Manhunt for speeder, really?

[nutcase]

https://twitter.com/SussexRoadsPol/status/70825909...

Having read the link, it seems that officers have been checking hotels, bed & breakfasts. I appreciate that a conviction would undoubtedly be in the public interest, but using resources like that to catch a speeding motorist like this is ridiculous.

Here's the link to the fuller article http://www.sussex.police.uk/whats-happening/latest...

[vonhosen]

Perhaps we have different ideas of what a man hunt amounts to.
It says they are looking at a dangerous driving/riding offence, not a speeding offence.

[BoRED S2upid]

Sussex must be a very low crime area no robberies or other serious stuff to investigate.

Wouldn't happen here. Youths riding motorbikes through public parks all the time no doubt without insurance polic are too busy fighting crime.

[Mr GrimNasty]

The more effort my local police put in to catching bikers who think the the law doesn't apply, the better, as far as I'm concerned.

Publicising this won't waste significant resources, it could well save a life.

[daytona355]

Sussex obviously need the money, I can send em £100 if it helps, no need to spend thousands trying to nab someone, and they better have evidence, but if they don't know who he is, how will they possibly get him for speeding? Bet they are seething! Hahaha

[vonhosen]

daytona355 said:

Sussex obviously need the money, I can send em £100 if it helps, no need to spend thousands trying to nab someone, and they better have evidence, but if they don't know who he is, how will they possibly get him for speeding? Bet they are seething! Hahaha

Not a speeding offence, a dangerous riding offence. In another thread you were calling on them to spend more resources on dealing with dangerous driver/riders, what's changed so suddenly?

[singlecoil]

vonhosen said:

Not a speeding offence, a dangerous riding offence. In another thread you were calling on them to spend more resources on dealing with dangerous driver/riders, what's changed so suddenly?

Someone's just had his head nailed to the coffee table

[daytona355]

I didn't have time to read the link, poster said speeder, natural reaction if he got it wrong! So he wasn't speeding then? What did he do wrong? Don't tell me, went too fast and didn't stop for a cop so now it's dangerous, not just the speed?

[Greendubber]

BoRED S2upid said:

Sussex must be a very low crime area no robberies or other serious stuff to investigate.

Wouldn't happen here. Youths riding motorbikes through public parks all the time no doubt without insurance polic are too busy fighting crime.

Do you read the Daily Mail?

I doubt they have every officer in every department out looking for him.

[vonhosen]

daytona355 said:

I didn't have time to read the link, poster said speeder, natural reaction if he got it wrong! So he wasn't speeding then? What did he do wrong? Don't tell me, went too fast and didn't stop for a cop so now it's dangerous, not just the speed?

Evidently the manner of his riding is alleged to have fallen far below the standard expected (obviously so) & this presented danger of injury to somebody &/or serious damage to property. That's what dangerous riding is you know, so do you want dangerous riding offences investigated & dealt with or not?

[Rtype]

This guy sped, at times over 100mph through residential areas, schools, jumped lights junctions 20mph areas etc.

Then he had an accident at some point which caused him to come off of his bike.

He then got back onto his bike and drove further at speeds without a helmet, crashed again and ran into the shopping centre

[Cudd Wudd]

It seems that the sheer length of the chase resulted in his facial hair growing, whilst giving him time to switch into a snappy suit and pose nonchalantly alongside the recovered bike:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/03/11/10/3215E...

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/03/11/09/3215E...

[daytona355]

He sounds like a right tt, have him von. It wasn't me, by the way, gave up two wheels years ago

[Type R Tom]

If half what is in this article is true then some of the early posters in this thread look a little daft

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3487213/Mo...

[anonymous-user]

I'd call Raoul Moat a 'man hunt'.

This looks like a some social media work and a few follow-up enquiries. At least we have the "more serious crime" fallacy comment i.e. "There are more serious crimes that aren't detected so only they should receive attention" - great logic...

I'd be surprised if they don't have a name already given the quality of that photo.

[Rtype]

Type R Tom said:

If half what is in this article is true then some of the early posters in this thread look a little daft

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3487213/Mo...

Welcome to PH!

[nutcase]

Rtype said:

Welcome to PH!

To be fair, I saw the story straight after Sussex Police tweeted, and before further detail was made available online. Now that the fuller facts are available, it sounds like a huge amount more than just simple speeding, and rightly so the Police are seriously going after this clown. More than happy now to say that their efforts appear commensurate with the offences.

Trouble with PH sometimes is that if you start a thread before doing a thorough search and duplicate a story/link, you get hosed for repost police- and getting onto a story early means that in time other facts become known.

[8potdave]

Looks like he had some form of mental breakdown to me and just thought fk it!

Must be a stolen bike then if they haven't got him from the V5 of the bike.

[TankRizzo]

I'd be looking at the local travelling community centre for that guy.

[AF1]

TankRizzo said:

I'd be looking at the local travelling community centre for that guy.

Textbook 'traveller' hairstyle!