Quote Originally Posted by harald View Post
Agreed. It is disturbing that at least part of the HTA172 charge is because he was interpreted to be deliberately riding as close as possible to the motorcycle in front of him, something we do all the time in pack formation (to prevent cars from breaking into the middle of the pack).
Actually one of the bigger problems here was that he was observed riding within 2 feet from the bike ahead of him at some point. This was considered to be a demonstration of a pattern of unsafe riding, which aggravated the fact of passing the cars before the turn.

What is worth noticing here too is that he was found not guilty of the charges in the first two questions ("marked departure from the legal speed", "racing", etc.)