Ok, honestly now?

[Rogue Rider]

How many riders out there have genuinely experienced the heart sinking feeling of seeing a Popo fly past you in an oncoming lane, looking at the speedo, seeing that you are well over the speed limit, by say 30km+ p/hr, and then looking in the rear vision mirror to see the Popo turn on the blue and reds guns blazing.......... Your in some twisty twisties, with a junction ahead on a piece of road you know well......... What did you do, and what do you do.....

How many of you have honestly Gapped it? and how many have been successful or failed. I am certain there are some who will give the frilly response of, "I always abide to the law and wouldn't dream of doing such....... however, we are all human, and we all get tempted, and regardless of all the perfectness out there...... everyone breaks the law sometime.

Prob been posted before, but after today, I just feel the need for fresh revelations lol.... No implication or judging, just general interest. I did something I didn't think I would ever do lol, and pulled it off with no implications as yet lol...... no helicopter overhead or armed popo at my door at least anyway, for now.

[Rogue Rider]

I did feel guilty a bit for gapping it so to speak, though, the adrenalin at the time was surpassing of any sensation I have felt before. Afterwards all I could think about was really the consequences of such actions when caught/ if caught. Most likely the consequences would be 10 times worse than the original ticket........ Anyway, keen to hear some revelations of others. No need for mindless slander, I am sure we have all made some bad choices at points.
If someone has a negative perspective, or judgmental one, perhaps they could offer some enlightenment on how they got revelation lol......

[Blackshear]

Can't make a worthy getaway on a 250 bandit, brah.
OH HOW I WISH

[mattian]

yes, they did it to me when I was only doing 15 over the limit!...... allegedly. Not worth it to run. no ticket is worth the risk of killing yourself or putting other motorists at risk for. Just pull over and take it on the chin. If you dont want a ticket, don't speed..... and hold up everyone else behind you.

[rustyrobot]

Well I have certainly fantasised about doing this but not on my bike and not without a sharp increase in my riding skills. To be honest I think the fear of losing my licence and having my bike impounded outweigh the adrenaline blast and the joy of living out that movie fantasy. I remember seeing someone on a VFR doing a runner from the cops when I was 14, lots of smiles all round and really I don't think anyone was hoping the cop would catch them. A memory that came back with a flash when I watched some of that guy Ghostrider on youtube.

[Warr]

Read your first post and thought ... Gee.. Never done that .. have thought about it ........................ But I have .....

I did try evasive techniques in the past. Only the once tho and things didnt go well.
36 years ago, after dark, I preformed a manoeuvre that attracted the interest of a passing plod.
I shot through as to and figured if I took a left into a side street would be to my advantage...
Imagine my surprise when after some hard breaking my rear wheel passed me and I unceremoniously crashed after doing a turning stoppie.
Obviously not quite perfected
This resulted in a rather easy catch for plod ... but I thankfully I was not rewarded with hand cuffs and a night in the cell.

My list of errors are many ...
The biggest error, for me, was to think I could get away with it !! Obviously too much adrenaline in the right hand both ways.
I havent tried it again .. and would try and minimise behavior that would attract plod interest

[Ixion]

One needs to distinguish between a runner - racking it when the blues and reds are directly behind, no way to argue you didn't know he was there or was chasing someone else ; and a dodger - dive down a side street, round the back of the commercial units, through the alley , etc , out of sight before he can turn round and catch you up.

[Mom]

I hear tell there is a youngster up this way that has managed to avoid plod in a very spectacular way once upon a time. He trusted his balls and went for a big "get fucked" tear away ride. That was 3 or 4 or so years ago now, never seen him on a bike since.

He knew that plod were chasing him, you obviously did not or else you would have stopped.

[Ixion]

That's the trick to it, getting out of sight before "I didn't realise it was me you were after" becomes entirely implausible.

It is , in fact, not a ridiculous argument. I have on several occasions been tootling along , not speeding because I never speed , speed kills (this I know, for the government tells me so), but perhaps a little confused about units of measure (so hard to keep them straight now we have all these confusing kilomegjublees and such). And seen and heard lights and siren coming up from behind ; or seen the cop brake and start to turn. Oh shit, what to do, best pull over (never been a big enough one to contemplate running); and then had the cop go screaming past. Early closing at the donut shop, or axe murderer on the loose, who knows.

Even the cops have admitted that it's not a pursuit if the person being pursued doesn't know they are being pursued. And I never know I'm being pursued. My natural innocence, compounded by elderly confusion, makes me always sure that I could not possibly be speeding. It must be those damn kilomegajublees again.

[miloking]

How many riders out there have genuinely experienced the heart sinking feeling of seeing a Popo fly past you in an oncoming lane, looking at the speedo, seeing that you are well over the speed limit, by say 30km+ p/hr, and then looking in the rear vision mirror to see the Popo turn on the blue and reds guns blazing.......... Your in some twisty twisties, with a junction ahead on a piece of road you know well......... What did you do, and what do you do.....

How many of you have honestly Gapped it? and how many have been successful or failed. I am certain there are some who will give the frilly response of, "I always abide to the law and wouldn't dream of doing such....... however, we are all human, and we all get tempted, and regardless of all the perfectness out there...... everyone breaks the law sometime.

Prob been posted before, but after today, I just feel the need for fresh revelations lol.... No implication or judging, just general interest. I did something I didn't think I would ever do lol, and pulled it off with no implications as yet lol...... no helicopter overhead or armed popo at my door at least anyway, for now.

LOL all the fucking time once i saw them making uturn (it was in the middle of the night so no people on the road) so i dropped two gears...gave it all it had and started to disapear into some side streets..after about minute checked my mirrors and no lights, but they eventualy caught up with me so didnt win this one tho and learned valuable lesson! ...That i need MUCH faster bike...and then i got the CBR

[riffer]

The only time this has happened to me (seriously) I was coming home late from work - tired, needed to get home fast - and was gassing it a bit on SH2. Approximately 60 over the limit (indicated). Saw the red and blues coming up fast from behind just as I passed the Silverstream turnoff on River Road so nowhere to go. Resigned myself to the inevitable, when the buggers went flying past a good 20 faster, so goodness knows where they were going. Heart started beating again a couple seconds later, and was still pounding when I got home.

[scumdog]

Never..

[smoky]

Read your first post and thought ... Gee.. Never done that .. have thought about it ........................ But I have .....

I did try evasive techniques in the past. Only the once tho and things didnt go well.
36 years ago ........

I can remember only a couple of years ago Warr, you did a runner from the Police, with myself and another nameless Honda rider.
Actually when we got to his place we discovered you were oblivious to the fact we had been pursued, you saw the nameless rider take off and went with him, with me on your tail.

[Rogue Rider]

Yes I concur contemplating gapping it from the popo is definately not the wisest decision, nor in the best interest of the person in control. My point is more targeting toward conversing of the buzz and feeling in the decision making at the time of the incident.
In the situation I had this morning, it was more a convenience option to do a left hand turn in darkness instead of going straight. I did speed up a little to get there a bit quicker whilst popo wasn't in sight......
Popo didn't see me turn off, and carried on. I felt stupid afterwards, and I did feel rather intrigued by the change in my decision making ability under pressure.
My advice as stated above is to pull over and take it like a man, just not sure how many demerits I have left lol......

[miloking]

I can remember only a couple of years ago Warr, you did a runner from the Police, with myself and another nameless Honda rider.
Actually when we got to his place we discovered you were oblivious to the fact we had been pursued, you saw the nameless rider take off and went with him, with me on your tail.

Never stay in a group...always split up i reckon, i know its 1:3 that they will go after you but at least you have some buddies that will appreciate it and also someome to bail you out from jail in case you dont win