Jase S

Pipsyp thank you for your post which was extremely well balanced, non-judgemental (unlike some of the posters on here) and summed up my position accurately. I took a lot of advice from my network of friends before deciding to plead 'Not guilty' to the charges presented. The law is such that you have to do so in order to ask for all of the evidence to be disclosed by the Police. It was physically and mathematically impossible for the Police to have done what they reported and this was relayed to the CPS in my letter, which also requested a raft of additional information. In the end I received a 'Notice of Discontinuance'. The CPS had decided to drop the charge made against me because there was NOT enough evidence to provide a realistic prospect for conviction. Had I been stopped by Traffic Police I am sure that I would have had a good talking to, but I don't believe that they would have attempted to fabricate any evidence. Instead I was pulled over by an area response car, with two adrenalin fuelled and envious policemen on-board. It was a complete abuse of process and they did everything possible to antagonise and intimidate me when first stopped. Had they given me a fixed penalty notice I'd have probably paid up and gone about my daily business having contributed to the Government's coffers; however, instead they decided that they couldn't just let me go with no real evidence. I remember their exact words clearly 'we have no idea that speed you actually got up to but we're going to do you for 100mph'. As a result of this incident I have learned a lot about our legal process and how it is designed to get the average motorist to plead guilty at the earliest opportunity. There is also a load of prejudice against the Porsche marque and I doubt that I would have had a second glance in my Smart cdi accelerating away from the same set of lights at full throttle (it's limited to 95mph which helps ).

Thank you Jason.

To say I was driving like a **** when you don't know the full facts is an interesting one - Everyone is entitled to their own opinion though and if the fact that I was accelerating hard on a dual carriageway (70 limit) in clear space and perfect conditions (dry, light and no traffic) qualifies your statement, then I respect that. However, you're probably an exception to the norm if you've never consciously chosen to accelerate hard in your VRS and exceed the NSL at any single point in time? If this genuinely is the case I truly envy your level of restraint/self-control. I am guilty of speeding and I won't be trying to get off or dispute otherwise. The only thing in question here is the actual reported speed. Had I been driving something less out of the ordinary, it is likely that the police would not have bothered to take a closer look. The VRS is a bit of a sleeper in this respect and in some instances all the better for it.

For certain these cars make an aural impression at 8500rpm! 82 mph can be (and was in this instance) reached in second gear at such revs. I admit that I accelerated hard and exceeded the NSL but I question the accuracy of the police evidence. I've have taken a lot of advice on this from contacts who are magistrates, policeman and a motoring solicitor and I just want to present the facts as they stand. Really can't believe that the performance figures for the Octavia VRS are so clouded in secrecy though. Will post up what happens in due course. Jason

You're correct but in this case the officers had not followed at a constant speed as reported. I saw them (not heard them) approaching at speed from quite a distance away after I had stopped accelerating and I did not accelerate again as reported. Yes I had been going quickly but I dispute the facts in question in this case. As this was an area response car they do not have video evidence as this would have been used at the time. Follow checks of this nature are a very rare occurrence as most cases have proper evidence pulls are via camera, laser, VASCAR and in those instances all you can do is plead mitigating circumstances. Was hoping that someone might know a 'reliable' source of performance statistics for the Skoda Octavia VRS but so far it appears not. Appreciate there are lots of factors involved but its just to show the comparative difference in performance. Thank you all for your responses to-date. If any one can point me in the direction of some statistics I would be grateful otherwise I'll have to rely on timing a shaky YouTube video....just kidding of course. Jason

Hi George, The police are effectively claiming that they accelerated off a roundabout to catch me up, performed a follow-check (200m behind) for 1/2 mile at 100mph, accelerated again to catch me up (after I allegedly accelerated again(!) ) and then caused me to stop at the next roundabout. Not bad going when the distance between the 2 roundabouts is only 9/10 mile. Truth is the Police Skoda was effectively flat out to catch me up after a brief spell of hard acceleration (and noise). As I was decelerating I could a car going for it (about 1/4 mile behind me) and assumed it was a rep giving it the beans in his 320d . As I coasted to the roundabout I could see the same car now closing at a proper rate of knots 120mph(?) and as I was at the roundabout they were hard on the brakes with the passenger gesticulating like mad for me to pull over. Suffice to say they were extremely agitated and excited having chased down a bright green 911 GT3 and initially told me I had been reported for dangerous driving - a statement they later retracted and later acknowledged that they weren't going to 'do' me for dangerous driving because I hadn't been driving dangerously, just too fast (something I don't intend to dispute!). The fact is I had accelerated extremely hard and drawn attention to myself. Police said to me at the time that they had no idea what speed I got up to but they were going to call it a 100mph, which was nice. The fact is their statement is factually incorrect and physically implausible. Simple 'O' Level/GCSE physics proves the stated sequence of events and alleged 100mph 'follow-check' to be impossible over the distance in question. I just want to be as precise as possible with the Police performance figures to prove that between the 2 roundabouts they would only have enough distance to get to a 100mph, stay at that speed for 18 seconds (1/2 mile) before jumping on he anchors to stop. Jase.

It's been some time since I last visited this forum when I had a Fabia VRS but I need some assistance from some fellow enthusiasts regarding the performance of the Octavia VRS. I am currently preparing a case to defend myself in court against a speeding summons and I need to accurately establish the performance of the Skoda VRS (both petrol and diesel variants). In this instance I was not stopped by Traffic Police but a marked area response car in Northampton. Had it been Traffic I would be certain that it would have been a VRS. I can find accurate 0-60mph times aplenty but finding accurate 0-100mph times is not proving easy. I would estimate 17.5 seconds at best but can someone please point me in the direction of some accurate statistics? Many thanks, J.