0:00:02 > 0:00:03Oh, don't break it, mate!
0:00:06 > 0:00:08See - social workers, police officers,
0:00:08 > 0:00:11removal men and road sweepers.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Phwoar, this car stinks of cannabis!
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Are you joking? What are you saving us from?
0:00:17 > 0:00:21Shut up and go away, you're beginning to get on my nerves now.
0:00:22 > 0:00:27Britain's motorways - high volume and, for some, high risk.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Right, you were doing 98 mile an hour.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Any reason for that at all?
0:00:32 > 0:00:33I... I just got confused.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36As more and more of us ride our luck on the roads...
0:00:36 > 0:00:39It's looking like his vehicle might have developed a fault,
0:00:39 > 0:00:40it's smoking quite badly.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44..we run the risk of serious injury.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49I heard the bike before I saw it.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50And then he come flying round.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54And then I heard "bang".
0:00:54 > 0:00:56And in West Yorkshire,
0:00:56 > 0:00:58it's down to the Motorway Cops to pick up the pieces.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01The moment you start thinking you're invincible
0:01:01 > 0:01:04is the moment that you get seriously hurt - or killed.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Carr Gate, Wakefield -
0:01:17 > 0:01:20home of West Yorkshire's Southern Area Roads Policing Unit.
0:01:22 > 0:01:2511 officers are clocking on for duty,
0:01:25 > 0:01:28including Doug Lofthouse and Dale Anderson.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31That's what my youngest did when she was three.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33That's what my eldest daughter did when...
0:01:33 > 0:01:36she was seven or eight at that point.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39They live on the inside of my locker so I can look at them every day.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44We are just about ready to go, I think, now.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55As they patrol along the M62,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58an urgent call for assistance comes in.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Could be interesting, this one.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Yeah, we've just received a message from our control room
0:02:05 > 0:02:06that there's been a...
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Well, it sounds quite a serious road-traffic collision
0:02:09 > 0:02:11involving a bus and a motorbike.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15Motorcyclists make up just 1% of traffic on our roads,
0:02:15 > 0:02:20but account for nearly one quarter of all serious-injury accidents.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Er, the reports that we're getting at the minute
0:02:25 > 0:02:27is that the motorbiker is unconscious.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30When you, er, hear of a motorcycle call,
0:02:30 > 0:02:34it almost makes the hair on the back of me neck stand up,
0:02:34 > 0:02:36and the reason for that is
0:02:36 > 0:02:40just cos of the amount of serious incidents we attend involving bikes.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44Then when you hear of another large vehicle, a bus, being involved,
0:02:44 > 0:02:48you're thinking the potential consequences
0:02:48 > 0:02:49can be catastrophic.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52We're going to be about 12 miles away still at the moment.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Erm, but that's the nature of the beast,
0:02:55 > 0:02:58sometimes we have to travel a long way.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02The cops are heading to Hemsworth, south-east of Wakefield.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Luckily paramedics are already at the scene.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Ooh.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15- RADIO:- Received, thank you.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24If somebody's got CPR being performed on them, er,
0:03:24 > 0:03:27their life's obviously in great danger.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28'It's disproportionate,
0:03:28 > 0:03:31'the amount of motorcycle fatals I've been to.'
0:03:31 > 0:03:35I've literally seen it all, I think.
0:03:36 > 0:03:41Motorcyclists crushed under trucks, under wheels of trucks, erm,
0:03:41 > 0:03:44impaled on items, and it doesn't really bear thinking about.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Off-road?
0:03:53 > 0:03:54We've just had an update.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57They're still working on this male, performing CPR,
0:03:57 > 0:04:00but the update is it's actually an off-road motorcycle,
0:04:00 > 0:04:04so whether the rider was wearing a helmet or anything we don't know.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06This is it.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08- Bus comes down here?- Yeah.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14It's a residential street in the town where I grew up,
0:04:14 > 0:04:18so I knew exactly where we were going and what I was likely to face.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29Emergency teams are locked in a battle to save the biker's life.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Immediately I'm looking at him,
0:04:35 > 0:04:38you knew just how sort of gravely injured he was
0:04:38 > 0:04:41and what sort of incident we're actually dealing with.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45An officer already at the scene
0:04:45 > 0:04:48briefs Doug on the events leading to the bike's impact.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49He's not collided wit' bus.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53- Basically, he's swerved to miss the bus.- To miss the bus, innit...?
0:04:53 > 0:04:56He's gone straight into this and ended up in this lad's garden.
0:04:56 > 0:04:57He's heard a noise in the garden.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Right, I know there's a lot going on
0:04:59 > 0:05:02and it's naturally going to raise people's curiosity,
0:05:02 > 0:05:04but has anybody actually seen what's happened?
0:05:04 > 0:05:05If not, for t'time being,
0:05:05 > 0:05:08could I just ask that we all go back into us houses
0:05:08 > 0:05:11just out of respect for people, please? OK, thank you.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Controlling the scene is vital to preserve any evidence
0:05:14 > 0:05:16and keep onlookers back.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20Natural curiosity's always going to be there, it's always been there.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24The issue is now everybody's got a camera,
0:05:24 > 0:05:26everybody's got a video camera in their pocket.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30They can have pictures uploaded on the internet for all to see,
0:05:30 > 0:05:31and that's frightening.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36The rider wasn't wearing a helmet when he was found.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- Is there any helmet down there? - You what?- Any helmet?- No.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44If he was wearing one, it's quite possible, with no chin strap,
0:05:44 > 0:05:47it's come off and flown into a nearby garden.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52If we'd located it, it would have gone to the hospital with the rider.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Er, that's so the doctors can examine it
0:05:55 > 0:05:58to see if they're facing any potential head injuries.
0:05:58 > 0:06:03Helmets reduce the risk of fatal head injuries by more than 40%.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Doug and Dale find nothing.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09You wonder what else needs to happen before people get the message
0:06:09 > 0:06:12that it may appear to be fun,
0:06:12 > 0:06:14but if it goes wrong
0:06:14 > 0:06:17this could be you.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Yeah, it's just to give you an update.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21It's not looking too good here, they're still working on him,
0:06:21 > 0:06:23but we've got no way of ID-ing him at all.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26He's got nothing on him and nobody round here knows him.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Er, there's no witnesses that are coming forward,
0:06:29 > 0:06:31other than the bus driver.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33So we're struggling at the minute to ID him.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36He don't happen to have a wallet or owt on him, does he?
0:06:36 > 0:06:37Just wanting to get family warned.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Getting an ID quickly is now crucial
0:06:41 > 0:06:45if the cops are to have any hope of contacting his family first.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53To the motorway cops,
0:06:53 > 0:06:57preventing accidents is preferable to dealing with the aftermath.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01On the A1M near Ferrybridge,
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Officers Brian Harrison and Michelle Rookes
0:07:04 > 0:07:06are heading out to catch speeders.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08When you work with somebody a lot,
0:07:08 > 0:07:12you get to know, not just them as a person, but all about their family.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16Their wives' details or their husbands' details, er, the children.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Did I tell you about that whopper of a lie...?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- Oh, yeah, that is brilliant! - Me daughter was, erm...
0:07:22 > 0:07:27We took her to Chester Zoo when she was about five, on her birthday.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Er, we got her this, like, a little... A pencil
0:07:30 > 0:07:34and a pencil case, or something like that, from the gift shop.
0:07:34 > 0:07:35Anyway, we got home, and she says,
0:07:35 > 0:07:38"D'you like me pencil and me pencil case, Connor?"
0:07:38 > 0:07:40And he says, "Did Mum and Dad buy 'em for you?"
0:07:40 > 0:07:43And she says, "No, I won a prize."
0:07:43 > 0:07:45And he said, "How did you win a prize?"
0:07:45 > 0:07:48And she said, "Er, two woodpeckers landed on me shoulders."
0:07:48 > 0:07:52I mean, that is just... How she thought of that one I don't know!
0:07:52 > 0:07:55You see, Poppy ain't got to the lying stage yet.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58Erm, she's just deadly honest with you.
0:07:58 > 0:08:03I don't change much from being PC Rookes to being Mum,
0:08:03 > 0:08:06but I do think this job helps, in a way,
0:08:06 > 0:08:10that it makes you realise what normality is,
0:08:10 > 0:08:13because we deal with some not-nice things.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Dealing with speeders is bread and butter to the motorway cops,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20and the strategy is simple - a speed gun...
0:08:20 > 0:08:21Come on.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24..and a clear vantage point.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27We're not hiding behind bushes, we're not in camouflage,
0:08:27 > 0:08:29there's nothing sneaky about it.
0:08:29 > 0:08:30We're in full public view.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32SPEED GUN BEEPS
0:08:32 > 0:08:3598, that one were.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Vauxhall.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41But someone clearly isn't paying attention.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46This particular vehicle's been recorded as doing 98mph.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50With 50% of drivers breaking the speed limit on Britain's motorways,
0:08:50 > 0:08:54the cops face a constant battle to keep the roads safe.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Quite often, we get people that, when we do stop them, erm,
0:08:57 > 0:09:01you get the attitude, "Have you nothing better to do?"
0:09:01 > 0:09:03I'll go and invite him into ours.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07But speeding is one of the foremost common factors,
0:09:07 > 0:09:12erm, relating to fatal road-traffic collisions.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Hello, have you got your driving licence on you, sir?
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Have you got some form of ID with you - a bank card,
0:09:17 > 0:09:19something with your name on it? No.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Do me a favour, come and take a seat in our vehicle.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25People speed because they're in a rush - they're late for work,
0:09:25 > 0:09:29they want to get home. Some people just like to drive fast.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34- Is it your car?- Yeah, it's a hired car.- A hired car. Right, OK.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- Do you have the hire agreement with you?- No.- Right.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40You were doing 98mph - any reason for that at all?
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Actually, I didn't realise it.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45You didn't realise you were going as fast as you were?
0:09:45 > 0:09:48You've got a big dial in front of you that tells you how fast you're going.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51He's confirmed that his speedometer is working correctly.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55I don't really buy that excuse that "I didn't realise".
0:09:55 > 0:09:57- Have you got your driving licence with you?- No.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- Do you have any form of identification?- No.- Nothing?- No.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02- Not even a bank card?- No.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Right, so what about if you need some petrol or something like that?
0:10:05 > 0:10:08- I've got like nearly ¾ of a tank.- Right.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Travelling on a motorway,
0:10:10 > 0:10:12you're travelling a bit more of a distance,
0:10:12 > 0:10:14so when people say they don't have anything on them,
0:10:14 > 0:10:17I find that all a bit too... Too strange, really.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21- And what's your surname?- BLEEP.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- Are you known to the police at all, Mr- BLEEP?
0:10:24 > 0:10:28- Have you ever been arrested or anything?- No.- Never?- No.- No.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32But a check reveals a different story.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33You say there is a match on PNC?
0:10:33 > 0:10:36What's that in relation to, please?
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Sorry, did you say there's ten disposal histories?
0:10:44 > 0:10:46- 'Negative - nine disposal histories.'- Nine?
0:10:46 > 0:10:50With nine previous arrests, alarm bells start to ring.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Did it tell you what offences they're for?
0:10:54 > 0:10:56According to the details he's given us,
0:10:56 > 0:11:00he's been locked up for quite a mishmash of offences,
0:11:00 > 0:11:01'to say the least,
0:11:01 > 0:11:04'and it's not something you'd forget, that you'd ever been arrested.'
0:11:04 > 0:11:07I'm going to look in the car.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Right, listen...
0:11:14 > 0:11:17I'm starting to doubt the details you're giving me.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19I'm going to give you one chance, and one chance only,
0:11:19 > 0:11:21to give us your correct details,
0:11:21 > 0:11:24otherwise I'm going to arrest you and take you to the police station.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26So what's your right name?
0:11:26 > 0:11:27- That is my name.- Right.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29He's either lying to us that he's never been arrested,
0:11:29 > 0:11:31or he's lying to us about who he is.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33I'm going to have a look at his car
0:11:33 > 0:11:35and see if there's anything that confirms his ID in here.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39'I think our job sometimes makes you quite cynical,
0:11:39 > 0:11:43'because you do get lied to on a regular basis, so it is'
0:11:43 > 0:11:48probably harder to trust what somebody's telling you
0:11:48 > 0:11:51more than, I suppose, with most other jobs.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55There's no ID on him, there's nothing on him at all
0:11:55 > 0:11:57and there's nothing in the vehicle.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00So we have to ask the question, what's he lying about?
0:12:00 > 0:12:01He's told us he's never been arrested,
0:12:01 > 0:12:04but he's got disposal histories on the Police National Computer.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09With the suspicion he's lying about his ID,
0:12:09 > 0:12:13a simple speeding offence is now turning into a much deeper mystery.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Back in Hemsworth, Doug and Dale
0:12:18 > 0:12:22are dealing with an unnamed and critically injured off-road biker.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27He's now breathing without the need for CPR...
0:12:28 > 0:12:31..But the ambulance are certainly mentioning
0:12:31 > 0:12:33he's potentially got a very serious head injury
0:12:33 > 0:12:35and numerous other injuries,
0:12:35 > 0:12:37which we would consider, in their own right,
0:12:37 > 0:12:39to be potentially life-threatening.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44With no eyewitnesses coming forward yet,
0:12:44 > 0:12:46the cops fear some risky behaviour
0:12:46 > 0:12:48might be behind the lad's crash.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52I'm going to try and get the message across about off-road bikes
0:12:52 > 0:12:54and safety and crash helmets
0:12:54 > 0:12:57and everything else combined.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Unfortunately, this is what you face.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01We're not trying to spoil people's fun,
0:13:01 > 0:13:05we're just trying to get people to realise that this may be you one day.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09The possibility speed might be a factor
0:13:09 > 0:13:12comes as no surprise to a concerned resident.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14It's like a racetrack down here.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16It's going to get worse and worse
0:13:16 > 0:13:19until people from the council start getting some speed bumps down here
0:13:19 > 0:13:20for the children's safety.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26With the air ambulance arriving
0:13:26 > 0:13:28and paramedics battling to save his life,
0:13:28 > 0:13:31the cops are dealing with the local kids.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Why are people walking through the road?
0:13:36 > 0:13:40People are walking through the scene. Who's that? Who's wandering up here?
0:13:40 > 0:13:42- Sorry?- Somebody were just wondering about.
0:13:44 > 0:13:45We've got to consider
0:13:45 > 0:13:46preserving evidence
0:13:46 > 0:13:49and we've got to consider
0:13:49 > 0:13:50doing the right thing.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Make sure nobody comes through.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56'Doing the right thing is not letting'
0:13:56 > 0:13:57teenagers run amok,
0:13:57 > 0:13:59coming and having a good look
0:13:59 > 0:14:01so they can tell everyone at school tomorrow...
0:14:04 > 0:14:06..just what a gory scene they witnessed.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10Doug finally gets a breakthrough on the biker's identity.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- Do you know him?- I do. Really well.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Have you seen him on that bike today?
0:14:15 > 0:14:16I've seen him on it today.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18I haven't seen the front of the bike.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23We're not 100% certain we know who this chap is,
0:14:23 > 0:14:24so we don't want to cause
0:14:24 > 0:14:28any unnecessary distress to family members,
0:14:28 > 0:14:32to someone who may be perfectly fine as far as we know.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34He may well have lent the bike to a friend earlier on that day.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38The name given by the biker gives them a positive lead.
0:14:38 > 0:14:43- Is that the initial name that we got before?- Yes.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45And his identity is confirmed.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47I think we need to get a warning done,
0:14:47 > 0:14:50because somebody's going to tell Mum and Dad now.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54The problem we've got at the moment is one of the people what named him,
0:14:54 > 0:14:58we're concerned he'll be breaking the news as opposed to us.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01The chances are, we're going to get many upset people at this scene.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04The cops will need to interview the driver of the bus.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07He's been taken in by one of the kind residents
0:15:07 > 0:15:11and is currently trying to control a cup of tea.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14I've not seen him, but I'm told he's extremely shaken up.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23The casualty's ready to be airlifted to hospital,
0:15:23 > 0:15:27but the cops' crowd-control headaches aren't over yet.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29You two! I need you to come off here now.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35I need you down on that path at the other side.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36I just don't know,
0:15:36 > 0:15:39why on earth some people would want to see this kind of thing.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42There are several kids up there and, if they were my kids,
0:15:42 > 0:15:44I'd be dragging them back, saying, "Get in this house,
0:15:44 > 0:15:46"there's nothing there to see."
0:15:46 > 0:15:49We don't want that kicking up something
0:15:49 > 0:15:50and then injuring 40, 50, 60 people
0:15:50 > 0:15:53that have obviously got nowt better to do
0:15:53 > 0:15:56than come and watch some tragic chap
0:15:56 > 0:15:58that may have come off an off-road bike
0:15:58 > 0:16:00that he shouldn't have been riding.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02But at the end of the day,
0:16:02 > 0:16:04he's still critically ill and he could die.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10The cops now need to interview the bus driver
0:16:10 > 0:16:13to work out exactly what happened.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Back on the A1M, Michelle and Brian
0:16:17 > 0:16:20are still dealing with their mystery speeder.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23The cops suspect he's given them false ID.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25I can arrest you, take you to a police station,
0:16:25 > 0:16:29take your fingerprints, etc, and see what those fingerprints relate to.
0:16:29 > 0:16:30So you're telling me you're adamant
0:16:30 > 0:16:33that you have given me the correct details?
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- Because that's what's going to happen to you.- Yeah, OK.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39That's my brother's details.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Right, so why are you giving me your brother's details?
0:16:41 > 0:16:46- My brother's hired the car out. - You haven't?- No, I've not hired it.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49- But I'm insured to drive it, because I've got my own insurance.- Right.
0:16:49 > 0:16:55Your insurance policy, yeah, won't cover you to drive a hired vehicle.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59And have you got any identification with your real details on, then?
0:16:59 > 0:17:01- Yeah.- Better show me it now.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05So what's going to happen is this -
0:17:05 > 0:17:06at this moment in time,
0:17:06 > 0:17:09I have reasonable grounds to believe
0:17:09 > 0:17:11that you're not insured to drive this vehicle.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15So the vehicle is going to be seized by the police, towed away.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17You're also going to be arrested
0:17:17 > 0:17:19and taken to the police station.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21What am I going to be arrested for?
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Because I want to confirm your identity. You've lied to me once.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27All right, but you've just said that, tell me the truth and...
0:17:27 > 0:17:30You wouldn't be the first person who I've said that to
0:17:30 > 0:17:32who's then lied to me again. I'm not SAYING you're lying to me...
0:17:32 > 0:17:34It's very hard to trust somebody
0:17:34 > 0:17:37when they've sat in the vehicle for ten minutes telling you one thing
0:17:37 > 0:17:40and, despite being challenged, keep telling you that same thing,
0:17:40 > 0:17:43and then all of a sudden turn round and say, "OK, I was lying."
0:17:43 > 0:17:47I was under the impression that I could...
0:17:47 > 0:17:50use the car, because I've got my...
0:17:50 > 0:17:53I'm not entirely convinced that you were,
0:17:53 > 0:17:55because if that was the case,
0:17:55 > 0:17:57when you got stopped by the police, why did you say,
0:17:57 > 0:18:00- "My name is...- BLEEP"?
0:18:00 > 0:18:04- Because I... I just got confused. - You got confused?
0:18:04 > 0:18:07I got confused in terms of...
0:18:07 > 0:18:09When you arrested me, I thought...
0:18:09 > 0:18:12I didn't arrest you when you told me you were your brother.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14I told you we'd stopped you for speeding.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16I have to say, I've never got confused
0:18:16 > 0:18:18when somebody's asked me MY name.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20'He's still trying to make excuses for what he's done.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23'He's still trying to make excuses for lying to us.'
0:18:23 > 0:18:26What annoys me more is they think they can get away with it,
0:18:26 > 0:18:28because you can tell a mile off.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30I don't like being treated like I'm stupid.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32I find it quite insulting, to be fair.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35You'll be looking at getting at least penalty points
0:18:35 > 0:18:36on your driving licence, and a fine.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Bearing in mind you're almost doing 100mph on the motorway,
0:18:39 > 0:18:41which is why I stopped you in the first place.
0:18:41 > 0:18:46And, secondly, you're driving without valid insurance.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48He may be in a spot of bother,
0:18:48 > 0:18:50but the driver has more pressing concerns.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55How am I going to get home from the police station?
0:18:56 > 0:18:58- I'm afraid... Are you going back to Rochdale?- Yeah.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01It's probably going to be a train.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Unfortunately for this driver,
0:19:03 > 0:19:06a simple speeding ticket has turned into a seized car,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09a trip to the station, and a train ride home.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15I'm coming up to my tenth year in the job
0:19:15 > 0:19:17and, yeah, it certainly changes.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21When you join, you're quite fresh-faced and naive,
0:19:21 > 0:19:23a bit wet behind the ears, as they say.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27You quickly learn to realise that there's a lot of people that will lie to you.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29He's set out to deceive us
0:19:29 > 0:19:30and, as far as I'm concerned,
0:19:30 > 0:19:33he deserves everything he gets because of that.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Back in Hemsworth, south of Wakefield,
0:19:37 > 0:19:40the critically injured biker has been taken to hospital
0:19:40 > 0:19:42and an investigation is under way.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48The damage to the motorcycle,
0:19:48 > 0:19:50we're struggling to find any damage on it
0:19:50 > 0:19:52other than average wear and tear.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Speed may not actually be the main factor.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01Crucial to the picture is the bus driver's story,
0:20:01 > 0:20:03who's been recovering from the ordeal
0:20:03 > 0:20:05in the home of a local resident.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09I set off, was just overtaking some parked cars.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11I heard the bike before I saw it.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16Then it come flying round some parked vehicles.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19I thought he was coming into the front of the bus.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21But he managed to pull over to the left,
0:20:21 > 0:20:24and I thought, great, he's got down the side of it,
0:20:24 > 0:20:26on the kerb, down the side of the car,
0:20:26 > 0:20:28then I heard "bang".
0:20:28 > 0:20:30He obviously hadn't.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33You've really got to have sympathy
0:20:33 > 0:20:36for the people that have done nothing wrong
0:20:36 > 0:20:40but found themselves involved in serious and fatal collisions.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Because I think human nature
0:20:42 > 0:20:46is going to make you question, every day and every night,
0:20:46 > 0:20:49could I have done something differently?
0:20:50 > 0:20:54I mean, no helmet, no nothing.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00If I'm not fit for work tomorrow, I'll give them a ring.
0:21:00 > 0:21:01I felt for the guy.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05Is it going to affect him to the point where he can't work any more?
0:21:05 > 0:21:08It's his livelihood on the line as well.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11You don't know how it'll affect each individual,
0:21:11 > 0:21:16all you can do is try and offer them a sympathetic ear.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Yeah.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29I think that's probably what's unique about the job I do.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32You've got to have so many different hats
0:21:32 > 0:21:34and be ready to change them in a moment's notice.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39You've got to be forceful to control things,
0:21:39 > 0:21:42you've got to have the investigation hat on
0:21:42 > 0:21:46to make sure you're not missing anything, any evidence going missing,
0:21:46 > 0:21:48but I think that comes just with experience.
0:21:48 > 0:21:53Don't be afraid to ask for help if you're suffering, all right?
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Only time will tell, though, won't it?
0:21:55 > 0:21:57But...don't suffer in silence.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02Probably the one thing what can't be trained
0:22:02 > 0:22:04or taught in a classroom
0:22:04 > 0:22:07is the ability to deal with people.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11People think it won't happen to them, but this is why...
0:22:11 > 0:22:13We don't have the most popular job in the world,
0:22:13 > 0:22:14but this is the reason why,
0:22:14 > 0:22:17because we don't lose any sleep
0:22:17 > 0:22:20about giving people tickets for seat belts and stuff,
0:22:20 > 0:22:23because when you've seen it like this...
0:22:24 > 0:22:27you see it from a totally different perspective, don't you?
0:22:30 > 0:22:32There's an update from the hospital.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36It would appear they're going to withdraw his medication and sedation
0:22:36 > 0:22:39and, unfortunately, it looks like he is going to pass away
0:22:39 > 0:22:43as a result of the injuries sustained in this collision.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47So, as we, to be fair, suspected,
0:22:47 > 0:22:50it will be a fatal collision that we're investigating now.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56Fatals, without a doubt, are the worst part of our job.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Um...
0:22:59 > 0:23:03But there's also some strange element
0:23:03 > 0:23:05when you know you're at a fatal
0:23:05 > 0:23:07and it's almost...
0:23:08 > 0:23:13driving home to you how important this is to do it right.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15No stone unturned.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20Let's deal with it the best we can for the people that are still here.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27Dealing with bikers
0:23:27 > 0:23:31means dealing with some of the most vulnerable road users, day or night.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Riding on motorways brings its own unique risks.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40I've ridden motorbikes, I've owned motorbikes,
0:23:40 > 0:23:43and I've got a healthy fear of using them on the motorway.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45You're much, much more vulnerable,
0:23:45 > 0:23:46not only for the fact
0:23:46 > 0:23:49that you've only got two pieces of rubber in contact with the road,
0:23:49 > 0:23:52but you've got places like the M62 where you've got strong winds,
0:23:52 > 0:23:54you can easily be blown over.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58There may be fewer bikers out at night,
0:23:58 > 0:24:00but with over a quarter of all incidents
0:24:00 > 0:24:02happening in the hours of darkness,
0:24:02 > 0:24:05the nightshift is never an easy ride for the motorway cops.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10It's 11.30pm.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Officers Mark Maiden and Simon Ellis
0:24:12 > 0:24:15still have over six hours to go on their shift.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19My little 'un comes waltzing in after her dancing class,
0:24:19 > 0:24:22unbeknown to the wife, who were in the kitchen...
0:24:22 > 0:24:25"Morning, Daddy!" Starts bouncing on t'bed, about 11 o'clock.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28"Thanks, Ella Jane! I'm actually tired, I've been working nights."
0:24:28 > 0:24:32"Have you been working nights, then, Daddy?" "Yes, I have, thank you!"
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Then Jane woke me up at two, "I'm bored, do you fancy going to Leeds?"
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Thanks very much(!)
0:24:38 > 0:24:41When you've got someone like Mark working with you, who you trust,
0:24:41 > 0:24:42who you get on with,
0:24:42 > 0:24:44who you work well with,
0:24:44 > 0:24:46it makes the job a whole lot easier.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48And I do enjoy working with him,
0:24:48 > 0:24:51it makes the night go really quick and we have a bit of fun.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55The cops are patrolling the M62 when Simon spots a motorbike.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00- Shall I have a look at it? - Do you want to?- Yeah.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03We're just reaching one of the highest parts of the motorway,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06this is near the Greater Manchester border.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Now, this is late at night,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11there's not many bikers will use that stretch of road
0:25:11 > 0:25:12at that time of night.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14It can be extremely windy up there,
0:25:14 > 0:25:16it can turn extremely icy,
0:25:16 > 0:25:18it can be wet in no time.
0:25:18 > 0:25:19About...here.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24The biker finds a safe place to pull over.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27It's a fast bike, it's a very nice bike,
0:25:27 > 0:25:28and, for a lot of people,
0:25:28 > 0:25:31it'd be quite expensive to insure.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34- Hello there, are you all right? Is it your motorbike?- It is, yes.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36I don't think you've done anything wrong, by the way,
0:25:36 > 0:25:39we're just stopping and checking vehicles late at night.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41- Is the bike registered to you? - It is, yeah.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44- And is it in your name for the insurance?- Yes.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46I'll just let you know now,
0:25:46 > 0:25:49the policy does run out at midnight, so I'm in a bit of a hurry...
0:25:49 > 0:25:52So we've got 12 minutes to get you home!
0:25:52 > 0:25:54There was absolutely no way he can get anywhere,
0:25:54 > 0:25:57to any sort of place or civilisation
0:25:57 > 0:25:58within 12 minutes.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02So I'm starting to wonder about him already.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06Could you do us a vehicle/person NDL at Junction 22, please,
0:26:06 > 0:26:08on the... Well, Junction 22.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13Vehicle is Tango, 4-3-0, Alpha, Lima, Juliet.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15It's taking a bit of a chance, isn't it? Cutting it fine.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17He could be taking a chance
0:26:17 > 0:26:22and he could be re-enacting that fairytale of Cinderella,
0:26:22 > 0:26:23and if he doesn't get home in time
0:26:23 > 0:26:25he won't turn into a pumpkin,
0:26:25 > 0:26:27but he might end up with his bike seized.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Are you sure it runs out at THIS midnight?
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Or did it run out last midnight?
0:26:37 > 0:26:38I'm pretty sure it's tonight.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Have you not made any provisions for midnight coming
0:26:41 > 0:26:43and changing it to a new policy?
0:26:43 > 0:26:46No, because work's not been too good recently, so...
0:26:46 > 0:26:48I can't actually afford a new policy.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Obviously, we've hit a bit of a problem, really.
0:26:51 > 0:26:52You seem like a nice guy,
0:26:52 > 0:26:55I wouldn't think for a second you'd be lying to us or anything,
0:26:55 > 0:26:58I'm just trying to establish whether a mistake has been made.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Is anybody at home at the moment who's got access to your policy?
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Yes, er... My mum's in.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Can you do me a favour?
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Do you know where my certificate is for the bike insurance that I got?
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Even if Mum can find his docs,
0:27:11 > 0:27:15the biker could still be facing a hefty fine and six penalty points.
0:27:19 > 0:27:2120 miles east, in Dewsbury,
0:27:21 > 0:27:24officers Andy Howarth and Richard Clarke
0:27:24 > 0:27:26are also working the night shift.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Night-time, it's more a case of going hunting,
0:27:32 > 0:27:34trying to catch the baddies doing bad things.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40And it's not long before Rich spots a target.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44This little moped comes down our near side,
0:27:44 > 0:27:46with one of those annoying exhausts
0:27:46 > 0:27:50that sounds like a swarm of wasps chasing around.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Leave the motorbikalists alone!
0:27:53 > 0:27:56He's got L plates, he's got a helmet,
0:27:56 > 0:27:57he wasn't doing owt stupid.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00I was once a teenager ragging around on mopeds -
0:28:00 > 0:28:02or Vespas, as they were, back in my day.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05We were a pain in the backside to everybody that heard us and saw us,
0:28:05 > 0:28:07so I have a little bit of tolerance for them,
0:28:07 > 0:28:10because that was me when I were a young lad.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12But it's the Golf travelling with the moped
0:28:12 > 0:28:14that Andy's more interested in.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17What's wrong with the Golf with his dodgy numberplate?
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Let's have a look at this.
0:28:19 > 0:28:20All right, mate - hello?
0:28:21 > 0:28:25Right on t'brow of hill, what a wonderful place to stop(!)
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Two for the price of one - are you stopping with him?
0:28:32 > 0:28:35- We're going to his house. - We wanted a chat with you as well,
0:28:35 > 0:28:36but we couldn't decide who to have a chat to,
0:28:36 > 0:28:38so we'll have a chat with both of you.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Come on off the road, mate, before you get squashed.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42Are you stopping us for a reason?
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Yes. Your number plate is illegal.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47It is readable, it's not the worst thing in the world ever,
0:28:47 > 0:28:49it's not all italics so you can't read it,
0:28:49 > 0:28:52but it should read M-M51 SPACE G-G-Y.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55As long as your car's all right, as long as you're all right,
0:28:55 > 0:28:58we'll deal with the matter by way of a vehicle-defect form.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00The first thing we need is a photograph of your plate.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04At this point, it's just a nice friendly chat about his number plate.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08- My mum and dad got me it for my Christmas.- What's your name?
0:29:08 > 0:29:11My nickname's Miggy. It's not because I smoke a lot!
0:29:11 > 0:29:14But something else has caught Andy's attention.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16Pwoar! This car stinks of cannabis!
0:29:16 > 0:29:18- You're joking?- No, I'm not joking.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Pop your head in there and have a sniff, young man.
0:29:20 > 0:29:24We're not smokers, man.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27That reeks. Have you got it?
0:29:27 > 0:29:29I think we might have some cannabis in this here car.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32- I don't think there is.- I think there is, because it STINKS.
0:29:32 > 0:29:36- Is there some cannabis in this car, young man?- Er...
0:29:36 > 0:29:39I could say there is, but, I mean...
0:29:39 > 0:29:42- Tell you what we're going to do, then.- Do we have to do it, though?
0:29:42 > 0:29:43We're not causing no, like, damage.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46Come off the road, cos we're going to get killed, first off.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48A friendly chat about a dodgy numberplate
0:29:48 > 0:29:51is about to get a little more serious.
0:29:51 > 0:29:52I've reasonable grounds to believe
0:29:52 > 0:29:55that that car and you might well have cannabis on you.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57- If I just give it to you... - I'm still going to search,
0:29:57 > 0:29:59because some people might give us a little bit
0:29:59 > 0:30:01and then hide £15 million worth of cannabis.
0:30:01 > 0:30:02I WISH I had...!
0:30:02 > 0:30:06I'm sure you don't, but we're still going to search anyway, mate.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08Are you going to take it off us as well?
0:30:08 > 0:30:11Yeah, you're not allowed to have cannabis, it's illegal.
0:30:11 > 0:30:12Cannabis, please.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15If you brought a copper in from one of the quiet areas,
0:30:15 > 0:30:17I'm sure they would be a little bit shell-shocked
0:30:17 > 0:30:20and would want to stand their authority in front of these lads,
0:30:20 > 0:30:22'but it don't work like that,
0:30:22 > 0:30:25'and that's part of gaining experience.
0:30:25 > 0:30:26'There's still respect there,
0:30:26 > 0:30:28'because they haven't crossed a line as such.'
0:30:28 > 0:30:31Once you learn that, and learn to speak their language with them,
0:30:31 > 0:30:33you can get on just fine.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35I would suggest it's in your interest to give me the cannabis,
0:30:35 > 0:30:38we can seize it, deal with you by way of an on-street cannabis warning
0:30:38 > 0:30:40and it's doshed.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43But if you don't, we'll then just have to start nicking people
0:30:43 > 0:30:44and seizing cars...
0:30:45 > 0:30:48If they don't cough up the cannabis soon,
0:30:48 > 0:30:49they could be arrested.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Back on the M62, Simon and Mark
0:30:54 > 0:30:56could also be seizing a vehicle
0:30:56 > 0:31:00if the biker's mum can't find his insurance policy.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02I don't think his mum would be too happy
0:31:02 > 0:31:04if she had to tell him that it was uninsured,
0:31:04 > 0:31:06but we simply wanted to find out.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10What's the date of the expiry of it?
0:31:10 > 0:31:11She's found the documents.
0:31:13 > 0:31:14Midnight on what day?
0:31:17 > 0:31:19Fourth.
0:31:19 > 0:31:20Yeah.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23His insurance ran out midnight...yesterday.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27- She wants to talk to you.- I'll have a quick word. Who's this?- Me mam.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31Hello, it's PC Ellis from the traffic police. You all right?
0:31:31 > 0:31:33We're just checking people late at night, that's all.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36'I was quite happy to speak to his mum,'
0:31:36 > 0:31:38because hearing that her son had been stopped
0:31:38 > 0:31:40in the middle of the night on a motorbike,
0:31:40 > 0:31:43it can run all sorts of fears through a parent's mind,
0:31:43 > 0:31:46so if nothing else, it would be nice to reassure her.
0:31:46 > 0:31:47Should something happen,
0:31:47 > 0:31:50him being on his bike and he doesn't have insurance,
0:31:50 > 0:31:52then he's going to have all sorts of problems,
0:31:52 > 0:31:54cause all sorts of issues.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56So we will be seizing it.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59It's estimated 20% of 17- to 20-year-olds
0:31:59 > 0:32:02drive without insurance.
0:32:02 > 0:32:03He's going to lose his bike,
0:32:03 > 0:32:05which will be worth quite a lot to him,
0:32:05 > 0:32:07but there's all sorts of different things
0:32:07 > 0:32:10that'll be going through his mind, about the costs it's going to incur,
0:32:10 > 0:32:12the trouble with his mum when he gets home...
0:32:12 > 0:32:17- So it's a fine and six penalty points.- Six?- Yes.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20How much are we talking, fine-wise, do you know?
0:32:20 > 0:32:22The current fine...
0:32:22 > 0:32:26- 200, is it? 300.- 300.
0:32:26 > 0:32:27£300 I don't have.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30He's taken a chance, he's been caught out,
0:32:30 > 0:32:33and I think he's starting to realise the enormity of what he's done.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36The cops try their best to soften the blow.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38Give you a lift?
0:32:38 > 0:32:40- For no extra fee.- If you don't mind!
0:32:40 > 0:32:42It's a buy one, get one free.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45I'm not particularly in the mood for jokes, so...
0:32:45 > 0:32:47Have you got a bike?
0:32:47 > 0:32:49I've had loads of bikes.
0:32:49 > 0:32:50BMWs to Ducatis.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53One of the best bikes I've ever had was a 600 Bandit.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56- Oh, no - the Bandit's horrible! - They're brilliant, the Bandits!
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Old man's motorbike, that!
0:32:58 > 0:33:02The recovery man arrives and the biker says his goodbyes.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04It's a bit disheartening,
0:33:04 > 0:33:05seeing it getting dragged off, like.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09Just want to make sure it doesn't have any knocks.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12Like they say, shit happens.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14- You'll need to- BLEEP- that.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18It might be an honest mistake from this broke biker,
0:33:18 > 0:33:21but riding with no insurance is a high-risk game.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26Bike insurance is expensive. Some people chance it,
0:33:26 > 0:33:29they'll never get stopped in their life riding a bike, so...
0:33:29 > 0:33:32That's the way it is now, with insurance.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35It's far too expensive, especially for cars.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38That's why a lot of young people do go without insurance.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43Do you know many of your mates that do or anything like that?
0:33:43 > 0:33:46- I'm not saying grass 'em up, I'm just interested.- Yeah, a couple do.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50Purely because it's, like, an extortionate expense.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Do they not worry about getting caught, though?
0:33:54 > 0:33:58Well, yeah, but... that's just a risk, isn't it?
0:33:58 > 0:34:01Do you think it's worth the risk?
0:34:01 > 0:34:02We've got to do it to get by.
0:34:02 > 0:34:07I think credit and money, to some, can seem much easier to come by.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09People put their priorities in the wrong order -
0:34:09 > 0:34:10they want what they want,
0:34:10 > 0:34:12they see what other people have got,
0:34:12 > 0:34:15they aspire to have nice things, like we all do,
0:34:15 > 0:34:17but their priorities are in the wrong order.
0:34:17 > 0:34:18They can't actually afford it.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21- Right, lads, see you later. - See you, take care.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26I'm not sure I'd like to be a fly on the wall in that house
0:34:26 > 0:34:27when the door got shut.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29He's certainly going to have some explaining to do.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32I think, more and more, as bills become tight
0:34:32 > 0:34:34and as things become more expensive,
0:34:34 > 0:34:36insurance becomes that thing
0:34:36 > 0:34:38that becomes more of a luxury to some people.
0:34:38 > 0:34:39Certainly not in our eyes,
0:34:39 > 0:34:41but if you've got bills to pay,
0:34:41 > 0:34:43and insurance is one of them, and you think,
0:34:43 > 0:34:47"Am I going to get stopped by the police? Can I take a chance?",
0:34:47 > 0:34:48people will take a chance.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54Back in Dewsbury, and taking a chance with Rich and Andy
0:34:54 > 0:34:57are the lads with the suspected cannabis in their car.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00They're taking their time handing over the drugs.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03You can't though, for possession, man.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06At what point have you been on a law course?
0:35:06 > 0:35:09He's saying you can't arrest them for possession of cannabis.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12Bless him! Everybody knows my job better than I do.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16Stop fannying around and sulking and give me the cannabis - now.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21What is this? Cannabis, OK.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24- It's the good stuff. - It's the good stuff? Right.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27- How much did you pay for it?- Er...
0:35:28 > 0:35:30Do I have to say?
0:35:30 > 0:35:31You don't have to say, no.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35Some of the lads are starting to push their luck with the banter.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37You're not being particularly helpful.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39Yeah, but YOU'RE not being helpful.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41You're not being particularly helpful
0:35:41 > 0:35:43and, at some point, you're committing the offence
0:35:43 > 0:35:46of obstructing a constable in the lawful execution of his duty. Shh!
0:35:46 > 0:35:49You've got to just stand on and say, "Enough's enough, now.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51"Cos, if not, I'm going to put you on the naughty step."
0:35:51 > 0:35:54I'm popping that in my pocket for now and will bag it up as evidence.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56- I want to see it going in an evidence bag.- Shut up and go away,
0:35:56 > 0:36:00you're beginning to get on my nerves now. Wind your neck in and be quiet.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02'They're still at it, still having a go,'
0:36:02 > 0:36:04but that lad would argue with himself
0:36:04 > 0:36:06if he had nobody to argue with.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08He just likes the sound of his own voice, bless him.
0:36:08 > 0:36:12Despite the cheeky backchat, the driver has cooperated.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16Thankfully for us, he's admitted that he had it and produced it for us.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18We can deal with it. It's only a matter of personal use,
0:36:18 > 0:36:22there's not much there. We'll deal with him at the roadside.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26If this is his first offence, he'll be given a cannabis street caution
0:36:26 > 0:36:31- and he won't face a fine or further action.- Almost done, mate.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33- Do you stop a lot of people for cannabis, then?- Yeah.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35What are you saving us from?
0:36:35 > 0:36:38There's no point us getting in a debate about morality and the law,
0:36:38 > 0:36:42because we get given a big book - "There you go, go sort that out."
0:36:42 > 0:36:44I'd say it's been a pleasure, gentlemen,
0:36:44 > 0:36:47- but it's not even been a pleasure. - It's been all right.- For you guys.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49You haven't ruined YOUR day. You've ruined MY day.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52We're on nights, mate, on a Saturday night.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54It's been emotional. Goodbye. MOPED WHINES
0:36:57 > 0:36:59That would have done them all night,
0:36:59 > 0:37:01they'd have been on the PlayStation all night long.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03You know, they're off the streets.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05They're not causing any bother,
0:37:05 > 0:37:08but it's still a big problem.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12It's a controlled substance, and until the government say otherwise
0:37:12 > 0:37:13we've got to do our bit.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18Chuffing Nora, we've got a load of paperwork to do now!
0:37:18 > 0:37:20'They like to try and get one over on us'
0:37:20 > 0:37:23and that's all part of the game - playing the game,
0:37:23 > 0:37:27having the banter and coming out smiling at the end of it having won.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31But it's not just young lads looking out for their next high
0:37:31 > 0:37:33who are taking risks on our roads.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36The motorway cops are facing a new problem -
0:37:36 > 0:37:37the born-again biker.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41Middle-aged men and their fast bikes.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44I've never liked motorcycles and I never will -
0:37:44 > 0:37:45I will never have one.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49With 30 motorcyclists killed or injured at junctions every day,
0:37:49 > 0:37:50the risks are high.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53But for some, the risk is worth it.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Freedom.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58The best feeling in the world, freedom.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00You will get on that motorcycle,
0:38:00 > 0:38:02you put your lid on, and you get out on the road.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07No-one can ring you, no-one can pester you,
0:38:07 > 0:38:09not listening to the radio - it's just you.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12You and your thoughts on the open road. And it's fantastic.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19South Bradford.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22Officers James Alderson and Dick Infield are off the motorway
0:38:22 > 0:38:26and responding to reports of a collision.
0:38:26 > 0:38:2810-062, calling us.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32'10-062, we've an emergency RTC at Halifax Road at Bradford.
0:38:32 > 0:38:37'Male off a motorbike, motorbike rider lying in the road.'
0:38:37 > 0:38:39Yeah, we're en route.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45So we're just making our way to the area now.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49It's certainly a worrying collision when a motorcyclist's involved.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54I've been on Traffic for 16 years. You know, if there's a car
0:38:54 > 0:38:56and a motorcycle involved,
0:38:56 > 0:39:00there's likely to be only one winner.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03Oof, if the motorbike's done that, mate... Look at the damage to that.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08It's looking extensive damage, is this.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13It was carnage when we got there. There was a lot of damage.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16The rider is lying injured in the road.
0:39:16 > 0:39:17He's conscious,
0:39:17 > 0:39:22but the paramedics don't yet know how serious the injuries are.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25- There's no sign of the driver of the car.- Is the driver still here?
0:39:32 > 0:39:33Who's driving that?
0:39:34 > 0:39:36He's disappeared, he's gone.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39- Have you witnessed it, fella? - Yeah, we were passing.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41Which way did this lad go?
0:39:41 > 0:39:43Yeah.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49Can we just have a look around for this Chinese lad?
0:39:51 > 0:39:52People leaving the scene of accidents
0:39:52 > 0:39:54happens more often than people think.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56It is, unfortunately,
0:39:56 > 0:39:59quite a common occurrence.
0:39:59 > 0:40:00Looks like probably t'motorbike
0:40:00 > 0:40:03has been going away from Bradford towards Halifax,
0:40:03 > 0:40:05and I'm guessing that's probably tried to cut across t'front of it.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Details come back on the car's owner.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12'The keeper is a Mr Sun Kai Wang.'
0:40:17 > 0:40:21He lives close by, but before the cops can pay a visit,
0:40:21 > 0:40:22the injured biker's dad arrives.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27Who's hit him?
0:40:27 > 0:40:32If you turn up at a collision scene and your son is injured...
0:40:33 > 0:40:37it's going to be one of the most worrying times in your life.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42I have massive sympathy for the dad, to find out
0:40:42 > 0:40:46that the driver who has hurt his son has fled.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48I can imagine he was quite angry.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51As well as dealing with Dad's distress,
0:40:51 > 0:40:54the cops still need to work out how the crash happened.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Luckily, there are witnesses.
0:40:56 > 0:41:00- He's overtaken both of us at one hell of a speed.- Right.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02I would say 60 or 70. Something like that.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06We have to paint a big picture of what's happened
0:41:06 > 0:41:08before we can decide who is at fault.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11Let's take the motorbike out of the equation altogether.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13I would have had to break fairly hard to avoid this car.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15I wouldn't have hit it.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17The motorbike was going too fast,
0:41:17 > 0:41:19but you think the Almera's pulled across...
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Even if the bike was doing 30.
0:41:21 > 0:41:22The collision would have happened anyway?
0:41:22 > 0:41:25If the bike had been doing the speed limit, the collision...
0:41:25 > 0:41:27As far as you're concerned?
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Yes, it was so close to where this car was at the time.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33Speed could be a factor, but there's now some suggestion
0:41:33 > 0:41:36the missing driver could also be at fault.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38You can be as careful as you want to be,
0:41:38 > 0:41:41there's always the people who aren't going to be as careful as you
0:41:41 > 0:41:44and, unfortunately, you're not in a tin box,
0:41:44 > 0:41:46so any little knock that you would get in a car
0:41:46 > 0:41:48that would cause minor damage,
0:41:48 > 0:41:52on a motorbike is going to cause serious injury to the rider,
0:41:52 > 0:41:56who is, inevitably, going to be dismounted from the bike.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59The biker, meanwhile, is being assessed by paramedics.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04Collisions of this sort could quite easily be fatal collisions.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06The only positive thing from our point of view
0:42:06 > 0:42:09is he's conscious, he's breathing, he's talking to us,
0:42:09 > 0:42:10albeit he's in some pain.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13James updates Dad.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16When we got here, he was on the road, he was conscious,
0:42:16 > 0:42:18he's talking to them. It's always a good sign.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22I like to think we try to keep them as informed as possible
0:42:22 > 0:42:27and be as sympathetic and genuinely caring as I possibly can be,
0:42:27 > 0:42:30because, you know, we DO care.
0:42:30 > 0:42:34Being a biker, sometimes we don't help ourselves, as motorcyclists,
0:42:34 > 0:42:36by putting ourselves in positions
0:42:36 > 0:42:38where people wouldn't expect you to be.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40But it's just not natural
0:42:40 > 0:42:43for people to be looking for motorcycles, unfortunately.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46The question of whether this biker had been seen by the driver
0:42:46 > 0:42:49could soon be answered.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51There's an unexpected arrival on scene.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54That is our elusive Mr Wang.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57- Were you driving?- Yeah. - Is it your car?
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Where have you been?
0:42:59 > 0:43:02'It was a surprise to see the driver returning to the scene,'
0:43:02 > 0:43:05because they don't normally come back. You tried to turn in there?
0:43:05 > 0:43:08No, no. Yes, I turned into there.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10How have you not seen him?
0:43:10 > 0:43:14I'm a great believer in there's always two sides to a story.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16You need to listen to both sides.
0:43:16 > 0:43:21But first, Dick has to establish if the driver holds a valid licence.
0:43:21 > 0:43:25- Where's your licence from, what country?- From China.
0:43:25 > 0:43:27How long have you lived here?
0:43:27 > 0:43:29Er, how long... I living here...
0:43:31 > 0:43:34- nine years.- You can't drive over here on a Chinese licence.
0:43:34 > 0:43:36Let's have a confab.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39James interrupts the interview
0:43:39 > 0:43:42with news from the ambulance.
0:43:42 > 0:43:45There's been some complication with the biker's condition.
0:43:45 > 0:43:48They aren't going to know jack until they scan him, are they?
0:43:48 > 0:43:51- Speak to Jo.- I think we're going to end up calling this, you know.
0:43:51 > 0:43:54- Do you want to speak to Jo? - I'll have a word with her.
0:43:54 > 0:43:57PHONE KEYS BEEP
0:43:57 > 0:43:59Hello, Sarge, can you speak a minute?
0:44:00 > 0:44:04The sergeant decides to treat the accident as a potential fatal.
0:44:04 > 0:44:07It changes everything for us. It's not just an injury collision,
0:44:07 > 0:44:09we have to look at the scene preservation now
0:44:09 > 0:44:11and look at making sure everything stays in situ,
0:44:11 > 0:44:13making sure nothing else contaminates
0:44:13 > 0:44:15the scene we've got here.
0:44:16 > 0:44:17With the rider in a bad way,
0:44:17 > 0:44:21it's even more important the cops establish who caused the crash.
0:44:23 > 0:44:28Back in Dewsbury, Andy and Rich are looking for a disqualified driver.
0:44:28 > 0:44:30His car has triggered an alert
0:44:30 > 0:44:31after it was photographed
0:44:31 > 0:44:35by a network of automatic number-plate recognition cameras.
0:44:37 > 0:44:40The roadside camera system constantly scans cars
0:44:40 > 0:44:44travelling on major roads to identify illegal motorists.
0:44:47 > 0:44:48Come on, red RX8.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53# That's the one I want That's the one I want
0:44:53 > 0:44:55- # Ooh ooh ooh! - Honey.- #
0:44:57 > 0:44:59We'd no idea where the car was,
0:44:59 > 0:45:00we knew where it was registered,
0:45:00 > 0:45:04so we went to go and have a look, see if it was there.
0:45:04 > 0:45:06- That's K04...- That's B04.
0:45:08 > 0:45:11RADIO BEEPS
0:45:12 > 0:45:16With no joy at the address, the cops need a stroke of luck
0:45:16 > 0:45:17if they have a hope to catch it.
0:45:20 > 0:45:23Please be a Mazda.
0:45:23 > 0:45:24No, it's an Astra.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28Small, red front end, I were like...
0:45:28 > 0:45:30Nobody had seen it,
0:45:30 > 0:45:32so we just started passing out observations,
0:45:32 > 0:45:35asking people to look for it, checking our systems,
0:45:35 > 0:45:36see if it's flagged up anywhere.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39'We're just double-checking that it's definitely that one,
0:45:39 > 0:45:43- 'we're quite some distance off. Bear with us.'- They're in luck.
0:45:43 > 0:45:46The Mazda has been spotted and followed by a local police unit.
0:45:46 > 0:45:49But they're several miles away.
0:45:49 > 0:45:52See if you can get behind it - don't light it up, we're making our way.
0:45:52 > 0:45:56The cops need to get there fast and take over
0:45:56 > 0:45:59before the driver of the Mazda realises he's being tailed.
0:46:02 > 0:46:06CAR CRUNCHES OVER ROAD HUMP Ooh, don't break it, mate!
0:46:06 > 0:46:07CRUNCH
0:46:08 > 0:46:11What's going on at the minute is we've got a confirmed sighting
0:46:11 > 0:46:14of a red Mazda... Hang on - clear left.
0:46:14 > 0:46:16Confirmed sighting of a red Mazda RX8
0:46:16 > 0:46:21that we believe is being driven by a disqualified driver.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23We're about two miles in front of you, mate.
0:46:23 > 0:46:26We've come through Ravenscliffe, we're just coming into Mirfield now.
0:46:28 > 0:46:31They're closing in fast, and only moments away.
0:46:31 > 0:46:34'171, we're left, left, left.'
0:46:34 > 0:46:37Suddenly, they meet the Mazda - head-on.
0:46:37 > 0:46:40He's gone straight across the pavement, and he's off.
0:46:40 > 0:46:41He's shown his intentions.
0:46:41 > 0:46:45He's put his cards on the table - "I'm not stopping."
0:46:45 > 0:46:48We have police, suitably trained in a suitable vehicle.
0:46:50 > 0:46:52We've got a vehicle failing to stop,
0:46:52 > 0:46:55Huddersfield Road towards Mirfield.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58Now it's game on, this is what we're trained for,
0:46:58 > 0:47:00this is what we're good at,
0:47:00 > 0:47:02and we need to be 100% spot-on.
0:47:02 > 0:47:03And you just up your game,
0:47:03 > 0:47:06you feel the hairs on the back of your neck go up.
0:47:06 > 0:47:08You're ready.
0:47:08 > 0:47:12Right, right. Stannard Lane, Stannard Lane.
0:47:12 > 0:47:14Through a red light, stand by.
0:47:14 > 0:47:18Tango 92, now passing the pub on our left-hand side, Stannard Lane.
0:47:18 > 0:47:21Can we have X-ray 9-9 and a dog unit, please?
0:47:24 > 0:47:27The cops are struggling to keep up with the Mazda.
0:47:27 > 0:47:30Mazda RX8, they're a pretty quick car.
0:47:30 > 0:47:32It'll handle very well around the corners - nimble, quick,
0:47:32 > 0:47:34fast acceleration.
0:47:35 > 0:47:37Speed is 60mph.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41We're just coming to the S-bend.
0:47:41 > 0:47:44He's taken one by the Flowerpot,
0:47:44 > 0:47:46passing the Flowerpot pub on the right-hand side.
0:47:46 > 0:47:49Heading uphill on Granny Lane.
0:47:49 > 0:47:52The Mazda is pushing 60 in a 30 zone,
0:47:52 > 0:47:55but the cops suddenly hit a problem.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58A possible engine fault has tripped their car's safety mechanism.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01Our car went into what's known as limp mode,
0:48:01 > 0:48:03so the fastest we could do was 60mph.
0:48:03 > 0:48:07Luckily, the Mazda is also having mechanical issues.
0:48:07 > 0:48:08He's smoking now.
0:48:08 > 0:48:11It's looking like his vehicle might have developed a fault.
0:48:11 > 0:48:12It's smoking quite badly.
0:48:12 > 0:48:16His clutch went, you could smell that horrible kind of smell
0:48:16 > 0:48:18that were coming into our car, and there were plumes of smoke.
0:48:18 > 0:48:21Getting ready for a decamp.
0:48:21 > 0:48:25We've got four up, left, left, left - Jackson Lane, I believe it is.
0:48:26 > 0:48:27We're now approaching...
0:48:27 > 0:48:32Left, left, left, Hopton Hall Lane. Speed is 20mph.
0:48:32 > 0:48:36A broken motor means the occupants could be looking to bail.
0:48:36 > 0:48:40We've got four white male occupants in the vehicle,
0:48:40 > 0:48:42driver has got short dark hair.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46Now we're behind him.
0:48:46 > 0:48:49Your hairs on the back of your neck are up, your adrenaline is flowing,
0:48:49 > 0:48:51but it's really calm and surreal.
0:48:53 > 0:48:56I suppose it's like a boxer, just as he's walking down to the ring -
0:48:56 > 0:48:59he's as ready as he'll ever be for this moment.
0:49:01 > 0:49:04Looking for a decamp on Covey Clough Court.
0:49:04 > 0:49:06Pin him. Pin him!
0:49:08 > 0:49:10I'm stuck.
0:49:10 > 0:49:12With Andy trapped against the Mazda,
0:49:12 > 0:49:16- it's left to Rich to arrest the driver.- Get out.
0:49:16 > 0:49:19But the driver's seat is empty.
0:49:19 > 0:49:21The driver is sat in the back,
0:49:21 > 0:49:25pretending he's been there all night. So...
0:49:25 > 0:49:26at that initial point,
0:49:26 > 0:49:29we've got a car driven by a ghost.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31Stay there, the lot of you.
0:49:31 > 0:49:34- Do you want go around, get him from the other side?- Stay there.
0:49:34 > 0:49:36Do not move.
0:49:36 > 0:49:39Driver is 1-1-2 and we've got four males,
0:49:39 > 0:49:42we could do with some assistance though, please,
0:49:42 > 0:49:45if we've got somebody else who can come and assist.
0:49:45 > 0:49:48Craziest thing I've ever seen a driver try and do
0:49:48 > 0:49:50was get into the back of a moving vehicle
0:49:50 > 0:49:51when there was nobody else in it.
0:49:51 > 0:49:53Luckily, it was only going pretty slow
0:49:53 > 0:49:56and he came to a stop in a dead end, and he sat there in the back
0:49:56 > 0:49:58with his arms folded, saying, "I wasn't driving, Officer."
0:49:58 > 0:50:00- Got the keys?- What keys?
0:50:04 > 0:50:06David, you're under arrest, mate.
0:50:06 > 0:50:09Disqualified driving, failing to stop, dangerous driving.
0:50:09 > 0:50:10Have you had a drink?
0:50:10 > 0:50:12He's got a lot to lose, hasn't he?
0:50:12 > 0:50:16He's a disqualified driver with a bad driving record
0:50:16 > 0:50:17and he's caught again driving,
0:50:17 > 0:50:19having taken a chase from the police,
0:50:19 > 0:50:22he's potentially looking at a prison sentence.
0:50:22 > 0:50:25So you're not going to stick your hand up and say,
0:50:25 > 0:50:27"Yeah, it were me, I'm really sorry."
0:50:27 > 0:50:30- Have you had a drink?- I wasn't driving.- Have you had a drink?
0:50:30 > 0:50:32I've had a drink, yeah.
0:50:32 > 0:50:34I'll tell you when to stop.
0:50:34 > 0:50:37Cool. Ta.
0:50:37 > 0:50:39He was half on the driver's seat and half not,
0:50:39 > 0:50:42so if he wants to play silly buggers,
0:50:42 > 0:50:43we can play them all day long.
0:50:43 > 0:50:45We go home at 6.00 in the morning
0:50:45 > 0:50:48and somebody else will take it on from us, so...
0:50:48 > 0:50:51While I'm tucked up in bed, he'll be getting interviewed.
0:50:55 > 0:50:57As the suspect is refusing to cooperate,
0:50:57 > 0:51:01he's booked into custody for further checks.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03David, due to some information that's just come to light,
0:51:03 > 0:51:06you're actually disqualified times two.
0:51:06 > 0:51:11The first one being disqualified until 26 June 2016,
0:51:11 > 0:51:12and also another one,
0:51:12 > 0:51:15where your disqualification is in dispute,
0:51:15 > 0:51:1717th of May, 2004.
0:51:17 > 0:51:20He's the kind of driver that,
0:51:20 > 0:51:23one day, will wipe somebody out and kill them,
0:51:23 > 0:51:25because he's a rubbish driver
0:51:25 > 0:51:27and he shouldn't be driving,
0:51:27 > 0:51:30and he's got no regard for the laws,
0:51:30 > 0:51:33doesn't get insurance, drinks and drives.
0:51:33 > 0:51:35So he shouldn't be on the road, in my opinion.
0:51:35 > 0:51:40With the suspect still not 'fessing up to being the driver,
0:51:40 > 0:51:41it could be a long night ahead.
0:51:43 > 0:51:46The work doesn't end there. We've still got to sort it out.
0:51:46 > 0:51:49We've got to prove that he was driving
0:51:49 > 0:51:52and basically get the case ready to go in front of the courts.
0:51:57 > 0:52:00Back on the Halifax Road, South West Bradford.
0:52:00 > 0:52:03The seriously injured biker is taken to hospital
0:52:03 > 0:52:06and James and Dick have been joined
0:52:06 > 0:52:09by crash investigation Sergeant Julie Fitzpatrick.
0:52:09 > 0:52:11Straightaway, one is coming this way
0:52:11 > 0:52:13and said he's just seen the bike in front of him.
0:52:13 > 0:52:16The other one has said the biker's coming this way,
0:52:16 > 0:52:18has done the big overtake on two of them
0:52:18 > 0:52:20and then got in just before the bollards.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23With Julie and James investigating the collision,
0:52:23 > 0:52:26Dick struggles to explain to the driver
0:52:26 > 0:52:28his Chinese licence isn't legal.
0:52:28 > 0:52:32You can't drive on that licence in this country.
0:52:32 > 0:52:34Before, I asked some people, every people...
0:52:34 > 0:52:39He's quite entitled to drive in this country on a Chinese licence,
0:52:39 > 0:52:43but only for the first 12 months after becoming resident.
0:52:43 > 0:52:46After that, he has to apply for a UK licence.
0:52:46 > 0:52:50- You've been here nine years. - Yes.- With no licence.
0:52:50 > 0:52:54You haven't got a licence to drive in this country. That's no good.
0:52:54 > 0:52:55- No good?- No.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57I not really understand this English,
0:52:57 > 0:52:59can I ask some interpreter to come down?
0:52:59 > 0:53:01Where from?
0:53:01 > 0:53:03- Have you got one?- Manchester Law.
0:53:03 > 0:53:06- From where?- Manchester Law.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08While they track down an interpreter,
0:53:08 > 0:53:13at the scene there's concerns the biker may have been too close
0:53:13 > 0:53:15to the oncoming lane the car was in.
0:53:16 > 0:53:20- Why is he so far over?- Yeah.
0:53:20 > 0:53:22He's a long way over.
0:53:22 > 0:53:25If you look at how that impact has happened,
0:53:25 > 0:53:27the bike would have to be...
0:53:27 > 0:53:28here.
0:53:30 > 0:53:33- That's a handlebar, isn't it, there?- Yeah.
0:53:33 > 0:53:35'In a situation like this,'
0:53:35 > 0:53:41when you have a vehicle that turns across the path of another vehicle,
0:53:41 > 0:53:44I would say that the vehicle that's turned across
0:53:44 > 0:53:45the path of another vehicle
0:53:45 > 0:53:47is to blame.
0:53:47 > 0:53:50Unfortunately, the motorcyclist hasn't helped himself
0:53:50 > 0:53:52in this incident.
0:53:52 > 0:53:55Looking at just what we've got at the scene,
0:53:55 > 0:53:58I'd suggest there's an element of blame on both parties here.
0:53:58 > 0:54:02An update comes through from the hospital on the driver's condition.
0:54:02 > 0:54:05'I don't think there's going to be owt life-threatening,
0:54:05 > 0:54:09'but I'll come back to you when he comes out.'
0:54:09 > 0:54:11A translator is finally found.
0:54:11 > 0:54:15- Hi.- Sorry to disturb you. OK, right.
0:54:15 > 0:54:18- Mr Wang has been involved in an accident.- Yes.- OK?
0:54:18 > 0:54:22I need to ask him some questions about the accident
0:54:22 > 0:54:24and also about his driving licence.
0:54:45 > 0:54:48While the driver insists he's not to blame,
0:54:48 > 0:54:50there's some further news on his licence.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54A check on the Police National Database
0:54:54 > 0:54:57reveals he does have a UK licence,
0:54:57 > 0:54:59but it's only a provisional.
0:54:59 > 0:55:01He needs L plates to drive legally.
0:55:02 > 0:55:06Right, you are not displaying L plates on your car.
0:55:06 > 0:55:08Oh, dear.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14Are there any L plates on the Almera?
0:55:16 > 0:55:17Thank you. No.
0:55:17 > 0:55:20I've just checked with my mate, who is at the scene,
0:55:20 > 0:55:22there's no L plates on that car.
0:55:29 > 0:55:34- The driver also insists a supervisor was with him in the car.- Who is it?
0:55:34 > 0:55:35Who was the passenger?
0:55:43 > 0:55:45He is adamant that he had someone with him.
0:55:46 > 0:55:50Why he's told us that, I don't know. He's claiming he was with a female.
0:56:01 > 0:56:05He's seeing himself as the victim in all this
0:56:05 > 0:56:08when, in fact, he hasn't got the correct documentation,
0:56:08 > 0:56:11he has to accept some of the blame for the crash,
0:56:11 > 0:56:13but he's seeing himself as the victim.
0:56:15 > 0:56:16News from the hospital confirms
0:56:16 > 0:56:19the biker has sustained some serious injuries,
0:56:19 > 0:56:23but they are no longer deemed to be life-threatening.
0:56:24 > 0:56:26The rider had a lucky, lucky escape.
0:56:28 > 0:56:30Um, but for the grace of God, I think.
0:56:32 > 0:56:35Any motorcyclist out there would be stupid not to be
0:56:35 > 0:56:36aware of the downside of it,
0:56:36 > 0:56:39and I think the moment that you forget about the dangers,
0:56:39 > 0:56:43the moment you start thinking you're invincible, is the moment that...
0:56:43 > 0:56:46you get seriously hurt...or killed.
0:56:51 > 0:56:53See - social workers, police officers,
0:56:53 > 0:56:56removal men and road sweepers.
0:56:58 > 0:57:00Can't say we don't do a bit of everything!
0:57:06 > 0:57:09A coroner's inquest returned a verdict of accidental death
0:57:09 > 0:57:11for the off-road biker
0:57:11 > 0:57:13who collided with a parked car.
0:57:13 > 0:57:17It was confirmed he hadn't been wearing a helmet.
0:57:18 > 0:57:21The confused speeder who tried to pass himself off as his brother
0:57:21 > 0:57:24was charged with speeding and driving with no insurance,
0:57:24 > 0:57:29and received eight penalty points and a £180 fine.
0:57:32 > 0:57:35The young driver with the hard-to-read numberplate
0:57:35 > 0:57:39was given a vehicle defect form and a cannabis street warning.
0:57:41 > 0:57:45The broke biker with the expired insurance policy was fined £300,
0:57:45 > 0:57:48had his licence revoked, and had to retake his test.
0:57:51 > 0:57:53The disqualified driver of the red Mazda
0:57:53 > 0:57:55was convicted of dangerous driving
0:57:55 > 0:57:57and driving whilst disqualified,
0:57:57 > 0:58:00and jailed for 15 months.
0:58:00 > 0:58:03He's also been given a three-year ban.
0:58:03 > 0:58:06No charges were brought against him for drink-driving.
0:58:08 > 0:58:09And the police decided
0:58:09 > 0:58:12the motorcyclist and the driver of the Nissan
0:58:12 > 0:58:14were both partly to blame for the accident.
0:58:16 > 0:58:18The rider eventually made a full recovery.
0:58:18 > 0:58:21The driver of the Nissan was prosecuted
0:58:21 > 0:58:26for not having a driving licence, given three points and fined £135.