This is the moment a Bristol man was caught on camera overtaking an unmarked police car on the M4 at up to 150mph. An officer was on patrol on the westbound carriageway of the motorway between Junctions 15 and 16 in the early hours of November 14, when she became aware of a vehicle travelling behind her and approaching her rapidly.
As the silver Mercedes passed her unmarked police car, it was clear that it was being driven well over the speed limit so she radioed for support from colleagues. It was monitored by police to be travelling at speeds between 120mph and 150mph, staying in lanes two and three, despite lane one being clear, so was pulled over by police.
The driver Sajawal Khan, 23, of Stottbury Road, Bristol, had three passengers in the car and said he was travelling home from London back towards Bristol after celebrating his birthday.
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Khan was summonsed to Swindon Magistrates Court on Tuesday, May 3, and pleaded guilty to one charge of speeding. He was disqualified from driving for 12 months, fined £508 and was also ordered to pay £110 costs and a £51 victim surcharge - a total of £669.
PC Way, from Wiltshire Police’s Roads Policing Unit, said: “We work hard to keep our roads safe and we focus on something called the fatal four, which is the four factors which are most likely to contribute to a fatal or serious injury road traffic collision. These are drink/drug driving, not wearing a seatbelt, driving while distracted, and driving at excess speed. There is no doubt that driving more than twice the legal speed limit on a motorway poses a huge risk, not only to the driver themselves and any passengers in that vehicle, but other road users as well,” she added.
“We will continue to crack down on this sort of illegal and dangerous behaviour, by educating motorists about these risks, but also taking enforcement action when we see drivers breaking the law,” she said.
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