Police 10-7

**justsomeguy** · 2nd November 2005, 20:40

Originally Posted by madboy

How many cars, lights and sirens or not, can split down the middle of a two lane road, right on the centreline at 260k? Dangerous it may well be, but try that in a Commo when you've got one car going your way at 100k and another coming toward you at 100k. Commo backs off until either or both cars move, meantime you're another km ahead.

Bloody full license holders.......

**madboy** · 2nd November 2005, 20:53

Originally Posted by justsomeguy

Bloody full license holders.......

Well if you're up for this sorta thing a bit more often, a full license is not required

Although it makes buying and insuring the bike a whole lot easier if you do have one

I've never owned a 250.

**justsomeguy** · 2nd November 2005, 20:58

Originally Posted by madboy

Well if you're up for this sorta thing a bit more often, a full license is not required

Although it makes buying and insuring the bike a whole lot easier if you do have one

I've never owned a 250.

Insurance is the only thing that's keeping me off a ZXR400.......

Oh - yeah

Bastards who can ride.........

Naa I mean

, as long as you do it safely

**madboy** · 2nd November 2005, 21:06

Oh being able to ride isn't a pre-requisite for owning a bigger bike. I chucked mine down the road after having it for a few weeks due to too much horsepower, too little skill.

But smoking cops doesn't necessarily rely on a huge amount of riding skill - more luck, common sense, local knowledge and bike v car advantages.

**justsomeguy** · 2nd November 2005, 21:09

Originally Posted by madboy

Oh being able to ride isn't a pre-requisite for owning a bigger bike. I chucked mine down the road after having it for a few weeks due to too much horsepower, too little skill.

But smoking cops doesn't necessarily rely on a huge amount of riding skill - more luck, common sense, local knowledge and bike v car advantages.

I agree......

I'd put luck at the top of the list.

And knowledge of roads for an escape route..... second..... I guess ......dunno really

Mind you - not that I ever do runners.......

**madboy** · 2nd November 2005, 21:22

Originally Posted by justsomeguy

Mind you - not that I ever do runners.......

Oh, were we talking about real world stuff here? Oh shit, I thought it was all hypothetical internet monkey spanking...

**justsomeguy** · 2nd November 2005, 21:26

Originally Posted by madboy

Oh, were we talking about real world stuff here? Oh shit, I thought it was all hypothetical internet monkey spanking...

Of course we were.

But since KB becomes more politically correct by the second we need to keep things on track.

**Matt Bleck** · 3rd November 2005, 08:24

what the...

**Lou Girardin** · 3rd November 2005, 09:46

Originally Posted by Fish

your outta line, winja. the dude on the bike was probably on p, and not even looking in his mirrors. he had an illegal .22 in his backpack ffs, and the rep back home of being a loser and a crim. do you think he would have sensibly buttoned off and cruised as soon as the red and blues dropped out of sight?

no, he would have just kept on going, and the girl would still be dead, and youd be slagging the cops right now for giving up the chase in case they could have caught him before it happened.

With all due respect - bullshit. He would have found a place to hide as soon as he thought the cops couldn't see him. The girl would not be dead, nor would he. The gun and residual traces of speed in his blood are red herrings. (sorry)
This incident was very clearly aggravated by the cops actions as the coroner found.

Some of the other crap being talked about here displays complete ignorance of reality. In 90% of chases, if the bike doesn't get out of sight within 30 seconds or less, he's toast. Any longer than that means the riders not up to the pace or traffic is slowing him down.
Any cop will have stories of catching much faster vehicles than theirs.
We used to catch bikes in our Cortinas and 253 Holdens for God's sake.
A GS1000 couldn't get away from our 308 Ute loaded with accident gear and we chased him from a standstill when he was clocked at 120 k's. Instead of nailing it down the M/Way he chose to head off at Greenlane and Newmarket - big mistake.
If you're going to run, think about your strategy.

**Kickaha** · 3rd November 2005, 22:04

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

With all due respect - bullshit. He would have found a place to hide as soon as he thought the cops couldn't see him. The girl would not be dead, nor would he
.

And you can prove that how?