Mufti Pommy police bikes

[jimbo600]

Check this out. Unmarked police bike chasing down a speeding rider. Personally I'd say the cop is just as out of line as the rider is. Esp as they didn't prosecute till later.

Shit imagine the lefty Luddites here if the police behave like that.

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news--general-news/video-police-footage-of-140mph-biker/5630.html

[Laxi]

and for anyone thinking what was the cop doing "at 140?"
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they dont do things like us:lol:

[george formby]

I was in Scotland 4 years ago & they had marked R1's, lights, the lot, patrolling the motorway.:Police:

[scumdog]

Check this out. Unmarked police bike chasing down a speeding rider. Personally I'd say the cop is just as out of line as the rider is. Esp as they didn't prosecute till later.

Shit imagine the lefty Luddites here if the police behave like that.

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news--general-news/video-police-footage-of-140mph-biker/5630.html

A real waah-fest by the members on that forum (regarding the cops riding).

[Forest]

When I was in Scotland earlier this year they had big roadsigns that said something along the lines of "Warning - Unmarked Police Motorcycles in Operation"

[Ixion]

Bastards!.

Unmarked bikey cops would be a real bastadige.

[scracha]

A real waah-fest by the members on that forum (regarding the cops riding).

Bwhahaha. I just laugh when the Kiwi boys go on about outrunning the police. Try outrunning a moustached R1 riding Freemason in the pissing rain up the A9 before he calls his buddies in a Volvo turbo or Helicopter.

[ready4whatever]

Reminds me of superbad lol. the cops turn on their lights so they can go through a red light. they shoot cans on the road with their service pistols and give the guys they arrested a go with the gun. some cops are above the law, until they get caught

[Harvd]

Was he commenting the offences of the rider or himself?

[cs363]

That cop was close enough on numerous occasions to get the licence number, and had plenty of video evidence - IMHO he should have stopped the chase well earlier, especially as it appeared he wasn't using his blue flashing lights or siren.
The guy he was chasing was an idiot for sure and deserved to get busted but I really think the cop was aggravating the situation and creating as much if not more danger as the guy being chased.

Dunno why you'd bother doing a runner when the cop was that close to you anyway, hardly worth it if he's got your rego...though maybe he didn't realise it was a cop?

According to the video, his speedo reads fast too.... :laugh:

[Usarka]

Dunno why you'd bother doing a runner when the cop was that close to you anyway, hardly worth it if he's got your rego...though maybe he didn't realise it was a cop?


There's one part where the cops right behind a car and flashes his lights.

Probably would have been over in a fraction of the time if he had some red & blues flashing.

[cs363]

There's one part where the cops right behind a car and flashes his lights.

Probably would have been over in a fraction of the time if he had some red & blues flashing.

Yeah, but that was just his headlight yeah? Least that's what it looked like to me.
No red lights in the UK, but those bikes are fitted with blue flashing lights and sirens.

[McJim]

they dont do things like us:lol:

Bikers should have dug their heels in and denied everything. Car's offences were on police video - bikers' offences were merely hearsay.

Only the offence with evidence would have stuck.

[cs363]

Yeah, but that was just his headlight yeah? Least that's what it looked like to me.
No red lights in the UK, but those bikes are fitted with blue flashing lights and sirens.

Here's a pic of the sort of setup they use, this one of course is a marked bike - but you can see the blue police lights mounted on the mirror stems. Small but very bright, you can't miss them.

[McJim]

That would actually be a cool job. Mufti Bikie cop on a sprotbuike! :2thumbsup:

[scracha]

The guy he was chasing was an idiot for sure and deserved to get busted but I really think the cop was aggravating the situation and creating as much if not more danger as the guy being chased.
:laugh:

Cops chase bad guys. End of. Don't go crying when bad guys end up crashing as a result.

[cs363]

Cops chase bad guys. End of. Don't go crying when bad guys end up crashing as a result.

No waaa fest here, if the guy crashed it would have been his own fault.

Thinking more about the cop cutting it fine with some of the traffic and nothing to let them know he was a cop.

[kwakalover]

def pretty cool to be a bike cop!! i reckon the cop was just enjoying the ride!!!!!:chase:

[Maki]

All I saw was two riders riding like pricks. The fact that one of them happens to be a cop makes it worse, seeing as he endangered other road users with his irresponsible riding. :nono:

[White trash]

That would actually be a cool job. Mufti Bikie cop on a sprotbuike! :2thumbsup:
I fucken reckon.

I'd sign up for traffic duty tomorrow if they handed me a K9 Thousand. That'd be me, stalking Skiddy and throwing the book at him everytime he jumped on his bike :D

"Safer communities together"

[cs363]

I fucken reckon.

I'd sign up for traffic duty tomorrow if they handed me a K9 Thousand. That'd be me, stalking Skiddy and throwing the book at him everytime he jumped on his bike :D

"Safer communities together"

Just don't blow on his pie.... :whistle:

[awayatc]

I'd sign up for traffic duty tomorrow if they handed me a K9 Thousand. That'd be me, stalking Skiddy and throwing the book at him everytime he jumped on his bike

probably could do that with a nifty fifty.......

[Reckless]

Mufti cop bike right. The guy probably thought he was havin a go with another rider! Simple as that! So he nailed it! Well not quite nailed it the Ghost Rider vids have much more dangerous stuff on them. If he was on a thou or something, its silly but not hard to do 140mph on a motorway or 100mph though town on a 300k bike.
I bet There's plenty on here that have done similar. Com on fess up! LOL!!
I'm not excusing his riding at all but a few years ago the could easily have been me taking another bike on. I'm old now so I think its crazy in the close proximity of other cars! I don't condone it at all!

I must say that the cop did let him hang himself. Almost encouraging it coming right up behind him but not flashing his lights etc. He mentioned the guy was keeping an eye on him. So he was defiantly hooning to keep in front of the unmarked cop bike I'd say.
I'm not blaming the cop, but not sure that mufti bikes wouldn't cause more danger than they prevent if they had no lights or sirens like that one appeared to not have?? If it did, the cop should have used them to reduce on going risk to other road users!

[george formby]

Not sure if being a british bike cop appeals to me... The weather, ugh. Police maintenace dictates that tyres are only changed when they are down to the minimum legal requirement, i.e. F All. Not nice on wet, oily roads. They also have cops on DR's chasing trail riders to make sure they are road legal, insured etc. We met a couple, years ago in the Borders & their tyres were bald, 1.3mm minimum tread. No fun in the mud, well, it was for us but they looked knackered.