fish_antlers
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posted March 02, 2009 07:59 AM
Biker jailed for speeding with son on back
Anyone here?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090302/wl_uk_afp/britaintransportroadmotorbikecrime_20090302134316
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Biker jailed for speeding with son on back
LONDON (AFP) - A motorcyclist was jailed for six months on Monday for speeding at 122 miles per hour -- with his 14-year-old son riding on the back, a court heard.
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Robert Bennett, who was caught riding at more than twice the 60 mph speed limit on his 1300cc Suzuki bike last April, was also banned from driving for 18 months by a court.
The 47-year-old cleaning supervisor from Barnstaple in southwest England, who is divorced from the son's mother, admitted driving dangerously after picking up the boy from his ex-wife for a visit.
"Had you lost control the motorcycle would have become a missile and it is certain there would have been a serious accident or highly probably the death of a least one other road user," the judge told him.
"Added to that fact you had your 14-year-old son on the back. The lack of responsibility is unbelievable. This is so dangerous that the court cannot avoid a custodial sentence, to send a message out."
Bennett -- who has ridden motorbikes since his youth -- said during the trial that he had accelerated because it had started to rain, but admitted that was dangerous.
He told the BBC his bike "is the fastest bike around and it has a top speed of 220 mph.
"But I hold my hands up. I was doing 122 mph on that road and that was dangerous, especially with my lad on board," he added.
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SteveWFL
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posted March 03, 2009 10:28 PM
wasn't me
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Rook
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posted March 05, 2009 09:40 PM
I can't imagine why he would want to get away from his X so fast.
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AWSII
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posted March 06, 2009 10:38 PM
hahahah 220mph.... pfft....
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Rook
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posted March 08, 2009 07:47 PM
^^Let the man dream........that's as close to riding as he's going to get for a while.
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DB
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posted March 08, 2009 11:11 PM
I question the story............. England uses KPH not MPH. Why would they be talking in MPH?
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eklipse636
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posted March 12, 2009 03:06 PM
Very good point db!
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bigbadbusa
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posted March 22, 2009 12:54 AM
errm, we, use MPH db, the rest of europe uses KPH. 
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frEEk
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posted March 26, 2009 01:39 AM
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Had you lost control the motorcycle would have become a missile and it is certain there would have been a serious accident
I fucking hate it when people who know nothing about riding talk about bikes. It would have been a missle had something gone wrong at 100 or 80mph or at the fucking speed limit too. And of course no mention of traffic. If that was in light to no traffic, it was perfectly safe. If anything over very light, it was indeed a bit risky. But I dare say hardly jail time risky.
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whitehendrix
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posted April 04, 2009 09:01 PM
right.
i got ran off the road for doing 107 in a 70 zone (in north carolina on I-40 in the middle of fucking nowhere with no traffic)
the magistrate was saying (cuz they arrested me right then and there) "you're lucky this officer stopped you. you would have hurt yourself riding that fast"
ex-fucking-scuse me?
say again?
fuck you.
please.. that was too "out there" for me to even comprehend.
i ALMOST said "he's lucky i pulled over when i did.. he would have killed himself trying to keep up!!!"
fucking bastards.
gotta love the ignorant populus. 
i agree that it was kinda dumb for that putz to put his kids life in "danger" i guess, but bikes are more stable at that speed than at say 50mph.. as well, rain .. eh.. i've seen 120+ in the wet with no issues.. good traction.. it's all in the finesse of control. i think what they did was bullshit tho.
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sagot
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posted April 06, 2009 06:51 AM
107 MPH!? Isn't that first gear on a ZX12!?
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posted April 17, 2009 06:20 AM
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107 MPH!? Isn't that first gear on a ZX12!?
push...push. ..shove... wake up
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