Clapton clocked at 216km/h
 

From correspondents in Dijon, France
October 14, 2004
ERIC Clapton won't be driving in France for a while. Police said today (AEST) they clocked the rock star speeding down a highway at 216km/h and suspended his license.

Radar caught Clapton whizzing down a highway on Tuesday in his Porsche 911 Turbo at 86km/h above the speed limit, police said.

He was stopped near the town of Merceuil, south of Beaune in western France.

Police confiscated Clapton's British driver's license, suspending his right to drive in France.

Clapton, 59, a 16-time Grammy Award winner, took the bad news well, agreeing to a photo session with gendarmes.

After paying a 750-euro ($A1,280) fine, he then rolled away in his Porsche - this time in the passenger seat with his secretary behind the wheel, police said.

It's a good thing he wasn't driving his CarreraGT..he probably wouldv'e been going 316km :)

wow ...

Where does he live?

Fuck, that was fast ! :warning

216 fast?

That's kilometers not MILES!

It's up there, but really 300 clicks should really be considered fast. :)

and they call him Slow Hand?


rofl

BIG B

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

pussy

good for him

hehe

jahaahah fucked

What is 216km/h in non-communist terms?

135 mph

vroooooooooooooooooooooooooooom :glugglug

I got pulled over in NJ doing 101 in a 65 on the turn pike, just had a $250 fine and a warning for reckless driving. :thumbsup

Clapton is god.

if i was clapton i would the the exact same thing except faster

They must have got him going around a curve or something, 216km is shit all, I do better than that on the way out to the lake every weekend.

Indeed :thumbsup