Biker caught doing 156mph

[NTECUK]

Biker caught doing 156mph on A1



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-17201667

What do you think of his defense strategy
Clarke said in his defence at Peterborough Crown Court he was in total control of his motorcycle at all times and that it was built for speed.
The police rider followed Clarke for eight minutes on the north-bound A1M between Alconbury and Sawtry at the very high speeds on 12 May 2011.
Was the police man just as bad?

I do agree that excess speed on its own does not consitute dangerous driving. £2000 is taking the **** - still, its all revenue......

[Dave20046]

His defence I don't find unreasonable...until I read the bit about undertaking and not spotting the police bike. £2ks excessive but I'm sure others have been prisoned for similar speeds.

[Bibio]

the rider is a **** full stop. yes i have blatted up to silly speed but never on a busy motorway. in control he may have been but were the other road users aware of his presence. its titz like him the biking community don't need. there is a place and a time and its called a race track.

I'd say, take ya punishment fella. Better than doing time. Claiming you were in control on a public road at 156mph is stretching the point, that speed isn't in itself dangerous. He's probably not complaining, just thinking himself lucky at the moment.

How fast do Cop BMW's go then? Just asking for research purposes.

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by The Idle Biker

How fast do Cop BMW's go then? Just asking for research purposes.

You won't lose 'em in a straight line

Originally Posted by Dave20046

You won't lose 'em in a straight line

Let's race!

not being funny, but 8minutes he was followed for? why wasnt he stopped sooner? i doubt he was doing 70mph, blatted up to 156mph and was then stopped, the police shouldve stopped him sooner.

That speed on it's own might not be dangerous but reaction times for other road users is virtually nil, they might look in their mirror and see it's clear and next second there's a bike appeared, it's just crazy IMO.

On a quiet dual carriageway then maybe for a short blast it might be 'safe' but amongst other road users it isn't.

[Red Herring]

At those speeds it wouldn't have been a marked bike following him so the delay in stopping him would have been down to them getting an appropriate vehicle to do so.

To answer the OP's original question, is the police rider just as bad as they were also riding at those speeds? I guess it would depend on how they were riding. Did the police rider also pass traffic to the nearside or appear unaware of what else was around them?
The courts tend to look fairly favourably at police driving under such circumstance as they see it as necessary to achieve the objective, although there is no dispensation in law for the police to dangerous driving/riding, even in a noble cause.