Spanish boy racer cuffed for snapping self on mobe

@AC - CGI Defense?

Are you saying the guy trying to escape from plod was some sort of holographic projection?

Pah!

"Unsurprisingly, he was held in custody pending an appearance before the beak."

Well actually as a brit I do find that quite astonishing. Over here he'd get a lift home, many chances to do a runner again, before finally being sentenced to 200 hours of community service and having 6 points put on the licence he doesn't have.

@SmallYellowFuzzyDuck - You're not wrong. When I lived out there for a while I discovered that the much repeated stricter DD limits are generally ignored by the population. I regularly saw people barely able to stand, driving down the mountain round after a night in a mountain side bar. Unfortunately I never saw any of them go over the sheer drop!

Lock his arse up for a few years

He bee one dumbphucker. Lock his arse up for a couple years and see if he learns anything.

Bah!

[4 AC 10:28] Well, I reckon if you crash your car into a police car and get caught in the middle of the "creative process" your chances of making that work are as close to nil as makes no difference. I'm not sure why one would think otherwise.

Amateur

One local bright lad was grabbed by the State Police after:

1 proceeding down I-95 at a speed in excess of 150 MPH (that's 240 km/h) on a motorbike

2 performing multiple illegal lane changes

3 performing a U-turn in the middle of the highway and going the wrong way when he spotted cops up ahead (remember, he's making 150 MPH while doing this...)

4 performing another U-turn when he spotted cops coming the other way

5 accelerating to a speed 'in excess of 180 MPH' in a (successful) attempt to out-run a police helicopter

6 exiting the highway using an onramp

7 forgetting that police helicopters have radios and that he can't go faster than light, and sailing straight into a cop roadblock on regular city streets, wherein he'd slowed down to a mere 90+ MPH in a 40 MPH zone.

He got prison time for felony evasion, felony dangerous driving, attempted assault with intent to kill on a police officer (he'd aimed the bike right at several of the cops) and being a moron for issuing the following statement: "I bought the bike so that I could go fast".

He had (note past tense) a license at the time (not any more, not that he'd be able to drive for several years as there ain't no Harleys up in Raiford...) and hadn't been drinking or taking drugs. He was just a South Florida redneck on a Harley, that's all...

@David W

The paper didn't say what kind of bike he was on, but as most of the more idiotic local bikers ride Harleys I just assumed it was one. Substitute whichever bike can make 180+.

If the pic in the paper was anything to go by, he was doing all that wearing jeans and a tee, and _not_ wearing a helmet, which makes him a suicidal biker idiot.

@John Dougald McCallum

It is called a Suzuki Hayabusa. Fastest production bike alive, I've been told. A friend of mine has one, but when I asked him about the top speed he merely said: "Fast enough."

Didn't want to incriminate himself, I assume.

@ James O'Shea - Which Harely is this?

Which Harley are we talking about here? A souped up V-Rod can *probably* go 150 mph, though it will need to have been seriously tinkered with and need to have a professional level rider atop.