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Old 4th Jan 2007, 14:45
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never a cab when you want one

How Fast?! Cabbie's 420mph Ticket

Thursday January 4, 12:04 PM
A cab driver has been accused of speeding in his Vauxhall Cavalier - at 420mph! Tom Matthews was snapped in his 12-year-old diesel car in a 30mph zone. He received notice of a £60 fine and three penalty points - and then he saw the recorded speed was 420mph.
"I drive an old Cavalier, not a jumbo jet," Tom, 34, told The Sun. "According to this I've broken the land speed record."
Tom was clocked as he drove a woman home in Newport, Gwent, at 2.20am.
Mid and South Wales Safety Camera Partnership apologised and blamed "an employee processing error".
Tom says he will fight the penalty notice if he has to.
"There has been a printing error. If they insist I was going that fast I should be a Grand Prix driver - I'm wasted in taxis," he said.


now thats what i call service.
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Oops! Thought it said "Never a Crab when you want one".
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Originally Posted by Clockwork Mouse
Oops! Thought it said "Never a Crab when you want one".
Why would anyone want crabs?
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You're right. After all, they are utterly, utterly useless.
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He wasn't outside Lyneham then?
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Doesn't he fly Harriers (twin-sticks only?????????) as well???
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My dad got a speeding ticket a long time ago, and the date of birth on his fine paperwork told him he was 137 years old. [he was 37] Such a misprint got him off the fine.


... a little off the thread, but just had to say it.
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Originally Posted by stickmonkeytamer
Doesn't he fly Harriers (twin-sticks only?????????) as well???

The quote was 420 kts !


Everyone knows the Harrier's Vne is circa 230 kts, somewhere between most Cessnas and the A10.
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probably a copper on under cover work.

But don't tell Mic.
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Pi, I was referring to our collegue who actually went faster than sound in a car- don't you read the RAF News (or Autocar)?

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Originally Posted by stickmonkeytamer
Pi, I was referring to our collegue who actually went faster than sound in a car- don't you read the RAF News (or Autocar)?
SMT

Ahhhhh - you mean the one with no discipline?
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