Onboard footage of biker's R1 runA BIKER who was accused of riding his Yamaha R1 through a built-up area at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour, filming the ride and then posting the footage on the YouTube, has spoken out for the first time.
Jeremy Parrott, 37, was questioned by police officers after they saw the video. It shows his Yamaha R1 squeezing through traffic driving in opposite directions, while the video starts and ends at Parrott's home address.
The film does not show the driver, and Parrott has not admitted being the driver. The camera was mounted so that it recorded the riders-eye view of the road as well as the speedo.
Not only did the motorcycle begin and end its journey at Parrott's home address, it shows a vehicle number plate in the drive way, which may have helped police trace him.
"They came and knocked on my door and said I've come to talk to you about the words YouTube and R1," Parrott said in an interview with Motorcycle News published this week.
In the magazine interview, he neither categorically denies nor admits being the rider of the bike.
"I wasn't the rider of the bike necessarily," he said. "I'm not saying it's me."
When asked could he explain why the motorcycle began from and returned to his house he simply said "no".
Police spokeman, Dan Mountain said: "A 37-year-old from Bathurst Close attended Burnham-On-Sea police station and has been summonsed for dangerous driving. We hope that this will act as a deterrent."
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