A man caught driving at more than 130mph on the M4 has been banned from the roads

Vasile Lucut, 26, of Bridgwater, Somerset, pleaded guilty to speeding at a
hearing at Swindon Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, November 2.
On September 20, just after midnight, officers from Wiltshire Police’s
Roads Policing Unit clocked Lucut at 108mph on the M4 between junctions 16
and 17.
When they reached the vehicle, it had accelerated to 130mph, reaching a top
speed of 136mph.
He was pulled over and subsequently charged for driving at excess speed in
a 70mph limit.
Following his guilty plea, Lucut was disqualified from driving for 60 days,
fined £700 and will have to pay a victim surcharge of £280 and costs of £85.
PC Steve Harding of the Roads Policing Unit said: “At almost double the
speed limit, this was an absurd speed to be driving at.
“Lucut is incredibly fortunate that he wasn’t involved in a collision with
another vehicle, road furniture, ordebris,s as it would’ve resulted in
almost certain severe injury odeath.”h.
“At those kinds of speeds, there is almost no time to react should
something unexpected happen.”
“Hopefully the disqualification and fine will make him reflect on the
manner of his driving and not do it again.”