18-year-old boy racer Danny Hyde filmed himself getting his Astra up to 130mph - quite a feat in itself - then stuck the resulting video on YouTube. But he was grassed up by an anonymous vigilante, who sent a link to cops.
The video showed Hyde filming his speedo with his phone, then the road, then his speedo again, obviously driving at warp factor three with only one hand on the wheel, as he hammered along the A14 near Ipswich.
The original video’s been taken off YouTube, sadly, but a saved version exists here at the Evening Star’s site if you want to see just how stupid the 18-year-olds of today actually are.
Danny admitted the crime, as you sort of have to when you’ve just videoed yourself doing it, and was today given a four month suspended sentence.
So there’s a bit of advice. If you’re going to film yourself doing something bad, don’t put it up on YouTube. The police can check stuff like this and find out who you are, even if you use a made up name.
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Lionel, CrowdSpirit Founder
February 27th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
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