Anyone know this idiot motorcyclist?

[Archie_tect]

He really has gone to ground!

 

[KneesUp]

What's a bit odd is that the reg OV13VNM is not whoing up as a valid plate on mycarcheck.com and it is showing as not insured on askmid.com
(I'm not sure if askmid will return "not insured" if there is no match at all)

OV13 VNM comes back as

Vehicle details could not be found
As it has not been possible to locate the vehicle details, your enquiry cannot proceed and has been cancelled.
If you want to check the vehicle record held by DVLA...
Please contact Vehicle Enquiries:

on the DVLA too.

I expect he's bought a private plate and put that on.

 

[gaz]

It's one of the reasons I really don't like all these web cammers posting all their clips for the world to see. It really does give a skewed view of cycling, especially town and city cycling. There are ten's of thousands of cycling miles done every day without incident and just a few altercations. It's the altercations that get all the views.

It's a huge problem. I've tried to put up more videos of happy riding, but I doubt it balances it out and certainly doesn't get as many views.
When you look at the numbers, the amount of vehicles I have issues with works out to be less than 0.001% of those I encounter on the road. Really small numbers!

 

[gaz]

OV13 VNM comes back as

Vehicle details could not be found
As it has not been possible to locate the vehicle details, your enquiry cannot proceed and has been cancelled.
If you want to check the vehicle record held by DVLA...
Please contact Vehicle Enquiries:

on the DVLA too.

I expect he's bought a private plate and put that on.

It's been like that since day 1. A different database brings back the correct info. Note that these databases are not always up to date.

 

[benb]

OV13 VNM comes back as

Vehicle details could not be found
As it has not been possible to locate the vehicle details, your enquiry cannot proceed and has been cancelled.
If you want to check the vehicle record held by DVLA...
Please contact Vehicle Enquiries:

on the DVLA too.

I expect he's bought a private plate and put that on.

Private plates usually still come up on mycarcheck.com

Could it be a false plate?

 

[KneesUp]

It's been like that since day 1. A different database brings back the correct info. Note that these databases are not always up to date.

I think the DVLA feeds all the others, though - I guess some of the others could have a lag. Looks like he put the private plate on some time ago then?

 

[KneesUp]

Private plates usually still come up on mycarcheck.com

Could it be a false plate?

The private plate will show up if you know what it is, it's just not linked to the old plate, surely?

 

[ianrauk]

It's a huge problem. I've tried to put up more videos of happy riding, but I doubt it balances it out and certainly doesn't get as many views.
When you look at the numbers, the amount of vehicles I have issues with works out to be less than 0.001% of those I encounter on the road. Really small numbers!

Gaz, I'm fully aware of that, the many casual and new to the road cyclists out there are not.
But it's the same with everything in life, people want to read, hear, see, report the bad stuff rather then the good stuff.

 

[cisamcgu]

London congestion charge website still lists as :
Vehicle: OV13VNM
Details: WHITE DUCATI HYPERMOTARD SP

 

[gaz]

I think the DVLA feeds all the others, though - I guess some of the others could have a lag. Looks like he put the private plate on some time ago then?

Depends on the service

I posted a 'few' pages back with an image of TFL showing the details, they use a different database that is not updated by DVLA.

 

[KneesUp]

Depends on the service

I posted a 'few' pages back with an image of TFL showing the details, they use a different database that is not updated by DVLA.

Really? I am pretty sure that the DVLA are the only agency that collects the necessary data - it's the DVLA that issues plates and keeps a record of who owns which vehicle and so on.

 

[gaz]

Really? I am pretty sure that the DVLA are the only agency that collects the necessary data - it's the DVLA that issues plates and keeps a record of who owns which vehicle and so on.

Correct, I'm presuming that TFL only request that data each time the vehicle goes through the cameras. As such, if the bike hasn't been through since, it won't grab the information. places like my car check take a rolling feed so their info is up to date within a day, but TFL don't, probably because they don't need all the vehicles registered in the UK on the database.

 

[veloevol]

Ohh subtitles!

 

[FeistySquirrel]

I've not bothered with this thread, but something I always think when I see the video...
He's holding his phone to his left ear with his right hand...
If he held it with his left hand to his left ear, there's a chance the collision wouldn't of happened.

Moral of the video? Hold your phone properly whilst cycling

 

[Lanzecki]

@FeistySquirrel lights the blue touch paper and steps back to a safe distance. May I suggest South America?