RobbieT
Elite Member
From Ducati.net
"Man who rode his Ducati faster than 200 kilometres per hour gets to keep his motorcycle
A Supreme Court judge has refused the province's attempt to seize ownership of a 2008 Ducati motorcycle clocked at more than 200 kilometres per hour in a 60 kph zone.
The B.C. director of civil forfeiture sought a court order, which was successfully challenged by Jason Alan Dery.
According to the ruling by Justice Gregory Bowden, Dery has 39 motor-vehicle offences since 1990, including five 24-hour suspensions.
On July 2, 2011, he was riding his Ducati 1098 motorcycle at 163 kph along Willis Point Road outside of Victoria before accelerating to more than 200 kph."
More of the story is here:-
http://www.straight.com/news/421071/man-who-rode-his-ducati-faster-200-kilometres-hour-gets-keep-his-motorcycle
BUT my favorite exctract is...
"The uncontradicted evidence of the defendant is that the road where he accelerated to about 200 kph was long and straight; the weather was sunny and clear with good visibility; the road surface was dry; there were no other vehicles on the road or in sight; there were no pedestrians on the road or in sight; and the Ducati was in perfect working conditions with brakes and tires that had recently been replaced. The evidence does not satisfy me that the speeding by the defendant on July 2, 2011, amounted to dangerous driving under s. 249 of the Criminal Code. No evidence was presented to establish that speeding, in and by itself, is likely to cause serious bodily harm to a person."
"Man who rode his Ducati faster than 200 kilometres per hour gets to keep his motorcycle
A Supreme Court judge has refused the province's attempt to seize ownership of a 2008 Ducati motorcycle clocked at more than 200 kilometres per hour in a 60 kph zone.
The B.C. director of civil forfeiture sought a court order, which was successfully challenged by Jason Alan Dery.
According to the ruling by Justice Gregory Bowden, Dery has 39 motor-vehicle offences since 1990, including five 24-hour suspensions.
On July 2, 2011, he was riding his Ducati 1098 motorcycle at 163 kph along Willis Point Road outside of Victoria before accelerating to more than 200 kph."
More of the story is here:-
http://www.straight.com/news/421071/man-who-rode-his-ducati-faster-200-kilometres-hour-gets-keep-his-motorcycle
BUT my favorite exctract is...
"The uncontradicted evidence of the defendant is that the road where he accelerated to about 200 kph was long and straight; the weather was sunny and clear with good visibility; the road surface was dry; there were no other vehicles on the road or in sight; there were no pedestrians on the road or in sight; and the Ducati was in perfect working conditions with brakes and tires that had recently been replaced. The evidence does not satisfy me that the speeding by the defendant on July 2, 2011, amounted to dangerous driving under s. 249 of the Criminal Code. No evidence was presented to establish that speeding, in and by itself, is likely to cause serious bodily harm to a person."
) stops for speeding and in over 50% of the cases I was just given a warning and sent on my way. There is a time and place for everything and unfortunately, camera vans don't have the same ability to reason. I am seeing far too many vans on NSL roads and motorways and not any outside of schools, hospitals and residential areas.
