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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Barry Ellams

Police tail driver speeding at 100mph on the M57

Merseyside road police clocked a speeding motorist heading up the M57 northbound at an alleged 100mph on Friday night (August 20).

Officers spotted that the motorist was driving at 100mph for more than a kilometre - 30mph in excess of the national speed limit. Police then tailed the car and stopped it.

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Officers said the driver has now been spoken to and reported for the offence.

Merseyside's Roads Policing Unit tweeted at 1.30am: "Vehicle observed travelling at a constant 100mph northbound on the M57 for over a kilometre with Police vehicle following behind. Vehicle stopped and driver reported."

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