Drunk motorcyclist flagged down police

5:20am Friday 18th May 2012 in Travel

Drunk motorcyclist flagged down police Drunk motorcyclist flagged down police

A MOTORCYCLIST flagged down the police after he skidded off the road and then refused to give a breath test when officers suspected he had been drinking.

Southampton Magistrates’ Court was told how Lindsay Hastings had come off his Yamaha bike on Rownhams Road in Romsey after braking to avoid a fox in the road.

Shortly afterwards he flagged down a police car and officers asked him to perform a breath test after smelling alcohol on his breath following the incident on May 1, prosecutor Emma Currie said.

When he refused he was charged with failing to give a sample of breath to which he pleaded guilty. Hastings, 38, of Mortimer Close, Totton, said he was in shock having come off his bike and had only drunk two pints of shandy that night.

He was given a £110 fine, ordered to pay £85 costs and a £15 victim surcharge and was disqualified from driving for a year.

Comments(6)

Solomon's Boot says...
8:17am Fri 18 May 12

What a prat!

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iankenken says...
9:27am Fri 18 May 12

PLEASE realise that not all motorcyclists are irresponsible and that we try to be as considerate as any other road user. Yet another reinforcement of stereotypes...

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hulla baloo says...
10:19am Fri 18 May 12

Victim surcharge? who was it, unless the 'victim' was a fox.

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Dan Kerins says...
11:16am Fri 18 May 12

hulla baloo wrote:
Victim surcharge? who was it, unless the 'victim' was a fox.
As has been explained a number of times before on these pages, the victim surcharge does not relate to victims of that particular crime but rather goes into a fund to provide money for awards made by the courts to victims of crime in general, where appropriate.

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Torchie1 says...
11:21am Fri 18 May 12

Dan Kerins wrote:
hulla baloo wrote:
Victim surcharge? who was it, unless the 'victim' was a fox.
As has been explained a number of times before on these pages, the victim surcharge does not relate to victims of that particular crime but rather goes into a fund to provide money for awards made by the courts to victims of crime in general, where appropriate.
A 'Victim Surcharge' has a more friendly sound than a 'Stealth Tax'.

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saints8477 says...
9:07pm Tue 29 May 12

Solomon's Boot wrote:
What a prat!
The bloke is a prat, I know him not long been out of prison for hitting a police women. Complete and utter p***k.

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