caught 124 mph in a 50 advice?
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Dermot O'Logical said:
Breadvan72 said:
Indeed I could not be arsed to do more than skim the thread, my bad, but if it's fer real, then 'kinnel. It's even more stupid than if it were a wind up. Can a 48 year old be that naive?
Can anyone be that stupid and make it as far as 48?These things do happen and many a biker has hit those kind of speeds regularly, it's just so much easier than in a car. Add to that the notion that police don't chase bikes and it becomes really easy to assume that you could get away with it.
On the basis that this did really happen (be it '48' or not), this looks to be a very serious matter and sadly the sentence will reflect that. As a biker you are far more likely to reach higher speeds, but also seen as a far higher risk and so 'should know better' etc.
If it is you 48, be very repentant in court.
On the basis that this did really happen (be it '48' or not), this looks to be a very serious matter and sadly the sentence will reflect that. As a biker you are far more likely to reach higher speeds, but also seen as a far higher risk and so 'should know better' etc.
If it is you 48, be very repentant in court.
Edited by Mike335i on Saturday 21st October 08:35
My experience of 123.8 in a 60.
Unmarked car parked in a Lay by a long distance from me, well over a quarter of a mile.
Dry road and no visible traffic.
The policeman was polite, the car was checked over by another one and he asked me my speed and what I was out early on a Sunday for. Gave honest answers, was stretching the cars legs etc. Gave my reasoning for being on the wrong side of the road, was sighting a junction more clearly, was polite throughout. Policeman 2 came back and said car appears in good order and tax, insurance etc were all ok.
Now, on court day he turned up and gave his description of events, top bloke for doing that and very appreciated. Gave an honest account of expenses, dressed nicely, explained my working situation with regards to being able to work around not having a licence etc.
30 day ban, £500 fine and recorded as an SP30.
The guy who went before me, took a lawyer and was armed with excuses, got a much larger fine and a 6 month ban.
Your situation does not look roses as a marked carvdoes show a lack of awareness of your surroundings which if not technically a cause for dangerous driving must be seen incredibly negatively.
Just be honest, plan for the worst and do t try to wriggle out of it, manning up goes a long way in the courts eyes imo.
Dave!
Unmarked car parked in a Lay by a long distance from me, well over a quarter of a mile.
Dry road and no visible traffic.
The policeman was polite, the car was checked over by another one and he asked me my speed and what I was out early on a Sunday for. Gave honest answers, was stretching the cars legs etc. Gave my reasoning for being on the wrong side of the road, was sighting a junction more clearly, was polite throughout. Policeman 2 came back and said car appears in good order and tax, insurance etc were all ok.
Now, on court day he turned up and gave his description of events, top bloke for doing that and very appreciated. Gave an honest account of expenses, dressed nicely, explained my working situation with regards to being able to work around not having a licence etc.
30 day ban, £500 fine and recorded as an SP30.
The guy who went before me, took a lawyer and was armed with excuses, got a much larger fine and a 6 month ban.
Your situation does not look roses as a marked carvdoes show a lack of awareness of your surroundings which if not technically a cause for dangerous driving must be seen incredibly negatively.
Just be honest, plan for the worst and do t try to wriggle out of it, manning up goes a long way in the courts eyes imo.
Dave!
billzeebub said:
TheRainMaker said:
Shuvi McTupya said:
NorfolkInClue1 said:
Cumbria police do similar in a red VW Golf R.
Pretty sure back in the 80's, Thames valley police used to have a white Porsche 911 for that sort of thing.
As an old git who wishes to live to be an older git, I have made myself swear: "No litre bikes"! My Morini 350S is a lot of fun but will not go much above 90 with a fat chuffer like me on it. It is mainly a cornering machine (biking, like skiing, is much more fun in turny bits than in straighty bits). I was tempted by a Yamaha Thunderace 1000 but managed to say NOOOOO.
Entrapment? forget it! People watch too many US Cop and Court shows. English and Scots law have far fewer exclusionary evidence rules.
Entrapment? forget it! People watch too many US Cop and Court shows. English and Scots law have far fewer exclusionary evidence rules.
Edinburgh you say? Your cat B local is just down the road.
https://insidetime.org/hmp-edinburgh-prison-regime...
Earn £25 a week so plenty of time to buy a crate of Nivia.
Cat B's arent that scary.
https://insidetime.org/hmp-edinburgh-prison-regime...
Earn £25 a week so plenty of time to buy a crate of Nivia.
Cat B's arent that scary.
Willy Nilly said:
In for a penny, in for a pound, aye OP?
I dislike low speed limits as much as anyone on here, but 124mph in a 50 past a market traffic car is rather brave
"Low speed limits"? These will be the ones where you claim motorists "don't see you" or aren't looking when your doing over the speed limit. I dislike low speed limits as much as anyone on here, but 124mph in a 50 past a market traffic car is rather brave
Ride within the limits and your own. I doubt you are super fit to be able to ride faster than anyone else safely.
Assuming the OP is genuine and not a kid trolling or a sad-
adult trolling then the first thing that he needs to do is plead guilty. The cop probably has dashcam and monitored speeds - so the judge isn't going to take kindly to it. Prison should be okay as it's not the sort of crime that will get you put in the murderers and rapists cell-holds, and you're unlikely to be explicitly targeted for it by other crims.
I do have to admire that you thought it even remotely plausible you wouldn't go in nick for this though; there's no way you should be in the road with that little awareness.
adult trolling then the first thing that he needs to do is plead guilty. The cop probably has dashcam and monitored speeds - so the judge isn't going to take kindly to it. Prison should be okay as it's not the sort of crime that will get you put in the murderers and rapists cell-holds, and you're unlikely to be explicitly targeted for it by other crims. I do have to admire that you thought it even remotely plausible you wouldn't go in nick for this though; there's no way you should be in the road with that little awareness.
revvingit said:
Assuming the OP is genuine and not a kid trolling or a sad- adult trolling then the first thing that he needs to do is plead guilty. The cop probably has dashcam and monitored speeds - so the judge isn't going to take kindly to it. Prison should be okay as it's not the sort of crime that will get you put in the murderers and rapists cell-holds, and you're unlikely to be explicitly targeted for it by other crims.
I do have to admire that you thought it even remotely plausible you wouldn't go in nick for this though; there's no way you should be in the road with that little awareness.
I'm guessing late teens-late twenties lives with his mum, drives what he thinks is a fast car, works manually and thinks he is being funny... adult trolling then the first thing that he needs to do is plead guilty. The cop probably has dashcam and monitored speeds - so the judge isn't going to take kindly to it. Prison should be okay as it's not the sort of crime that will get you put in the murderers and rapists cell-holds, and you're unlikely to be explicitly targeted for it by other crims. I do have to admire that you thought it even remotely plausible you wouldn't go in nick for this though; there's no way you should be in the road with that little awareness.
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