149mph speeder

[Timmeh:P]

"A motorcyclist has been given a six-month suspended jail sentence for pulling a wheelie and speeding at 149mph on the M2 in Kent."

"He was ordered to do 200 hours’ unpaid work, banned for 18 months and told he must take an extended retest.... He was charged £85 court costs."

149mph = 248kph for the mathematically challenged. (EDIT: as pointed out in a post below... it is actually 239.79kph )

All caught on video by an unmarked police bike.

News Article and Video here

And I expect the last couple of paragraphs in the article may catch your attention.

[oneofsix]

Bet the cop enjoyed the chase.
Looked like the rider chose reasonably clear bits of lane unlike the clown that killed the motorcyclists in the last 2 paragraphs.

[Virago]

149mph = 248kph for the mathematically challenged. ..

Wrong. 239.8kph.

[Timmeh:P]

Wrong. 239.8kph.

Was expecting that. Just recalculated... to double check myself. You beat me to it!

DOH!

[wanpo]

Looks like the only real reason he's speeding is because he saw the undercover police bike and it starts following/tailgating him. Just a legal form of entrapment I'm guessing. Granted he should have the self control not to race every motorbike that he sees.

[Whynot]

I did over 150mph on UK motorways quite a few times, its not a big deal really ... they are so straight and wide that you have plenty or time and vision if anything is ahead.

[firefighter]

Hmmmm, that's good, speeding is more thoroughly punished than murder in the U.K. I imagine it would'nt be much different over here......oh wait it's not (Thinking of the lady that murdered the cyclists recently.....).

[Maha]

Hmmmm, that's good, speeding is more thoroughly punished than murder in the U.K. I imagine it would'nt be much different over here......oh wait it's not (Thinking of the lady that murdered the cyclists recently.....).

Murdered?..I didn't realise she got off a murder charge.

[firefighter]

Murdered?..I didn't realise she got off a murder charge.

The hair has been split.

I'll make it real simple for the clever folk. Yes I realise it's manslaughter when not on-purpose. I thought it would be obvious that I consider poor weapon control and lack of attention when using one grossly negligent and deserving murder charges rather than manslaughter. Merely my opinion, i'm not trying to convert you or anyone else. Hopefully that simplifies it for you. No need for further debate on that I don't think.

[Maha]

The hair has been split.

I'll make it real simple for the clever folk. Yes I realise it's manslaughter when not on-purpose. I thought it would be obvious that I consider poor weapon control and lack of attention when using one grossly negligent and deserving murder charges rather than manslaughter. Merely my opinion, i'm not trying to convert you or anyone else. Hopefully that simplifies it for you. No need for further debate on that I don't think.

Thank you for the clarification.

[onearmedbandit]

Pah, murder by definition requires (for the most part) premeditation.

[Dave Lobster]

He may have got a suspended sentence. Others haven't.
The truck driver that continued to drive whilst tired (premeditated) who killed Mrs Lobster's brother when he fell asleep served four months in prison.
Speeding in the UK is a cash cow. Nothing more.

[Timmeh:P]

Bet the cop enjoyed the chase.

Agreed, he had plenty of time to pull the guy over after clearly seeing him breaking the speed limit.

The officer who was riding the unmarked bike said "This motorcyclist had a total disregard for the road and other riders. The consequences of Bleach's riding could have been so much worse.”

Well he should have pulled him over sooner in that case.

[Skinon]

The copper was doin like 140mph to catch up to him... If its so dangerous surely he shouldn't of reached those speeds and would of had to call for back up? I thought if you broke the speed limit the world will catch on fire and you'll be responsible for the death of everyone? Meh seems like they make it out that bad.

And why does he need retraining? Seems like a pretty competant rider to me...

[shrub]

Agreed, he had plenty of time to pull the guy over after clearly seeing him breaking the speed limit.

The officer who was riding the unmarked bike said "This motorcyclist had a total disregard for the road and other riders. The consequences of Bleach's riding could have been so much worse.”

Well he should have pulled him over sooner in that case.

If he'd pulled him over sooner it wouldn't have been nearly as juicy a ticket. Come on, the cop was only doing his job and pinging someone for 10 kmh over the speed limit isn't nearly as satisfying as waiting (encouraging?) for them to do 149 mph.