http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Police helicopter hunting for driver following Drylaw crash" en Thu, 21 May 2026 21:16:27 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230872 Thu, 15 Sep 2016 15:53:25 +0000 steveo 230872@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>The defendant spoke only to confirm his name, accept his three month driving ban and have his parking validated.</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230871 Thu, 15 Sep 2016 15:41:23 +0000 chdot 230871@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/teenager-in-court-over-groathill-road-north-caravan-smash-1-4231360" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/teenager-in-court-over-groathill-road-north-caravan-smash-1-4231360</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230857 Thu, 15 Sep 2016 13:27:24 +0000 LivM 230857@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I helped by turning the engine off" Aye, what about the wee ned's fingerprints on the key ya numpty? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230810 Thu, 15 Sep 2016 09:54:29 +0000 Harts Cyclery 230810@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh well, he'll get caught pretty quickly then. Always satisfying when criminals are really that stupid. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230800 Thu, 15 Sep 2016 09:08:06 +0000 chdot 230800@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/drylaw-car-crash-teen-in-web-taunt-1-4230855" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/drylaw-car-crash-teen-in-web-taunt-1-4230855</a></p> <p>EN front cover</p> <p><a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/edinburghpaper/status/776337018590724096/photo/1" rel="nofollow">https://mobile.twitter.com/edinburghpaper/status/776337018590724096/photo/1</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230771 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 20:55:53 +0000 Snowy 230771@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Probably doesn't possess a driving licence anyway, so the court will hand out the usual punishment of banning him from driving for 12 months. Place your bets. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230749 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 17:54:16 +0000 chdot 230749@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well this is one way of describing them...</p> <p>"</p> <p>Inquiries are on going to trace the two outstanding suspects.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.liveedinburghnews.co.uk/2016/09/14/teenager-detained-following-groathill-road-north-collision/" rel="nofollow">http://www.liveedinburghnews.co.uk/2016/09/14/teenager-detained-following-groathill-road-north-collision/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230729 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 15:24:37 +0000 himupstairs 230729@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It was indeed. I was passed by it while I was cycling into town. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230726 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 15:08:59 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 230726@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>One of these judging by the photos:</p> <p><a href="http://www.mercedes-benz.co.uk/content/unitedkingdom/mpc/mpc_unitedkingdom_website/en/home_mpc/passengercars/home/new_cars/models/glc/x253.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mercedes-benz.co.uk/content/unitedkingdom/mpc/mpc_unitedkingdom_website/en/home_mpc/passengercars/home/new_cars/models/glc/x253.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230722 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 14:19:12 +0000 chdot 230722@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Think it's a Merc! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230721 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 14:04:43 +0000 chdot 230721@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Story retiitled and has added video -</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/car-destroys-caravan-after-70mph-crash-in-drylaw-1-4229898" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/car-destroys-caravan-after-70mph-crash-in-drylaw-1-4229898</a></p> <p>Looks a bit like LR from front! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230711 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 13:05:35 +0000 stiltskin 230711@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>At least the scrote concerned won't have been able to torch the car and destroy the evidence. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230710 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 12:51:11 +0000 kaputnik 230710@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Monstrous black 4x4 with blacked out windows, racing tyres and large blacked alloy rims, being driven without a care for humanity? I'd mistake it for a Range Rover too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230708 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 12:50:26 +0000 Ed1 230708@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Its looks a bit like a bmw </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230706 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 12:48:17 +0000 chdot 230706@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ta. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230705 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 12:44:58 +0000 himupstairs 230705@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Indeed it is a brand new Mercedes, but could be mistaken for one of the various and similarly non-descript new smaller land rover/range rover things that seem to be popular. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230704 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 12:40:40 +0000 chdot 230704@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>The car involved was described as a “brand new Mercedes”</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/car-destroys-caravan-after-70mph-crash-in-drylaw-1-4229898" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/car-destroys-caravan-after-70mph-crash-in-drylaw-1-4229898</a></p> <p>I hardly know one car from another, but it doesn't look like a LR. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230702 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 12:31:30 +0000 himupstairs 230702@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/miracle-joyriders-miss-mum-child-8831851" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/miracle-joyriders-miss-mum-child-8831851</a></p> <p>The Record has witnesses suggesting the police were not pursuing the 'land rover' at speed. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230695 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 12:00:16 +0000 chdot 230695@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>“Neighbours have said the car was doing about 70mph out of the junction, being chased by the police.”</p> <p>"</p> <p>If true, yet another reminder that police are not sticking to the 'no chase except in exceptional circumstances' rules. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230687 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 11:43:13 +0000 fimm 230687@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yikes! Hadn't realised the driver had been on the NEPN. Scary. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230683 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 11:31:12 +0000 neddie 230683@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No one was at fault here, it was the car wot done it:</p> <p><em>...a car swerved off the road...</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230681 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 11:27:02 +0000 Harts Cyclery 230681@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good job no one was killed, frankly. NEPN busy with folk cycling in when he was joyriding up and down it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230680 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 11:26:00 +0000 Harts Cyclery 230680@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Or how much energy there is in a 2-3 ton vehicle doing motorway speeds on a residential road... </p> <p>He was trying to go round a very shallow corner very fast. Would have gone through a living room at that speed. He'd already hit a car or 2 on the way to the caravan! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230676 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 11:03:37 +0000 fimm 230676@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Impressive pic... just shows how flimsy a caravan is, though... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230675 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 11:02:09 +0000 Harts Cyclery 230675@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was also seen hooning up and down the NEPN. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16865#post-230669 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 10:52:36 +0000 chdot 230669@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Worth clicking for the pic!</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/police-helicopter-hunting-for-driver-following-drylaw-crash-1-4229898" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/police-helicopter-hunting-for-driver-following-drylaw-crash-1-4229898</a> </p>