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A TRAFFIC cop sped at an incredible 159mph - and was caught by the camera equipment in his car, a court heard yesterday

PC Mark Milton, 38, wanted to see how fast the souped-up police Vauxhall Vectra could go, magistrates were told.

He took out the newly-commisioned unmarked motor in the early hours - and allegedly ended up breaking every speed limit in the book during a hair raising 90 minute ride.

He was said to have done 60mph in a 30mph zone, and over 100mph in a 60mph zone. But he really put his foot down on the M54 near his station in Telford, Shrops, the court was told.

It was claimed that he averaged a speed of 148mph - and at one point hit 159mph.

He ended up being accused after colleagues checked the hi-tech equipment in the car.

A "black box" computer and camera on board was said to have clocked his speed.

Magistrates in Ludlow were shown a video of parts of Milton's driving taken taken by the camera pointing through his windscreen.

Prosecutor Pat Sullivan told the court "The driving was grossly excessive. He broke all national limits. His argument is that he was testing the car to it's limits".

Milton, from Telford, denied dangerous driving and five specimen speeding offences.

The case continues.

I'm surprised nobody posted this when it happened, but below is an excerpt from Tuesday's Sun newspaper about a traffic cop who broke every single speed limit going just so that he could "see how fast the car would go".





Now we all know that you run the risk of going to jail for doing anything over 100mph, but it will be interesting to see what happens in this particular case.