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[Bateleur1]

Well I would never have thought they would have found and arrested him. Well done to everyone involved. 

 

Finding the identity of the person I would not quite see as rocket science or ground breaking investigation.  My question still remains, would they be able to prove the speed he was riding in a court.  Would be interresting to hear the opinion of some of our resident legal eagles on the hub.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Finding the identity of the person I would not quite see as rocket science or ground breaking investigation.  My question still remains, would they be able to prove the speed he was riding in a court.  Would be interresting to hear the opinion of some of our resident legal eagles on the hub.

Quite easily, if there were gantry video surveillance. A simple time over distance calc would be easy to perform. 

[NotSoBigBen]

Finding the identity of the person I would not quite see as rocket science or ground breaking investigation. My question still remains, would they be able to prove the speed he was riding in a court. Would be interresting to hear the opinion of some of our resident legal eagles on the hub.

Rumor has it that they never identified him but rather one of his mates/acquaintances ratted him out for a 10 000 ZA rondt reward ...

[Hairy]

Rumor has it that they never identified him but rather one of his mates/acquaintances ratted him out for a 10 000 ZA rondt reward ...

hey, that is R10,000.00 more to pimp his own car ......

[Bateleur1]

Quite easily, if there were gantry video surveillance. A simple time over distance calc would be easy to perform. 

 

This is where the South African Traffic laws normally fall flat.  You could have some technical issue like there was no sign on the highway saying that speed prosecution is done using time over distance (like they have on the N3 in KZN). 

 

It is always scary to see how easy it is to get out of a traffic fine.  I remember about 5-6 years ago the prosecution rate for speedings fines were in the region of 2% of all speed fines issued.

 

Normally when you get a traffic fine you just ask for the proof of the competency certificate of the operator of the camera, the callibration certificate of the camera and that other court document that allows them to put the speed trap up on a specific road.  You had a 99% chance that one of the three was not available and that was the end of your ticket.

[BSG]

This is where the South African Traffic laws normally fall flat. You could have some technical issue like there was no sign on the highway saying that speed prosecution is done using time over distance (like they have on the N3 in KZN).

 

It is always scary to see how easy it is to get out of a traffic fine. I remember about 5-6 years ago the prosecution rate for speedings fines were in the region of 2% of all speed fines issued.

 

Normally when you get a traffic fine you just ask for the proof of the competency certificate of the operator of the camera, the callibration certificate of the camera and that other court document that allows them to put the speed trap up on a specific road. You had a 99% chance that one of the three was not available and that was the end of your ticket.

There is a "speed prosecution is done using time over distance" (like they have on the N3 in KZN) on the N1 from Colesberg past Beaufort West and even further down South if I'm not mistaken.

[Patchelicious]

I’m just impressed that a TT could clock that speed. He almost went back to 1985

[Long Wheel Base]

Probably the guy that was recording it 

So I was wondering who recorded it. Was it the driver? The camera(assume it was a phone) was pretty much directly behind the steering wheel so if it was a passenger then he was leaning over a lot. I must watch the video again and see if you can see 2 hands on the steering wheel at all.

[fanievb]

So I was wondering who recorded it. Was it the driver? The camera(assume it was a phone) was pretty much directly behind the steering wheel so if it was a passenger then he was leaning over a lot. I must watch the video again and see if you can see 2 hands on the steering wheel at all.

 

[stefmeister]

I’m just impressed that a TT could clock that speed. He almost went back to 1985

 

I'm more impressed an Audi lasted long enough to reach that speed without breaking along the way.

[geomark]

[Long Wheel Base]

I did think possibly something like that but that would imply the guy went out there specifically to do that and film it. Surely he isn't that stupid or wait....................

[Eddy Gordo]

Can Audi TT even go that fast? I know the R8's can

[Long Wheel Base]

Can Audi TT even go that fast? I know the R8's can

TT RS for sure. If that was the normal TT the it would have been modified.

[gummibear]

Can Audi TT even go that fast? I know the R8's can

There's a guy here that attends the cars and coffee mornings that has a Audi TT RS.He spent about 11k euros to modify his and he gets 360kw and a top speed of 301km/h.

 

It is possible with some money thrown into it.If his is standard and only chipped then about 280 if he is lucky.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Can Audi TT even go that fast? I know the R8's can

 A new map, some decent tuning and 300 should be achievable by most performance cars nowadays

 

TT RS for sure. If that was the normal TT the it would have been modified.

Was a TTS. not TTRS. Can see on the speedo, where it clearly displays TTS.

 

TTS would probably have just required a remap or removal of the limiter.