Running from cops

[loosebruce]

Like yours?

Uhh yeah something like that, it's all one colour now though, and it looks mint. sort of.

[JWALKER]

As far as i know he's have to prove it was you and in court with a good lawyer that'd be damn hard for them without getting your plate or the likes in the first place, but in saying that if they got your plate you'd know about it by the next day.
Things to bear in mind, the ol alstare edition gix is pretty distinctive bike, have a couple of helmets and a change of riding gear not on you at the time of riding, but you know what i mean, as if you're riding around in a bright yellow rossi rep suit on a distinctive bike, they'll soon cotton on. Really if you're gonna gap it on a regular basis, keep your kit/bike simple and common.

Tru, tru, and i do have matching gear to the bike colour. maybe will just have to ride around without my plate on?

[Cookie]

Nah, I'll just pull over and take what's coming. Me doing a runner would only put other people in undeserved danger and that sucks.

I am with you Oakie. Not that I could run if I wanted to on my current bike.

What motivates you guys to do runners anyways?

Personally, I would have to have 5 Kgs of Peruvian uncut cocaine in my backpack, and my wife's body in a state of decomposition back home in the bath tub.

Can anyone enlighten those of us who would prefer to just stop and get the ticket?

[tracyprier]

I am with you Oakie. Not that I could run if I wanted to on my current bike.

What motivates you guys to do runners anyways?

Personally, I would have to have 5 Kgs of Peruvian uncut cocaine in my backpack, and my wife's body in a state of decomposition back home in the bath tub.

Can anyone enlighten those of us who would prefer to just stop and get the ticket?

Yeah or like the other day when I had the plans to a nuclear warhead trigger in my backpack and Jack was.... oh no wait..... that was 24.... sorry, carry on

[**R1**]

I am with you Oakie. Not that I could run if I wanted to on my current bike.

What motivates you guys to do runners anyways?

Personally, I would have to have 5 Kgs of Peruvian uncut cocaine in my backpack, and my wife's body in a state of decomposition back home in the bath tub.

Can anyone enlighten those of us who would prefer to just stop and get the ticket?

My licence = my job,
no licenece = no job

no job = no tyres

no tyres = no riding

no riding = CRAZY Mr **R1**

and its kinda fun..

[justsomeguy]

Sometimes it's a bit more than a $80 fine at stake.

[cowpoos]

I am with you Oakie. Not that I could run if I wanted to on my current bike.

What motivates you guys to do runners anyways?

Personally, I would have to have 5 Kgs of Peruvian uncut cocaine in my backpack, and my wife's body in a state of decomposition back home in the bath tub.

Can anyone enlighten those of us who would prefer to just stop and get the ticket?

if you were already riding at 210-250 + why would you pull over!!! he's got to catch you to take your license....

[Oakie]

if you were already riding at 210-250 + why would you pull over!!! he's got to catch you to take your license....

Is it not just enough for them to get your rego though and wait for you at home or pay a friendly visit the next day?
(he he ... MY bike do 210 - 250? Perhaps if someone fired it out of a cannon it might)

[madboy]

Tell you what fella, you sit on the side of the road and I'll ride past at 210-250 and you can tell me what my plate number is . Now we'll try that again with you driving toward me at 80-100k while I'm doing 210-250 and we'll see if you can answer that too.

A "ticket" means I have to explain to my insurance company that I've got another ticket. And although 139k means 4 gears to go for me, insurance companies have kittens if you do that on a regular basis. The $500 fine is almost 1/4 of my daughters school fees for a term. Then when the insurance company talks to their underwriters, my premiums/excess go up further, or my cover gets pulled completely. And I'm not just talking about my bike here, I'm talking about both my cars that I dawdle around in too. Not to mention the fact I HATE PIGS which makes it a real challenge to sit onthe side of the road and listen to some anally retentive f***tard tell me that at 123km/h on a dead straight almost empty piece of open road I'm gonna kill someone.

And if I'm doing over 140, I ain't losing my license without a fight fella. No way. If I stop I am 99% likely to lose my license (the 1% is for the good cop who writes down 139, in which case refer to my previous paragraph). If I don't stop, so far I'm 100% likely to NOT suffer any consequences other than a marginally higher fuel bill and some slightly more worn tyres. If I lose my license, I then have to explain to my employer why I can't perform certain aspects of my job. Unlike others I won't lose my job, but it won't be helpful to my career development, which in turn impacts everything in my life. My insurer obviously wouldn't cover me while I was disq, and I doubt very much they'd be continuing my cover when I got my license back again. Not for a 4th disq.

Can you see where I'm coming from?

[loosebruce]

Is it not just enough for them to get your rego though and wait for you at home or pay a friendly visit the next day?
(he he ... MY bike do 210 - 250? Perhaps if someone fired it out of a cannon it might)

Rego! you try reading the rego of a bike that just passed you at over 200kph, for a while i used to try and read rego's just driving around and bikes doing normal speeds (sort of) and it's quite hard and you have to get pretty close and when you're a messy prick like me who has a filthy plate that can't be read from 10 metres away standing still, at over 250kph in the dark with no numberplate light on, well need i say more. Not to mention it's bloody hard to read a plate while the bike is wheeling past you as well.

No plates are all gravey until you find yourself having to gap it at inconvenient times like plodding along to work, a plate of a bike long dead attracts less attention but you're in trouble if you get pulled with it on, dirty, dirty, dirty is the way to go.

Why run, R1 covered it pretty much, if it's something minor (non licence losing offence) you'd be more inclined to stop, but if stopping means bye bye licence, you might as well chance it, if you still get caught you still lose your licence for the same amount of time and get stung a bit more in the pocket, but then you could get away scott free, and that works for me.

[loosebruce]

LOL bet me to it Mike, cock

[madboy]

LOL bet me to it Mike, cock

Gotta beat ya on something

[Cookie]

[snip]Can you see where I'm coming from?

Thanks madboy and others. Yes I am seeing where you are coming from. It was a genuine question and I appreciate the answers.

As you can see, I don’t have a bike that can do 300kph straight out of the box and maybe if I do one day, I might view things a bit differently.

Take care anyway. It might be me coming the other way.

[Da Bird]

Also I think I have heard police motor bikes can’t chase you if you run not sure how true that is but I have had mates tell me that and believe me they have run from them.

No, not correct. I'll chase anything that doesn't stop, within reason.

BC.

[Da Bird]

i have a question about doing a runner, maybe one of the friendly bike policeman, might be able to help me out on this.

if you did a runner and lost a particular cop and then the next day he saw you and pulled you over, even though you were doing legal at that particular time, can they fine you for doing the runner the day before?

If they could positively identify you, they could arrest you and charge you for Failing to Stop. Alternatively, if they had obtained your rego, the registered owner could be given 14 days to give the name, address etc of the rider at the time of the Failing to Stop ... and then charge you. (Failing to Stop is a court appearance, not just a ticket.)