In a bid to cut down on dangerous driving and road fatalities, police have begun to crack down on offenders by using content posted online as evidence. YouTube is host to thousands of videos of drivers apparently speeding on public roads which has become somewhat of a craze.
Police in the UK and America have attempted to charge drivers if they find videos online that prove they were breaking the law. However this is proving difficult as it can be hard to prosecute someone if they cannot prove any one of a list of factors.
The video must be able to prove who was driving, where they were driving, how fast they were driving and the car they were driving in. They would subsequently need to be able to prove the car’s speedometer was calibrated and all other factors could not be variable.
An Australian motorcyclist was recently prosecuted when Canberra police discovered a video he had posted online driving at over 200km/h in a 60km/h zone. There was much dispute however as the video consisted of a camera pointed directly at the motorbikes speedometer and showed no proof that it was him, his bike, or on Canberra roads.
Nathan Campbell from Burnley has been jailed for 4 months with a 3 year driving ban after prosecutors used footage from YouTube as evidence. The video, filmed on a mobile phone, showed Campbell speeding at over 140mph down the M65 often using the hard shoulder to undertake other vehicles.
Campbell is due to serve 4 months in prison and has been given a three year driving ban in an ruling that the judge claims will act as a deterrent to other young drivers looking to commit copycat offences.
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