Police Hunt 134mph Jaguar Gang

[bunny]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...299154,00.html

The gang - who dub themselves Liverpool Jaguar Boyz - took the footage on a mobile phone and posted it on video sharing site YouTube.

They are seen making hand gestures at each other and grinning as they egg the driver on to almost double the speed limit.

The film starts with the luxury saloon approaching 90mph.

With his foot hard down, the driver soon accelerates to 110mph, as one of his accomplices gleefully films the speedometer.

At that point, a skin-headed youth in the passenger seat yells out "110!" in a Merseyside accent, before excitedly shouting "120!"

Their words can barely be heard above the wind noise from the hurtling Jaguar.

He then shrieks "One-three-O" before flicking his fingers and making another celebratory hand signal at his friends in the back.

The car's rev counter is near the red line, and with his foot on the boards, the driver struggles to push it past 130mph.

"Keep going! Keep going!" the gang member in the passenger seat shouts.
Liverpool Jaguar Boyz
Liverpool Jaguar Boyz

Eventually the car hits 134mph and the footage switches to the wind screen showing the car thundering up the motorway.

A spokesman for Merseyside Police said: "We are reviewing the content of the video to try to identify the individuals featured in the film and ultimately bring them to justice.

"The force monitors YouTube and other such websites for evidence of crimes committed locally.

"It is important to establish whether images on the site originate from Merseyside, as it often the case that some of the footage posted is duplicated when searching on different geographic areas on the website."

[Ex0dus36]

that must be horrable on gas at that speed.... hehe he was almost redlining it the whole way :shock:

[bunny]

that is what I noticed too. what a crappy jag to max out at 134mph.

My camery has a limiter at 115 and driving at 113mph or so I get 21mpg so I'm happy.

[TSi+WRX]

that is what I noticed too. what a crappy jag to max out at 134mph.

^ Many cars today are capable of achieving much, much higher terminal velocities (even when gearing and aerodynamics are taken into consideration).

However, most are limited electronically/mechanically, as with your own vehicle - typically due to liability concerns (oftentimes, this has to do with the factory-equipped tire choice).

[StlouisX50]

I just watched the vid. They are a bunch of pond wash.

[SpeedingVolvo]

Wouldn't the cops have to prove that the speedometer of the jag was properly calibrated and accurate and yadda yadda yadda just like they have to do with their equipment when they clock somebody speeding?

[Lucky225]

Wouldn't the cops have to prove that the speedometer of the jag was properly calibrated and accurate and yadda yadda yadda just like they have to do with their equipment when they clock somebody speeding?

for real, for all they know it could have been set to kmh, I do that all the time to freak out passengers in my vehicle, hit the US/Metric button and the speedometer starts showing a higher speed.

[bunny]

yes, i think the news article is just trying to scare people.

[Lucky225]

not to mention it's a little hard to charge them with a crime when they don't know the ***ING DATE OF THE ALLEGED CRIME

[SpeedingVolvo]

They would prolly call them and intimidate/harass them into admitting the crime and date it took place. Unfortunately, most people don't know any better.

If they refuse to answer any questions without a lawyer present, they should be fine.