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Cumbria and Yorkshire police target bikers
On 14/07/2011 in Motorcycle news : General news
Popular motorcycle routes patrolled
stopped for speeding and one was taken into custody for riding a motorcycle while over the legal limit for alcohol.
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Celebrity US bike builder in court again
On 08/01/2009 in Motorcycle news : General news
Manslaughter, drink-driving - things don't look good for Billy Lane
Inlet park ranger Gerald Morelock.Now the Brevard County state attorneys office has added an alternative charge of vehicular manslaughter.Prosecutors said Lane’s blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit at the time of his arrest.
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Drunk driver jailed over charity biker death
On 22/04/2008 in Motorcycle news : General news
Fund raising motorcyclist killed on last stretch of 500-mile charity trip by driver with previous drink-drive conviction
A DRINK-DRIVER who killed a motorcyclist while he was on the last leg of a fund-raising motorcycle trip has been jailed for three years.Guy Henderson Reed was more than double the legal alcohol limit when his Mercedes ploughed into Andrew Groves
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Celeb + Motorcycle, 0 Cops, 1
On 30/11/2012 in Motorcycle news: Bizarre
Il y une couille dans le potage for poor Gerard
, with five times the legal alcohol limit. Then, just last year, he was in the news on his scooter again after a fracas with a car driver.
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Have your Say (Surrey)
On 13/06/2012 in forum
to take place at 8.00pm every Monday evening for the following seven weeks.Surrey County Council has appointed TRL Limited, the Transport Research Laboratory, to work with local motorcyclists to devise strategies to reduce motorcycle casualties in Surrey
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French 100bhp limit to be revoked
On 22/11/2012 in Motorcycle news: Industry
No more restricted S1000RRs and ZX-10Rs...
THE 100BHP limit in France is due to be revoked.A vote in the EU parliament has opposed the French 100bhp limit which was introduced in 1985 as a bizarre way to try and cut motorcycle accidents. France is the only EU member state to apply the 100bhp
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Eight-pint biker nicked by Police
On 22/07/2010 in Motorcycle news : General news
27-year-old remanded in custody until August
motorbike on June 27th this year.McManus was breath tested by Police at the scene and arrested on suspicion of drinking and driving; he was later found to be more than double the legal limit.In court, the 24-year-old pleaded guilty to driving while over
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US drink-related bike deaths on the increase
On 29/08/2008 in Motorcycle news : General news
Latest government report shows car drivers are getting the anti-drink-drive message while bikers are not
13,000 people were killed in crashes in which the driver had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08, the legal limit in the United States, or at higher levels. Overall, alcohol deaths were down nearly 4 percent compared with 2006, when nearly 13
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Drunk biker gets five years for OAP death
On 01/08/2008 in Motorcycle news : General news
Motorcyclist jailed and banned for five years following death of pensioner
A MOTORCYCLIST who refused a blood alcohol test following a fatal crash has been jailed for five years. Christopher Coe was more than two-and-a-half times over the legal limit when his motorcycle collided with pensioner Richard Flynn in May last
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Bike builder Billy Lane on trial for biker's death
On 19/11/2008 in Motorcycle news : General news
Celebrity bike builder struck a biker head on in his Dodge truck while allegedly over the drink-drive limit
, is charged with one count of DUI manslaughter in connection with the fatal Labor Day 2006 traffic accident.According to Florida Today, Police reported that Lane's blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit when he crossed a double yellow line
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