A ‘stunt driver’ style motorcyclist, who recently posted a video of himself performing, "lunatic and grossly irresponsible maneuvers” at around 130 mph (210 kph) has been jailed for 12 weeks earlier this week in court.

Stunt rider

Mr Sandor Ferenci, a carer, aged 28 from Oxfordshire put the clips online onto the video sharing website, YouTube and was soon afterwards, confronted by the police. This took place after a member of the public notified the police when they saw the clip of Ferenci, performing stunts such as ‘popping wheelies’ on roads around Banbury, Oxfordshire The witness said Ferenci’s antics caused another driver to have to brake sharply and took down his registration number.

When the police arrived at his home, after they received the complaints in response to the clip, Mr Ferenci, already knowing what was to happen, questioned: “Is this about the YouTube video?”

The events actually took place on the 10th June this year when he rode his Yamaha R6 bike on the A422, Banbury to Brackley road. The footage, which was played in courts, had been filmed from various angles by a friend, including one from off a footbridge. Stunts such as wheelies, wheelspins and skids were seen on the clips as well as a view of the tyres smoking and also of the bike undertaking other vehicles on the road along with Ferenci driving at excessive speeds.

Brian Payne, who was prosecuting said: “it was impossible to attribute an exact speed at which Ferenci was driving, but police have estimated he may have reached up to 130mph.”

Ferenci's Sentencing

The Judge Terence Maher who sentenced Ferenci at Oxford Crown Court also described the motorcyclists behaviour on his bike as "lunatic and grossly irresponsible maneuvers at considerable speed” and ordered him to take an extended driving test before he can be allowed to ride back on the road again.

Ferenci, who pleaded guilty to two counts of dangerous driving, also received a two-year driving ban, after which Sgt Bryan Smith stated that he was “satisfied” with the sentence.

Sgt Bryan Smith, of Thames Valley Police, also said: "It's important to qualify that we are talking about public roads and they are there as a transport network, not a race track or show ground. It's incredibly dangerous. A trophy video has been used on the internet and it could incite other road users to behave in the same way."

Moreover Sgt Smith added that such events may affect the motorbike insurance premiums of other motorists” and that “The level of driving, or riding in this case, quite clearly falls far below what we expected from a safe and competent rider. By behaving in this way he has not just put himself at risk, but others at risk as well."

He then concluded: “This sentence should deter others who may be tempted to act in a similar way.”

In a related incident, 37-year-old Jeremy Parrot also filmed himself riding at over 100 mph in February 2007, while another biker appeared on YouTube after posting a clip of him driving at 147 mph on the Sussex duel carriageway, earlier this year.