More than 2,000 motorists in the UK were caught by police speeding at more than 100mph in the last year. The figures come from 42 of the UK's 45 police forces in response to a Freedom of Information …
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156mph BMW, A1(M) Sawtry, Cambridgeshire
155mph Mercedes C200, M1 Jct 7-6 Bricket Wood, Hertfordshire
144mph Jaguar, M4 J20-19 Eastbound, Avon & Somerset
Police were asked to supply details for the 2014-15 financial year on the number of offences they recorded where a motorist was found to be going over 100mph - either by a speed camera or from an officer's speed radar. Forces were also asked to supply the maximum speed, location and make and model of vehicle involved.
Three forces - Greater Manchester, Kent and Thames Valley - did not supply any information while others only provided some of the requested details.
But the responses showed at least 2,169 traffic reports were filed by UK police forces against motorists - most in cars but some on motorbikes - travelling at more than 100mph.
The figures supplied by those forces specifying an exact speed showed 152 out of the 2,169 motorists were clocked going at 120mph or faster, with 43 stopped driving at speeds of at least 130mph.
"If you buy a performance car that's capable of 0-60 in four seconds and a top speed of 200mph, it's likely at some point the person is likely to take it to its limits."
According to the Transport Research Laboratory in Berkshire, which studies driver behaviour, two groups of people are often caught driving at very high speeds.
There are young men - so-called boy racers - but also men in their 40s and 50s who own luxury cars and may do a lot of driving for work.
The head of Transport Psychology at TRL, Dr Shaun Helman, said: "Modern cars are very good at protecting you from the wind noise and the road noise and all the things that tell you that you are going fast. And as a result people lull themselves into this false sense of security."
"There is a famous psychologist who uses the term 'carcooned' - people are carcooned in their vehicles."
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