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Video: High speed police bike chase

By: KentOnline reporter multimediadesk@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 13:53, 24 September 2008

Updated: 15:59, 02 May 2019

It is fast. It is furious. And it should send every speeding biker into a wheel spin.

This video shows graphically how Kent's motorbike cops are hot on the trail of law-breaking motorists.

The unmarked camera bike seen in action above has brought an almost 100 per cent conviction rate for speeding and careless driving.

The short clip shows a 46-year-old biker reaching speeds of up to 90 mph along a county lane in Mereworth, West Kent.

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He was given three penalty points and fined £60.

Figures for the first 18 months since the bike was introduced show 84 motorists were caught breaking the law, and officers believe lives have been saved as a result.

Sixty eight were caught speeding, 11 for careless driving and five for dangerous driving.

Head of roads policing, Chief Inspector Roscoe Walford, said: “I like to think that the use of the unmarked bike contributed to that great result.

“Meantime, I would warn motorists to think about the consequences of being caught committing an offence. At best you risk a fine, ban or an increase in insurance premiums. At worst you risk a criminal record, losing your job or going to jail.”

The unmarked bike was also used during a recent road safety campaign and, for the first time, there were no deaths and serious injuries in that time.

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Kent Police plan to buy another unmarked bike in the near future.

Other convictions as a result of video footage from the unmarked bike include:

A 25-year-old man received a six months ban and was fined £565 at Canterbury magistrates’ court after speeding in a residential street in Canterbury.

A 47-year-old man was banned from riding for 14 days and fined £465 at Dartford magistrates’ court after he rode at 80mph in a 40mph limit and 49mph in a 30mph zone along an A road in Swanscombe.

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