Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Walker banned ..

[Henners]

.. for 60 days for doing 130mph on a dual carriageway. Clearly Chris wasn't on the Petronas as they can't go that fast

[madmav]

pmsl

[bradders]

you or I would have been thrown in jail for 2 weeks and 12m ban!!

[antonye]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/n...re/4181783.stm

[webbyc]

Weren't they more lenient because he's doing abike road safety film?

[guest1]

WebbyC, nice of you to include a caricature of Walker as your avatar.
He told Loughborough magistrates he would be unable to fulfil racing commitments in Britain and on the continent if given a lengthy ban. - my 4rse. he should have thought of that before he put his foot down.

[Iconic944ss]

I guess its almost too easy to 'expect' this type of behavoir from star and people in the media - but its just as unacceptable for them as it is for us.

Having met Chris I still think he is a sound bloke who just had a 'moment of madness' as he says (let he who is without sin etc....)

At least he is phyisically and mentally much better prepared than any of us would be at that speed - but thats no real defense.

Frank

[Rushjob]

Iconic944 said.....
At least he is phyisically and mentally much better prepared than any of us would be at that speed - but thats no real defense

I used to subscribe to this view until I dealt with an RTC involving a chap who thought that the map & signs showed a right hand bend when in fact it was a left hander....
One rather long excursion through the hedge & into the field later he was shaken but not injured.
Couldn't say the same for his reputation with his work mates though...
He was a RAF Tornado navigator
Andy

[Edited on 18-1-2005 by Rushjob]

[bradders]

I actually think it is a just decison, one that fits the crime, but I just hope and wish if I ever have a 'moment of madness' i get the same...somehow think not

[ali]

Seems like a reasonably sensible fine for doing 130 on a DC. Doesn't really matter if it's two weeks or two months, you'll think twice about doing it again.

As usual, the real problem is that the circumstances (time/traffic/vehicle) weren't taken into account, just his excuses for future commitments. It's pretty evident that, for example, 130mph in Scooby WRX at 5am on the M40 is far safer than 35mph on a 20yr old C90 outside a school at 4pm. Shame the magistrates don't think so!

Cheers,

Ali