We need more of this ..

[linuxyeti]

It's not often I'll praise West Midlands Police, but on this occasion, I most definitely do....

https://www.facebook.com/westmidlandspolice/videos/1069546343392656/?t=24
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[Polarbear]

[linuxyeti]

[colink98]

how do the police offers maintain their cool after such a pursuit ?
the temptation to give the scrote a right good spanking must be extreme.
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[pepperami]

Sadly yet again a knobhead has shown bikers/bike riders in a bad light.
Secondly a bike has been crushed , that could have lived its twilight years in my nice warm garage and only come out to play when the Sun shone.
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[stinkwheel]

If I'd been caught doing 80mph in a 30 limit on my taxed, insured, MOTed bike with a full licence and had stopped immediately. I'd have been given a 4-figure fine, 6+points a ban and most likely actual jail time.
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[Easy-X]

Pah! Would have preferred to see some "tactical contact" action. Fear of prison seems to have no impact on crime. Fear of being mashed up and quattrospazzed does seem to affect the stats.
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[MCN]

[Bhud]

So there's a use for all that gymkhana stuff, after all.

[stevo as b4]

Nice work by the local police, well done guys!
I hope they also stopped the others before they killed anyone and crushed their bikes too! I agree with Polar bear that a short prison sentence should have been mandatory, and they should be paying the days wages to those Cops at least.

Now onto the riding facilities argument. Well nobody is or should be mandated to provide an off road place to ride for people with non road legal bikes. But there's a little but!

Some off road bikes are not MX machines and thus are not allowed on MX tracks and for many good reasons too. Some are not road legal, and can't be registered as they don't meet type approval. Now there is a small demand for responsible people who have fully legal means to transport said bikes to an off road facility to ride them.

There is just a few true pay and play sites around, and they are not evenly located around the country. People like me would pay circa £30-40 for a large place to ride for a day, to practice off road riding, and test a bike out etc. If said facility had a secure car park, a snack wagon and a jet wash then it would be even better.

I know that there's nothing to stop a private land owner (public complaints aside) to allow permission for own risk riding if they wanted to, and I believe that even if they charge a fee they have no liability whatsoever too which is exactly how it should be.

But getting to the point, not everyone has an MX bike or can ride MX. And not everyone who owns even a whisper quiet fully road legal bike, wants to put in a long day of road riding miles to find 1-2miles of sporadic green lanes at best.

I once saw some guys with trials bikes who were practicing on Bodmin Moor, in a pretty quiet place that I'd spent over an hour hiking to reach from a car park. They were riding illegally and I know how wrong it is.

But they IMO hadn't ruined the Moorland for 100's of years, or frightened animals, dog walkers, children or run anyone over. My friends from the area had a right go about them when I told them what I saw, and while I understand why and the fact that it's breaking the law, I felt for the guys riding the bikes who weren't really hurting anyone.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that wouldn't it be nice to have a few isolated areas that are a free for all for people who want to practice sports, and hobbies. Be it riding motorcycles, mountain bikes, flying model aeroplanes, driving Land rovers, or other stuff like hang gliding, microlighting, messing around in power boats etc etc.

I know I'm the most unrealistic twat for wishing the above, but the right to roam and the right to enjoy leisure pursuits at the weekends in the countryside was a wonderful thing once.

[Ste]

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[Sister Sledge]

^^ That's interesting because I know of a land owner who allows folk to use a grass field he has. Charges a tenner per bike. He doesn't allow full sized machines on - it's aimed at those parents who buy their little kid a quad or small petrol powered bike for Xmas. He's probably running more risk of problems by doing so!
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[Pete.]

Actually it's not legal to hold a public event on private land without authority.

[stinkwheel]

However, you could probably hold private motorsports events on private ground only open to members of an automobile club?
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[Nobby the Bastard]

Public liability insurance would be considered a necessity by anyone with any sense.
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[Pete.]

[stinkwheel]

[Pete.]

[stinkwheel]

[Pete.]

I dunno, I expect that the outcome of defining whether there are 'public present' in court depends on how expensive your lawyer is. Certainly the example Steve cited where a guy lets any Joe drive up and pay a tenner would qualify I should think.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[stinkwheel]

[Nobby the Bastard]

The main reason why mod is exempt from health and safety etc is because the crown cannot prosecute itself.
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