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Harley Owner Fined $13,500 for 58 Traffic Violations During a Single Ride

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) identified and tracked down the owner of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle that caused quite a lot of stir in Surrey, British Columbia earlier this spring. We then reported about the insane 20 February chase that led a Harley-Davidson rider, so far not identified, through the Guildford Wall-Mart in an attempt to lose the cops.
H-D rider fleeing the cops through a Wall-Mart 1 photo
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CCTV footage released by the police shows a motorcycle, later identified as a Harley, being driven recklessly through a mall full of people and even down an escalator. The rider finally evaded apprehension as he rode his bike across a pedestrian crossing above a nearby highway.

However, the RCMP got to work and managed to identify the bike and its owner. Back then we said that tracking down the bike is a matter of time once the vehicle's license plate appeared in the footage.

Fifty-eight traffic violations led to a seized motorcycle and $13,500 in fines

CMG reports that the British Columbia police say the motorcycle in this disturbing case has been identified. However, the identity of the person who rode the bike was not established yet, so the cops handed the bike's owner around $13,500 in traffic fines and seizing the motorcycle.

The same source mentions that no less than 58 traffic violations are held against whoever rode the Harley-Davidson, and they include but are not limited to, failing to stop for police, excessive speed, running a red light, and having no insurance.

According to the British Columbia Motor Vehicle Act, the owner of a vehicle can be held accountable if he or she refuses to reveal who drove the said vehicle at the time when a traffic violation was recorded.

"In British Columbia the registered owner of a motor vehicle is fully responsible for their vehicle at all times. They may elect to offer the police information as to who was driving at the time of an offense and have the driver charged. If they chose not to provide those details, however, there is a provision in the Motor Vehicle Act stating that the registered owner can be charged for any offences that occur."

Now, it will be interesting to see how things evolve in this case, or whether the bike was reported stolen before these "stunts." Mall management might also think about some lawsuits in relation to the case after finding that the escalator took some damage.

Either way, things will end up bad for someone. Of course, there is another possibility, that the bike was stolen from a garage without the owner knowing about this and therefore, having no reason to report it stolen. The "no insurance" thing may be an indicator that the bike might have been "in conservation," but establishing the truth is, of course, police and court business.
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