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2012-07-27 06:29:35 GMT+7 (ICT)

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SAANICH, BRITISH COLUMBIA (BNO NEWS) -- Police in western Canada have arrested a man accused of driving more than 300 kilometers (186 miles) per hour on a British Columbia highway and putting video of the motorcycle ride on the internet, officials said on late Wednesday.

Police earlier this month issued an arrest warrant for 25-year-old Randy George Scott after someone uploaded a video to YouTube showing a motorcyclist who recorded himself weaving through traffic on the Trans-Canada Highway near Victoria. The speedometer shows the driver traveling at nearly 300 kilometers (186 miles) per hour as the motorcycle rockets in between vehicles.

"The man responsible for the infamous YouTube video 'Victoria Highway Run 299km' is in custody in Kelowna cells," Cst. Kris Clark, a spokesman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), said on Wednesday. He said Scott turned himself in just after 7 p.m. local time on Tuesday.

"The video appears to show a motorcyclist travelling at extremely dangerous speeds, weaving in and out of traffic and passing between vehicles on the lane dividing line," Clark said. "Videos such as this glorify dangerous driving behaviors which is a direct contradiction to our commitment to road safety."

Scott, who has 25 previous infractions and was driving unlicensed and uninsured, remains in police custody and has been charged with Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle. The blue Yamaha R1 motorcycle he is accused of having used in the video, and which was registered to his mother, was seized by police in April.

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Seems like pretty standard Thai driving unfortanetly with super bikes at that speed someone changes lanes or you hit a rear view and your done taking innocent people with him.I'm sure he wont be driving any time in the near future thank <snip>.

Edited July 28, 201213 yr by metisdead
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Blame it to " Need For Speed " and other boring videogames.

A government who allows vehicles able to do such speeds on the public roads should be punished as well.

This guy should put the lottery on because the only reason he wasnt killed was because of luck.... Only takes 1 other driver to pull out and he was dead... Guy must be a proper arsehol_e and will be dead before long driving like that and thats a 100% certainty

I'm curious about the legality of the arrest as in most jurisdiction a traffic infraction, even a serious one, needs to be witnessed by a police officer. A video is not enough.

I'm curious about the legality of the arrest as in most jurisdiction a traffic infraction, even a serious one, needs to be witnessed by a police officer. A video is not enough.

You can get a ticket from a traffic cam in several western countries such as running a red light can't you. No direct police witness with that.

People like that have a death wish. Sooner or later, he will have his ticket punched searching for the next adrenaline rush.

I'm curious about the legality of the arrest as in most jurisdiction a traffic infraction, even a serious one, needs to be witnessed by a police officer. A video is not enough.

At this point it's way beyond a traffic infraction.

249. Dangerous operation of motor vehicles, vessels and aircraft

249. (1) Every one commits an offence who operates

(a) a motor vehicle in a manner that is dangerous to the public, having regard to all the circumstances, including the nature, condition and use of the place at which the motor vehicle is being operated and the amount of traffic that at the time is or might reasonably be expected to be at that place;

(2) Every one who commits an offence under subsection (1)

(a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years

At that speed if he would have hit a pot hole, he'd have been thrown so far he'd have been charged with fleeing the scene of an accident.

Reckon he handled the bike very well indeed

Is it possible that a video from you tube could be presented a solid graphic forensic evidence in court ? we are all well aware of how special effects can distort the truth of an image, might be an interesting point of law as to the validity of the video lifted from you tube.

Agreed CCTV systems are in place to catch offenders, however the CCTV system is a confirmed legal entity, I would think that a challenge as to the legality of the you tube video could indeed prove an interesting point of law on which to contest the case, a grey area of legality it seems.

I think the video itself is a confession, should be good enough to prove reckless endangerment.

At that speed if he would have hit a pot hole, he'd have been thrown so far he'd have been charged with fleeing the scene of an accident.

Hey, don't give the Thais any ideas!

Fleeing the scene is the norm here, so one seems to care whether it is officially an offense.

"Lucky eh?"

I could not watch the whole thing. What an utter fool.

I could not watch the whole thing. What an utter fool.

Yeh..... But looks not like 300km/h to me. Would say more in the mid 200's on the straight, maybe 160 in the corners.