Learner rider faces $77,000 in speed fines

Police throw the book at Sydney motorcyclist with a high-speed habit and a history of video recording his shenanigans.

Police seized a memory card from a Sydney rider and found evidence of dozens of road crimes.

A learner motorcycle rider faces more than $77,000 in speeding fines after police combed through helmet footage from his GoPro-style action camera.

The 23-year-old man was originally busted for speeding on September 11, when police allege he was riding at 162km/h in an 80km/h zone of the Warringah Freeway in North Sydney.

Police said the learner rider told them “he was on his way to a nearby driving school where he was due to take part in a program to assist him in becoming a safer rider”.

Police have charged a learner rider with dozens of speeding offences.

When officers noticed that he was wearing a video camera, they confiscated the memory card.

A subsequent investigation of its files resulted in a further 41 charges levelled at the rider, who now faces 14 counts of dangerous driving, including fines worth up to $2200 each, plus 15 counts of speeding over 45km/h (attracting a $2520 fine) and three counts of exceeding the speed limit by 30km/h (and $935 per pop).

Police added six other traffic offences to the man’s bill, along with two counts of offensive behaviour and one breach of public orders that could relate to coronavirus lockdowns.

Police allege the man regularly rode at speeds exceeding 200km/h.

The video evidence follows a similar offence

Queensland Police fined a Maroochydore man $17,512 after seizing his helmet-mounted video camera in March.

The man’s footage showed him riding past cars at more than 200km/h on a high-performance BMW S1000RR motorcycle.

When police went to his house to seize the bike, they also found a hydroponic “grow room” with illegal marijuana plants.

Originally published as Learner rider faces $77,000 in speed fines