Drunk motorcyclist drove without helmet

A motorcyclist was been warned by a magistrate that his behaviour was foolish and dangerous after he was caught by police drink-driving without a helmet.

North East Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court heard, last Monday, how Christopher Vickers, 24, of Eyre Arms, Calver, was caught by police after he was spotted riding with a pillion passenger when neither of them were wearing helmets.

Becky Allsop, prosecuting, said: “Officers spotted a moped with a rider and a female pillion passenger in the early hours of the morning and neither were wearing helmets.

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“The officers lost sight of them but came across them after they had parked.”

Vickers informed police officers that he had been drinking in Chesterfield and had got a taxi to Calver, then later took his girlfriend home on the moped.

When police officers breath–tested Vickers he blew 69 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath – exceeding the prescribed drink-drive limit, which is 35 microgrammes in 100 millilitres of breath.

He pleaded guilty to the charges of riding a motorcycle without protective head gear and exceeding the drink–drive limit after the incident in November.

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John Wilford, defending, said: “He had been out in Chesterfield drinking and had got a taxi there and back.

“He became depressed during the evening and he has a number of health problems.

“Vickers had syringes with him and medication and even though he explained what they were for he had been refused entry to a couple of places.

“He returned back to where he works as a chef and to where he lives in the grounds and got on his moped and was seen and stopped by police.”

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Magistrates warned Vickers it had been “foolish” to ride without a helmet.

He was fined £200 and magistrates ordered him to pay a £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

The defendant was also disqualified from driving for 17 months.

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