Stunter arrested

Recent newpaper article --



A stunter is used to practicing tricks in parking lots, in driveways and on streets.

But that kind of practice landed Christopher Fredrick, 23, in the Polk County Jail on Saturday, when, according to the Florida Highway Patrol, he was caught performing a stunt on the westbound side of Interstate 4.

Fredrick, of Baton Rouge, La., and two buddies had arrived Thursday after traveling 11 hours to attend the annual StuntWars competition on Sunday at U.S.A. International Speedway in Lakeland.

He was on his way back from practice when, the FHP said, he was caught in the middle of a "seat stander," in which the rider stands upright on the seat of the bike while "popping a wheelie." Fredrick had done it many times before.

Troopers took no heed of his expertise.

Fredrick was arrested about 1:30 p.m. and charged with reckless driving for standing on his motorcycle and failing to have a motorcycle endorsement on his license.

Because he was in jail, Fredrick missed Saturday's preliminaries and could not compete in Sunday's main event.

"That's what you get for playing around, I guess," he said Sunday.

The trip had not gone well for the three friends.

Damien Davies, 25, who had followed Fredrick to the jail Saturday, puzzled over how to get back to the trio's Howard Johnson motel room. Derek Meyer, 20, had come down with the flu Thursday and spent most of the trip in the hotel room, trying to sleep off an upset stomach. Fredrick was released from jail Saturday night after Meyer loaned him the $500 bail.

By then it was too late. The trip was already a dud.

"It was kind of a disappointing trip," Meyer admitted from the road Monday. "This was Chris' and my first time trying to compete. That was the most disappointing part."

Davies had not planned to compete because he broke his finger a few weeks ago doing a stunt.

Meyer said he was not surprised when Davies called to tell him about Fredrick's arrest..

"He said exactly what I knew I was going hear," he recalled. "We were expecting it. We try to keep it in the parking lots, but we knew if we got into the streets, we would do it."

Fredrick agreed: "It's a part of the life."

Yup, Yup, Yup....:whistle:

My sympathy quotient for guys like that approaches zero.
At least he realizes that he screwed up so there IS hope for him. I wonder what the fine is going to be ???

Patton wrote:

"... We try to keep it in the parking lots, but we knew if we got into the streets, we would do it."

I guess that is the maddening part, absolutely no self control. Clearly, these are kids who are in no way prepared for competition.

Actually, I was laughing all the way through at these 'tards. :lol:

H2RICK wrote:

My sympathy quotient for guys like that approaches zero.
At least he realizes that he screwed up so there IS hope for him....

My thoughts exactly.

good, they should have shackled him to Bubba also.
and smash his bike in front of him for giving us all a bad label & make him take the bus home.

I forgot to mention that he was charged with having no motorcycle endorsement on his license. Why am I not surprised?

Reason, these guys are beyond reason!

Sounds like the coppers used the existing laws to handle this situation. Where have I heard that before?

Hey there Mr. Carlos Lopez-Cantera Are you listening???

kzcsi

Although some of these kids master some major talents and skills........that crap needs to be left for shows. Glad five-O got him. May have saved someones life.

KZCSI wrote:

Reason, these guys are beyond reason!

Sounds like the coppers used the existing laws to handle this situation. Where have I heard that before?

Hey there Mr. Carlos Lopez-Cantera Are you listening???

kzcsi

Ho-hooooooooo! Thaaaaaat's gonna leave a mark! ...excellent!

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

KZCSI wrote:

Reason, these guys are beyond reason!

Sounds like the coppers used the existing laws to handle this situation. Where have I heard that before?

Hey there Mr. Carlos Lopez-Cantera Are you listening???

kzcsi

OH! MAMA! That's just rough1:lol: :lol: :woohoo:

Tell me it ain’t so! There must be some mistake! I was led to believe that there are no laws in Florida against driving like an idiot. I'm sure the defendant will successfully sue the Florida cops for $millions for false imprisonment after his lawyer finds there are no laws on the books regarding reckless driving. Perhaps someone should introduce and pass a law in case this ever happens again. If they got creative, they could even come up with one through which they could steal his personal property.