Speeding A90 Biker Jailed
Video footage of a motorcyclist who was jailed after being convicted of dangerous driving on North East roads has been released by Police Scotland.
Video footage of a motorcyclist who was jailed after being convicted of dangerous driving on North East roads has been released by Police Scotland.
On Wednesday 21 October 2015, Road Policing Officers from the Trunk Road Patrol Group were on patrol on the A90 between Aberdeen and Balmedie when they became aware of a motorcycle exceeding the speed limit.
Scott Edwards, aged 27, the rider of the motorcycle, was followed as he travelled between 100 and 115 miles per hour towards Balmedie. A speed check on the motorcycle was carried out using a calibrated device within the Police vehicle and recorded its speed at 110 miles per hour.
Officers followed the motorcycle into the built up area of Balmedie where they signalled for it to stop. The motorcyclist immediately increased speed accelerating through a section of roadworks and began overtaking other vehicles on a blind bend.
Due to the risks involved, the Officers stopped following the vehicle to carry out enquiries with the registered keeper.
Minutes later, the officers received a report of the motorcycle having crashed on the other side of the village. On arrival, they found the motorcyclist had crashed into a car travelling in the opposite direction. Edwards was found to have sustained a fracture to his wrist. The driver of the car also sustained whiplash.
Edwards appeared in court on Friday 4 March 2016; he pled guilty and was imprisoned for six months. He was also banned from driving for 32 months.
Due to a dangerous driving offence in July 2015 when he was recorded driving a car at 120 miles per hour on the A96 near Kintore, Aberdeenshire, Edwards also received a further three month jail sentence and was banned from driving for thirteen months.
Sergeant Steve Manson, from Police Scotland's Trunk Road Patrol Group said, "Unfortunately the speeds recorded here are not isolated incidents, despite previous warnings, Officers are regularly recording high speeds on the north east roads. Although the rider in this incident sustained a fractured wrist and the other driver received whiplash injuries, the outcome of riding a motorcycle in this manner could easily have been worse.
Driving at inappropriate speed is a factor in many fatal and serious collisions and hopefully the two custodial sentences given will highlight to people the other potential consequences of travelling at these kinds of speeds."