Ferrari 458 And BMW M3 Caught 'Racing' On A Motorway At Nearly 150mph
A police speed van on the M6 motorway near Todhills, Cumbria caught a couple of drivers nudging 150mph last September. A Ferrari 458 and BMW M3 “appeared to be racing,” BBC News reports, with the latter car passing the former at 145mph.
More recently at Carlisle Magistrates’ Court, 39-year-old Edward Hall - the driver of the 458 - was disqualified from driving for 12 weeks and slapped with a £1104 penalty (including costs and a victim surcharge). The M3, on the other hand, was registered Onyx Executive Travel, and company director Fasial Tariq refused to reveal who was driving the car at the time. Read into that what you will.
As a result, the firm was hit with a £1185 fine, and 27-year-old Tariq has been disqualified 12 months. Incredibly, he’d only been handed back his license 10 days before the apparent ‘race’, having been banned from driving for two years thanks to a combination of drink-driving plus driving while disqualified and without a license.
Cumbria Police Mobile Support Group’s Sergeant Claire Sampson said: “We see the tragic consequences of people driving too fast and it is our officers who have to deliver the terrible news to families.”
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
Why didnt the police call the NFS cops to chase them
A police Tahoe is all you need
The crown vic will do…
Yeah NFS 2015 police is good
NFS cops are easy to evade.
so they banned the owner of the company despite no evidence of him driving the vehicle? seems bit unfair if you ask me
But they also had no evidence of anyone else driving the vehicle. And when the owner of the company it’s registered to refuses to comment on who was driving, it does seem a bit fishy…
The police will go to the registered owner of the vehicle for them to say who was driving their vehicle, if they can’t answer or refuse too then the punishment is given to the owner.
Otherwise anyone who got a speeding ticket could get out of the punishment
The M3 driver was just having a celebratory joyride after getting his license back
Ferrari: Me so fast!
M3: Oh yeah? Challenge accepted.
Police: You shall not pass~
now the real question is who won?
Stock vs stock the m4 has no chance, especially on a empty highway and at 150+ mph speeds. Even with serious power under the hood the M4 has the aerodynamics of a fridge compared to the smooth, sharp nose Ferrari.
Ok, i know this is silly but
From what I’ve heard from watching British television and such, do Britts use mph instead of kph?
Yes lel
Ye, Brits use mph
Yep, but we also use metres to measure shorter distances, not yards. And go by ‘miles per gallon’, even though fuel is sold by the litre. Welcome to Britain!
Wangan used to take place at night in Japan. Guys don’t overlook the masters when you get into a game (or go in germany to race)
(or crash because of Bosozoku boiz and disband) 😂
That has nothing to do with Wangan, it’s just two morons going against each other on an highway
Not more than 150? Dissapointing…
But that made a pretty nice poster!