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The individual was voluntarily speeding and was flashing major lifted. He thought he was nowhere to be found, but had no pot. Or rather if.
The biker was happy to rush in front of the radar and shoot a middle finger. Image pretext.
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In the Nord department, he was called “the biker on the middle finger”. In the spring of 2021, he was flashed four times with his middle finger erect and at more than 200 km / h. The gendarmes understood that he was using the radars as selfie machines, purposely committing these speeding tickets to send this ungracious message to the police.
Not easy to identify since the biker either rode without a plate, or by masking it with tape, says France Blue. Law enforcement, who spotted him on radar footage in Bailleul on the A25, found him repeating the same comedy on the A1 in Seclin. The individual probably thinks he is untouchable.
Rare exhaust
But the gendarmes do not admit defeat. The motorcycle model is common, but the exhaust less. There are only 20 machines equipped with it in the region. So they go door to door and find their owners. Three months following the incident, it was in Tourcoing that they discovered a 24-year-old man who seemed to be the right person. He denies the facts, but motorcycle, pot, helmet and suit correspond to the photos of the radars. The ultimate proof will come from his phone, geolocated each time in the radar sectors on the corresponding dates.
The rude appeared on January 11 before the Dunkirk Criminal Court for excessive speeding and contempt. No major offenses, whatever …
