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Jun
Drivers disqualified for clocking 150mph on A1(M) near Knaresborough
Two men have been disqualified from driving after being caught speeding at 150mph on the A1(M) near Knaresborough and Boroughbridge.
According to a North Yorkshire Police statement today, traffic constable Peter Keenen spotted the cars on the A1(M) near junction 46 at Wetherby at about 1.45am on Monday, March 31 this year.
The cars – a BMW 1 series and a VW Golf – accelerated alongside each other, reaching speeds of 150mph, before police managed to stop them between junctions 47 and 48.
Mohammed Hussain, 24, from South Shields, South Tyneside, pleaded guilty at Harrogate Magistrates Court today, where he was disqualified from driving for six months and fined £862.
At an earlier hearing in the same court, on May 6, Sean Wilson, 18, from Cranleigh, Surrey, was disqualified for 56 days and fined £674.
A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Police said:
Our officers attend far too many collisions where people are seriously injured or killed as a result of excessive speed. Neither driver in this case showed the slightest consideration for the safety of other roads users, and it is a positive result that they are both now disqualified from driving.
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