Only because he was a man in a BMW. 
A woman in a Nissan wouldn't have?

BMW driver overtook police officers responding to 999 call at 120mph on M54 | Shropshire Star

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/crime/2023/10/07/bmw-driver-overtook-police-officers-responding-to-999-call-at-120mph-on-m54/

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