Motorcyclist Caught Going 158mph On A14 Road In Suffolk

On Tuesday, July 29, a motorcyclist adjacent Creeting St. Peter successful Suffolk was caught by a postulation mobile velocity camera going nan highest velocity recorded successful nan state since 2020 – a whopping 158 miles per hour, complete doubly nan ineligible velocity limit. The motorcyclist was travelling on nan A14 road, whose velocity limit is 70 miles per hour.

According to Suffolk section police, a Notice of Intended Prosecution will beryllium sent to nan registered reside of nan motorbike’s proprietor and nan motorcyclist, aft having been identified, will request to look successful court.

In England, speeding fines scope from an absolute minimum of £100 and 3 points connected your license, to a maximum of £2,500, and is calculated based connected a number of factors, chiefly by nan infractor’s income (up to 175 per cent of their play income), and nan roadworthy type connected which nan infraction was committed.

The constabulary besides commented that nan second-highest velocity recorded connected nan A14 was backmost successful 2022, erstwhile a driver was caught travelling astatine 147 miles per hour. There person been respective reports of drivers and motorcyclists going astatine dangerously precocious speeds connected nan A14 roadworthy this twelvemonth – successful April, 1 motorcyclist was caught going 127 miles per hour, and earlier that, successful February, 2 abstracted van drivers successful Creeting were caught going 89 and 96 miles per hour, respectively.

The A14 successful Suffolk is simply a awesome main roadworthy successful England, and runs 127 miles from nan Catthorpe Interchange, a awesome intersection astatine nan confederate extremity of nan M6, to nan Port of Felixstowe successful Suffolk. The roadworthy was precocious closed owed to attraction useful for 3 months, from April 22 to July 1.

It cannot beryllium overstated really vulnerable these speeds are, particularly connected nationalist roads, not only for nan driver aliases motorcyclist themselves but for different drivers who whitethorn person mini children aliases an aged personification successful their car. The A14 successful Suffolk has already seen its adjacent stock of accidents this year, immoderate of them involving aggregate vehicles.