Speeding on a motorbike

[beast5680]

just had an interesting story from the bloke in the unit next to ours at work, he,s just had the fuzz round on account of him speeding and riding his motorbike without due care etc they caught him not by the usual number plate recognition but by his crash helmet.
apparently the helicopter that spotted him zoomed in on his crash hat and picked off the writing on the back of it which included a batch number which they traced to the shop he bought it from 2 months ago which had his address on file :shock:
and for those who are going to ask why not the number plate? he got done as well for not having one on the rear

[C C]

I'm flabbergasted.. :shock:

[Singlefin]

I'm flabbergasted.. :shock:

I'm scared!  :?

[woody]

a batch number indicates that there was a number of helmets made of this type, all with the same number
unless they can prove where every helmet was at the time of the offence he could argue the point
please remember pay cash next time and dont give your personal details to companies as they may be missused

[Tailendcharley]

:)  :) Frightening absolutely frightening...George Orwell was right...big brother is here and watching you...what next,this Country is absolutely blown out...France here I come.......  
Bye now


    Billy no Mates  

[simon m]

Speeding, due care and no plate.........deserves a big fine and lots of points.

Not saying I don't speed in case anyone gets the wrong idea.

Dunno if a heli cam could get that sort of detail.....you seen the BS batch number on the helmet stickers?  About 2.5mm high.

more likely they got a full description and followed him to work the next day.

Sounds like he's talking it up..........

[beast5680]

update, i just seen the pic of his crash hat the fuzz have very clear :shock:  he also denied it was him so they searched his house and found the box his helmet came in in the loft and the receipt, because he denied it is looking a 6 months in clink as well now :shock:

[simon m]

I guess they ID him from the lid not necessarily the batch number....which is the same on all lids in that batch.

"IF" they got the make and design they could flash it round local shops till one responds and get address that way.  Or as I said the photo is the proof but a patrol car spotted him at another time.

Also if the chopper was up theres no way he outran it.......then they send in cars once they see where he's stopped


Silly sod whatever getting caught like that.  Gives us motorcyclists a bad reputation in the press

The Fact is for the police to go to that much trouble he must have been doing summat VERY STUPID

[Baby_Rhino]

:shock:

[hobbit]

All you have to do on that score is try Google earth, with the resolution from orbit, zooming in from a few hundred feet should be no probs

With him having no number plate on the back he prob thought he was safe, another disappointed customer

[trustyrusty]

i smell some thing funny

[beast5680]

more news turns out the muppet was doing in excess of 130 as well so he,s a muppet anyway :roll:  he managed to elude surrey police,s new evo 8 mitsi pursuit car :shock:

[Damonski]

I have seen programs on the box where the police have traced vehicles with no number plates from speeding camera images by the dealer stickers on the rear windows, etc.

I would say there is some truth in this story.

[beast5680]

i had thought it was dodgy but he showed me the pic of his crash hat the plod produced and after watching the life on earth thing with david attenborough on sunday i dont disbeleive what cameras are capable of, seeing the animals close up when the helicopter was over a kilometre away

[Damonski]

I know it can be done, Ive worked on it on a small scale using a model chopper :)

[littlepow]

Those cameras can pick out facial details to a high standard from over 5 miles away day or night.

Just because it doesn't follow you doesn't mean it's not watching.

[Karen696]

OK, so how come they spend all this time and money catching one speeding motorcyclist?

Yet they do nothing about the rep's cars that are spotlessly clean except for the loads of crap on the number plates so the cameras can't read em, the growing number of cars (certainly in our region) with totally blacked out side windows,  illegible number plates - strange fonts, extra black headed screws and dodgy spacing.

They can't trace stolen vehicles - don't even seem to care about the crime just give you a crime number, they don't even bother to come round and ask questions,  (trust me I know).

Hit and run drivers. someone lost their legs less than a quarter of a mile from my house on a pelican crossing on a main road, they never found the driver.

Don't bother to prosecute the 4 'owners' of the car that crashed into mine and was then abandoned without bothering to register the vehicle (max £1000  fine for each of them) even though they had their names and addresses - and they admitted the offence....  (and somebody came back the next day and drove the car off on the rims - at speed, despite the flat tyres).

Errrrrr, need I go on?  

Don't get me wrong, most of the cops out there are okay guys and do the best job they can, but you have got to wonder sometimes about the number of offences they ignore on a daily basis and also to question their priorities on occasion

(Rant over)

[Sooty]

After reading this thread the cynic in me would say maybe the reason they pulled out all the stops on this one was because he out ran there new toy (mitsi evo 8 )
Having said that 130 MPH is crazy and I have no sympathy for him.

[Colin 009]

I hope they throw the book at him, just hope he hasn't got an other helmet. :twisted:

[hobbit]

I hope they throw the book at him, just hope he hasn't got an other helmet. :twisted:

The best thing for him, would be the nearest he would get to use the helmet would be on the back of a bike

But the way the system goes......No comment