‘Lunatic’ YouTube biker jailed
p2pnet news view | Movies:- Road safety campaigners, “condemned a motorcyclist who videoed himself travelling at 147mph” and then posted the flick on YouTube.
“The video shows the biker speeding on the A27 between Shoreham, West Sussex, and Lewes, East Sussex, to the sound of an explicit rock song,” the BBC continued in April.
“The bike weaves between vehicles and almost crashes into a car, with the speedometer visible throughout,”"says the story. “Sussex Police said that they were actively pursuing the matter.”
YouTube dumped the video.
Now he’s been jailed for performing “lunatic and grossly irresponsible manoeuvres,” as the judge who heard the case put it, says Times Online, going on:
“Sandor Ferenci, 28, performed wheelies, skids and raced on the opposite side of the road around Banbury, Oxfordshire, and then put the footage on the video-sharing website.”
Ferenci, “inadvertently spilt the beans to police about the YouTube footage after being reported by a member of the public who saw him performing wheelies and other stunts on his Yamaha R6 bike on the A422 Banbury to Brackley road on June 10 this year,” says the story.
“When officers called at his home after the complaint, and before they had a chance to say anything to him, Ferenci asked them: ‘Is this about the YouTube video’?”
Police then discovered he’d posted the video himself.
The BBC story doesn’t say what the rock song was, or explain how it was “explicit”.
Ferenci was disqualified from driving for two years and ordered to take an extended driving test before hes allowed on the road again, says Times Online.
BBC - Biker’s 147mph video is condemned, April 15, 2008
Times Online – Biker Sandor Ferenci, who posted footage of offences on YouTube, jailed, October 20, 2008
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October 20th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
He should have claimed copyright on his video and do not give the authorization to the prosecution to show the video in court.
October 20th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
True, he should have claimed copyright and taken the complainer to court for stupidity.
What this amounts to is prescribed fear by establishment and by persons complaining. Any good biker knows their capabilities and won’t endanger themselves or the public. High rates of speed and stunts are usually done by experienced riders. To put caps on riders is like putting caps on internet speeds or telling jet pilots to slow down to stall speeds.
Any inexperienced riders soon find out not to push their luck till they are ready. This is with pretty well everything in life too. There isn’t many places to practice riding, or driving for that matter, for the novice and these are forced onto roads without proper instruction or practice. Now this is a danger and a half. Give a kid a temp license and tell ‘em to go nuts. Ya OK, LMAO
I started with a 50 cc honda street scooter in back fields and parking lots and didn’t (and couldn’t) update till i was better and could pass most of 125 cc riders. I tried and my father trashed 3 bikers till i was ready. Next bike was a 175 cc till i grew out of it in 6 months, then 250 cc, 400 cc, 750 cc (first road bike) till finally i owned a super bike and eventually 2 Harley’s. All this by age of 17.
There are times when I still hit over 200 MPH (320 KMPH) on highways, and of coarse when it’s safe to do so. No cop or anyone is going to tell me I can’t. I’ve had my share of accidents mostly due to my own stupidity. And I’ve paid for them in many ways. This is my responsibility, not the cop’s or the public’s. Unless a person actually causes an accident or blatantly is an a*hole no-one has the right to interfere with his/her traveling.
The biggest danger is inexperienced riders and drivers, PPL eating, on cell, changing clothes, falling asleep, unsafe rides, etc. The worst are actually cops while they pull PPL over, block traffic, weave through traffic, scream to their next coffee/donut stop and more. Most of the videos posted of them have been taken down, I wonder why?
In any case, if you can’t take responsibility for your abilities and your actions then get off the road.
October 20th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
I have a 1969 BSA Lightning. It’s the same bike James Bond used in one of the 007 flicks — well not the same bike, exactly, but the same model.
And it doesn’t have the rockets.
So far, I’ve managed 10 KPH. Needs a bit of tweaking. heh
Cheers!
October 20th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
^^ On the above, I’m looking for a tach and a horn, if anyone has either or both, and a turn signal unit that would fit (they didn’t have them)
Cheers! And thanks …
October 20th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Glad this guy is getting what he deserves. He’s dangerous.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
why do people find the need to tape themselves doing illegal actions? “here’s me killing somebody, now I am going to post it on YouTube and the police will never know”.
October 20th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
re: xforce
Illegal? By whose standards?
Ah, where do you see “here’s me killing somebody,”?
Any more fear you going to try to spread? I can easily get a bunch of PPL together and make it illegal for you to post such drivel.
October 21st, 2008 at 5:14 am
Xforce – because they are stupid and have sad enough lives that taping it and showing it to others makes them think that others will think of them as exciting . Freeman , get real as a biker myself I know its dicks like him that make draconian laws come in .
October 21st, 2008 at 3:17 pm
thanx for your opinion xforce
but that’s his choice to ride like that, not mine, not yours, not the cops or laws as long as he doesn’t hurt anyone it’s his life and his FREEDOM TO CHOOSE. this is what life on earth is all about.
and i thought riding bikes was a way to be free from such draconian institutions
if you really wana take a look at it then here it goes:
- anywhere in English commonwealth one does NOT need a license, insurance, plates, registrations and rest of the crap, all those are only for business vehicles and “driving”
- for “traveling” from point A to point B none of the above are needed, a cop doesn’t even have the right to ask your name without presenting his badge & number, biz card, and full wallet ID – so you can call it in and make sure who he is – if he doesn’t then you have the right to go away
- you do not need to present any ID unless you are on business and using that vehicle as such, if you do then you agree to Corporate laws [old english maritime laws] and you’re screwed
- if asked for your name you can say you are “commonly know as” and say your name, this excludes you from being a slave to corporations/business and their laws
- if cop still persists then you an say OK but “under protest” , this lets him know he’s pushing his drivel on on a “free human being”.
- when or if you get to court the judge doesn’t have corporate rights over you, he must respect Common laws
There are 4 kinds of laws in Canada: [in order or power]
God and universe
Your rights; bill of rights, constitution, privacy laws etc., as a free human being
Common law; law of the people by the people
Corporate law [old enlglish maritime law] / business law
i don’t see anywhere that corporate law is above any other, it’s at the bottom, get it?
Quit being a puppy to the corporate system and learn
To learn your real and actual rights Go see http://www.thinkfree.ca/ and study the whole website, log in and get the full scoop
Also search out “freeman on the land” with like google.ca
get back to me AFTER you have learned