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17 year old caught speeding
Posted: Jul 29th, '08, 14:01
by watters
just been reading this article
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Te ... ticle.html
how the hell did he get away with a 3 month ban? surely if the bike was restricted which it should have been it wouldnt have been able to reach that speed?
Re: 17 year old caught speeding
Posted: Jul 29th, '08, 14:20
by chris_1127
sounds like he was very lucky, if a bit dumb. and what the hell is a yamaha cdr400?
Re: 17 year old caught speeding
Posted: Jul 29th, '08, 14:29
by watters
i think its supposed to be a cbr400
Re: 17 year old caught speeding
Posted: Jul 29th, '08, 15:23
by Banditmax
A restricted bike should be only capable of about 95 tops. Thats what the certificate says for most restricted bikes. So that aint a restricted bike and he shouldve been done for driving a vehicle he was unliscensed for therefore also having no insurance either.
Re: 17 year old caught speeding
Posted: Jul 29th, '08, 16:30
by DynaMight
Should had put him in jail imo
Clearly a criminal.
Should had been 33BHP but I'm sure he's not the first one to find they've fallen out...
Re: 17 year old caught speeding
Posted: Jul 29th, '08, 17:04
by Cheese Monkey
[Censored] hell, if you're gonna do that sort of speed you want to be checking noones following you. Bet it was that bloody octavia.
Re: 17 year old caught speeding
Posted: Jul 29th, '08, 21:54
by Blue
Being the law abiding person that I am
What the hell is a victims surcharge They were on the A38 and apart from the cop no one else was involved, What happened, did they make him drop his donut?
Re: 17 year old caught speeding
Posted: Jul 29th, '08, 23:51
by Jak
DynaMight wrote:Should had put him in jail imo
Clearly a criminal.
And of course ... it's not like any of us have ever exceeded the speed limit ...
OK so perhaps 56mph over is a bit much ...
reminds me of saying ... people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones?
I'm just surprised the other bike managed to get to that speed
(I know both the bikers involved btw)
Re: 17 year old caught speeding
Posted: Jul 30th, '08, 07:19
by Maver-Nick
'At about 126 mph' ... 'No accurate reading'
Why the hell did he admit speeding...
He obviously had a crap solicitor...
Re: 17 year old caught speeding
Posted: Jul 30th, '08, 07:31
by jason
young lad - probably crapped his pants got intimidated to hell and admitted everything.
126 in a straight line on what is basically a motorway....big deal. His only mistake was to get caught.
Although I am surprised he got off so lightly. When I got banned at 19 they they absolutely threw the book at me and gave me a year, and about a £600 fine I think. But being banned from driving aint so bad at that age - and trying to insure anything thats not a C90 for the next few years when you come off the ban is way bigger a financial hit then any fine.
Re: 17 year old caught speeding
Posted: Jul 30th, '08, 07:47
by TLS-Moose
officers believed that they may be about to speed “due to their demeanour” - how on earth can you tell the demeanour of a person fully kitted, on a motorbike, in the dark
At the end of the day, if you exceed the limit you have to be prepared for the consequences - and in this case they do seem to have come out of it remarkably lightly given the speeed they are beleived to have been doing, especially gien the focus that has been made on that stretch of road in the last year or so
That said, when we got stopped the other week they initially reckoned we were doing 103 down ideford dip when I am certain we weren't doing anywhere near that ...... they then said that because the road markings were so far away they couldn't be sure - so why say about it in the first place
Re: 17 year old caught speeding
Posted: Jul 30th, '08, 09:13
by Mervin
TLS-Moose wrote:officers believed that they may be about to speed “due to their demeanour” - how on earth can you tell the demeanour of a person fully kitted, on a motorbike, in the dark
At the end of the day, if you exceed the limit you have to be prepared for the consequences - and in this case they do seem to have come out of it remarkably lightly given the speeed they are beleived to have been doing, especially gien the focus that has been made on that stretch of road in the last year or so
That said, when we got stopped the other week they initially reckoned we were doing 103 down ideford dip when I am certain we weren't doing more than high 80's at most ...... they then said that because the road markings were so far away they couldn't be sure - so why say about it in the first place
Trying too trip you up Moose, just seeing if you are stupid enough to admit you were speeding!! barstewards, Did you know if you are caught at 50kph (30mph)over the speed limit in france they take your license on the spot now
merv
Re: 17 year old caught speeding
Posted: Jul 30th, '08, 09:50
by Ricky_t
What!!
3 months for speeding and I have 12 months for a 20 seconds epileptic fit! That does not seem fair. Also, 126mph is not that fast along the A38. Before I was into motorcycling I drove with a friend a Jag StypeR and that was considerably quicker than 126. I think he made the mistake of not looking behind and being young.
Re: 17 year old caught speeding
Posted: Jul 30th, '08, 11:09
by TLS-Moose
Mervin wrote:[
Trying too trip you up Moose, just seeing if you are stupid enough to admit you were speeding!! barstewards, Did you know if you are caught at 50kph (30mph)over the speed limit in france they take your license on the spot now
merv
Dunno where you got that quote, it's certainly not what I said
Actually said as much to the copper (while his mate was giving layne a FP for his number plate) but they were unable to check both my speeed and his at the same time
Re: 17 year old caught speeding
Posted: Jul 30th, '08, 11:11
by TLS-Moose
Ricky_t wrote:What!!
3 months for speeding and I have 12 months for a 20 seconds epileptic fit! That does not seem fair.....
Somewhat different scenarios, I'm afraid
