A Scottish motorcyclist has been jailed after being clocked by police at the fastest speed ever recorded on the country's roads.
Twenty-seven-year-old Neil Purves set the dubious record in May this year, when he sped along 0.7 miles of the A702 at Dolphinton in just 16 seconds.
Alerted by the whine of the one-litre engine in Purves' Suzuki GSX-R 1000 superbike, police recorded him travelling at an incredible 166.15mph.
The speed, thought to be the highest recorded in Scotland, was so great that it left an officer with 28 years' experience 'shocked', Peebles Sherriff Court heard.
Appearing with his parents, Purves - who has sold his bike since the incident - was jailed for nine months.
Defence counsel Graham Walker described his client, who had previously admitted dangerous driving, as a mature young man who was remorseful after having been "seduced" by speed.
"I think it's fair to say the level of risk that the public were subjected to was very low but there was considerable danger to the accused himself," he added.
At 166mph a rider would cover around 25 metres literally in the blink of an eye - which lasts a third of a second - and take at least 350 metres to stop.
