Biker caught at 139mph

Danny · Ask Me About Stoppie School Joined: 26 Jan 2003 Karma :

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/hampshire/southampton/news/SOTON_NEWS_NEWS0.html

Another fellow biker looses his license Rolling Eyes

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Danny · Ask Me About Stoppie School Joined: 26 Jan 2003 Karma :

This is true, but I know of lots of roads where there are signs saying there are cameras/police and not once have I ever seen one.
Also in the article they want to drop the speed limit to stop people speeding, how the hell is dropping the speed limit going to help. Confused

Ian (GPX) · Brolly Dolly Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Karma :

He should of got longer, 6 months is a joke.

Bikers that are silly like this should never be allowed to be on the road, the limits are there for a reason.

Saw a stupid person in a car today as well, driving on the middle white line as if he was on a motorbike at 40mph overtaking all the cars that are queued up waiting for the lights to change !

Then there was a prat at a roundabout (I'd just left Danny's this afternoon), did not stop, pulled out in front of a bike and a lorry that was already on the roundabout !

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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

I have. I'm therefore a hardened criminal, so should be locked up for life Rolling Eyes

And I'd say by the time someone has died it's a bit late

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I ride depending on my mood Laughing

Makes sense to me.

Sides i'm young and stupid Cool

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I just want to point out at this point that I was going to become a paramedic and when I went for selection, the Paramedics told me that they hate it when people try to move out of the way.
Apparently its their duty to get around the cars, not the cars/bikes to get out of the way. I expect that is a commonly unknown fact. Very Happy

I do think that a ban and retest was extremely excessive for jumping a red light though. Three points max I'd have thought.

You sure there wasn't anything else involved....? Smile

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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Yeah, but it does help em if people pull over etc Rolling Eyes

MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

No, thats exactly what the Paramedic was saying. He might have been just expressing his personal view but her erckoned just by pulling over people cause more problems. Maybe because a lot of the time they pull over into places which are more in the way. I don't know. He said to me that if you hear an ambulance coming you should just act normally and not try to help. nine times out of ten it makes things worse apparently. Shocked

I'm just the messenger. Smile

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G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

Personally I ride to the limits I know I can.

I try to make sure that I am not endangering other people's lives. I wouldn't (have) go(ne) nearly as fast in a car, but I know on a bike I will be the one that's dead or mashed up.

Personally it's not something that bothers me, probably the only major thing that would come of my death is korn not having to pay quite so much to his hosting company Smile

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In the end though... it is /not/ speed that is the killer.
Saying that is like saying it is living that kills people.. you can't die without living and if there is no speed involved (ie two vehicles stationary) then there can not be an accident.
I do however believe that inappropriate use of high speed can cause death.

Ian (GPX) · Brolly Dolly Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Karma :

At the time I jumped the red light 15 years ago I was on the limit with points (had about 10 or 11).

Anyway, I jumped the lights and pulled over to let the ambulance pass me, on the path was two police officers walking towards me, one took a real liking to me for some reason and gave me a producer, a few weeks later I was in court and got a two year ban, I then appealed the ban and got disqualified for two years by two Judges and told to retake my motorcycle test, in other words they revoked my full licence, that hurt I can tell you.

At the time I was a dispatch rider so not only did I lose my licence, I also lost my job, at that point I gave up riding a bike, hence the reason for having to do it all again 15 years later.

Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Err so it wasn't the traffic light jumping that got you the ban, it was accumalation of points. Slightly different IMO.

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