http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/s...re/4664592.stm

A few months ago this policeman was aquitted of dangerous driving after he drove at 159 mph on the moterway and 90mph in a 30 zone. He was let off because he argued he was familiarising himself with the car. That aquittal's now being challenged (quite right too) and the verdict is due in tomorrow. I can understand the police need to familiarise themselves with a vehicle but shouldn't they be hiring a race track for the day rather than doing it in the town center where I might be staggering home drunk from a club?