{"id":236496,"date":"2023-09-22T02:35:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T02:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=236496"},"modified":"2023-09-22T02:35:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T02:35:19","slug":"reckless-driver-clocked-at-162mph-fined-1500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/world-news\/reckless-driver-clocked-at-162mph-fined-1500\/","title":{"rendered":"Reckless driver clocked at 162mph fined \u00a31,500"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Driver who was caught speeding at 162mph &#8211; one of the fastest speeds ever recorded by police &#8211; is fined \u00a31,500 and banned from driving for six months<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Christopher Debono admitted to driving in excess of 70mph earlier this month<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A reckless driver clocked at 162mph in his Porsche, one of the highest speeds ever recorded by police, has been fined \u00a31,500 and banned from driving for six months.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Debono, 62, was filmed hurtling along the A43 bypass in Corby, Northamptonshire, on May 19.<\/p>\n<p>Officers from Northamptonshire Police&#8217;s Safer Roads Team had been monitoring rush-hour traffic when Debono sped past their van at 6.15pm.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Footage shows Debono&#8217;s black Porsche thundering along the busy dual carriageway.<\/p>\n<p>The driver admitted to driving in excess of 70mph at Wellingborough Magistrates&#8217; Court on September 8 and was banned from driving for six months.<\/p>\n<p>He was also fined just \u00a31,000 and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of \u00a3400 plus \u00a390 costs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/01\/75710839-12547437-image-a-21_1695341260911.jpg\" height=\"443\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mr Debono was disqualified from driving after he was caught driving at 162mph on the A43<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/01\/75710837-12547437-image-a-22_1695341292835.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The driver was fined \u00a31,000 for driving at speeds more than twice the legal speed limit<\/p>\n<p>Speaking afterwards, Safer Roads Team manager Matthew O&#8217;Connell said: &#8216;The A43 Corby bypass is subject to the national speed limit of 70mph, but this driver was detected at well over twice that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;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.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;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&#8217;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&#8217;s, safety.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;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.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Last year 40 people were killed in road crashes in Northamptonshire &#8211; one of the highest death tolls in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12547437\/porsche-driver-162-northamptonshire-police.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driver who was caught speeding at 162mph &#8211; one of the fastest speeds ever recorded by police &#8211; is fined \u00a31,500 and banned from driving for six months Christopher Debono&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Reckless driver clocked at 162mph fined \u00a31,500 - lovemainstream.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/world-news\/reckless-driver-clocked-at-162mph-fined-1500\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reckless driver clocked at 162mph fined \u00a31,500 - lovemainstream.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Driver who was caught speeding at 162mph &#8211; 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