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    Teenage driver held over 140 mph YouTube video

    LONDON
    Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:35am EDT
    Traffic drives along a motorway in Britain in an undated file photo. A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of having posted a video of himself on YouTube driving at speeds of more than 140 mph, police said on Thursday. REUTERS/File

    LONDON (Reuters) - A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of having posted a video of himself on YouTube driving at speeds of more than 140 mph, police said Thursday.

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    The car, a Ford Escort, was filmed on the A76 single-carriageway road in southwest Scotland.

    The detained 19-year-old has not been named.

    Sergeant Scott McLachlan, from the Roads Policing Unit at Dumfries and Galloway police, described it as "completely foolish behavior."

    "Not only did he endanger his own life, but that of other road-users. It is unacceptable, and to post a recording of such driving on the Internet is entirely stupid."

    One-in-three fatal accidents involve drivers under the age of 25, he added.

    "Young men in particular seem to think they are invincible behind the wheel -- but the facts tell a different story."
    Oddly Enough


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