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254kmh biker is a lunatic, say police
Speed-gun cop was almost killed: officer
A Perth motorcyclist clocked speeding at 254kmh on a busy highway might have set a WA record for speeding but needed psychiatric assesment, police said yesterday.
A lone police officer operating a hand-held speed gun recorded the biker speeding as he headed south on the Old Coast Road near the Marriot Road turn off at Kemerton, 25Km north of Bunbury, just after noon on Thursday.
South-West Supt John Watson said the officer, Sen. Const. Joel Prime, was nearly killed when he stood in the path to stop a second rider, travelling at a similar speed.
Sen Const. Prime said the second rider slowed and then accelerated, passing him within a metre. Officers were contacted and a road-block was set up 10Km farther south but it was believed the two riders evaded it by turning down a side road.
Supt Watson said police knew the identity of the first rider from his registration plate. They were confident of catching the man, who would be charged with reckless driving. Police would recommend he had a medical assesment and his license removed.
Supt Watson urged the public to call Crime Stoppers on XXXX XXX XXX with any information about the pair.
The first rode a 900cc black and red Kawasaki motorcycle while the second rode a blue and silver ZZR Kawasaki, which was either 750 or 900cc.
Supt Watson said the owner of the first bike was from Perth. He said in recent traffic operations, 90 per cent of drivers caught speeding in the South-West were from Perth.
Supt Watson described the first motorcyclist, who had been detected speeding at the fastest speed for a motorcyclist he had heard of in his career, as a lunatic."
Speed-gun cop was almost killed: officer
A Perth motorcyclist clocked speeding at 254kmh on a busy highway might have set a WA record for speeding but needed psychiatric assesment, police said yesterday.
A lone police officer operating a hand-held speed gun recorded the biker speeding as he headed south on the Old Coast Road near the Marriot Road turn off at Kemerton, 25Km north of Bunbury, just after noon on Thursday.
South-West Supt John Watson said the officer, Sen. Const. Joel Prime, was nearly killed when he stood in the path to stop a second rider, travelling at a similar speed.
Sen Const. Prime said the second rider slowed and then accelerated, passing him within a metre. Officers were contacted and a road-block was set up 10Km farther south but it was believed the two riders evaded it by turning down a side road.
Supt Watson said police knew the identity of the first rider from his registration plate. They were confident of catching the man, who would be charged with reckless driving. Police would recommend he had a medical assesment and his license removed.
Supt Watson urged the public to call Crime Stoppers on XXXX XXX XXX with any information about the pair.
The first rode a 900cc black and red Kawasaki motorcycle while the second rode a blue and silver ZZR Kawasaki, which was either 750 or 900cc.
Supt Watson said the owner of the first bike was from Perth. He said in recent traffic operations, 90 per cent of drivers caught speeding in the South-West were from Perth.
Supt Watson described the first motorcyclist, who had been detected speeding at the fastest speed for a motorcyclist he had heard of in his career, as a lunatic."
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