The punishment for really excessive speeding seems to vary considerably.
A motorcyclist (with pillion) shown on BBC TV last night, was clocked by Police doing 134mph - fined £130 and 6 points, but no ban.
As for the Nimrod pilot's comment about the lack of cruise control - well good luck to him for blagging it, but I'm very surprised that the Sheriff didn't double his sentence for taking the pi$$.
