Running from cops

[EZAS]

My 2 cents. If your on the motorway and your bike can go faster than 250kmh, then there's no point in stopping unless its heavy traffic or the cops have a clear view of your plate.

In saying that, I've been rammed a few times by some traffic officers (ie fun police) that didn't find my antics on the road as comical as I did.

[Fatjim]

Nine pages and not a mention of "the one, the only" - Beginners Guide to Runners?
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...78&postcount=1

A rather large thread that started a heated discussion...

I think from memory this thread was started BEFORE the thread you mentioned! I don't know, I can't be arsed finding out for sure.

[MaxCannon]

Well I've done a runner twice on the GN
The first was on the motorway heading to work, still on the L plate.
I was doing 100 and the cop was right in front of a truck in the left lane doing about 80. I didn't see him till I was already past.
He saw me and pulled into my lane as I went past him.
Now being paranoid about the stupid 70kph rule I swerved off at the next exit and threaded through the traffic.
His lights didn't come on but he did swerve up the same exit as me only to get stuck in traffic.

The second was just last week. After a shit day and late finish at work I was rushing home doing about 70 (not looking at the speedo) on a road marked 50 (one of the many roads that are wide, well lit and should be at least 60kph).
Cop car going the other way did a U turn and popped on his lights.
I took the next left, thrashed the beast (probably to about 80 lol) and took a couple more turns.
He must of given up because I didn't see or hear him after the first turn.

Not really very exciting stories.

The one runner I did in the car was at much higher speed.
You know how you get a new car or bike and you can't resist seeing how it goes (come on I know you do).
Well not long after getting the GT legacy I put my foot down and kept it there for no other reason than it was late and no one was around.
As bad luck would have it there was someone around.
As I went past an onramp at about 160 (slowing down at that point having been off the clock just before) a cop car was joining the motorway.
Now the prospect of a big fine was enough for me to put my foot back down again.
Obviously a GT Legacy isn't the fastest thing in the world but it is faster than a Police Commodore.
Fortunately the road was empty and by the time I'd hit the redline in top the red and blues had disappeard out of sight.
I got off the motorway a couple of exits down and hid.
Don't know if the cop took the same exit as me but I didn't see or hear him.

Does anyone know how fast a Police Spec Commodore can go ?
I'm guessing 200kph with all the drag from the lights and weight from the comms and other kit.

[bryce]

I had a young worker I tryed to tell not to out run cops etc he told me how much his fines were , $5,000 wiped clean four 20 hr com service. a mate that had $75,000 AND one 150,000 , they dealt with cops so often and had such big fines they didn,t care .they would almost look 4 cops to make nights more fun .it all started with small fines, that i would get a warning 4 and fines made to give cops power to stop young kids driving late at night eg one fine he was diving home from miking ,a $400 start .he then told me he would hit 180 every mornning in his old cortina.

[R6_kid:Me]

Does anyone know how fast a Police Spec Commodore can go ?
I'm guessing 200kph with all the drag from the lights and weight from the comms and other kit.

I'd hope that a V6 commodore would be good for more than 250kmh at least, otherwise the cops should all be driving FXGT corolla's... and topping out at 200kmh.

[scumdog]

I'd hope that a V6 commodore would be good for more than 250kmh at least, otherwise the cops should all be driving FXGT corolla's... and topping out at 200kmh.

Put all the gear a cop car has into a FXGT and the only way it would get to 200kmh would be if you launched it out of a Bristol Freighter at 5,000 feet.

Theres shitloads of young dudes cars that can do '240 kays plus man', funny how none of them have ever actually done it, when they get to 170kmh or so something seems to hold them back from their potential so it seems...

[Rhino]

Put all the gear a cop car has into a FXGT and the only way it would get to 200kmh would be if you launched it out of a Bristol Freighter at 5,000 feet....

Shit SD, most of the young fellas on here wouldn't know what a Bristol Freighter is.

Theres shitloads of young dudes cars that can do '240 kays plus man', funny how none of them have ever actually done it, when they get to 170kmh or so something seems to hold them back from their potential so it seems...

I've never had that problem on bikes, but I know what you mean. Once they get over 160-170, some sort of limiter seems to kick in.

[TLMAN]

Which one of you bad boys was it that was running from a silver undercover commy yesterday at about 8.30 on wairau rd, glenfield. I was in my cage and next thing there was a flash of black followed by red and blue and silver both doing about 140. Insane!!

[bimotabob]

Hi

If the cop is on the other side of a wide highway (like no.3 for eg) doing a 100 and you are doin over that they just don't have time or distance on their side to read your plate.
Pass as many cars as you can and then shoot down a sideroad if you know the area and put your bike up to warp speed.
Cops can get very mad when they lose a rider like this - and it may make them especially nasty to other bikers though.
However in the heat of the moment you don't worry about this and go at speeds often way faster than you do - like shooting through small towns like Ohaupo past streams of cars doing well over a 100.

I got chased once and didn't even know it till I got off my bike at a mates and a dog handler zooms into the drive way.
He said he had to fly to catch me -no ticket book though.
I had been "flying" like he said but agreed to slow down in future.

Cheers

[Toast]

I'd hope that a V6 commodore would be good for more than 250kmh at least, otherwise the cops should all be driving FXGT corolla's... and topping out at 200kmh.

No way dude. I'd say a stock one would do around 230 on a good day, and taking all of it to get there. The Police one might have a few more ponies but as mentioned, all that gear would probably negate that advantage when it comes to top speed.

I have heard from a source that's possibly as unreliable as the ones that everyone else around here has that they've got better than HSV spec suspension though. That combined with a well trained driver should haul in 95% of the people who decide they're going to run.

[Luckylegs]

Theres shitloads of young dudes cars that can do '240 kays plus man', funny how none of them have ever actually done it, when they get to 170kmh or so something seems to hold them back from their potential so it seems...

Yeh, often the thing holding them back turns out to a tree, a pole or another car

[unhingedlizard]

worst thing i find is the anxious wait to see if anything drops through the mailbox.
dont think cop would see your plate coming the other way at 100k, but a camera in a car would.

[bucket boy]

guy intodays tauranga paper had a runaway sussed cable pulled number plate
flying pass speed camera and patrol car clocked at 153k in 100k area tryed out running through traffic sounds like wasnt working out as planned went to stop copper helped him of bike with his patrolcar $1700 fine 6 months walking
and wat ever to him and bike

[scumdog]

guy intodays tauranga paper had a runaway sussed cable pulled number plate
flying pass speed camera and patrol car clocked at 153k in 100k area tryed out running through traffic sounds like wasnt working out as planned went to stop copper helped him of bike with his patrolcar $1700 fine 6 months walking
and wat ever to him and bike

Boy, THAT was an expensive runner - and so successful too!!

[Cr1MiNaL]

guy intodays tauranga paper had a runaway sussed cable pulled number plate
flying pass speed camera and patrol car clocked at 153k in 100k area tryed out running through traffic sounds like wasnt working out as planned went to stop copper helped him of bike with his patrolcar $1700 fine 6 months walking
and wat ever to him and bike

that cop should have known better than to ram a bike off a road even if the rider was being an arse(I presume thats what happened)... seriously whats all that training for when u fail as a human being in the end?