If you're going to ride like an idiot...

TallPaul_S · 28 Apr 2014 at 22:02

Don't film it on your own helmet cam. :rolleyes:

http://metro.co.uk/2014/04/28/motor-biker-is-caught-by-police-driving-recklessly-using-his-own-helmet-camera-4711890/

A motorcyclist managed to help ban himself from the road by recording his own ‘dangerous driving’ using a helmet cam.

Police initially pulled him over after spotting him driving over 60mph in a 30mph zone after dark with no headlights.

When questioned, 20-year-old Lewis Shallcross, from Plymouth, claimed to think that the speed limit was 100mph.

The officers seized the man’s camera and found 6 minutes of footage of him doing wheelies in residential areas, speeding along bus lanes and almost hitting a dog.

The reckless rider’s barrister described him as a ‘hard-working young man’ who ‘clearly has got a lot of growing up to do’ but asked for him to keep his bike.

Mr Shallcross was disqualified from driving for 18 months and ordered to forfeit the high powered motorcycle and helmet cam.

He was additionally given a £60 victim surcharge and ordered to perform 250 hours of unpaid work.

60 in a 30 zone with no lights in the dark, and videoed his own 'dangerous driving'.

Stupid ****. :rolleyes:

Be careful out there those with helmet cams.

VoG · 28 Apr 2014 at 22:15

I think they've done him a favour taking his bike and banning him because geez, he is a card carrying nobber of the highest order, what a plonker.

EDIT

You should've posted the dailymail link, it's got a vid including the moment he got pulled over by the unmarked police car.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-camera-doing-WHEELIES-driving-bus-lanes.html

TallPaul_S · 28 Apr 2014 at 22:36

Cheers, yeah there's some properly dodgy riding in that video!!

Incinerat0r · 28 Apr 2014 at 22:39

The wheelie at the start where he almost went into the car was pretty funny! But yeah the guy is a complete idiot just from watching the footage.

Ali Rafati, defending, said Shallcross had borrowed £3,500 from his mum to pay for the motorbike and then spent a further £4,000 on it.

How on earth do you spend £7.5k on a 125 :eek:

Tefal · 28 Apr 2014 at 22:50

i'm stil ltrying to figure out how its a high pwoered motorcycle

On Holiday · 28 Apr 2014 at 23:11

Haha what the hell.

~Dockie · 29 Apr 2014 at 00:08

Incinerat0r said:
How on earth do you spend £7.5k on a 125

Indeed, what a waste

When questioned, 20-year-old Lewis Shallcross, from Plymouth, claimed to think that the speed limit was 100mph.

I'd ban him just for that tbh, if you seriously think a 30 zone is a 100 zone (nevermind the fact that no roads in britain are above 70) then you shouldn't be on the roads, you'll end up killing someone.

atpbx · 29 Apr 2014 at 07:22

Looks like the kind of mouth breathing retard you would expect to ride in that way.

Dogbreath · 29 Apr 2014 at 07:49

atpbx said:
Looks like the kind of mouth breathing retard you would expect to ride in that way.

Definitely. Quite surprised that he (presumably) had insurance and a licence to start with.

SPG · 29 Apr 2014 at 13:18

Glad we didn't have Go-pros when i was a lad

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I am in the 40s now

, too fat,bald and lazy for stunts like that thesedays

Besides anything the daiy fail prints is lies so wouldn't be surprised if it was mini moto.

Yaayuh! · 29 Apr 2014 at 13:48

Incinerat0r said:
The wheelie at the start where he almost went into the car was pretty funny! But yeah the guy is a complete idiot just from watching the footage.

How on earth do you spend £7.5k on a 125

I doubt he did.

On Holiday · 29 Apr 2014 at 14:31

Added him on Facebook for a laugh plus I wanted to see how many times he had to blow up the engine to spend 7.5k on a 125 KTM lol

Engine blew up, chain, gearbox etc

Dunno if it said in the article but; 250 hours community service, 18 month ban, and bike seized.
Next status down was "wake n bake" :rolleyes:

Apparently he had is bike taken off him too in August 2013 !

wazza300 · 29 Apr 2014 at 14:36

first rule,when stopped by the rozzers stamp on yer camera

Yaayuh! · 29 Apr 2014 at 15:21

YarwoodUK said:
Added him on Facebook for a laugh plus I wanted to see how many times he had to blow up the engine to spend 7.5k on a 125 KTM lol

Engine blew up, chain, gearbox etc

Dunno if it said in the article but; 250 hours community service, 18 month ban, and bike seized.
Next status down was "wake n bake"

Apparently he had is bike taken off him too in August 2013 !

Sounds like a complete douchebag. Hopefully get banned soon enough.

mattyg · 29 Apr 2014 at 15:43

Why wont that vid load for me. Am I not special enough

Dogbreath · 29 Apr 2014 at 21:47

YarwoodUK said:
Dunno if it said in the article but; 250 hours community service, 18 month ban, and bike seized.

That's two strokes for you

Mr-White · 30 Apr 2014 at 09:47

Surely fitting these to all bikers by law would cut more accidents ?

MW

SPG · 30 Apr 2014 at 11:17

You actually serious?

On Holiday · 30 Apr 2014 at 11:46

Dogbreath said:
That's two strokes for you

Haha

Mr-White said:
Surely fitting these to all bikers by law would cut more accidents ?

MW

Riding style doesn't change just because you have a helmet-cam.

ttaskmaster · 30 Apr 2014 at 12:20

Mr-White said:
Surely fitting these to all bikers by law would cut more accidents ?

Nope. It would just make it easier to sue everyone.
Besides, you fit these to bikes by law, you will have to fit them to every vehicle. Who's gonna pay for all that?
At that volume it would be the owners' expense, either through aftermarket GoPro type things or factory fitted (further increasing the cost of vehicles).

All it would really do, aside from turning us into Russia, is bring profit for the solicitors using the footage in court, the manufacturers and retailers of the camera systems & SD cards, the fitters employed by people who can't even change their own oil let alone fit one of these... and probably the Police who make money from prosecuting the idiots that will still misbehave.