South Africa - Speeding rider gets caught, big time!

[StoneChucker]

This is how you do it, you bunch of soft cocks!!!

http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=200142&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/

btw, the fine is about the equivelant of half the above average persons yearly salary, and like twice the lowest income earners yearly salary. (from memory)

[Biff]

Where's Mikey these days?

[bugjuice]

a quick 'internet' currency conversion would put that a shade under NZ$7,000.. ouch.
sounds like he nearly got away.. if it wasn't for those damn cages..

[Joni]

Yup, unfortunately in SA People do those speeds, and way more often that is good....

[Al]

And guess what....? NO DEMERITS!! :shake:

[Sniper]

Too true, but you also know we can do those speeds on the freeway.

Did any of you other South Africans know why they built our road so long, wide and strait? It was in the event of a civil uprising that the military could then land any plane, anywhere.

Strange the things I know

[spudchucka]

Where's Mikey these days?
His leave pass must have run out and they have taken him back to hospital.

[StoneChucker]

Too true, but you also know we can do those speeds on the freeway.

Did any of you other South Africans know why they built our road so long, wide and strait? It was in the event of a civil uprising that the military could then land any plane, anywhere.

Strange the things I know
I didn't know that, thanks :D btw, for this and other reasons I tried to give you some good rep. but it said I can't! I have to spread some rep around before giving to you again :( ?? grrr. I guess I'm just too powerful now hehehhe :confused:

[Sniper]

Thanks SC. I just thought I would share that knowledge as my dad told me that

[sels1]

And what is a "roadside court"? Sounds a bit scary?????

[madboy]

275? Wow - can't imagine it would be possible to do anything like that in NZ, cos that would just be impossible on our roads to do without killing yourself or everyone else on the road! :whistle:

Pretty good effort though.

[StoneChucker]

Madboy, has anyone ever told you, you spray sarcasm when you talk?hehe :msn-wink:

Sels1. Roadside court, is a mobile court-house. When they pull you over, they don't waste any time giving you paperwork to appear in court, etc... They march you straight over, and you get your appearance on the roadside.

It's a relatively new thing I think, never came across it before I left, which was just over 4 years ago.

Hmm, it would be almost worth it to save up $6888 and go over, back to the "mother land", and try my luck at 300! :shifty: Shosholoza!

[outlawtorn]

Wow, that is one hell of a speed. The roads in NAtal are like cash cows for the Natal Traffic Police, I know of some bikers who wake up on a Sunday, ride down to Durban for lunch and ride back up to Johannesburg for supper with more than enough time to spare, and that is a 1200 km round trip. The fastest I've ever heard of anyone getting to Durban from Johannesubrg (600kms) was just under 3 hours, don't know what sppeds he was travelling though.

[sAsLEX]

he was fined R30 000 for speeding, and R1 000 for not stopping

so he gets less for evading the law?? seems a bit wierd only cost him a fraction more to attempt a runner, not quite like that in NZ

[Sniper]

You are talking about SA where he stopped for the law, he didnt shoot back, carry on running or bribe them

[Timber020]

They have roads around norway and sweden that are also made to land nuclear tactical bombers on. They have huge stockpiles of bombs in hidden bunkers nearby. I met a guy who was an emergency response fireman for the bunkers, apparently the life expectancy of a fireman in that job is 1 call out. He had a fireblade and mentioned that guys in the job mostly ride bikes (and a few turbo ones) because of the straight roads and that their life was in considerable danger anyhow with work.

[mikey]

His leave pass must have run out and they have taken him back to hospital.


a fuck up, spottie

this nutter got discharged on thursday!

my pyschiatric nurse even took me out for a beer at the angus on friday.

hope to see you at taupo spud the spottie, im going to get drunk then race! closed track an all... i think its legal......... do you know otherwise?

[Sniper]

Welcome back dumbass

[StoneChucker]

Mikey, you sure know how to wind people up. But I know you wouldn't really do that. I've heard urban legands of groups of bikers dismembering riders who ride drunk on track days. That would take up valuable track time, so no drinking! :shifty:

[pritch]

You are talking about SA where he stopped for the law, he didnt shoot back, carry on running or bribe them

Ahh that's what he did wrong. He shoulda bribed them.

About that comment re motorways and 'planes; I understand that some US freeways have to have straights of a predetermined length so that they could be turned into runways at short notice. This to enable the Airforce to spread the risk in the event of an attack.

Military use of motorways isn't new, I seem to recall the first motorways were built with military use uppermost in mind.

[spudchucka]

Thank you Mr Ignore List!

[sAsLEX]

Military use of motorways isn't new, I seem to recall the first motorways were built with military use uppermost in mind.

the states and russia funded some of the main roads in afghanistan I hear (prob just a dirty rumour) mainly for transporting tanks etc

[Coldkiwi]

You are talking about SA where he stopped for the law, he didnt shoot back, carry on running or bribe them

perhaps you oughta read the article again! It said he outran them a few times, had to get back on the highway, out ran them again, and only stopped when they blocked the full width of both sides of the highway with patrol cars!

buggered if I can figure out how he only picks up R1000 fine for that... it'd hardly pay for the petrol the cops used to chase him! Strange bunch you saffa's! :)

[Sniper]

Sorry, not my fault. Lol

[pyrocam]

wasnt it first the germans with their autobahn.
it just rolls of the tounge nicely doesnt it autobahn, autobahn.

made for troops and heavy vehicle transport etc.

[Rback]

Hi guys, saw this on another newspaper site last week which has a "better" story to what happened. He didnt do a runner, he was going too fast to stop for the cop so when he got to the next off ramp he turned around to go back to the cop. Another excuse was he couldn't hear the sirens at 275km/hr so kept going.
About ten years ago a rider got caught doing 303km/hr.
I loved the roads over there so can understand why the guys go so fast.

The newspaper I got this from is the Natal Witness
http://www.witness.co.za/content/2005_03/32348.htm

[madboy]

I understand that some US freeways have to have straights of a predetermined length so that they could be turned into runways at short notice. This to enable the Airforce to spread the risk in the event of an attack.And here I was thinking the length and width were for Harley riders to prepare for the next corner (PT)