Top10 British Speeding Excuses:

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There has been a great tradition of storytelling in Northumbria ever since the Anglo-Saxon poets, and according to local traffic police it is getting better than ever.
Speeding motorists in the region have provided a series of spectacular excuses in the last year, including fears of alien abduction and a mercy dash with a dying hamster.

A top 10 list of reasons for breaking the limit also includes a claim that an aircraft heading for Newcastle airport triggered the camera. Another driver blamed wind vibration from a surfboard on the roofrack for misleading the speed trap.
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The top 10 tall stories

· Fainting after seeing UFO and only being brought out of trance by speed camera flash

· Jet aircraft theory

· Very severe diarrhoea forced dash to lavatory

· Strong following wind pushed car over limit

· Friend had just chopped fingers off and I was taking him and them to hospital

· The surfboard

· The hamster

· Violent sneeze triggered involuntary stamp on accelerator

· Suspected foot and mouth outbreak forced dash to inspect suffering cow

· Rapid acceleration was the only way to demonstrate faulty clutch to mechanic

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