{"id":144875,"date":"2018-06-22T12:58:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T12:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/drink-driver-clocked-at-132mph-near-bedford\/"},"modified":"2018-06-22T12:58:47","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T12:58:47","slug":"drink-driver-clocked-at-132mph-near-bedford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/drink-driver-clocked-at-132mph-near-bedford\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Drink-driver&#8217; clocked at 132mph near Bedford"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Speed gun reading\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/13FD3\/production\/_102157818_capture.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  BCH road police<figcaption>Image caption                                      The driver was speeding and was also over the drink-drive limit, police said                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">A suspected drink-driver was clocked speeding at an &quot;unbelievable&quot; 132mph (212km\/h), police have said.<\/p>\n<p>The Ford Focus driver was stopped on a section of the A421 near Bedford at about 21:10 BST on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Police posted an image of the speed gun display on Twitter after the man was arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Officers said it was a &quot;miracle&quot; the motorist, who was found to be over the legal alcohol limit, &quot;didn&#039;t kill himself or someone else&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>The post drew a number of responses from shocked members of the public.<\/p>\n<p>                                          Skip Twitter post  by @roadpoliceBCH                              <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A421 Bedford - car stopped after being clocked at an unbelievable 132mph. Just in case that wasn\u2019t risky enough, driver was arrested for being drunk \ud83d\ude33 Miracle he didn\u2019t kill himself or someone else! 2023\/5606 pic.twitter.com\/N2PGLlFjZc<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BCH Road Policing (@roadpoliceBCH) June 21, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>              Report                          <\/p>\n<p>End of Twitter post  by @roadpoliceBCH<\/p>\n<p>One asked if it was possible to fine drivers &quot;for stupidity&quot;, while another said police prevented what &quot;could have been a horrific scenario&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>In one reply, officers said they hoped the arrest would result in a &quot;lengthy ban&quot; for the driver.<\/p>\n<h2>You may also like\/be interested in:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Ascot horse carriage crashes into shop<\/li>\n<li>&#039;Rare&#039; UK6 number plate up for auction<\/li>\n<li>Bakewell pudding &#039;lost in space&#039;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  Google<figcaption>Image caption                                      The speeding driver was pulled over on the A421 in the Bedford area, police said                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright BCH road policeImage caption The driver was speeding and was also over the drink-drive limit, police said A suspected drink-driver was clocked speeding at an &quot;unbelievable&quot; 132mph (212km\/h),<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":144876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}