Careful what you post on the t'interweb..

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by AndyBrad

scary stuff at the moment. Im personally worried about these folks that have been done for riding in a group. I am aware that one of their frends was killed. Does that make you guilty by accociation to anything anyone does in agroup?

I think theres more to it with that particular case.

I read something else about that that I think might also to be to do with, the fact that they were videoing their ride and the police stopped them at the accident site and reviewed the videos and the things that they are being prosecuted for werent to do with the accident, but were to do with what they were doing when being video'd...

I think I might have mis-understood the whole thing though.

Interesting post this.

The only "spirited" riding i've posted videos of online are of my whilst im abroad. What would happen with those as none of its on UK soil?

[gruntygiggles]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Must not have been any real criminals around that day eh

Still wonder what he did (or poor advice taken) that he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving?

Ah, but you may well be calling him a "real criminal" if he pulled a wheelie past a loved one at stupid speed, lost control, causing massive accident and loved ones injury or worse...demise.

It's like drink drivers...dangerous driving is dangerous driving. End of. If you get behind the wheel after having too much to drink, you are effectively a moving lethal weapon. If you drive sober but in a dangerous manner, you are still a moving lethal weapon.

On a bike, you may be less likely to cause as much damage to others through your own poor actions, but it can and does still happen, so to me, riding in a dangerous manner does make you a real criminal.

[gruntygiggles]

Originally Posted by Daimo

Interesting post this.

The only "spirited" riding i've posted videos of online are of my whilst im abroad. What would happen with those as none of its on UK soil?

Doubt they'd even bother watching once they realised...too much paperwork added to the already too much paperwork police have to deal with.

My bikes to classy for the police anyway. They would just wibble at the knees of the soundtrack.

*hopes*

[anna]

To be honest, it isn´t just videos that you have to be careful of. Many a time I have seen bragging on forums about speeds. Do you really think by inserting *cough* or ** before a number you are actually being discrete about what has been written.

Once something is written it can be printed and used in evidence against you, simple.

I think though as Fizz and others have said there is more to this particular story then we know about. It would be nice not to turn this into a "havent the police got anything better to do" thread as clearly they were acting against a unlawful act.

Thats rubbish imo.

So if I type.

Last night, I killed a person, I stabbed them in the eye with a peice of paper and now the police are after me.

Thatrs going to get me in trouble if someone ironically got stabbed in the face last night? No, it won't, its a lie, and if your actually a web user you'll see that most of the people on the internet lie quite often. Its a pet hate of mine, I call them billy Bullsh1tters. Youtube is full of them. Like a Morrocan man who tried to feed me a load of BS about owning a road going NSR500 and calling me all sorts of names. I know there were no road going ones made, but he tried calling me names etc.. I knew he was lying, I put him in his place, he's not replied again. the interwebz is full of this BillyBS so you can't use whats typed really imo. Only if you can PROVE that somoene has done both things? I.E Said they have sped, AND have video of them doing it.

If I write I done 160mph on my bike last night, does that mean its true? Of course it doesn't, its just text. If I had a video I posted online AS well, then something MAY be able to be used.

[hindle8907]

Originally Posted by Daimo

For me next trick, i'll become Iron Man, and Batman all rolled into one.

Pics please.

[anna]

Originally Posted by Daimo

Thats rubbish imo.

So if I type.

Last night, I killed a person, I stabbed them in the eye with a peice of paper and now the police are after me.

Thatrs going to get me in trouble if someone ironically got stabbed in the face last night? No, it won't, its a lie, and if your actually a web user you'll see that most of the people on the internet lie quite often.

If I write I done 160mph on my bike last night, does that mean its true? Of course it doesn't, its just text.

For me next trick, i'll become Iron Man, and Batman all rolled into one.

I said it can be used in evidence against you, as in if you are already caught or have a case against you that isnt so air tight, what you write on the internet can be brought against you to back up the case. So something that might have been a minor offence or a slap on the wrists then has to be investigated.

Obviously people lie on the internet. People also can shoot themseleves in the foot too.

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by anna

I said it can be used in evidence against you, as in if you are already caught or have a case against you that isnt so air tight, what you write on the internet can be brought against you to back up the case. So something that might have been a minor offence or a slap on the wrists then has to be investigated.

Obviously people lie on the internet. People also can shoot themseleves in the foot too.

I actually asked pete about this a few weeks ago when my mind was wandering... If you posted "I was crusing at 90mph on the motorway" this on it's own is not really enough to get you in trouble.

But, like pete mentioned earlier, if someone puts in a complaint about you or police go through your videos after you've been pulled on a rideout, and you eventually find yourself standing in court for what you've done, any comments like the above could be used as 'evidence of bad character' (thanks again BP) to reinforce the prosecutions case.

There's was a guy on PistonHeads who posted his diary of being in prison after being convicted of dangerous driving (or some similar charge - he caused a massive smash where several people were left with serious life long injuries). Apparently in his case they used a selection of posts from pistonheads to show he was a bit of a nobber when it came to driving.

Quite scary reading his experience of going to prison, especially when it's from the perspective of a person who wasn't actively looking to rob, steal, rape, murder or generally hurt anyone, but because of his actions behind the wheel, he got locked up for 3 years.