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   Speeding?

   

   Anonymous of Course, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 10:15am

   
   

   A speed of 100mph isn't all that fast for
   a motorcycle. They should have given him
   a reward instead of a fine!
   
   How embarassing would that be.

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   Anonymous Coward, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 10:55am

   
   

   Just a hint for Reuters: 170 km/h (km is a distance) - journos...

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   DURRRRRRRRRR...

   

   WTF???, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 11:04am

   
   

   Stupidity (unfortunately) is not a crime.
   
   You're free to go.

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   Anonymous Coward, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 11:07am

   
   

   hmmm...wonder if that would get 5th amendment coverage in the states...

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   Stupid is as stupid does

   

   Topher3105, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 11:08am

   
   

   God bless them each and every one of them.
   
   To the first post, I guess you top 200km/h on your motorbike every day. Sign you donor card recently? Although at those speeds, I doubt anything would be left of you to donate.

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   Uh yea...

   

   Photoshop Guy, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 11:10am

   
   

   On the lies of what you mentioned at the end of the article... why doesn't anyone say the photos were altered? There's no way you could prove that they weren't and for the sake of the court case you could alter the picture and then make a psd that makes it look like you altered it to what it is now... wouldn't be too hard depending on what the picture is of and what needs to be altered. I'd even set my date back so the created on date of the psd file corresponds to the one on the original file... You'd have one hell of a time proving anything against that in court.

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   Re: Uh yea...

   

   Photoshop Guy, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 11:11am

   
   

   sorry... not lies... lines... on the lines of... as in regarding... sorry ^.^

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   Re: Uh yea...

   

   Anonymous Coward, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 11:17am

   
   

   well, depending on the crime being commited in the photo, i have a feeling it'll be most likely beyond the skills of the average "computer user" (i use the term loosely...).

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   Re:

   

   Jorge, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 11:17am

   
   

   It would make sense that it would be protected against the 5th amendment. Also, the evidence was not seized with proper warrant or probable cause. Sounds like he would have a case against the state if it were in the USA

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    Already been done.

    

    Anonymous Coward, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 11:21am

    
    

    "However, one of these days someone is going to claim that the photos were faked. Now, that will be an interesting case..."
    
    Already been done with R. Kelly.

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    STJ, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 11:21am

    
    

    Well, what you do is put up a test photo with something completly stupid. I have a 95 geo metro, 3 cylinder. Put a picture of it at 150 mph(which the highest it shows is like 90). See if anyone comes knocking.

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    Re: Re:

    

    dork hunter, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 11:24am

    
    

    Nothing you said makes any sense at all.

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    Anonymous Coward, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 11:25am

    
    

    "hmmm...wonder if that would get 5th amendment coverage in the states..."
    
    No, it doesn't. The fifth amendment says that you do not have to incriminate yourself. However, you wave that right when you choose to incriminate yourself by posting the pictures online.
    
    Basically, the fifth amendment says that if you had the photos but kept them secret, you would never have to give them to the police if you didn't want to.

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    TurboEnzo, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 11:44am

    
    

    I heard awhile back about a police officer making a video of a street race he did against some kids, then posted it on the internet and got busted.
    
    Police arnt innocent either!!!

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    now that everything is fixed in croatia...

    

    croati, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 12:00pm

    
    

    dont the cops there have anything better to do? find some war criminals or something?

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    Re: Stupid is as stupid does

    

    Anonymous of Course, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 12:03pm

    
    

    Sorry to let you down but no. I have however
    gone very very fast at Louden. I love my suicycle
    and never want to smash it up.
    
    I don't have a donor card, that's for fresh meat.
    
    I hope you've filled on out though, with the superior
    intellect you posses it would be a boon to science.

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    Re:

    

    Bruce, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 12:23pm

    
    

    km/h Kilometers per hour, you fucking idiot.

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    Pictures...

    

    Dan, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 12:25pm

    
    

    that's lame... Is his face the picture? Is the outstide street and environment also photographed speeding by at the same time? There's no way that will hold up in court. How petty are cops that they have to go after someone like that??? I can understand the firebombing arrest.....It shows them committing the crime....the picture described in the article shows a speedometer.... PETTY CRAP.

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    Re: Police races kids

    

    Dan, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 12:26pm

    
    

    But.....did he win the race?

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    I doubt they would bother.

    

    Rob, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 12:36pm

    
    

    They already have him with an unregistered, uninsured, and untitled vehicle which he hasn't paid any taxes on. If it doesn't meet state safety and emissions requirements, it gets even better.
    
    They have pretty strong circumstantial evidence for the speeding, but if it went to court, the prosecutor would still have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the photo wasn't faked. They almost certainly can, but what's the point? They probably have enough on him to take his bike, take his license, fine him, and make him pay sales tax, excise tax, import tax, interest, and penalties.
    
    If he's a first offender and has a good lawyer, he may be allowed to plead to the speeding ticket and keep his license.

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    Re:

    

    @Anonymous Coward, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 12:45pm

    
    

    100 mph (m=miles is also a distance)

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    Count Porkula, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 12:47pm

    
    

    Topher3105, You obviously have no experience with motorcycles. My '05 R1 will get up to 200 km/h before you finish reading this sentence (7-8 seconds). In less than 1/8th mile - shorter than many freeway entrance ramps - these bikes can easily reach those speeds and be back down to 60 mph - safely. It is not unusual to hit these speeds - briefly - on a bike. These bikes are not as dangerous as you think. Other drivers are the problem 99.999% of the time.

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    Re: Re:

    

    Mikester, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 12:57pm

    
    

    km/h Kilometers per hour, you fucking idiot
    
    You're the idiot. Anonymous Coward was pointing out the mistake in the article, "170 km" should have been "170 km/h"

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    Re: km vs m

    

    mAm, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 1:10pm

    
    

    yeah, kilometers are a measure of distance and so are miles
    so kilometers/hour is still a speed
    your point?

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    check this url out

    

    mAm, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 1:20pm

    
    

    http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/handcuff.asp

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    Count Porkula...

    

    Anonymous Coward, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 1:26pm

    
    

    "These bikes are not as dangerous as you think. Other drivers are the problem 99.999% of the time."
    
    Right. So the dead guy wiped across 400 yards of asphalt among scattered shards of steel and rubber can rest easy with the thought that it wasn't his bike, but the 2002 GMC Envoy that pulled out in front of him, that was dangerous.

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    Other Drivers

    

    Justin, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 1:47pm

    
    

    Yes, 99% of the time with any type of car it is someone elses mistake for the person on the bike/car to have a accident... I know

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    Re: Count Porkula...

    

    Anonymous Coward, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 1:47pm

    
    

    No.. He won't rest easy..
    
    He'll Rest In Peace.
    
    Big difference....

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    Nobody, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 2:29pm

    
    

    If the guy is in a USA jurisdiction, then the 5th Amendment won't apply for reasons stated by others above.
    
    What will apply is the Corpus Delicti rule ("body of the crime" rule) of criminal prosecution in the USA. The CD rule simply says that an unsworn confession outside of court cannot be the sole basis of prosecution for a crime without any other extrinsic evidence that a crime was ever committed.
    
    If you tell police "I robbed the Main St. Bank yesterday", you can't be prosecuted for bank robbery unless some other evidence exists that the Main St. Bank was actually robbed yesterday.
    
    In this case the only evidence that speed law was even violated is the confession. Therefore no prosecution, at least in the USA.
    
    If someone else observed the incident and came forward, then a prosecution could occur, and the confession would be good evidence against the speeder guy.

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    Re: Other Drivers

    

    Anonymous Coward, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 3:13pm

    
    

    "Yes, 99% of the time with any type of car it is someone elses mistake for the person on the bike/car to have a accident... I know"
    
    
    You're deluded. Unless it's a no-fault state, precisely 50% of the time it is someone else's mistake.

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    Tony, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 5:15pm

    
    

    " Its not the speed that will kill ya, it's the stoppin' "

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    Re: Re: Re:

    

    Anonymous Coward, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 6:59pm

    
    

    What you say is true, but it was pretty ambiguious the top parent.

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    Re: I doubt they would bother.

    

    Anonymous Coward, Jul 19th, 2006 @ 9:48pm

    
    

    emissions...in croatia?

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    Re: Re: Count Porkula...

    

    howard, Jul 20th, 2006 @ 12:36am

    
    

    He'll Rest In Peace.
    

    
    Pieces.

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    Re:

    

    Charles Griswold, Jul 20th, 2006 @ 11:18am

    
    

    In this case the only evidence that speed law was even violated is the confession. Therefore no prosecution, at least in the USA.

    
    
    To quote the article:
    
    

    The 28-year-old, identified only as D.M., took a photo of his speedometer showing 170 km (100 mph) on a back road in northern Croatia and then put it on the Web site of his local municipality.

    
    
    Sorry, but taking a picture of yourself comitting a crime and posting it on the internet goes a bit beyond mere "unsworn confession." He made an (implicit) public confession and then provided photographic evidence.

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    Stop Speeding

    

    eniram, Oct 31st, 2006 @ 7:51am

    
    

    There is a website in the US gathering data on speeders, which is freely available to police, or insurance companies. stopspeeding.com

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