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"Never Late in a V8": Police Speedometer Showed 85 Mph, Not Kilometers per Hour

Summary by 40ton.net
Irish drivers, especially those on Irish-British ferry routes, coined the saying "Never late in a V8" years ago. The driver of the rig pictured above clearly honored this tradition, pushing his vehicle to its limits, even using gravity to his advantage. A Scania 660S V8 belonging to a Northern Irish haulage company was stopped last Thursday, July 23rd. It was traveling on the A55 trunk road in western Britain, leading from the ferry port in Holy…
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Irish drivers, especially those on Irish-British ferry routes, coined the saying "Never late in a V8" years ago. The driver of the rig pictured above clearly honored this tradition, pushing his vehicle to its limits, even using gravity to his advantage. A Scania 660S V8 belonging to a Northern Irish haulage company was stopped last Thursday, July 23rd. It was traveling on the A55 trunk road in western Britain, leading from the ferry port in Holy…

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40ton.net broke the news on Monday, July 27, 2026.
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