BMW driver caught speeding at 127mph
A BMW driver travelling at 127mph on the A1M in Cambridgeshire was caught and charged after he overtook a marked police car. - Credit: BCH Road Policing Unit
A BMW driver travelling at 127mph on the A1M in Cambridgeshire was caught and charged after he overtook a marked police car.
Police intercepted the speeding driver earlier today: they have since been charged with reckless driving.
Roads’ policing officers who made the arrest confirmed the motorist was suspected of drink driving but refused to provide a breathalyser test.
The arrest was made after the BMW driver was stopped at Sawtry, eight miles south of Peterborough.
A Twitter post from Beds, Cambs and Herts Road Policing Unit (BCH), said: “At 5:11am on Sunday March 6, a BMW overtook a marked police car on A1M Sawtry at 127 mph.
“Driver was suspected to be drunk but failed to provide. Arrested and charged”
The driver will later appear in a magistrates’ court to learn the outcome of their actions.
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The driver was suspected to be over the UK drink drive limit of 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood and failure to provide a breathalyser test result is an offence and attract a driving ban.
