A Sheriff asked a biker who had driven at over twice the speed limit if he had an organ donor card.
Offshore worker David Gardner was then told by Sheriff Gordon Fleetwood: “If you carry on driving like this, you will need one.”
Inverness Sheriff Court was told that the 37-year-old from Scotsburn Road, Tain in Easter Ross had ridden his motor bike at “no less than 130mph.”
A mobile police patrol spotted the group of bikers racing along the A890 at Ledgowan, near Achnasheen on May 15, last year. The national speed limit on that stretch is 60mph.
Gardner admitted driving carelessly and at grossly excessive speeds. The court was told the other bikers had already been dealt with on a similar charge.
Sheriff Fleetwood commented that he knew the area and said: “It is a long straight stretch and a notorious speed trap.”
Defending, Clare Russell said her client had a clean licence and was travelling with five others.
“He got carried along with them. He has sold his bike and his car is up for sale because he knows that he will be banned from driving.”
Gardner was fined £800 and disqualified for 15 months.
Last summer, a Ross-shire man who drove at almost twice the speed limit avoided a jail sentence.
Police recorded Simon Ebrihem’s speed at 137mph on the A9 dual carriageway at Arpafeelie, near Tore, on June 16. When police stopped the 37-year-old’s Volkswagen, officers breathalysed Ebrihem and found he had more than three times the permitted level of alcohol in his system.
He was disqualified for four years and ordered to carry out 160 hours of unpaid community work.
