Biker banned for wheelie

Stratman · Post by **Stratman** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:06 pm

Pratt. 6 times past the same camera!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hamp ... 643925.stm

Post by **firestorm996** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:00 pm

How did they catch him if it was a forward facing camera? Or did I just not read that bit in the article (very likely!)

Stratman · Post by **Stratman** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:09 pm

Just because you haven't a front plate doesn't mean they can't catch you. If you habitually offend at the same place they can check the bike model/colour/etc, narrow it down then employ special recognition techniques to discover who was riding.

Post by **firestorm996** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:34 pm

Ok.

I'll wheelie past different speed cameras in future, just in case.

:wink2

Squiffythewombat · Post by **Squiffythewombat** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 2:06 am

Stratman wrote:Just because you haven't a front plate doesn't mean they can't catch you. If you habitually offend at the same place they can check the bike model/colour/etc, narrow it down then employ special recognition techniques to discover who was riding.

more to the point, wheelies should be done in a safe envoirment!

tony.wilde1 · Post by **tony.wilde1** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:18 am

apparently it was his jacket that let him down...there was only 2 like it in the country

bigrich · Post by **bigrich** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:40 am

At Southampton Magistrates' Court, Skilton was disqualified from driving for 18 months, fined Â£600 and had 39 points placed on his licence.

He was also ordered to pay Â£70 costs.

Skilton, of Ellis Road, pleaded guilty to six speeding offences after being identified by recognition experts.

He received six points for each speeding offence and an extra three points for driving without control.

It is expected that the points will be wiped from his licence once he has served his ban.

Then whats the point of putting 39 points on his licence if they will be wiped out when he gets it back?

Jbrebel · Post by **Jbrebel** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:11 am

At least he'll have a very exclusive jacket to wear around the house

Post by **sirch345** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 2:34 pm

Is it any wonder bikers get bad press

Chris.

mwad · Post by **mwad** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 1:12 pm

He received 39 [/i]points ????

39 ???