Driver overtakes cops at 102mph then brags about how he dodged ticket

Bragging Ford Focus driver overtakes police car at 102mph then goes on Internet to boast how he dodged a ticket by claiming to be scared

• Paul Dyer raced past the BMW in his orange Ford Focus ST at 85mph in Plymouth
• The 55-year-old then accelerated around Volkswagen Polo and reached 102mph
• The accountant was quickly pulled on to the shoulder by officers in the BMW X6
• But Dyer said he was only going fast because he was scared when they pulled out

Paul Dyer (pictured) raced past the unmarked BMW X6 in his orange Ford Focus ST at 85mph on the A38 near Plymouth, Devon

A bragging driver sped past a police car then boasted about how he avoided a ticket online.

Paul Dyer said he overtook the unmarked BMW X6 in his orange Ford Focus ST at 85mph on the A38 near Plymouth, Devon.

The 55-year-old then claimed he accelerated around a red Volkswagen Polo and reached speeds up to 102mph.

Officers quickly pulled the accountant over but he told them he was only going so fast because he was ‘scared when they pulled out behind him’.

The policeman told Dyer – whose car is worth about £25,000 new – to drop his speed to 70mph, which was met by another barrage of excuses such as he had just got the car and had not driven for 23 years.

He asked the racer if he needed to be given a ticket to remind him of the speed limit, to which Dyer replied ‘no’.

As the traffic cop walked back to his vehicle, Dyer said: ‘Next time, put your blues on for me.’

He uploaded dashcam footage of the June 27 incident to his social media with the caption: ‘Yes I sound like an ar*e, but I got away with not getting a ticket for doing probs about 102mph. Lucky me.’

But users scolded the driver for his speeding, with one writing: ‘Just be a man and respect the bloke who’s doing his job.

‘You were speeding, he caught you. That’s the bottom of it, trying to convince him that it’s his fault for speeding earns you the biggest m**f award of 2020.’

Dyer replied: ‘It was a fair cop and a fair copper. I was at the time scared and shocked that in this new car I had to become familiar with he appeared to be no more than six feet off my bumped which is scary for anyone, well tailgating is dangerous driving.’

He added: ‘If he had had his lights on different matter, as I am sure you can appreciate.’

Another person commented: ‘I would have given you a ticket just for chatting s**t and blaming him for speeding.

The 55-year-old (pictured with the car) then accelerated past a red Volkswagen Polo and reached speeds up to 102mph

‘Everybody speeds, hold your hands up if you get caught and don’t try to waffle your way out of it, in the process disrespecting an officer who caught you speeding and let you off.

‘Or you’ll just end up looking like a whiny clown on the internet – which you have done.’

He added: ‘Other people have realised for themselves how cringe-worthy this video is.

‘Yes, I have been pulled over for speeding before. No, I did not fumble around trying to make excuses and chatting literal s**t wasting their time.’

Dyer replied: ‘I know I talked s**t and it is cringe-worthy, my performance, but no I am not blaming the copper, he was very fair just wanted to get this Janner over and done with.

‘This wasn’t a first time I been pulled for speeding either but that was a long time ago. I don’t want to either.

‘Maybe my talking hysterical s**t saved me some money in which case it was well worthwhile.’

Officers quickly pulled the accountant over but he told them he was only going so fast because he was ‘scared when they pulled out behind him’

A Janner means a person from Devon, especially the historically naval port of Plymouth.

Devon and Cornwall Police said the officers did not have time to use the in-car speed detection equipment – so were only able to offer ‘words of advice’.

A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said: ‘In this case, the vehicle in question accelerated to what appeared to be a high speed for a very short period of time, insufficient for the use of the officers in-car speed detection equipment that could be used to prosecute under a speeding offence.

‘The video appears to show one of our officers responding in a proportionate manner and the driver is given a clear choice; stick to the limit or find himself explaining his actions to a magistrates.

‘Our officers took the decision to stop the driver and issue words of advice, and despite the suggestion on a social media post, the video does not show a sure-fire way of avoiding being prosecuted in future if you are questioned by an officer over the speed or manner of your driving.’

Dyer declined to comment on the incident and said it was ‘history’ to him now.

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