Cycling plod gets drunk driver

In news:[email protected], wafflycathcsdirtycatlitter
<[email protected]> typed:
> See
>
<http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_779837.html?menu=news.latestheadlines>
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> "Drink-driver caught by police on bicycles
>
> A drink-driver who was caught after police chased his car on bicycles has been jailed.
>
> James Watts, 37, who was three times over the limit, crashed into three cars during the 40mph
> pursuit through Oxford, Thames Valley Police said.
>
> He was sentenced yesterday at Oxford Crown Court to four months in prison after pleading guilty to
> dangerous driving and drink-driving. He was also disqualified for three years.
>
> The pursuit began when Watts, a builder from Sandford-upon-Thames,
b> refused to put on his seat-belt when told to by the officers on April
> 5.
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> They chased him on bikes from Cowley Road, east Oxford, through several streets before his Ford
> Escort collided with the vehicles.
>
> The court heard Watts nearly collided with one of the officers during the chase through the city's
> busy roads.
>

I saw this on TVP website today - well done to the cops that they got this scum, but I am somewhat
sceptical about the *40mph* figure. TVP usually use mountain bikes, and with the exception of one
former CID officer few of them are racers.

I wonder if the chase started off with panda cars; they lost the drunk driver in the pursuit;
however officers on bikes (wwould have heard the pursuit on their radios) headed him off as he came
towards the more built up part of Oxford?

If they did *really* get 40mph on MTB's I would be interested to know their techniques!

Alex

For goodnress sake man!!

Never let the facts get in the way of a good story

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Perhaps the chase was downhill

Wainwright <[email protected]> wrote:
>Perhaps the chase was downhill

The Cowley Road area's gently rolling at most.
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Mr R@t (2.3 zulu-alpha) [comms room 2] wrote:

>If they did *really* get 40mph on MTB's I would be interested to know their techniques!

I once managed 51.5mph on my MTB.
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Ah well, clearly a tremendous tailwind then!

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>Wainwright <[email protected]> wrote:
>>Perhaps the chase was downhill
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>The Cowley Road area's gently rolling at most.
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"Mr R@t \(2.3 zulu-alpha\) [comms room 2]" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> No *need* to exaggerate - in this case it just detracts from an otherwise possible story,
> especially if read by younger people and/or those who would not normally have a high opinion of
> the Police due to previous incidents where they have exaggerated stuff (such as the "threat"
> caused to society by such things as raves, hippies etc....)

Bitter, Alex, bitter.



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