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<DIV>Must be using a cab with a jet engine ;-) </DIV>
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<H2>UK cabbie clocked at 420mph</H2>
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<DIV class=Date><SMALL><FONT size=2>Published Thursday 4th January 2007
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<P>A UK cabbie has broken the previous speed record for a petrol-driven
reciprocating-engined vehicle by clocking up an impressive 420mph in a 30mph
zone in Newport, Gwent.</P>
<P>Back in 2004, sales manager Peter O’Flynn was <A
href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/01/21/speed_camera_clocks_motorist/">captured</A>
(<SPAN
class=URL>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/01/21/speed_camera_clocks_motorist/</SPAN>)
by a speed camera in Cheshire doing 406mph in a humble Peugot - a record now
shattered by Tom Matthews' 12-year-old Vauxhall Cavalier.</P>
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was driving a woman home at 2.20am, <CITE>The Sun</CITE> reports. He later
received confirmation of the new record in the form of a notice awarding him the
appropriate prize of a 60 quid fine and three penalty points.</DIV>
<P>Modest Matthews, however, declined the honour, saying: "I drive an old
Cavalier - not a jumbo jet. According to this, I've broken the land speed
record."</P>
<P>He continued: "There has been a printing error. If they insist I was going
that fast I should be a Grand Prix driver - I'm wasted in taxis."</P>
<P>Mid and South Wales Safety Camera Partnership blamed "an employee processing
error" for the cock-up, and duly apologised. ®</P></DIV>
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