"Driver of luxury Porsche caught speeding at more than 120mph on leafy Cheshire road" Article

[Deleted member 4581]

https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...s/electric-porsche-stopped-by-police-27279799

 

[DerekS]

120? Lightweight.

 

[Gru]

yep ! that one was caught at a real (ie before correction) speed of more than 260mph....

https://euro.dayfr.com/sports/491655.html

 

[Fish Fingers]

https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...s/electric-porsche-stopped-by-police-27279799

My neck of the woods.

Don't expect much sympathy for the driver ....or any love for EVs in the comments section.

 

[whitex]

70 speed limit, dashed line, maybe he was just trying to pass a caravan quickly.

One of my pet peeves, people driving 10mph+ under the speed limit, 15+ under uphill, then downhill, where the passing is finally allowed, they go 10+ over the limit. If you need to pass 4 or more cars like this, it helps to have a decent speed differential. 120 might be overkill, but if people are doing 80 (70+10), you probably need 100 to pass them safelyand therefore swiftly. I wish passing was allowed uphills, where people who drive like they'd ride a cow (get on and point it in a general direction, not paying attention to speed, signaling, who they're blocking or cutting off) tend to drive real slow. But I get that allowing passing uphill could make even more of a mess, with underpowered cars trying to pass with 1mph speed differential while oncoming traffic is flying downhill (or worse, unseen over the hill).

 

[j.w.s]

https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...s/electric-porsche-stopped-by-police-27279799

The speed limit on that two-lane road with no separation is 70MPH? Not 35MPH?

 

[Fish Fingers]

The speed limit on that two-lane road with no separation is 70MPH? Not 35MPH?

That's not the road he was caught speeding on (A556).
It's a road off it where the Police had pulled him.

The A556 is a dual carriageway with 2 lanes in each direction.
Some places (not where he was caught) there no central barrier and 60mph each way. Quite dangerous and often bad accidents.

 

[Marmolata]

brexit means brexit. ?

Unless of course if you own a football team in Manchester...?

 

[daveo4EV]

https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...s/electric-porsche-stopped-by-police-27279799

top speed of the Taycan is 163 mph - 120 just shows a lack of effort…and commitment.

 

[Archimedes]

Pfffft, only 120 and he actually pulled over. Rookie moves.

 

[Dee]

and 60mph each way

So 60+60=120 mph.
Seems legit to me. ??‍

 

[Deleted member 4616]

Over 100mph mandatory loss of license iirc.

 

[W1NGE]

The speed limit on that two-lane road with no separation is 70MPH? Not 35MPH?

Generally 60mph (national speed limit) unless marked otherwise on single carriage (2 lanes) roads.

 

[tigerbalm]

When you think in km/h – initially, these mph numbers always look low enough.

 

[Fish Fingers]

When you think in km/h – initially, these mph numbers always look low enough.

Unfortunately for the driver, the Dibble think it's quite high ?