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Jail for 172mph Porsche motorist Jail for 172mph Porsche motorist
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The fastest driver ever caught in a routine speed check in the UK has been sentenced to 10 weeks in jail.The fastest driver ever caught in a routine speed check in the UK has been sentenced to 10 weeks in jail.
Timothy Brady, 33, pleaded guilty to driving at 172mph in a 70mph zone on the A420 in Oxfordshire, in January. Timothy Brady, 33, of Earls Crescent, Harrow, Middlesex, pleaded guilty at Oxford Crown Court to dangerous driving.
He was driving a £98,000 3.6-litre Porsche 911 Turbo. He denied another charge of aggravated vehicle taking. Brady was clocked at 172mph in a Porsche 911 Turbo in a 70mph zone on the A420 in Oxfordshire on 27 January.
Brady, 33, of Harrow in north-west London, was banned from driving when he appeared at Oxford Crown Court in August. He was banned from driving for three years and will have to take an extended driving test to get another licence.
He resigned from his job at car lease firm Helphire at its Abingdon branch days after police stopped him in the car. 'Share responsibility'
He denied another charge of aggravated vehicle taking.
After the case, police criticised Brady for travelling at such high speed.
Insp Martin Percival, of Thames Valley Police, said: "All road users share a great responsibility to others and need to realise that high speed increases the chance of failing to react to an emergency, let alone take sufficient action to resolve it."
Insp Percival said the 172mph speed equated to 77 metres per second.
"To put that into context, the average duration of a single blink of the eye is 0.3 seconds, during which time the car would have travelled 23 metres (five car lengths)."
The previous highest speed recorded by a camera which resulted in a conviction was 156mph in 2003. It involved Aberdeen car dealer Jason McAllister, driving on the A90 between Aberdeen and Dundee.