high speed chase

[Waylander]

An old fireblade. He was riding it like he stole it....ha ha he had stolen it. They had the owner of the bike on TV and he was happy to get his bike back.

The owner even had a kind of addmiration for the dude that stole his bike. Said how he could imagine the thrill the guy got from riding like that.

[madboy]

In a hypothetical situation a certain mid-range sportsbike happened to be cruising down the mway at, oh lets say 220km/h, when said rider looked up and saw a uniform patrol coming toward him. As they were approaching an intersection (green lights, no traffic in bike's direction, but two cars in front of cop), biker thinks oh dear, sits up and bike drops to around 190 and slowing as they look across and said officer activates red/blues and attempts to do u-turn at intersection.

In this hypothetical scenario biker assesses situation and determines two options:

stopping = instant loss of licence, massive fines from court appearance and looooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnng disq period, cancelled CAR insurance (driving history), rogering by anally retentive policemand clearly dumb enough to believe he has a hope in hell of stopping a bike travelling near 200k in the opposite direction

or,

running = think power/weight commo vs bike... hmm... nearby exits, nearby "friendly" places with undercover parking, not much higher chance of binning than usual since pursuit would last about 1.7 seconds, and minimal chance that well-meaning citizen would take note of numberplate and report it to the cops so theoretical small chance of the same outcome as stopping.

Gee, what a hard decision. And gee the hypothetical rider is glad they don't have choppers around here

[onearmedbandit]

If he is a KB'er he's keeping very quiet about it all, and after seeing him on TV I think he would have told us all by now!!

[madboy]

Oh, and a not so hypothetical situation - last night listening to the scanner the HP were looking for a "jap style bike, possibly had a bit of white on it" that did a runner from them on SH58 in Wgtn last night. Pity the poor guy riding the 1979 Yamaha (coloured brown) in the same area that got pulled by the cops thinking it might have been the guy. The HP's comment on the dude who ran was "I got him at 143, then he saw me and put the foot down - it was real fast" I'm guessing it was a figure of speech, otherwise that might hurt.

[Holy Roller]

To have your bike stolen when one is less than 30 feet away from it, that would rip ya nighty. Wonder whos house it was that the guy stripped off in to look like he was having a shower.

[Ghost Lemur]

Yay one less thieving bastard on the prowl.

Anyone else notice on the three news footage the owner riding off in helmet and tshirt, no gloves, etc.

Obviously not a KBer.

[John]

Damn it I missed the news!..

[onearmedbandit]

Yeah noticed that myself. After wearing full gear now for some time when riding, I dislike the idea of riding in attire like that so much it sends shivers up my spine just thinking about it. Skin is too painfull to have to replace, leathers just means calling your ins. company and claiming it under house & contents.

[madboy]

Having missed the news, I can't wait for the Sky replay at 8.30... might get some pointers

[John]

Will this be on the late news at 10.30? nightline or whatever i really want to see some bikes... so despirate.

[madboy]

Wonder if its as impressive as the vid I saw on my CBTA - black prince or something?? Some nutter going for it around the paris mways

[spudchucka]

Sadly you are grossly over-estimating the ability of the NZ Police to use firearms. Most of them wouldn't hit the car...

You are a complete idiot if you think anyone could consistently hit a tyre of a fast moving vehicle with a Glock or pretty much any firearm for that matter.

People in this thread have been watching far too many cops and robbers movies. Its the real world out there people, not fucking Hollywood!

[John]

You are a complete idiot if you think anyone could consistantly hit a tyre of a fast moving vehicle with a Glock or pretty much any firearm for that matter.

People in this thread have been watching far too many cops and robbers movies. Its the real world out there people, not fucking Hollywood!

Amen, thats why they invented shotguns

[madboy]

People in this thread have been watching far too many cops and robbers movies. Its the real world out there people, not fucking Hollywood!

That's right... and cops never chase when it's dangerous, you should never run cos it's not worth it - you will get caught, and the killer tui billboard - speed kills!!

Oops, sorry, not a dig at you spud. Yeah, too many movies...

[Ixion]

You are a complete idiot if you think anyone could consistently hit a tyre of a fast moving vehicle with a Glock or pretty much any firearm for that matter.

Ahh, you're using the wrong gun. Try this instead, it should knock out the tyres ok. Just suggest that the police swap out their glocks for these