TWO drivers caught “racing at 100mph” on the Bingley bypass have been accused of “sticking two fingers up at decent society”.

Officers from West Yorkshire Police’s Roads Policing Unit (RPU) caught the pair on a 50mph section of the A650 yesterday, also clocking a driver in a separate incident at 92mph.

All those involved are due to be summoned before magistrates as a result of their actions.

The RPU posted on its Twitter account: “We know the Bingley Bypass isn’t a race track, however some seem to be forgetting today.

“2 cars racing at 100mph in the 50s – off to court.”

A second post, used with a speed gun showing a reading of 92mph, read: “And again. 50 mph zone and someone thinks this is acceptable. I think the magistrates will disagree.”

In May last year, a 20-year-old Keighley man was banned from driving for two years after reaching 134mph on the bypass, thought to be the highest speed recorded by police on that stretch of road.

Just weeks earlier, residents and local councillors raised concerns that the dual carriageway was being used as a “racetrack” after two drivers were caught doing 115mph and 109mph respectively on a 50mph section.

Councillor David Heseltine (Con, Bingley) labelled those drivers “complete and utter morons” and yesterday said he “wasn’t surprised” to hear of the latest incident of racing on the road.

“There seems to be this mentality in some people that the laws of the road are not there to be obeyed, and they will continue to flout them until there is a decent deterrent,” he said.

“A short ban or a miserly little fine will not have the desired effect.

“Idiots doing these sorts of speeds should immediately lose their vehicle, law-abiding motorists are fed up.

“Some drivers are permanently sticking two fingers up at decent society. It would be nice to see these cars crushed, but they could be confiscated and sold off.

“An auction of these boy racer cars could provide a salutory lesson, and the state could make a bit of money back too.”

Sergeant Cameron Buchan said the drivers were recorded by officers working on Operation Steerside, a district-wide crackdown on road safety.

He said the men would automatically face court as they were doing more than 25mph over the limit, but that they could ultimately be charged with speeding or dangerous driving.

He said: “Speeding alone, in legal terms, is not dangerous, it depends on other factors and potential dangers. But obviously a speed of 100mph in a 50mph zone is ridiculous, it’s unacceptable.”

A total of 9,692 offences have now been recorded under Steerside since it began in February last year, including 3,519 for speeding.