{"id":92430,"date":"2025-05-11T09:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T09:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/92430\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T09:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T09:52:10","slug":"volkswagen-driven-at-135mph-as-major-merseyside-road-used-as-a-racetrack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/92430\/","title":{"rendered":"Volkswagen driven at 135mph as major Merseyside road used ‘as a racetrack’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The car was seized by police\"MerseysideMerseyside Police seized a car on the Rainford Bypass after it was driven at 135mph(Image: Merseyside Police)<\/p>\n

A Volkswagen was seized after it was driven at 135mph on a major Merseyside road. Merseyside Police<\/a> attended the Ranford Bypass, St Helens<\/a>, after receiving complaints that cars were “using the road as a racetrack.”<\/p>\n

When officers arrived, they recorded a red Volkswagen driving at 135mph. The driver was stopped and the car was seized. Police also said that the driver had been given a Section 59 warning recently.<\/p>\n

Section 59 of the Police Reform Act 2002 allows officers to stop and seize vehicles if they are driven in ways that could cause alarm, distress or annoyance to members of the public.<\/p>\n

About this incident, Merseyside Police’s<\/a> Road Policing Unit posted on X (formerly Twitter<\/a>) at 9am on Sunday: “We attended the Rainford Bypass following complaints of vehicles using the road as a racetrack.<\/p>\n

“As soon as we arrived this vehicle was clocked at 135mph! The driver had been given a Section 59 warning less than two months ago. His car was seized and he was reported for summons.”<\/p>\n

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