]

@@HumansAreShitFactories On balance Geoff is probably correct here in the spirit of the Highway Code rather than the letter of it, so to speak. One of my absolute anaethemas is seeing idiots overtake in lanes 1 or 2 over the speed limit (i.e., undertaking a car in Lane 3 and 4 - I live near the M25) who is already doing 70-80mph and overtaking a slower moving vehicle. I cannot believe that people weave between traffic in these lanes to gain some sort of perceived advantage of what accrues to a few minutes at best whilst risking everyone's lives. I cannot believe that anyone would countenance being in a vehicle with a driver like that - I would be demanding to leave the car at the next stopping point.

[@cakeplays4216]

As a person whose father works at a vauxhall dealer, i always knew they could reach that speeds fairly quickly

Thank you so much for telling us about your dad

[@DM-hp7ct]

Fool

[@Opie..]

@@DM-hp7ct easy...

[@ramimbintybindu9840]

Beautiful...

[@chris6858]

British police are the most advanced trained drivers in the world. And the most professional police force ever to exist. They will treat everyone with upmost respect until you do something severely wrong

[@RECHARGED77]

true, the police and military are extremely skilled. there just not enough

[@KyojuroRengoku98]

Absolute BS. You want real Police? Look at Western Europe.

[@James-hz5ef]

​@@RECHARGED77quality over quantity

[@richardgiles2484]

If someone pulls out in front them at that speed, they would all be killed 🙄 I was the motorway doing 70mph at 4am in the morning with next to nothing on the road head north on the A1 and pitch black. Looked in the mirror and I could just see a set of headlights in the distance and then in a few seconds it past me like I was parked up. No way was I expecting it to be going at that speed 😳

[@nkiwane263]

Keep left, pass right Richard. There’s enough space on the motorway for all of us.

[@CraigNiel]

@@nkiwane263 _Keep left, pass right Richard. There’s enough space on the motorway for all of us._ Thanks for that, Capt. Obvious. But I think Richard's point is that if he had to change lanes (to pass on the right as you so kindly reminded everyone) then due to him not expecting another vehicle to be travelling at eleventy zillion miles an hour there's no way he could correctly gauge the manoeuvre.

[@ryder883]

@@nkiwane263 Lol, you’ll keep thinking that until you’re going so fast that you crash into a broken down car with its hazards on.

[@lukewoodside9420]

Sounds like to me you were asleep at the wheel. There is no excuse for not using mirrors or indicators when changing lanes.

[@richardgiles2484]

@Luke Woodside you don't expect cars to be doing 100mph on uk motorways unless they have Blue lights on 🤣

[@michaelm1753]

For all those who claim that Germany, with zero speed restrictions on parts of its autobahn network are safer, they are not! Research by the German Road Safety Council (DVR), ETSC's German member, has shown that there are, on average, 25% more deaths on sections of the autobahn without speed limits compared to those with a limit. 24 Feb 2019. The risk of death on a German motorway is around twice as high as on a British or Danish one.

[@Steve14ps]

Having driven on a German Autobahn you realise how pleasant and polite UK drivers are in general

[@epender]

​​@@Steve14ps Pfffft, as if. Some are "kind", maybe, but not very skilled.

[@insightphoto]

he didn't say anything about 'kind' or 'skilled'. Can you actually read? @@epender

[@andybray9791]

That is because it shares many lame borders with other nations

[@Hahakijkverder]

Yeah because turks and eastern europeans can easily drive in germany those numbers get pumped up.

[@mikeh2006]

I got pulled over on the M6 at night, many years ago. I was going very quickly in my bmw 328i. A cop car was sitting in one of those authorised side lanes. He followed me for a short time then pulled me over. He told me he stopped me for my speed, then asked to look in the boot. At the end he said I wasn't doing anything dangerous and sent me on my way.

[@andybray9791]

So much discretion back then

[@mikeh2006]

@@andybray9791 my boot had my holiday clothes in

[@SuperGripper]

Yeah unfortunately many people have died and so on so now even minor offences get insane penalites. And yet serious offences get comparatively light ones! Madness 😂

[@dexietyy7922]

How does an astra even do 130mph must’ve been a VXR

[@Soulvex]

150bhp diesel

[@Soulvex]

maybe 200bhp if mapped

[@dexietyy7922]

@@Soulvex ah fair haha Vauxhalls are quite quick tbh

[@ajf3202]

Modern cars can hit 130 easily

[@wowsly]

@7:14 it is not called the fast lane

[@davet9900]

How mad is the first clip 1.) No speed calibration device used to measure speed 2.) Wasn't caught 3.) Drug wipe/ Alcohol test can't be given off the road on private land 4.) He grassed himself up on 3 different occasions

[@audify3833]

whats the best way to go about them situations? When police knock on your door for 'alleged' speeding

[@davet9900]

@@audify3833 don't answer, don't co operate, don't speak, etc

[@rondar2]

I don't understand why so many people are surprised that an astra can reach 130. It can actually do more. The fact that they are mainly driven by slow drivers doesn't mean they can't reach certain speeds. Its 2024. Probably any car in C segment can reach 130-140 mph.

[@shakilnasir3829]

Goodness, brave officers, driving 150 miles per hour to catch a speedy driver. Really appreciate the officer .

[@riazhussain2333]

150mph is nothing these days and its very easy to reach them speeds in a mid to high end car. Hardly heroic the way you're describing lol

[@shakilnasir3829]

@@riazhussain2333 I won’t dare to drive at such a high speed.

[@riazhussain2333]

@@shakilnasir3829 lol I can tell. Wouldn't class you as a man.

[@shakilnasir3829]

@@riazhussain2333 hahaha I had 3 litre petrol 6 cylinders car but the limit is only 70 miles , I can’t risk my license, I did try few times but scared of police.

[@kanyebreast6072]

@@riazhussain2333 Don't think anyone would class you as one either

[@pete9958]

Even the commentator says Rich hits the FAST lane and opens up - I thouht there is no fast lane on any UK motorways

[@TheCloudWalking]

Commentator is wrong, there is NO 'fast lane'.

[@shadyninja1]

There is an overtaking lane and no fast lane according to the highway code

[@simonflorey5428]

Lanes are 1 , 2 and 3 , end of

[@lukewoodside9420]

There is no fast lane, however given the speed it was probably safer to be in lane 3. at 150 mph you really don't want to be destabilising the car.

[@PBMS123]

It is the overtaking lane, hence cars will generally be going faster, not to mention the rules are that you must not be in the right or middle lane unless overtaking in the UK, with automated cameras fining people who sit in the right lanes, it will almost certainly be clear, and far safer for him to do that speed, as driver are better able to see their own side lane, than the passenger side lane.

[@CliveAdlam-yn8uz]

If you lost control at 150 mph.Bye, Bye, next life.

[@trailsandbeers]

I'm not having a next life, this one is dragging on too long 🤷‍♂️

[@shadyninja1]

Germany has no speed limit and had less accidents and pile-ups unlike the UK which treats drivers like children which causes tons of accidents and middle lane huggers at 50mph.

[@jswmonkey197]

Well Germany does have speed limits except on a few bits of road. As for deaths/accidents you're talking out of your bottom. UK has safer roads, unless you can point to stats that say otherwise.

[@tomhiggins96]

@@jswmonkey197 Recenty drove on the 3, 2, 1 and 44 autobahn from Arnhem to Paderborn. The population density is very very high in this area and yet the speed limits stayed higher than I expected. On the 3 I probably sat just over 100mph. The 2 and 1 did have limits overhead 120kph is quite common if I remember right but a lot more was unrestricted than I thought. The 44 I pretty much sat at 120+mph was still overtaken by other cars. Fuel use is a bit silly at that speed. They do put weather limits in place (100kph/80kph) but that should be common sense and some day/night limits. UK does have safe roads, although I think the standard of driving is getting worse and worse here. Lane discipline and driving at speed the Germans and the Dutch seem to do a lot better, although driving through Beligum I was disappointed to see a German plate sat in the middle lane for no reason, still not nearly as bad at the M25 or any UK Motorway.

[@Sicklehead88]

@@jswmonkey197 uhm, about 40 % that are derestricted + sections with temporary speedlimits depending on traffic. and the highway network is 13,000 km in lenght, so I wouldn't call that "a few bits".

[@firstname4865]

Bruh the ignorance of your comment about Germany

[@shadyninja1]

@@firstname4865 what ignorance??

[@mikehunter2844]

Which lane is the "fast lane"?

[@resnonverba137]

Zzzzz...

[@riazhussain2333]

People on here are making out like driving at 150mph is dangerous when in Germany on the autobahn people do way past that speed and it has a higher safety rate than here. Also the 70mph speed limit was introduced in the 1960's when airbags hardly even existed... 60 years later we are now in 2023 where car saftey technology has become much more advanced and most tyres have been designed to do over 120mph and cars have a much better stopping distance with antilock brakes etc so its about time the 70mph gets a big increase.

[@thefiestaguy8831]

Yeah the difference is night and day. Germany has better roads for a start, ours are caked in potholes, badly repaired potholes, bumps, modulations, debris, you name it.... Secondly there's the drivers. I'm a "spirited driver" and I like to drive a bit lively, I don't speed around at breakneck speed like a lunatic, because I value my license and other people's lives, but I didn't buy a 3 litre car for no reason. Unfortunately there's a lot of drivers in the UK who are NOT competent in my view to be behind the wheel of a car, some people can't do 30 without slamming on the brakes at a roundabout which you can see is clear before you get to it, or slowing right down for every slight bend. Then there's the people who think that indicating gives you right of way - it doesn't. Indicating left/right does not mean you can suddenly just pull into that lane, it's to signal your intention, you still have to check it's clear and safe to move. Then there's the people who sit in the middle lane on the motorway and refuse to move, even after you flash them to give them a bit of "help" they still don't move over, some move over and as soon as you pass (and move over to the most left lane yourself) they then go back into the middle lane. Then you have the people that sit on national speed limit roads doing half of it for no apparent reason. Just yesterday I was sat behind some bloke doing 25-30 on a wide country road with a 60Mph limit that is about 1.5 miles long. The lack of any speed signs and the national speed limit sign AND layout of the road would have suggested that it's a 60 Mph road, but either he was thick or too afraid to go any quicker, which makes my point, people have no confidence in their ability to drive to the speed limit when it is safe to do so. Frankly it's quite pathetic how poor the driving standards are in this country. Whilst I know you probably have similar issues in Germany I'm fairly confident it's not to the same extent as it is over here.

[@riazhussain2333]

@@thefiestaguy8831 Well firstly to address your pothole issue which I agree is a big issue here on UK roads they are only prevelant on city roads and some country roads, motorways however its very rare to find them on motorways and even the ones that do exist on motorways are small. To address your second issue... there are incompetent drivers on UK roads but if its the case thats refraining us from reaching higher speeds on UK motorways due to the incompetence of some drivers then the driving test needs a revamp to incorporate modules on higher speeds because like I said the safety of car technology has increased ten fold over the last half century whereas the speed limit has been the same for the past 60 years which is a shame. You may argue the fuel element to this in that driving at higher speeds burns more fuel and isnt eco friendly but cars nowadays are more fuel efficient than they ever were plus with the introduction of hybrids and electric vehicles etc

[@thefiestaguy8831]

@@riazhussain2333 Frankly I couldn't care any less about the environment lol so the fuel argument is irrelevant to me. Where I live is pothole city, the roads around here are atrocious, constant road works, constant road re-surfacing and months later there's potholes all over it again. A lot of them around here are massive and cause flat tyres as a result. I agree with the speed limit part however that's not realistically ever going to be incorporated into "driving at speed" as the UK teaches "driving safely" not at speed. Alas, sometimes I do wish I lived in Germany...

[@audify3833]

@@thefiestaguy8831 Yeah I agree, driver's lane discipline on motorways/A roads are terrible in this country. It's not about the speed limit changing because people already do 80 in a 70 as it is (10% + whatever) , or even higher given an area with none/inactive speed cameras and low police presence (Waze lol) etc. If people's lane discipline would improve, especially London sides, then there'd be no space to weave in and out dangerously at high speed. People driving "dangerously" like the lad here is a knock-on cause of the general motorist driving dangerously/without paying attention and they don't even realise it. Like in my opinion, people will be quick to blame the young lad who's driving spiritedly on a road suitable for it, albeit slightly dangerously (so he should get some blame), but way more than a 30year old who's barely paying attention, middle lane hogging, talking down his phone and sipping on a drink all at the same timme. Many people drive with barely any attention nowadays, and I think thats much worse than someone who might be flooring it on roads where the type of road/weather/road condition is suitable for it and is 100% focussed. Like op said, car safety has improved drastically but i don't think the limit should change because them same drivers who dont pay attention will be doing that speed, and thats way more dangerous. Those who currently do 65 in a 70 in lanes 2 and 3, will do 70 in an 80/90 etc. Those young idiots with baloons in their mouth will do even higher. Whereas the limit staying 70 will do this dumb public better. Kid in this vid should've been given a warning while the driver who braked in front of the police at the T junction, retraining. That's worse, how can u not hear sirens and see lights while driving at that junction.

[@thefiestaguy8831]

@@audify3833 It isn't 10%+ officially, that's ACPO guidance. Police forces can still prosecute for 1Mph over, but most won't although it used to be done in the past and nowadays the just use the threshold to give some leniency. Also remember that most speedometers over-read, so if you are caught doing for example 35MPH and say "I didn't know I was speeding" your speedometer would have been displaying in the region of 36-38Mph. Most people won't have calibrated speedometers.

[@jbapparel10]

Doing 130mph/209kph in Australia you will have guns drawn on you & be arrested.... Car will be impounded for at least 1 month & you will probably loose your Licence for 2 years. If your very lucky you will avoid 3-9 months in Jail....

[@manny9992]

😂 unlucky matey

[@JamesSmith-cm7sg]

Pretty sure in the UK you lose your licence if driving over 100mph

[@YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO]

that doesn't mean it's a better system, if that's the point you're trying to make. That just shows how brain dead australian speeding laws are then, if what you're saying is true.

[@YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO]

@@JamesSmith-cm7sg u can get suspended but it wouldn't be an indefinite thing if that's what you mean.

[@firstname4865]

@@YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO got insurance ?

[@timbarnes2259]

More Reasons for Compulsory Speed Limiters on all road vehicles..

[@herbinhogully6496]

Astra gang ❤

[@tilerman]

'the fastest speeding offences ever recorded, in the north west of England'

[@louislatimer2003]

Why do soo many people do such high speeds with plates on??

[@Naeron66]

Because doing any speed with no plates gets you pulled over.

[@louislatimer2003]

@@Naeron66 why would you stop if you don't have playes on in the first place, not exactly like they'll get your reg plate 🤔

[@Naeron66]

@@louislatimer2003 Not like you have a great chance of getting away in the long term in the first place as you will be noticed every time you drive. Pretty quick way to rack up the fines (up to £1000 each time).

[@byronchavarria4954]

@@Naeron66 $1000

[@Katmando376]

Driver of Grey Astra got really hammered! What about the other 2 what happened to them?

[@YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO]

It will just be for show, i doubt he actually got all that

[@thefiestaguy8831]

@@YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I bet he did get that. It's not "just for show" at all.

[@YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO]

@@thefiestaguy8831Nah bet he didn't

[@Visionofthehague]

That is a slap on the wrist

[@alanbbrady8196]

Always the Beamers....always.

[@mathewm3073]

200 hrs of unpaid work 💀. Someone explain to me how the unpaid thing works.

[@hqund7816]

its community service, basically you have to do 200 hours of stuff like picking up litter, cleaning parks etc.

[@theworldsbonkers]

Can a Vauxhall achieve 130mph ?

[@kewalsinghgill5502]

The astra had black wheels colour in grey

[@HamiltonSurrey]

It would be difficult to make this video if the rules of the auto bahns were adopted. Arbitary speed limits do not suddenly make roads dangerous.

[@jarrisphoto4358]

Yeah, the condition of the roads themselves is what suddenly makes them dangerous…

[@kevinskipp2762]

The autobahn is only unlimited in limited places where it’s straight and road surface is level. For example there’s a bump on M1 in lanes one and two not long before you get to staples corner where the car goes very light and possibly airborne at 70mph. Hit that at 150 you’d be in trouble.

[@stephenmontgomery8530]

We re treated like children in this country, funny how the astra driver is dangerous but the cop chasing doing same speed is not.

[@09mantlek]

@@kevinskipp2762 Same rules apply here you don't do 150mph around a corner on motorway do ya xD you slow down a bit haha

[@09mantlek]

@@stephenmontgomery8530 I agree he was chasing for a long time! Makes you wonder how much longer he would keep driving dangerously for.

[@ab-xo4yc]

Smoked by an Astra😂😂😂😂😂

[@williamlambert1711]

1. Why answer the door ? 2. Why admit it ?

[@Squi-A-tone]

Honesty is key dude.

[@williamlambert1711]

@@Squi-A-tone the key to a prison cell

[@Squi-A-tone]

@@williamlambert1711 yea exactly.

[@thefiestaguy8831]

1. He didn't have to answer the door, but he didn't, the female did. 2. He doesn't need to admit it. She has the registration which is all she needs. She could send a Notice of Intended Prosecution to the registered keeper (likely him) if they didn't answer the door. The NIP would ask him to name the driver at the time of the offence, if he refused to engage with it or name the driver (himself) it's a seperate offence and he'd get a minimum of 6 points and a large fine. You'd have to be pretty dull to think if you don't answer the door they can't do anything about it.

[@thefiestaguy8831]

@@williamlambert1711 It's not a given 6 points.. it's a MINIMUM of 6. Failure to provide the particulars of a driver is viewed as quite serious by courts, because it suggests you have little regard for laws of the land and don't take the courts seriously. They don't take kindly to that and punish it as they see fit. You're also wrong in the 12 points for over 100. A colleague of mine got caught doing 105 on the M25 motorway during COVID, early 2021. He plead guilty via the postal means and the magistrate awarded him 5 penalty points and a £550 fine.

[@kewalsinghgill5502]

The music felt kinda scary

[@noblemanprojects]

In Germany this is normal commute speed, in UK its the crime of the century

[@ruinfox4108]

imagine that, 500 pound fine, 8 months suspended license, all he had to do was stop, probably get a warning for the speed or max a fine, but nothing as much as the one he has to pay now 😂😂 what a clown 💀💀

[@w.e.s9711]

Christ all mighty, the over dramatic music is unbearable. Tone it down a little...

[@trailsandbeers]

I overtook a police car at 150 mph (not in an Astra) and they ignored me, but it was in Germany so no problem 🚗

[@grh6439]

Commentator uses the term 'fast lane' instead of Lane 3. Doesn't help.

[@shadyninja1]

It's an overtaking lane.😎

[@resnonverba137]

Being pedantic doesn't help.

[@shadyninja1]

@@resnonverba137 no problems.

[@aymanzaman4you]

What happens if you're disqualified from driving for 18 months? Will they take away your license and you have to do the test once again?

[@2JZwithabigsingle]

Yes. Extended retest

[@RuanvR]

Is that Vicky Ramsey?

[@mathewm3073]

Idky the UK uses luxury cars as police vehicles. I understand they get a discount but still, you can get police vehicles from other car brands like Pegout, Vauxhall, Hyundai N, and Honda.

[@AureIius]

Who respects peugeot or vauxhall?

[@thefiestaguy8831]

Ironically, as a UK officer myself, most of the cars ARE vauxhall, pegeout and some smaller BMW's, some use Ford too. Slowly being replaced by Toyota Corolla estate cars.

[@m-arky66]

wtf is a pegout ?

[@InTenMinutes1]

Can the speed at which the officer was going being used as legally valid evidence if paired with footage showing that he could not keep up with the target driver? Is that actually useable in court or do you need something specific like and actual recorded speed of the driver using a radar gun?

[@audify3833]

if the speedometer is calibrated then yes it can be used as evidence, with a date and time stamp ofc

[@__Joe]

Imagine that a calibrated GPS camera shows the speeder pass a specific junction or directions sign, then shows the police officer pass that same sign at a given time, then shows the same police officer going a certain speed and catches up with the speeder, and on that same camera you can see a specific bridge or road sign or landmark, you can work out how fast they were going because speed = distance over time so I'd assume they can use that if it got to it!

[@thefiestaguy8831]

Traffic officers are trained to recognise speed. They can stand in court and state "He was doing approximately double the limit" and they are likely to believed although there will be a degree of tolerance. Secondly, the speedometer is calibrated (Notice the R.S NOTTM text in the speedo - this is a company based in nottingham that calibrate speedometers for a lot of police forces in that area). His car also has dashcam that has GPS speed included, GPS speed is far more acurate than a speedometer (with the exception being a calibrated one). All of these things are evidence. I'm a serving officer in a different force, and I am aware of two of my colleagues that reported someone for speeding (despite not being traffic officers and thus not trained to recognise approximate speed). Simply because they both had the same opinion the car was speeding, so stopped him, they both wrote statements which served as evidence and would have been prepared to go to court. As far as I know the guy got convicted but I don't recall the exact speed, although he was allegedly doing twice the speed limit through a residential road in the rain in a town centre.

[@ChristianVik-y4u]

Driving a car without insurance? In motorway speed? Hello? Are there someone at home up there?

[@TheCheshireCat.]

He needs to sort out his pixelated face. Bad case that is.

[@zeeshanhabib3999]

All he had to do was I don’t know who took my key I had afew mates round they just left .. they could never of proved who was driving

[@timbarnes2259]

Driving at over twice the limit is repaid by 20 year driving ban.. 🤔🤔🤔

[@yerda1926]

If you know you’re driving without insurance why would you try and garner police attention by speeding smh

[@stevenalderley9036]

Fools game driving without insurance either way nowadays. ANPR cameras everywhere. My insurance ran out and I forgot to renew it by a day last year, made a very short journey on the day I wasn't insured on and realised later that night and quickly insured it. Couple days later...letter from the police telling me to insure my car immediately.

[@davidedbrooke9324]

We should have at least 80 mph anyway. But the speed on a road that was quiet and like it was is just pointless.

[@ultra_vires]

Road deaths are going up, despite a trend over the last 40 years of it decreasing. Why do you think that is? We cannot justify increasing speed limits when we are having more people die on the roads (despite cars being so much safer).

[@samvrs]

100%

[@qwertyrfds7794]

RESPECT POLICE, RESPECT CASABLANCA NORTH AFRIKA

[@howner501]

Middle lane huggers, try Greece 😅

[@geoffpurdy8138]

The days of doing 150 and getting away with it are pretty much gone now as back in the 80s before all the cameras the police had you had a chance ,i know because i was a passenger in a supercharged XJ12 one Sunday around 5am .The driver took it above the 150 for about 3 miles but trust me its goodbye Vienna if anything goes wrong ,never done it since and would not want to either .Leave it to the track guys as its not worth it today .

[@TabzzT]

my dad literally said the same to me yesterday saddd

[@jarq19]

In the second clip, actually, the passenger almost self-incriminated himself. I mean, nothing was mentioned the passenger was done for driving without isurance.

[@seedybee7201]

'Self-incriminating himself' as opposed to self incriminating whom?

[@thefiestaguy8831]

No he didn't. You can't "incriminate" yourself. For no insurance the officer needs to witness you driving, OR a witness willing to provide a statement, or other form of evidence, such as CCTV or photographs taken showing you driving. Just stating "I was driving" a vehicle without insurance isn't evidence, so the "self incrimintion" is moot. There is no need to prove intent or have an admission for a no insurance offence, the offence is absolute, you've either committed it or you haven't, there's no "in between".

[@YourLocalGP]

the music in this is f'in riduclous

[@TheSeafordian]

As is your spelling.

[@YourLocalGP]

@TheSeafordian it was a typo actually

[@darkclouds5261]

Sholdnt of answered the door

[@m-arky66]

sholdnt?

[@andrewneil8240]

The question is. Is it really safe for the police to speed to catch a speeder? Wouldn't it be better to let a car go if there is a high likelihood that a police car will cause an accident themselves.

[@TheMijman]

I think you're right. If someone's speeding, just let them go. Same as robberies. The perpetrator COULD have a knife. And that COULD be dangerous. So just leave them be. They'll go home eventually when they're finished. Much safer that way

[@thefiestaguy8831]

Difference being in 99% of cases the person speeding isn't trained whereas those are. The drivers in this clip are "advanced" which is the hardest driving course any police officer can ever take, it's extremely intensive and plenty of officers who've been driving at speed on blues for years still fail it. The pass rate is around 50% and they expect you to make so much progress. A colleague of mine who was a "quicker" driver on my old team dropped out of the course on week 1 of 3, stating that it took him "Well out of his comfort zone" and that "He was being expected to make so much progress, at one point his instructor wanted him to exceed 100Mph in a 30 zone". Police drivers are taught to the roadcraft system and until you've been on numerous response runs like I have (in my case, hundreds) it's hard to really grasp how well the majority drive.

[@stevenalderley9036]

Depends. Traffic cops are highly trained for this type of driving, the chav they're chasing isn't.

[@masha.1212]

Astra.. doing 130??? Nah

[@Soulvex]

diesel astra will do 130 easily

[@adriancoppola3729]

How come well over 150mph is considered safe in Germany? I’m with the Germans here! Lol

[@Sicklehead88]

the most important thing probably is that it's normal in Germany, so people are used to it. That goes for those that drive fast and also for those that don't drive fast. In other countries, if you already drive at the speed limit, you don't necessarily expect someone to come from behind at high speeds, so you are also less vigilant when it comes to lange changing. At least that's a guess. Of course you also have sleepy drivers in Germany, but still it's a big aspect.

[@firstname4865]

Germany been one country out of hundreds

[@adriancoppola3729]

@@firstname4865 you do know the 70mph speed limit was brought in by Barbara Castle, a non-driver, against the advice of the police and others at the time. The committee (of 12) had a majority against so Castle switched the meeting to the morning unannounced so she and two others on her side could vote it through unopposed. It was set as the top speed of a cross-ply shod Ford Anglia. Like the ludicrously out of date stopping distances in the UK’s highway code, time it was reconsidered rationally.

[@firstname4865]

@@adriancoppola3729 and yet the idiots speeding keep on crashing already

[@stevenalderley9036]

On certain small strips of road it is. And those strips of road are built for it. Their drivers aware of it etc etc.

[@adrianmccann6428]

Do police in England really drive around on their own?. Here in Northern Ireland, that would never happen. Also, Police in Northern Ireland always carry guns

[@thefiestaguy8831]

I'm in a UK police service. In the one i'm in, no it's not standard, only in the station vans used for conveying prisoners, you're usually on your own in those but sometimes might have an "operator" (front seat passenger who does comms on radio, and navigates you whilst you drive). That said I have been out single crewed on my own on numerous occassions before, even in somewhat rough areas of London. Some forces send their officers out single crewed - because it's a larger spread of officers across the whole county if you have 10 officers out in 10 cars instead of 10 officers out in 5 cars. Cover more ground and reduces the overall response time generally to a particular incident.

[@adrianmccann6428]

@@thefiestaguy8831 yes, it makes sense to adopt ten cars for 10 officers. In Northern Ireland, it is very sparsely populated, therefore officers in pairs makes sense. But the main reason is the situation in northern IIreland. All police vehicles are bulletproof, and can resist bombs.

[@hausmaster9801]

These are the types of drivers I hope end up crashing themselves out and pay the ultimate price.

[@manny9992]

Oooooooo

[@shadyninja1]

Why?

[@dionlindsay2]

I don't. Some of them have families, young children. It's not fair on their dependants.

[@robertjones-eb4xo]

WHAT HAPPENED TO DRIVER ?????????

[@t595nige]

He couldn’t careless.

[@Badger-w8u]

It's not cleaver doing extreme high speed , because you need to do extreme fast stop . Putting other lives at risk is not intelligent .

[@TheSeafordian]

You're right, it isn't cleaver.

[@ADani-ez1ru]

Technology wins

[@hogshouse]

7:12 The "Fast Lane" !!! There isn't a "fast lane" on a motorway. All lanes are 70mph. They are overtaking lanes, not fast lanes.

[@denaco]

slow lane is for trucks limited to 60 really. but ye, no fast lane formally but it's what we call it

[@resnonverba137]

It's been called a fast lane for decades, little point in being pedantic about it now. You know as well as everyone else exactly what he's talking about.

[@hogshouse]

@@resnonverba137 Its never been called a "fast lane". The only people that call it that are clearly uneducated about the highway code. Also I know someone that hogs lane 2 on a motorway because they don't see themselves as a slow driver so won't use the "slow" lane (their words, not mine). Totally illegal and dangerous.

[@resnonverba137]

@@hogshouse I can assure you that it has. If you think otherwise, you're either too young to remember or have lived with your head in the sand. Lane-hogging is an entirely different conversation.

[@hogshouse]

@@resnonverba137 no mention of a fast lane in the highway code. They call them overtaking lanes. Also said person thinks that there is a slow lane and a fast lane therefore sits in lane 2 so I think it's relevant because they are not the only person I've met that does that for the same reasons. All lanes are 70mph unless stated differently

[@St-lan]

indian /pakistani.

[@Cryo._.]

Isnt it technically illegal for the copper to do 100+ without his lights on?

[@jameaessex5815]

No. Perfectly permitted. How about unmarked cars covertly following suspects ?

[@PBMS123]

Not at all. Traffic was light, road conditions basically perfect.

[@DPR0fl]

Nope its not. I got off lightly through Covid lockdown worked through it cause i work in retail. Driving home at 23:00 one night in my fiesta ST doing 120mph unmarked car was pacing me so i slowed down in time at around 90mph. 3 points and £100 fine.

[@AK-ql8yp]

@@DPR0fl Sounds like a nightmare .. insurance goes up etc.

[@thefiestaguy8831]

No. NOTHING whatsoever in any law states that any form of warning equipment, whether lights or siren, must be utilized in order to make use of exemptions. The exemptions apply to trained police drivers (not all of them are) and it is their justification for whatever speed they choose to drive at, and their usage of warning equipment. Legally they can pass a car at speed without anything activated, overtake, pass through red ATS, etc. I'm a serving officer and been present when it's been done numerous times.

[@Tuberesu]

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FAST LANE on a motorway: All lane are subject to the &)mph speed limit. I wish TV commentators would learn this. The correct lane to drive in is the left hand land other lanes are overtaking lanes. Get it rights otherwise you will have people believing dangerous wrong information.

[@stevenalderley9036]

TV commentators are reading from a script, but true.

[@scotty2036]

Did vicky used to be called dave ?

[@NaturallySceptical]

07:13 “Rich hits the fast lane and opens up”. It’s not the ‘fast lane’, it’s an overtaking lane FFS!

[@Naeron66]

And yet most people call it the Fast Lane.

[@NaturallySceptical]

@@Naeron66 do they, could you share your data?

[@petecoventry6858]

4:35 that went Red/Amber read the highway code Officer

[@powergermanmrpower2913]

My dads chase was better lol 😂

[@dexietyy7922]

8 months prison for speeding? Lol ok UK justice system

[@Anon__User]

Suspended - Means let off basically.

[@EoghanConnery]

That only applied to the Irish. It used to be 16yrs for any offence you didn't committ..

[@leftblank131]

Plot twist: It's one of their own so they let them go.

[@MrFlames1975]

150mph!!!!! Amateurs……..

[@Anon__User]

I saw 180 on the clock on an R1 in torrential rain once.

[@mikaheinekenn]

Is that Duchess Sarah? Well done mam. Keeping our road a safe.

[@DaveBoothroyd-ej5in]

It was the Home Secretary last week.

[@Unconwheels]

Wait… an Astra at 130

[@resnonverba137]

Must have been a very breezy day 😁

[@christopherh6361]

worst officer safety ever

[@black5f]

"Over 140 there may be weapons in the car" .... the car is a weapon?

[@black5f]

@@paultruesdale7680 I'm too old. My son is a cop.

[@jep1912]

Raza and Iqbal on a likkl nightime bumbaclaatin'.......... innit cuz.

[@m-arky66]

what??

[@omarfarook8018]

No comment

[@tonywright8294]

BMW Ha Ha

[@steveymoon]

Those "little chats" the police have with the speeders is so incredibly cringy. Just book them, give them their ticket, get their car towed etc, but leave the little "imagine if..." chats.

[@Heneling]

you woudnt say the same if you were the one that had to scrape them off the road

[@steveymoon]

@@Heneling - I would actually. I can't be patronising no matter how hard I try.

[@stevenalderley9036]

@@steveymoon The issue is, if someone has that mentality, to travel at over 100mph on a motorway and put themselves and others in that much danger, there's probably not a lot going on upstairs. So a patronising chat in the back of a police car is pretty understandable.

[@charliegardner8508]

Ahaha Got smoked differently off the 335d aha only caught coz he let off

[@pawedebicki7780]

Once again it is confirmed that women not suitabke for police service.

[@barrycook5607]

Idiotic music drowns speech

[@steveymoon]

No way, not over 100mph? 😮😆

[@dandavey2080]

We've aaaaall been over 100 let's be real

[@FF-pq2ex]

npcs haven't

[@audify3833]

@@FF-pq2ex they’re controlled by a number in a red circle even if the roads clear 😂

[@FF-pq2ex]

@@audify3833 hahaha fr some won't even get close to that number though 50 in a 70 is enough for them

[@gulaagjamun]

@@FF-pq2ex @audify3833 lol people i speak to always say 100 is reckless. What's funny is these same people havent even done over 80, which is the legal limit in a lot of countries

[@audify3833]

@@gulaagjamun they've been force fed BS information by the media, things like 'speeding kills' and all that. They take it literally

[@Bond2025]

It isn't the fastest speeding offences ever recorded, certainly not for the public. A police officer was called by his Inspector via radio (his car GPS showed him travelling at excess speed on the control room system) and asked by his control room a few years ago why he was travelling at 160mph along the M6. He give some excuse about assisting with catching a shoplifter in Blackpool. A job he had not said he was going to and was not asked to go to due to being in a completely different area. I am not sure if it was him or another one that went on to hit a bus and only turn the blue lights and sirens on afterwards and lied about it. It has all been in the newspapers. Possibly the same case, not sure now as it was a few years ago. The excuse was that he was testing the capability of the car, his new BMW unmarked traffic car! He was prosecuted as his inappropriate speed amounted to dangerous driving and had no lawful purpose.

[@TomTheGamer913]

that no insurance is ballshit.

[@ArnoldClarke]

Far right lane should be unlimited

[@huckinfarley]

It's very worrying that ANPR footage is available and used just like that for a simple speeding stop. It's all about control, not road safety.

[@johnskelton1117]

As Naz would say "what a balloon"!