Chris Walker banned for 60 days, fined ?1,000

[Silver]

Chris Walker got caught doing 130mph near Loughbrough in November and has just been banned for 60 days and fined £1000.

Full story here.

[Azmodeus]

Bit of a tit for driving at those speeds, but fair do's, he did admit it was a moment of stupidity.

Of course, the thing he should have done was slow down, let the car pass, then ride up next to it and twat the wingmirror off

[Silver]

You only have to look at the "What have you had out of your bike" thread to realise that a lot of us have done that speed, and more though. Don't fancy getting stopped going that quick though - 108mph was enough to give me a heart attack when I saw the blue lights!

[Ric]

is it jus me or is sayin 'i need my liecence for work' a cop out, y should a driving job allow u a better deal ??

[Silver]

[Azmodeus]

[Silver]

[Dom]

[CWfan1981]

If you are a professional racer as Chris Walker is, he needs his licence in tact to race. A similar thing happened to Damon Hill i think ages ago and he pleaded the same thing. He got a larger fine i think but less time on his ban. At the end of the day yes he shouldnt have sped like that but like Silver says, who hasnt sped in their life time! ....

Bit gutted actually he's my favourite racer he wont be able to test for the next couple of months!

[Silver]

I got away without a ban for my 108mph

It shouldn't stop him testing, should it?

[CWfan1981]

I dont know, im not sure if it applies to testing or not

Anybody know???

[Ric]

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[CWfan1981]

I agree i dont think anyone should be treated any different than any other person. But the fact that the guy speeds for a living has to rub off on you when you are on the road, it must almost become second nature, Although he was in a car and not on a bike.

[Silver]

[Ric]

i was refering to the two bikers caught on gatso

but im told it was 148 and 152 or summin

[hawkeye]

Depends what bit of the A46 it was. Have a look at it on a map, yup, dead straight from Leicester to Newark. Its dual carriageway for a bit, which is very open and quite a fast road. The single lane bit is a bit dangerous as lots of the junctions are hidden. Just an observation of the scene of the crime.

[Dom_]

[Jrod]

Only 60 days? Thought it would be longer TBH, People like that influence others so I thought they might be treated more harshly.

[Project9928]

When you think about it though, if you were either a moto gp rider or formula one driver you'll be used to doing way over 100mph most of the time and 90% of the time your at work. So when it comes to driving on a road with speed limits it must become really frustraiting. Theres nothing right about doing those speeds on a public road, but if you have to do high speeds for races you just wouldn't be able to help it.

I think it was David Coulthard who said that he really hates driving because he spends most of his time going round tracks doing way 100mph and that he hates having to stick to the limit.

I know I would find it quite frustrating to go slow if I was in his position or maybe I'd have a little more restraint who knows?

[mchaggis]

[Mr.Everready]

Lucky Chris I'd say........


A biker was done for 145 at inverness sherriff court, and charged with dangerous driving too. He got banned for two years, ordered to take a retest, and fined £5000. He was also branded a lunatic, could have killed hundreds of innocents ( ) etc - the offence happend at about 1.20 am. On the same day, at the same court, heard by the same sherriff, and prosecuted by the same fiscal, a local PC was charged with speeeding, having been caught at 136mph, only 9 mph slower than the biker. He was banned for 1 year only, and got a £500 fine, a 1/10th of the fine for the biker, though had been speeding earlier in the day, with I presume more traffic around. Justice is great, isn't it?
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[Ste]

Suprising that if you say "I really need my license for my job" they don't just say "well if it is so important then you should have thought about that before doing xyz".