Another dickhead in the news

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7865197.stm

"My Suzuki GSX-R is a 1300cc machine. It is the fastest bike around
and it has a top speed of 220mph. "

Just to sort of untrue bollocks that really helps.

 

Dangerous driving - not speeding. Pled guilty.

Video shows error messages from speed gun thingy.
"Error 03" "Timeout"
Maybe they had no machine evidence of speeding and
blagged the dangerous driving and he fell for it.

Not that I approve, but I approve of dodgy prosecutions
even less.

"I only went faster 'cos it was raining" - dearie me.

 

gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Never mind reality, just look at the soundbites the jury would have been
spoonfed :-

120mph.
Rain.
Child on the back.

I wouldn't fancy his chances of being found not guilty - and being found
guilty after a trail is going to give a damn sight worse penalty than
pleading guilty and saying you were very, very, very, very sorry.

 

fucking prize muppet

 

To be fair, surely this is a good thing? The guy appears to be a prized
wanker...

 

gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

s'possible, but the CPS may have had a bee in their bonnets about it.

 

Not at that speed, I'm sure the plod would send it to court whatever
he said.

 

For a kick off he doesn't own a GSX-R, he has a GSX1300R; there is a
difference. He may see 220mph on the clock, but the needle won't ever
reach it.

--
Lozzo
SV650S K5, ZX-7R P4, CBR600F-W, SR250 SpazzTrakka, SR250 Project
SpazzCaffer
I see a bright new future, where chickens can cross the road with no
fear of having their motives questioned

 

Not even if he turned it upside down and shook it?

 

In what way?

 

Nothing wankerous about what he did on the bike, but he pleaded to
"dangerous" when all he was doing was speeding.

Which is a bit shit.

 

If you watch the video you'll see his speed registered at 122mph over
a distance of 324.3m. Yeah, tell that to NASA.

 

You can't legislate for idiots and you can't expect everyone *not* to be a
complete **** either, so he won't be the last.

--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Bare handed, but the best quip came from his solicitor ****. "He accepts
that his son was on the back". That's fucking smart that is.

--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Plod don't send it anywhere. Plod refer it to the CPS who decide whether
to prosecute and on what charge.

 

Error 03 means that the camera was moving when the reading was taken.
"Unstable reading due to poor aim or panning off of target". This means
that the reading couldn't have been accurate. He should have pleaded not
guilty and got a brief. All his brief would have needed to do in court is
to ask the plod witness what "error 03" means. Even the most prejudiced
judge would probably have to throw the case out if the prosecution is forced
to admit that their "evidence" is completely unreliable.

 

Yep, I'm pretty sure the clocks don't even go up to 220 on the later
models (post 2000), much less indicate it.

 

And if they're going to take it through the courts anyway, which for
120mph speeding is a given, they'll have no qualms about leaving the
'dangerous' charge on the sheet as well.

 

Quite.

They can prosecute with dangerous and run the risk of the jury finding
the defendant guilty of careless, but not the other way round.

 

which is exactly correct - you wouldn't want a jury to be able to up
the ante, would you?