Speed, Plod and Social Media

[Ayahuasca]

Let's say someone owns a powerful sports car, drives like a tit and posts prolifically on here and other fora, boasting about the ridiculous number of 'leptons' he does.

If he is prosecuted for a speed related crime, can the prosecuting authorities take account of his social media posts, can the police compel the miscreant to disclose his on-line name or password, and can the court draw an adverse conclusion if the on-line name and password are withheld? And can the police compel the website owner to give up the real identity of SpeedKing123 who has confessed to some horrendous speeding offence on social media?

[akirk]

yes

[speedking31]

I drove my 1.25 Fiesta at 150 mph in the 20 zone past a school at 3 pm yesterday. Bring on the prosecutors.

[Zetec-S]

speedking31 said:

I drove my 1.25 Fiesta at 150 mph in the 20 zone past a school at 3 pm yesterday. Bring on the prosecutors.

So that was you holding me up?

[LosingGrip]

speedking31 said:

I drove my 1.25 Fiesta at 150 mph in the 20 zone past a school at 3 pm yesterday. Bring on the prosecutors.

NIP is in the post to you .

[NGee]

Ayahuasca said:

Let's say someone owns a powerful sports car, drives like a tit and posts prolifically on here and other fora, boasting about the ridiculous number of 'leptons' he does.

If he is prosecuted for a speed related crime, can the prosecuting authorities take account of his social media posts, can the police compel the miscreant to disclose his on-line name or password, and can the court draw an adverse conclusion if the on-line name and password are withheld? And can the police compel the website owner to give up the real identity of SpeedKing123 who has confessed to some horrendous speeding offence on social media?

As nearly everything ever posted on unsocial media is a complete load of bks I wouldn't have thought it would help them much.

I think you're getting 'confessions' and 'ego boosting boasts' muddled up.

[jagnet]

Iirc, wasn't 10 Pence Short's posting history on another forum used against him in court to portray him as having a bad attitude to driving?

[hondafanatic]

jagnet said:

Iirc, wasn't 10 Pence Short's posting history on another forum used against him in court to portray him as having a bad attitude to driving?

Yep.

[eybic]

There was a case recently where someone's FB profile was reported and they followed up and made arrests. I think they were failing to stop in some sort of Fiesta.

[98elise]

hondafanatic said:

jagnet said:

Iirc, wasn't 10 Pence Short's posting history on another forum used against him in court to portray him as having a bad attitude to driving?

Yep.

...and he served time for his driving (for those that think it doesn't count).

[speedking31]

Hopefully a few obviously ridiculous claims will be sufficient to cast doubt on one's whole forum history

[Ayahuasca]

98elise said:

hondafanatic said:

jagnet said:

Iirc, wasn't 10 Pence Short's posting history on another forum used against him in court to portray him as having a bad attitude to driving?

Yep.

...and he served time for his driving (for those that think it doesn't count).

Yes, but I don't think it was for anything his posted, but for a particular crash he had.

[syl]

Ayahuasca said:

And can the police compel the website owner to give up the real identity of SpeedKing123 who has confessed to some horrendous speeding offence on social media?

I don't recall offering up proof of identity when I joined pistonheads. About the best the website owner could offer is proof I had access to some arbitrary email address at the time of joining.

[Vaud]

syl said:

I don't recall offering up proof of identity when I joined pistonheads. About the best the website owner could offer is proof I had access to some arbitrary email address at the time of joining.

And IP address for posts...

[kowalski655]

speedking31 said:

I drove my 1.25 Fiesta at 150 mph in the 20 zone past a school at 3 pm yesterday. Bring on the prosecutors.

Pah! I did the Kessel run in under 12 parsecs

[ghost83]

Unless there’s specific evidence then I wouldn’t have thought so but if someone said they were doing x speed in x location and the police happen to have cameras there then I suppose they may investigate, I know someone posted a video on YouTube of them speeding and they worked out the speed from the passing trees or the road markings and he showed his face on camera, (I think it was an Ariel atom) he got done I believe

[sunbeam alpine]

speedking31 said:

I drove my 1.25 Fiesta at 150 mph in the 20 zone past a school at 3 pm yesterday. Bring on the prosecutors.

Nah. Fiesta doesn't go that fast. Sure it wasn't a Razzle?

Showing my age there maybe..... Wonder whether they still exist....

[lyonspride]

sunbeam alpine said:

speedking31 said:

I drove my 1.25 Fiesta at 150 mph in the 20 zone past a school at 3 pm yesterday. Bring on the prosecutors.

Nah. Fiesta doesn't go that fast. Sure it wasn't a Razzle?

Showing my age there maybe..... Wonder whether they still exist....

I think he just forgot a decimal point

[Flumpo]

I would say that police wouldnt have the time or man power to investigate that sort of thing. They always say they are too stretched to attend burglaries and other crimes they consider minor.

But they do seem to like trendy crime fighting. So i can imagine them tracking someone for posting evidence of themselves speeding and finding the man power to send a few cars and a van to arrest someone.

[martinbiz]

Flumpo said:

I would say that police wouldnt have the time or man power to investigate that sort of thing. They always say they are too stretched to attend burglaries and other crimes they consider minor.

But they do seem to like trendy crime fighting. So i can imagine them tracking someone for posting evidence of themselves speeding and finding the man power to send a few cars and a van to arrest someone.

Ah yes, but these are a motoring offences so perpetrators should have a limb removed at least!

google 'andyroo speeding' and see what can happen when you mouth off on forums and social media