Noel Edmonds admits doing 186 mph on the Tring bypass ...

[BTB 500]

This story was in the papers this morning:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/29092006/344/edmonds-confesses-186mph-drive.html

The version above omits one bit of info. though - it happened 30 years ago!

 

[Swiss Toni]

The version above omits one bit of info. though - it happened 30 years ago!

Actually sounds like a fairly vital bit of information to me... (and - I forget when the 70mph limit came in? - makes the difference between it having been illegal or not).

Top quality journo.

 

[ADY1983]

Fair play... even though a bit dangerous.

 

[Swiss Toni]

OMG!

It turns out not to be Noel Edmunds from the telly, but PC Noel Edmunds of Kent Police Traffic Division.

 

[BTB 500]

LOL ... in a Vectra no doubt!

 

[Doodle]

Actually sounds like a fairly vital bit of information to me... (and - I forget when the 70mph limit came in? - makes the difference between it having been illegal or not).

Top quality journo.

Like Hollywood, never let the facts get in the way of a good story

 

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I forget when the 70mph limit came in? - makes the difference between it having been illegal or not).

It was around 1966 give or take a year , so Noel probably missed it by 10 years or so .

The NSL was for a very long time a 'temporary' speed limit , not sure if or when its' status changed .

 

[Swiss Toni]

A self-confessed car lover Edmonds also told readers that he had sex with a Range Rover, adding: "You can't say you love cars if you haven't ever made love in one."

I love hang-gliding but....

 

[Rose Chap]

Hmmm, wonder if the late, great Steve Irwin said that about crocodiles?

 

[masqueraid]

"So I pulled this guy over & found out he was called PC Noel Edmunds, I said I've just got one question for you, deal or no deal?"