Here’s an idea: if you’re going to break the law - which we strongly recommend you don’t - at least be smart enough not to film yourself doing it. It’s very possible we gave people this advice before, but even though most of us would think it’s common sense, apparently it’s not.
Posting the footage on the Internet is akin to turning yourself in. Only you’re not technically turning yourself in, so you won’t even benefit from the extra clemency that gesture offers. Anyway, the main idea that should transpire from all this is “don’t break the law.”
But even more important than that is to always think about the consequences of your actions and whether or not you could hurt someone. Doing close to 190 miles an hour on a speed-restricted highway doesn’t show any consideration about all the other motorists. “I’ve done it before dozens of times and nothing happened” is not a valid excuse.
Most people realize all that by the time they exit their teenage years, but not all, apparently. The man you’ll see in the first part of the video is called Shaun Davis, a 42-year-old English resident who seems to enjoy his fair share of fast cars.
We’ll agree Shaun is well past his teenage years - in fact, he even has a daughter who’s 23 years old and also features later in the clip. She too had a meeting with the law based on what’s going on in the footage, but more on that in the next paragraph.
Shaun is seen doing close to 190 mph (that’s over 300 km/h) on a British motorway, and he even starts nervously repeating “traffic, traffic” at one point, which suggests he’s had a close encounter with other cars minding their own business. His shenanigans will cost him two years and four months in prison as the police found the footage on his phone after arresting him on unrelated matters. That may seem a bit too harsh, but if it succeeds in deterring other people from following his example, then it’s probably worth it.
His daughter, on the other hand, was charged with encouraging Dangerous Driving and only received a two-year driving disqualification and 18-month conditional discharge. Based on what happened to her father, you could say she got lucky.
Apparently, Shaun’s tendency to drive fast cars on public roads was notorious with the Northamptonshire Police, but ultimately it was his phone that got the better of him.
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