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| Blackpool 115mph fail-to-stop driver 'needed the toilet' | Blackpool 115mph fail-to-stop driver 'needed the toilet' |
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| A motorist caught driving at 115mph failed to stop for police because he was "desperate for the toilet". | A motorist caught driving at 115mph failed to stop for police because he was "desperate for the toilet". |
| The man, in his 70s, was clocked driving at high speed on the M55 towards Blackpool on Monday evening. | The man, in his 70s, was clocked driving at high speed on the M55 towards Blackpool on Monday evening. |
| Police said a patrol car signalled for him to stop but he came off the motorway and pulled into a Tesco car park at Clifton Retail Park. | Police said a patrol car signalled for him to stop but he came off the motorway and pulled into a Tesco car park at Clifton Retail Park. |
| He told police he "knew they were there" but needed the toilet. He has been reported for speeding. | He told police he "knew they were there" but needed the toilet. He has been reported for speeding. |
| Lancashire Police said: "We followed him and signalled for him to stop at junction four. He didn't stop - but didn't speed off either - and turned towards Tesco. | Lancashire Police said: "We followed him and signalled for him to stop at junction four. He didn't stop - but didn't speed off either - and turned towards Tesco. |
| "We again signalled for him to stop and caught up with him at the retail park. | "We again signalled for him to stop and caught up with him at the retail park. |
| "He told us he knew we were there but was desperate for the toilet so didn't stop." | "He told us he knew we were there but was desperate for the toilet so didn't stop." |
| Sir Alex Ferguson was found not guilty of illegally driving on a motorway hard shoulder in 1999 after he told a court he was rushing to get to a lavatory. | |
| Magistrates agreed with the then Manchester United manager's defence that it was an "emergency," and cleared him. | |
| Bury Magistrates' Court was told he had been suffering from severe diarrhoea while driving on the M602, in Eccles, Greater Manchester. |