Idiot with Go Pro camera

[Pieter Huizinga]

Here is a video taken with a helmet cam by an idiot racing (30 km/h speed limit) narrow dyke roads here in Holland with speeds in excess of 220 km/h.

This soon-to-be-organ-donor is the direct cause that more and more of these very pretty backroads have been closed for motorcyclists who'd like them so much for some easy going cruising. As far as I'm concerned he may fold his bike around one of those trees, and not live to tell. There are goddammit people walking and biking there, children playing.

Most of you don't read Dutch I'm sure, but let me assure you that my above comment is pretty mild compared to the comments of the blog's readers. I hear that law enforcement is already on his tracks, I hope they nail the bastard and confiscate his bike and take away his driving license for good.

[Derek-Dex-French]

Maybe he should be signed-up to go racing at the TT on the Isle of Man...

[Pieter Huizinga]

Maybe he should be signed-up to go racing at the TT on the Isle of Man...

Indeed. That has been suggested more than once in the comments.

[Keith Legge]

He needs to go on a speed awareness course..............

[Uncle Phil]

Unfortunately, there is no vaccine and thus no cure for stupid ...

[Andi Archer]

Damn stupid riding they dont even have great consideration for the several cycles and cars that are passed during the madness.

[mbrST1100]

Damn stupid riding they dont even have great consideration for the several cycles and cars that are passed during the madness.

Yep, imagine one steps out there... (besides that the bloke on the squid isn't very competent in matter of keeping a line anyway, he's all over the place...)

And of course it must be an excessively noisy exhaust and by abusing the engine at the redline... (you wouldn't hear much from an ST1100 passing by there...)
I only wonder why the residents don't aim a shotgun at him... rock salt or pig bristles come to mind
Also a 2x4 thrown out on the road would have some effect...

[David W]

But look at the header line from the camera manufacturer: Be a hero.

I can almost see and hear the camera seller as he tries try to sell this camcorder:

1. Attach the camera to your helmet as show here: http://cbcdn1.gp-static.com/uploads/pro ... gb_duo.jpg

2. Check that the camera is aimed so as to show both the road ahead and your speedometer readout.

3. Find an area where there are not a lot of hills and lots of straight roads; Holland is suggested.

4. Go for a fast ride, and remember that you cannot really become the hero you want to be unless your speed on a public road exceeds the current Go Pro record, which is a mind-boggling ....
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I am sorry to see that this video product comes out of the USA.

There do seem to be multiple user groups where you can try to express your disgust with it, and especially with the abuse that it seems to foster. (But I wonder if any negative comments get censored out by the moderators there. Has anyone tried?)
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Maybe he should be signed-up to go racing at the TT on the Isle of Man...

Maybe he should be exiled to the Isle of Mann.

... Most of you don't read Dutch I'm sure, ...

That's true for me at least. And I rely on Alain in Canada for French translations. But German I could probably handle. (Is not Luc the other one who reads Dutch?)

[mbrST1100]

But look at the header line from the camera manufacturer: Be a hero.

Yeah-right... simple minds take those adds literally of course...

Wondering when they start to nail webcams to their squids, so all the likeminded can follow in real time...

[Pieter Huizinga]

Is not Luc the other one who reads Dutch?

Nah, he is Flemish. Which relates to Dutch like Arkansawish to The Queen's English.