Highway policing officers have slammed a driver who was allegedly caught travelling at 100mph at a infamous accident blackspot - with two kids within the automobile. Visitors cops working in Fife pulled over a Volkswagen Golf on the A915 Standing Stane Highway on Monday night.
Officers alleged the automobile was clocked travelling someplace between 100 and 105 miles per hour. The cops had been shocked to seek out the kids within the hatchback.
The 33-year-old driver of the VW has been reported to the Procurator Fiscal for harmful driving, as has the 20-year-old driver of an Audi that was additionally caught travelling someplace within the area of 100mph on the identical highway on Monday evening.
Writing on Police Scotland's Highway Policing Scotland Twitter account, cops have urged drivers to decelerate, branding rushing as "not acceptable".
They stated: "#FifeRP caught 2 automobiles rushing between 100-105 mph on the Standing Stane (A915) final evening. Each male drivers (Audi, 20 yrs & VW Golf, 33 yrs) had been reported for harmful driving. Unbelievably the Golf driver had 2 kids as passengers! #SlowDownSaveLives #ItsNotAcceptable."
The Standing Stane Highway, north-east of Kirkcaldy, is likely one of the area's most infamous accident blackspots. The only carriageway has a 60mph pace restrict, however locals say its three-mile-long straight encourages overtaking.
A number of folks have died in incidents on the highway in recent times. Earlier this 12 months, Fife Council launched new "sensible" highway indicators that may point out whether or not site visitors is popping into the highway, and even inform off tailgaters who're driving too near the automobile in entrance.
A Police Scotland spokesperson confirmed the drivers had been stopped and reported at round 11.10pm.
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