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Motorist caught driving at 130mph on M25 claims he was speeding to avoid catching coronavirus

Image caption: Work on a new facility in Aylesford, Kent, began on Monday

The current mortuary capacity has been deemed “insufficient” to deal with the forecast number of coronavirus deaths across the county, including Medway. Councillor Gough told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “Kent is not alone in the need to make appropriate preparations for increased mortuary demand and we have a statutory responsibility to take the lead in responding to the coronavirus outbreak in Kent.

 

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My mother has missed her funeral service because of the Traffic_M25 M25Info protests. I am in the car behind her half expecting her to jump out. She was a meticulous time keeper and she would be going mad 😃. I’m not feeling amenable to the protestors that’s for sure.

excuses 😝

Kkkk

🤣💦

Yeah it's like running faster in the rain, you get less wet. Wait...

I wouldn’t blame him either.

No one has the correct information about this virus 🦠 so he might be right. Since there is no solution let him go freely.

Good effort

EmmeIineRussell

I don’t get this. To avoid being catched BY coronavirus, he probably meant. 😂

🤣

Best coronavirus headline I’ve seen.

I mean.... I’ve heard less reasonable excuses

AqibAftaba LOOOOOOOOOOOL fair point if you ask me

Knight this man 🗡

😂🤦🏽‍♂️

DaniiBarden69 a legit reason me thinks 🤷🏻‍♂️

I believe him

Imprison the criminal and ban from driving for 5 years after being released

Made me laugh but ridiculous driving

Adam coronavirus e yakalanmamak için saatte 130 mil hız yapmış. Coronanın da hızı bir yere kadar tabi.

Jude_Mugabi Hehehehe I bet if am in the BMW M5 it won't catch me

BurchettJason Definitely got the WhatsApp from his mate in the NHS saying the virus can reach speeds of 129mph

Dale_MUFC_ You know what all these ppl have in common? Their wives

That is amazing: being able to speed on the M25!

Someone caught speeding on the M1 the other day too. Over 100mph. Was travelling from Nottingham to London. When asked what he was doing, responded that he was travelling to London because the loo rolls were a penny cheaper there!!!!

Maverick_E

😂😅😂🤣

cant be too carefull

The_LCDC Did it work?

Should have been found not guilty for that excellent excuse.

🙈🙈

Racing drivers:

empire0fsilence lmaooo why did I think of you? 😂

DRawlinson1994 🤣🤣🤣

Bhavikchheda2 TheShiveshSinha

twillynavy246 Jackass didn't realise that if he drives so fast he will catch up to Ms Rona? 🙄

Sir_Zachi King_RubixQ look at this

frorider1996

bh_coxx you

DarkDrag0nNinja

I love being British. 😂😂😂😂😂

reecegough fuck sake

😂😂

Adam_smurf

ethanii

🤷‍♂️

Is there any proof that this did not work?

I live by two busy A roads and can tell you he’s hardly the only one who’s driving like a total dickead during the crisis. It’s like they think the police are too preoccupied with this lockdown to worry about people speeding.

kieronhallx

Fentuo_ Ahhhh

anthonywatson_ Can’t argue with that. Smart.

How fast is coronavirus?

James_Jenko

neilsinton2 I was joking when I told you to use that as an excuse 😂

👏Well done sir

What 🤔

Driving up here today, might use same excuse KyleJohnButler 😂

RealMrchappelow jgibo90

Was Coronavirus sitting on a Harley Davidson chasing him in a leather jacket

alec1271 Man got it wrong. Corona travels faster than that. Put your foot down next time !

Seems like lots think its great to go fast now the roads are quieter

Most British thing a Brit could do

Jail, max fine, a good wallop then sent to the nearest mental hospital.

__caitlincx

xedaFire

😭

That would have been my excuse too.

He had just burnt down a 5G mast as well evidently.

Well the onus is on the police to prove his claim is bogus. Good luck, so not guilty!

Big deal. There isn’t a lot of traffic on the roads. People are capable of driving fast.

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Kyizii

I’ll give it a go 👍

SAN4AAx i hope they let him go after this valid reason

Gyimi seiaa

People have always been avoiding corona then

Something you would appreciate frannyjbs

farrasoctara

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

emiller_xo

adamowens07 didn't know you popped to London?

Lol

Most I got was 125 on the m25... flashed by 2 speed cameras and never heard a thing 🤣

smithadam1999 legend 😂

Fairs

Dwarf of a Virus Covid-19 🦠 defo can’t catch up with 130mph.

More chance of catching it driving than if you just stayed at home like the rest of us

I've noticed a lot of idiots bombing it along due to the empty roads - and not just on motorways

🤣🤣🤣

Sounds legit.

Luke_Stevens95 new excuse

Fml 🙄

Are you for real mate 😂

What car?

so did he get away with the fine or not?

To be honest, when you put 130 mph on a logarithmic chart, it's not much worse than 70.

😂 😂 😂 😂

Viper_720 bruh I’m dying at this

👏🏻👏🏻

_sophiegreen u

Rush to next century

As Covid-19 is foreign then surely it would drive on the right?

Seamusjay uh oh! 🤣

JJKALE2 Probably voted for Brexit and Boris

connorpfam you

m0nds_ Lol

This thing is scary

One point for every 5mph over speed limit (min of 3) the total of which is doubled for every 5mph over 100 That would be be 12 points by 105 24 by 110 48 at 115 96 at 120 192 at 125 384 at 130 Fined £10 and one month ban for every point over 12 £3,720 fine Banned for 31 years

Oh that old excuse......ok you scamp, don't do it again.....said no one ever, instant ban, large fine, community service, flog and whip him

Looooolll

When you think you've seen it all. 😂

rds999_ rds999_

And this is not by NewsThumb 😂

emilynarissa

Bloody hell

Flawless logic

Totally insane idea with insane speed..... 🚗

😂😂😂

He doesn't want to take chances at all

QuotedResponse

😂

NickoHeath 130? Lightweight!

Ha, ha, ha.

🤦🏽‍♀️

Seems reasonable 😅😂😂😅😂😅😂

Lad.

Road runner?

NorthEastTweets 😂😂😂😂

Classic...was he from Essex?

Tmckinnin Wanker

It is, what it is!

The motorist wanted to kick the bucket before coronavirus caught him.

itsBrizzie brimarsh90 😂

Is everybody a moron at the moment?

PacmanTV

Jeyy_xo 😂

Hahaha, this has to go down as the most idiotic excuse ever.

niall04 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Unbelievable!

Olly_LFC

Good Effort!

Jaysung96

What if you are driving towards the virus 🤔

😂😂😂😂😂

Did he catch it? 😂😂😂

You got to love our peeps

😂😂

F1 Mclaren team caught the virus, let alone an amateur slow driver 🤗

Police Sergeant Nick Angel said 'we were parked up off the hard shoulder, when the perp flu past'.

singh_raj_yash 😂😂

😂😂😂😂😂

Best excuse yet😂😭

And the police let him off with a caution yeah right 😂😂

He would be buggered on the M4 around the Brynglass Tunnels then . Ave speed 15 MPH 23 hours a day 🙃

JackRepo_31 Worth a try

JoshHorrocks1 is this you?

Virus can travel with speed of light ho ha ho ha !!

joshmcfc lauraxshepherd

The_LCDC

Hahahahaha what a fucking excuse

JonJSW

This guy's from the 2050s. *Sigh*

Throw him in jail. No coronavirus there. 😂

No big deal if you know where the cameras are.

🤣😂🤣😂🤣

😂😂😂

Report failed to mention he was being chased a coughing bat..flying at 125mph

Immediate ban 👍👍👍 confiscate his car 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

And today’s Darwin Award goes to….

Hmmm, that’s a piss take 👍

🙇‍♂️Take his licence off him ! Too thick to drive a car !

😂😂😂 that's the best yet!

Rookie numbers, need at least 180 😂

Carole, was this you tryna escape Joe 🤔

ichopanimals

Yes I bet he did! I last used my car two wks ago to deliver supplies to my 90 yr old dad & saw at least 3 manic car racers abusing the lockdown by driving recklessly

pariktank Why hasn't JeremyClarkson tweeted on this yet?

Coronavirus apparently also affects brain cells.

Jon_Tha_Gambino

Prove he's wrong........

😂😂🤣

As excuses go

😂

hero

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

did it work

billyrufc4

What a pilchard 🤬

🤣🤣🤣

🤣

As we say north of the border.....

🤣🤣🤣🤣

😂

kenkenzobanks mawood90 Anvil_90

Some lockdown coming his way

What a moron 🙈🙈

BootwalaAbubakr Something you would do

If he hasn’t caught the ‘Rona yet, it must be working

Lol, thats why I do it.😁

barryomahony4 Did he catch it? If not, maybe he’s onto something?

l21js That you bullivant_zak

I love BBC news

What a knob 🤣

I've heard some excuses for speeding in my time but this just about beats the lot!! It's likely this driver won't be driving anywhere else for a bit.

ThePromisedSaviour

Unusual defence......

Fair enough

😅

cpfc_jw19 Name of 'Cleverly'.

RiceeChrispies Charlotte050900

cpfc_jw19 That’s the best speed to beat it.

The next thing will be...he has constipation and blame it on corona virus too!

?

If it was Labour politician it will be a speed awareness course, conservative, a 12 month ban

If he gets caronavirus now then it is because he was stopped!

Seems legit

LOL!

This is the best one yet

Numpty.

😂😂😂😂Brilliant.

Coronavirus with torches and pitchforks chasing healthy people!! :-)

Should be slapped just for that BS

88mph kills the virus.

How does he know it wasn't coming the other way.

Aperta me

Take license away 3 years £2500 fine and 6minths please

Sounds perfectly valid excuse to me

jayd1972 Speed limits on a motorway 😳😳😳

You have to let them off for that one... class 🤣

Seems reasonable excuse I guess. 🤔

Seems legit

Twat

lukefinnie 😂

He learned from Mr Cumming

Good man

Fair point, If you can see in your rear view mirror that it’s chasing you, what else you supposed to do !! 😞

You got to admit it’s quite an interesting excuse 😅

It’s a goer

Kirstenp23_

What a whopper

Do these people think the Police are zipped up the back!

🚔🦠🚘

Kkkkkk one craziest excuses l have ever heard

Racing Corona virus is dangerous. X

He was just trying to keep 2metres social distancing with the police doing125 mph ! 👍🏻🤣

He's a fool, everyone knows a virus travels at 88mph, you can never out run it.

That will give you an idea of the intelligence of the leftists! 30% won’t drink Corona beer 🍻 either! If you want order in a world of chaos , right thinking leaders bring order! Left thinking leaders bring poetry which is not helpful in times of crisis!

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Makes sense. What car was coronavirus driving?

Name and shame the arsehole

RichardNourse1

Amazing sense of humour. Hope the police was laughing too :)

Sounds legitimate to me

Sense of humour

this coronavirus is challenging the humans in every way

This has been clinically proven to work.

Gotta be fast!!! Hahaha

1mph faster than michael flatleys famous august 1998 M40 sprint. Though i preferred the lord of the dance's excuse: 'f*** off, i'm rich'

llamafarmer92 That's a compelling argument. We find the defendant.......NOT GUILTY

Maybe he was trying to reach 5Gs :-)

Doesn't matter were you go how fast you go this virus will get you ,,that's why you should stay at home to lessen the chances ,,,idiot

😀😃😄😁😆😅🤣🤣

IQ's affected by the virus then?!

lol

Brill I use that excuse.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

That is ACTUALLY the funniest thing I've read in a long time. This super-strict-lockdown is causing people to get absolutely mental! (no offence to mentally ill, obviously!!!)

scowensafc08

Lmfao oh please say it was an Audi or BMW

....well, knew someone would try that one🙄

Stay safe brothers 🙏.... India will provide medicines soon

That actually made me explode with 😂

MarkFrancois12 was this you?

🤣🤣

Covid19 is chasing world into Olympic marathon! 😁😁😂😎

He was right that the engine could outrun the virus if he crashed it for speeding.🤣

Wot a Wnker!😲

Cracking jokes but not so funny if they had crashed and they needed NHS

Makes sense, the faster you go the less likely it’ll catch up with you! PASS!

firthleeds You’ve gotta admit that’s a great excuse. Let him off for that alone tbh

Can see this going viral

'If drivers can't follow the rules we'll have to ban all drivers' Said nobody. Meanwhile Daily Mail types fall over themselves to suggest cleverly angled photos of park cyclists means all cycling should be banned. Among other excuses we've had: 'boredom'

Perhaps he is correct!

Because Coronavirus maximum speed is 129mph

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Sounds like a plan to me!😂😂

Makes sense tbf, you can't catch a virus if you're dead 🤔

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