Driver who was caught speeding at 162mph – one of the fastest speeds ever recorded by police – is fined £1,500 and banned from driving for six months
Driver who was caught speeding at 162mph - one of the fastest speeds ever recorded by police - is fined £1,500 and banned from driving for six months
- Christopher Debono admitted to driving in excess of 70mph earlier this month
A reckless driver clocked at 162mph in his Porsche, one of the highest speeds ever recorded by police, has been fined £1,500 and banned from driving for six months.
Christopher Debono, 62, was filmed hurtling along the A43 bypass in Corby, Northamptonshire, on May 19.
Officers from Northamptonshire Police's Safer Roads Team had been monitoring rush-hour traffic when Debono sped past their van at 6.15pm.
He was clocked at a heart-stopping 162mph, more than twice the legal speed limit and one of the fastest speeds ever recorded by police.
Footage shows Debono's black Porsche thundering along the busy dual carriageway.
The driver admitted to driving in excess of 70mph at Wellingborough Magistrates' Court on September 8 and was banned from driving for six months.
He was also fined just £1,000 and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £400 plus £90 costs.
Mr Debono was disqualified from driving after he was caught driving at 162mph on the A43
The driver was fined £1,000 for driving at speeds more than twice the legal speed limit
Speaking afterwards, Safer Roads Team manager Matthew O'Connell said: 'The A43 Corby bypass is subject to the national speed limit of 70mph, but this driver was detected at well over twice that.
'Excess speed is one of the fatal five road risks, vastly increasing the chances of a serious collision, and the consequences of a crash at over 160mph do not bear thinking about.
'Our mobile enforcement vans are deployed across Northamptonshire to detect motoring offences at sites where we have data to show there is an increased risk to road users, and I'm glad our team have been able to bring to justice a driver who on that day cannot have had a thought to his own, or anyone else's, safety.
'Everyone has a right to get home unharmed, and we are committed to improving road safety across our county by taking action against irresponsible drivers, as this case shows.'
Last year 40 people were killed in road crashes in Northamptonshire - one of the highest death tolls in recent years.
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