Doing a runner just got more attractive

[Patrick]

So, when do you guys start carrying around wet bus tickets to slap people with....

Those hurty batons and spray will have to go... them noisy guns are loud and when they go bang, they give me a fright. They must go too. And those cuffs are too restrictive. They will have to go too, unless its the cop wearing them before he/she goes on patrol, that'll be OK then....

This is the kind of chase police should avoid...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOTrCiQV0EM

Pointless, and it was pure luck the police officers involved did not suffer serious injury or death. If that is the best they can do they should not do it at all. There has got to be a better way.

That bike was quick. It even outran the radio.........

Must have been in a gun free place, they didn't shoot him....

[mouldy]

I don't think most of the posters understand why people do runners - I don't think anyone here would just run for the hell of it - they probably have nothing to lose. Probably disqualfied, on a bike with no WoF and rego, and got pinged doing 200+. Why not? The penalties for running are way worse but they probably don't see it that way

They are not that much worse then if you stop after getting pinged at 200kph !

[Bounce001]

No rego because of stupid money hungry dirty thieving mongrel bastards at ACC and cops not allowed to chase = DO A RUNNER! (NB Remove plate first)

[samgab]

"Few police pursuits uncover evidence of serious crimes and the risks often outweigh the benefits, an Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) report says."

Thank you, I hate them, my blood runs cold everytime I hear of one. I was an innocent road user during a chase on the southern motorway a while ago, the police were so lucky the guy did not take out a heap of innocent people going about their daily lives while they were in hot pursuit.

Patently obvious he was not going to stop, the road cone burning under his rear fender confirmed that to me after he about run me off the friggen road, undertaking me on the approach to the Bombay Service Centre. He had picked that up at least 25 kms south.

But now what happens?

The trouble is, it's a no win situation from the Police point of view. There have been occasions where a pursuit has been abandoned, and then later on the same night, the car that got away was involved in a crash that included innocent fatalities; and when that happened, Police were criticised for abandoning the pursuit.
They do use a better solution when possible in Auckland region, when Eagle is available it will observe from a high altitude whilst the marked units back off and stay out of sight so the offender hopefully stops driving as recklessly, then the units swoop in when the car arrives at it's destination. But Eagle isn't alway available, even in Auckland.

[Swoop]

then the units swoop in

I prefer to casually stroll in.

[Ender EnZed]

DO A RUNNER! (NB Remove plate first)

Anyone ever managed to rip a number plate off at 200kph? Anyone ever tried?

[vtec]

Usually you can just obscure the numberplate if you even think you might be going to do a runner. Some black electrical tape or a well positioned wof or rego do the trick, and as Samgab has previously informed me, the hugely expensive police database system, has no search function for partial numberplate readings

[scumdog]

and as Samgab has previously informed me, the hugely expensive police database system, has no search function for partial numberplate readings

Mwahahahaha!

Setting your mates up to get in the shit eh?
Noice.

[samgab]

Usually you can just obscure the numberplate if you even think you might be going to do a runner. Some black electrical tape or a well positioned wof or rego do the trick, and as Samgab has previously informed me, the hugely expensive police database system, has no search function for partial numberplate readings

Mwahahahaha!

Setting your mates up to get in the shit eh?
Noice.

Oh yeah, sorry dude, I've since found out how to do that... It's not very easy till you figure out how to use the right wildcards... Or get shown. It wasn't in my training though, I had to work it out myself.

[SARGE]

What happens next?

Well for one thing bike thieves will have a ball...

and at least 2 FMJ and a tracer

[SARGE]

Anyone ever managed to rip a number plate off at 200kph? Anyone ever tried?

mine flips up

[Bend-it]

and at least 2 FMJ and a tracer

I believe the standard ratio for a 7.62mm belt is 4b1t... 4 ball: 1 tracer

[chanceyy]

so I wonder what the bikers excuse was last nite gapping it past my place with the cops in hot pursuit .. roads pretty wet as well

[samgab]

so I wonder what the bikers excuse was last nite gapping it past my place with the cops in hot pursuit .. roads pretty wet as well

It seems your question should really be: What was the cops' excuse for pursuing that poor motorcyclist and forcing him to ride recklessly on wet roads?

[jrandom]

A wise man once told me "Don't think, just go".

It makes sense in theory.

Motoracer makes a good point, though; until you're used to it (and who'd want to have to do enough runners to get used to it) running from the cops on a motorcycle is an exceeding dangerous thing, due to the mental and physical state it puts you in.

A heartrate at redline and tunnel vision do not lend themseves to good control of the machine.

But, still. It makes sense in theory, and runners on motorcycles have worked for more people than they've failed for. If you keep a cool enough head and there isn't a helicopter in easy range, you're away free.

Unfortunately, with the potential price of failure being death, you have to have a lot of guts to roll those dice against, usually, a few hundred dollars in fines and a few months without a licence.

That said... don't think, just go.