150 MPH, Smile your on camera
re: 150 MPH, Smile your on camera
Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 4,535
Likes: 2
From: Houston in my blood, and under my tires...
re: 150 MPH, Smile your on camera
Originally Posted by mrphotoman
lmao, that is great. i saved that photo to my computer.
Sweet!
Ybesty - I'd have to agree though I don't recognize that kind of Fiat. I didn't think they made any cars that can go that fast!
Is the A10 a busy highway? I mean, are the police freaking out over something reasonably important or is the highway fairly empty & they're making much ado about nothing?
Thread Starter
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 83
Likes: 1
From: Essex, England
re: 150 MPH, Smile your on camera
Ybesty - I'd have to agree though I don't recognize that kind of Fiat. I didn't think they made any cars that can go that fast!
Is the A10 a busy highway? I mean, are the police freaking out over something reasonably important or is the highway fairly empty & they're making much ado about nothing?[/QUOTE]
The fiat is called a coupe, comes with 3 engine sizes, 2ltr 4 pot 16v, 2ltr 5 pot , and a 2ltr 5 pot turbo,
as for the A10, its a 2 lane road that goes through North London, it has various speed limits 60mph being the highest, this road is very built up with houses mainly , There are lots and lots of speed camaras as well
Is the A10 a busy highway? I mean, are the police freaking out over something reasonably important or is the highway fairly empty & they're making much ado about nothing?[/QUOTE]
The fiat is called a coupe, comes with 3 engine sizes, 2ltr 4 pot 16v, 2ltr 5 pot , and a 2ltr 5 pot turbo,
as for the A10, its a 2 lane road that goes through North London, it has various speed limits 60mph being the highest, this road is very built up with houses mainly , There are lots and lots of speed camaras as well
Forum Regular
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 953
Likes: 1
From: San Diego, CA
re: 150 MPH, Smile your on camera
Originally Posted by ybesty
There are lots and lots of speed camaras as well
Forum Regular
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 716
Likes: 0
From: Rayleigh, Essex
re: 150 MPH, Smile your on camera
Originally Posted by ybesty
Ybesty - I'd have to agree though I don't recognize that kind of Fiat. I didn't think they made any cars that can go that fast!
Is the A10 a busy highway? I mean, are the police freaking out over something reasonably important or is the highway fairly empty & they're making much ado about nothing?
Is the A10 a busy highway? I mean, are the police freaking out over something reasonably important or is the highway fairly empty & they're making much ado about nothing?
Originally Posted by ybesty
The fiat is called a coupe, comes with 3 engine sizes, 2ltr 4 pot 16v, 2ltr 5 pot , and a 2ltr 5 pot turbo,
as for the A10, its a 2 lane road that goes through North London, it has various speed limits 60mph being the highest, this road is very built up with houses mainly , There are lots and lots of speed camaras as well
as for the A10, its a 2 lane road that goes through North London, it has various speed limits 60mph being the highest, this road is very built up with houses mainly , There are lots and lots of speed camaras as well
Administrator / Senior Member / Retired
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 17,375
Likes: 669
From: Aurora , ILL
re: 150 MPH, Smile your on camera
Originally Posted by ybesty
Heres a little something that was in our sunday paper, Of all the cars it had to be, Attachment 15566
By Matthew Davis
POLICE are hunting Britain’s fastest illegal motorist who clocked 150mph during a Fast & Furious-style race.
The driver of the Chrysler Crossfire went head to head with a Fiat Coupe on the A10 in North London.
Despite a six-month investigation the drivers of the Chrysler and the Fiat, which was logged at 148mph, could not be traced.
Although the statutory time limit to prosecute has now passed, police are desperate to find them before they embark on another street race like those in the blockbuster series of Fast & Furious films starring Vin Diesel.
A Met police source said: “We need to find the individuals who were driving these vehicles.
“Those speeds should be only found in Formula One – not on the Great Cambridge Road.”
The incident – at 1am on April 7 last year – is just one of hundreds taking place on Britain’s roads. Cumbria police are prosecuting a driver after he was clocked at 138mph on the M6.
And officers in West Mercia charged the driver of a Lotus Exige with dangerous driving after he was caught doing 127mph on the A5 at West Felton.
Carl Christopher, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, said: “Speeding like this is clearly deliberate. You don’t get to 150mph by accident.
“We’re all responsible for the safety of everyone else who uses the road and speeds like this show no regard for the lives of other people.
“Why should innocent lives be lost or ruined, why should families have to suffer the pain of road accidents, simply because someone wants to drive fast?”
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said of the Chrysler incident: “Two vehicles were recorded on a speed camera on the A10, Great Cambridge Road, travelling at excessive speed.
“The first vehicle was a Chrysler Crossfire, recorded travelling at 150mph.
“A full investigation failed to trace the driver of the vehicle in the statutory six-month period for prosecution.
“The second vehicle was a Fiat Coupe, recorded travelling at 148mph.
“A full investigation to establish the identity of the driver was undertaken but that could not be established.”
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 2,280
Likes: 2
From: Albuquerque, NM
Re: 150 MPH, Smile your on camera
Here's a link, but I'm still searching for the infamous photo.
Daily Star: Simply The Best 7 Days A Week :: News :: Speed freaks’ 150mph race
Daily Star: Simply The Best 7 Days A Week :: News :: Speed freaks’ 150mph race
