Police will use footage posted on Youtube in the courts as evidence if they can, a senior officer has warned.
During every Isle of Man TT, many road users record their trips round the course.
Inspector Derek Flint said: ‘People will be aware that we use unmarked cars and bikes to gather evidence of poor and antisocial driving and riding.
‘There is a growing trend for the offenders to actually do this for us. Just last evening I was reviewing some footage on Youtube which identified some really poor behaviour on our roads.
‘We want to send a very clear message to people that this just isn’t on. Where we can, we will capture this footage and use it as we would our own, to deal with the driver or rider.
‘During TT, I redeploy as a road death senior investigating officer. In that role, I can think of several occasions where footage recovered directly from vehicle-mounted cameras has been played in coroner’s court to demonstrate exactly what was going on. I don’t want to have to do that over the coming days.
‘The public side of TT is about respecting our roads, and if you record images of you doing otherwise, then be prepared to accept the consequences.’
