Not saying I never speed....

[TheBikerStig]

even tho I dont. But if I were to state on these forums that I rode my motorcycle at xxx mph, how can the police do anything about it? I could understand if it were on youbook or facetube but I dont use any personally identifiable information on any web forum I use. However I do hear prosecutions happen from people bragging online.
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[P.]

My name is Patrick Newman.

I have done over 180mph on UK roads.

They probably will come, I'll just plead the Mark Roberts and get on with my life.

[Knightsy]

Personally I feel that if you do something the state deems naughty, you should keep that shit to yourself.
After all, coppers can use the internet too.

Or hide behind seven proxies
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[reed]

Yeah I don't get the whole 'I was doing 100 (KMH OBVIOUSLY)' or 'on a private road of course' thing. Some people are way too worried.

I quite often do over 100mph on completely public roads, in fact I probably do it at least once on almost every occasion I go out.

I speed all the time and ride irresponsibly, in fact I'll be doing exactly that later today.

Worst case scenario, someone must have gained access to my account and started writing stuff.

Of course in reality I have never gone above the speed limit and never in my life will do so. I love following every law in life.
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[G]

More prosecutions are from videos and the like.

N30 didn't get prosecuted in the end, but did get his door bashed in at an unsociable hour and a whole load of stuff taken from him.

The prosecution used postings on a forum to get the user '10 pence short' in prison for a stretch after a road accident.
He says the posting were generally posted in a sarcastic manner - but as he pleaded guilty he couldn't argue the toss.

I'd be 'cautios' about what you say and specifically how it can be interpretid. It's going to be there for ever.

Oh and there was a certain user on here that filmed himself being an arse to random, but 'got away with it' by dying first. Said person had of course posted up rather a lot of stuff that would certainly be 'of interest' to the police.


I think it's more a case that when you get caught at 100 (KPH) and claim you were only doing 70 (KPH). If you claim it's a one off and they point out how you tell everyone about doing that every weekend (even if you're just lying), it's not going to be so good.

[Tungtvann]

I think purely from getting done for what you post, they need proof of a time, place and speed. Simply saying I've done 150mph doesn't prove anything. A video where you are identifiable is much more likely to get you in shit, but like G says, stuff you post could be used as part of a bigger picture.

[KymcoRatChop]

All of your IP addresses are stored on the site. The police can request the IP address of any users who claim to have broken the law.

Admin may not be required to at a request, but with a court order, they've got to hand the information over.

So unless your masking your IP, they can trace ya.

[Rigga]

What happens if you post from your mobile? Is that easily traceable?
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[G]

A lot of the people on here it's quite irrelevant as it's not THAT hard to find out who we are.
You're an obvious example - I'm sure you've provided plenty enough information that they could turn up at your door in an hour if they wanted - or at least at your 'work'.

[Rogerborg]

[G]

Yea; his bike that I believe was more a pile of parts at the time - perhaps slightly making the whole 'road safety' argument .

[c_dug]

I see admitting things on here as kind of the same ball park as torrenting, I know I am traceable with either and if I get caught out then I'll have nobody to blame but myself and little come back either but in either case there are far easier targets to go for who have done far worse than I, kind of safety in numbers in a way
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[Derivative]

I don't think it would be a case of getting into trouble specifically for saying 'I have done 72mph on a UK road'.

More that it's going to end up being used against you if anything else happens. Example: BBC News article, 'the defendant posted on numerous forums bragging about his acts', that sort of thing.

Whether or not any of this is legally admissible I don't know. Seems like it's in the same ballpark as saying 'I once smoked marijuana'.

[ninja_butler]

In itself a brag means nothing, without supporting evidence such as a witness who reported you on that specific time and date it is no more than circumstantial evidence. People talk bollocks on the internet all the time, "you should have seen me, I hit 170mph on the A39, didn't drop below 120mph the whole way, my knee sliders were worn down to nuffink".

[stinkwheel]

However, say you were up on a criminal charge like causing death by dangerous driving. You could find past claims being used to refute your argument that you were habitually a carefull driver.

Not necessarily anything specific but it could conceivably be used to build up a background picture of you as a hooligan.
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[Nobby the Bastard]

At the end of the day, your answer is 'Don't believe what you see on the internet. Most of it is lying shite'.
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[Rob W]

I did 186mph on my K4 Thou on the A1089 Dock Approach Road.

Prove it.
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[Musketeer]

I was riding 220mph on my ZX6R on public road (M1 to be precise) the other day.

Honest.
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[deadwolf]

What if I admit everything but in Latin?
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[totalllama82]

[RhynoCZ]

Whatever you say, wherever in the world you are, you can always claim you we're just joking or exaggerating, it is not a crime to be a pathetic liar. Unless, you planed to do some embezzlement, forgery, fraud, and so on.

PS: There certainly are countries where being a liar is a crime, but definitely not in the EU.
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[G]

[-Matt-]

[fatpies]

Last year I did 162.6862 mph in a 30mph zone.

...... skydiving
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