kids on motorbikes

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Sat 21 Feb 2009 14:36
kids on motorbikes - madmick
while driving today a boy of about 15 ish decides to overtake me as i was about to turn right luckily i looked in my door mirror and saw him and stopped in time he wasnt wearing a helmet no tax or mot and no insurance i told him what i thought of him he was lucky he wasnt hurt all this happened about half a mile from a police station on a main road
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Sat 21 Feb 2009 14:41
kids on motorbikes - Fullchat
Feral youth!

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Sat 21 Feb 2009 14:47
kids on motorbikes - madmick
or a squashed youth
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Sat 21 Feb 2009 14:49
kids on motorbikes - Fullchat
Glad you resisted the temptation. But I bet the thought went through your mind.
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Sat 21 Feb 2009 16:20
kids on motorbikes - Pugugly
A certain very well respected BRer has confessed to worse. Not feral youth or Darwinsm in action (as no doubt someone will come up with in a few posts) but someone who takes a chance. Not condoning the illegality of it, but the Country needs more rebels.
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Sat 21 Feb 2009 16:58
kids on motorbikes - b308
"Darwinsm in action"




Couldn't resist...... ;)
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Sat 21 Feb 2009 17:14
kids on motorbikes - bikemade3
Yep not to sure about not wearing helmets...that's up to them, howvever overtaking prior to or at junctions is a major no no.
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Sat 21 Feb 2009 17:48
kids on motorbikes - jc2
I've seen it reported that the police will not attempt to stop m/cyclists not wearing helmets because they might fall off and hurt their heads.
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Sat 21 Feb 2009 20:18
kids on motorbikes - gmac
I'm not sure what the OP is getting at here.

"a boy of about 15 ish". A boy of 13 who looked about 8 fathered a child this week, that 15ish could have been 20 for all we know.
If you had hit "the boy", your insurance company would prefer a total loss rather than someone disabled in some way for the next twenty plus years. Harsh but true.

No good blaming the Police. Where are the parents ? If your eighteen year old asks for the keys to your car do you toss them the keys knowing they don't have a full licence then berate them later for not wearing a seat belt ?

Edited by gmac on 21/02/2009 at 20:20

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Sat 21 Feb 2009 22:02
kids on motorbikes - Spospe
madmick

How do you know that he had no insurance or MOT?
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Sat 21 Feb 2009 22:04
kids on motorbikes - Pugugly
ANPR of course :-q
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Sun 22 Feb 2009 12:16
kids on motorbikes - madmick
i know he didnt have a mot because the motorbike didnt have any lights or a number plate
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Sun 22 Feb 2009 14:08
kids on motorbikes - Fullchat
Could still have a valid MOT having been stripped down after MOT issued. Probably nicked but loads of Con and Use etc. offences.
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Sun 22 Feb 2009 14:28
kids on motorbikes - madmick
still not road legal
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Sun 22 Feb 2009 15:58
kids on motorbikes - martint123
Read about "daytime MOTs" Lights are not compulsory (but if fitted have to work).
Registration plates are not required for an MOT either (but are for road use).
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Sun 22 Feb 2009 16:32
kids on motorbikes - Halmer
I read somewhere that the 13yr old lad who has fathered a child has already joined 'Fathers for Justice' as he has already got a Spiderman outfit.
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Sun 22 Feb 2009 16:37
kids on motorbikes - Nsar
Excellent Halmer, I will now work on how I can bring that into my conversations tomorrow!

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Sun 22 Feb 2009 17:26
kids on motorbikes - Altea Ego
DO tell us how you manage that Nsar - that will be a tale in itself.
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Sun 22 Feb 2009 17:53
kids on motorbikes - Lud
Nsar: You know that 13-year-old kid who looks 8 and is supposed to be fathering a child?

Straight man in pub: I have read newspaper reports on the allegedly randy nipper, yes. What of it?

Nsar: That's your dad, that is.
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