A36 and A303: Driver escapes police in 130mph car chase

The vehicle was initially clocked on the A36 Alderbury bypass doing 115mph.

It then reached speeds of 130mph in a 60 as it failed to stop for the Roads Policing Unit, before taking to narrow lanes to avoid capture.

The Specialist Operations team at Wiltshire Police tweeted on Sunday to say: "You may have got away today, but the paper work is already in the post!", along with this picture of a speed gun showing 115mph.

A36 Alderbury bypass, vehicle recorded at 115mph, the vehicle then reached speeds of 130mph in a 60 as it failed to stop for RPU, vehicle then took to the narrow lanes to avoid capture, you may have got away today but the paper work is already in the post!!@SouthWiltsCPT pic.twitter.com/3TA3zhHZCQ

— Wilts Specialist Ops (@WiltsSpecOps) April 4, 2021

Wiltshire Police speed gun

A tweet from the same account over the weekend also showed three different speeds of more than 100mph recorded on the A303, with the account adding: "Let's hope the trip to court slows them down."

A303 speed checks today resulted in 3 drivers found pushing the needle and their luck, let's hope the trip to court slows them down! #fatal4 #EveryoneHomeSafe pic.twitter.com/YQkKm2csbN

— Wilts Specialist Ops (@WiltsSpecOps) April 4, 2021

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