{"id":80975,"date":"2023-11-05T11:53:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T11:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=80975"},"modified":"2023-11-05T11:53:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T11:53:36","slug":"moment-dangerous-driver-is-caught-speeding-at-75mph-in-30-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/world-news\/moment-dangerous-driver-is-caught-speeding-at-75mph-in-30-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Moment dangerous driver is caught speeding at 75mph in 30 zone"},"content":{"rendered":"
This is the moment a dangerous driver was caught speeding at 75mph through a residential area while wearing his football boots.<\/p>\n
Thauseef Tafique, 36, was clocked travelling more than double the 30mph limit in a quiet rural village after he overtook an unmarked police car in heavy rain and dark conditions on July 26.<\/p>\n
Cops pulled over the dangerous driver at around 11pm and found he was wearing football boots to drive in along the A634 Blyth Road, in Oldcotes, Nottinghamshire.<\/p>\n
Nottinghamshire Police said they were ‘blown away’ to find the footy player trying to drive in studs as they would not offer ‘sufficient control over the vehicle’.<\/p>\n
Tafique, of Sheffield, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and was banned from the roads for 12 months and handed a 12 month community order on October 3.<\/p>\n
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Thauseef Tafique, 36, was clocked travelling more than double the 30mph limit in a quiet rural village after he overtook an unmarked police car in heavy rain and dark conditions on July 26. Pictured: Tafique’s car after he was pulled over by police\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Cops pulled over the dangerous driver at around 11pm and found he was wearing football boots (circled in red) to drive in along the A634 Blyth Road, in Oldcotes, Nottinghamshire<\/p>\n
Tafique was also ordered to complete up to 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days, pay a \u00a3114 victim surcharge and \u00a385 court costs at Mansfield Magistrates’ Court.<\/p>\n
Dashcam footage released by police shows\u00a0Tafique overtaking a police car in the pitch black, which then immediately speeds up to pursue him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The police car can be seen travelling at around 80mph as the officer desperately attempts to keep up with the wreckless driver.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The chase continues as both vehicles enter in to the village of Oldcotes, racing past two signs highlighting the 30mph speed limit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At this point the police car is seen travelling above 60mph, matching the speed of Tafique as he jets through the quiet village.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tafique then accelerates up to 75mph once again, at which point the officer decides enough is enough and turns on his sirens, forcing\u00a0the 36-year-old to pull over.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As Tafique exits his vehicle he can be seen bizarrely wearing a pair of white football boots, before he is escorted to the side of the road to speak to the officer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sergeant Steve Waft, of the force’s Roads Policing Unit, was behind the wheel of the police car during the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Dashcam footage released by police shows Tafique overtaking a police car in the pitch black, which then immediately speeds up to pursue him<\/p>\n
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The chase continues as both vehicles enter in to the village of Oldcotes<\/p>\n
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The officer later pulls him over and as Tafique exits his vehicle he can be seen bizarrely wearing a pair of white football boots<\/p>\n
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\u00a0He is then pulled to the side of the road to have a chat with the officer Sergeant Steve Waft, of the Nottinghamshire Police’s Roads Policing Unit<\/p>\n
He said: ‘Our top priority is to make the roads throughout Nottinghamshire as safe as possible for everyone using them.<\/p>\n
‘As in this instance, as a team we will also deal with any criminality on our roads if we come across it and take appropriate action against offenders.<\/p>\n
‘The weather was very poor. It had been raining heavily throughout the evening, leaving standing water in places, and it was dark with no street lighting.<\/p>\n
‘I noticed a vehicle come behind me quite quickly. I could see it was pulling out to look at an overtake.<\/p>\n
‘As the solid white line changed to broken lines the vehicle overtook me into a blind right-hand bend.<\/p>\n
‘As we approached the village of Oldcotes, which has a speed limit of 30mph, the vehicle continued at 68mph slowed slightly, then started to accelerate up to 75mph which was when I illuminated my blue lights.<\/p>\n
‘The vehicle pulled over and I spoke with the driver. I noticed he was wearing football boots to drive in which would not offer sufficient control over the vehicle when breaking and accelerating.<\/p>\n
‘His driving fell far below the standard of a careful and competent driver.’<\/p>\n