Hot pursuit tonight in Welly (28 March)

[nudemetalz]

...and here we are, the Mrs and I returning from the fish & chip shop tonight going up Newlands Road, when what looks like a ZZR-250 2-up goes past us at full revs going the other way and overtaking, coming very close to us !!
1/2 a second behind them is Mr Plod with the Disco Lights on in hot pursuit.
The road is quite wet and greasy. Accident waiting to happen, either of them, ...oh hang on, The Plod are skilled drivers and their Commodores never crash....
Annoys me this sort of thing. The road was quite busy, not the place for this.

[Madness]

Maybe not the bike for it either?

[Grahameeboy]

Agree matey.....what are they really going to achieve......just seems that some Traffic Cops get this gun ho thing in their head....

[vamr]

At least it's a gateaway on a comfy seat.

[Blackbird]

Agree matey.....what are they really going to achieve......just seems that some Traffic Cops get this gun ho thing in their head....

And just perhaps the bike rider was behaving like a twat and needed stopping? Let's have a bit of balance, for gawd's sake

[kneescraper]

Not the thing I would want to come across. Unless the biker has done something real serious like murdering someone or robbing a bank etc I think the cops should just let them go....at that time of the day any who. Not worth the lives that could be taken in a high speed chase like that!

[Grahameeboy]

And just perhaps the bike rider was behaving like a twat and needed stopping? Let's have a bit of balance, for gawd's sake

Not saying you are wrong, however, so the guy was being a twat and now he is being chased he is gonna be more of a twat topped up by a police car in hot pursuit in busy traffic in the rain............I just feel that the risks outweigh the need to pursue........

Cop to Base "we have stopped the offender....ambulance please"

[Blackbird]

Not saying you are wrong, however, so the guy was being a twat and now he is being chased he is gonna be more of a twat topped up by a police car in hot pursuit in busy traffic in the rain............I just feel that the risks outweigh the need to pursue........

Cop to Base "we have stopped the offender....ambulance please"

Maybe I was being a bit sharp but the cops have a shit job at the best of times and some of the slagging off on this website is completely unwarranted. Suppose the guy on the bike had bowled over one of your family crossing the road or had thieved some of their property, you might have have a rather different view!

Rant over, I'm not as pissed off as I sound. Having done a runner once in my career and scared myself silly (it will never happen again), I don't have a problem with holding a position on this

[tl_tub]

Wow so close to home! I cant say ive seen any 250s around lately, not that i stand out on the street watching them, but i do hear them go past in the morning and evening
Know if he was a local, or was he just one of those hutt people that got lost? :P

[Qkchk:Me]

Maybe not the bike for it either?

Takes me back to the times of JSG on his ZZR..........

[Grahameeboy]

Maybe I was being a bit sharp but the cops have a shit job at the best of times and some of the slagging off on this website is completely unwarranted. Suppose the guy on the bike had bowled over one of your family crossing the road or had thieved some of their property, you might have have a rather different view!

Rant over, I'm not as pissed off as I sound. Having done a runner once in my career and scared myself silly (it will never happen again), I don't have a problem with holding a position on this

Fair deal....as you know I defend the cops.......but may sound controversial but the risks is not just to the guy doing the runner and to be honest, whatever they did, the risk of the rider / pilion does not equal the offence, be it speeding, burglary etc.........if a close friend of mine, my Daughter had been bowled over I would be more interested in how they are than retribution..........

[Grahameeboy]

Takes me back to the times of JSG on his ZZR..........

Fond memory's................JSG RIP...Ride in Popular!!

[sunhuntin]

they chose to run...i just hope no innocents get taken out in the process.

[jtzzr]

[Quote [blackbird]

. Having done a runner once in my career and scared myself silly (it will never happen again),
I know you did a runner too Geoff ,because you told me so and I have no reason to doubt you ( bloody boy racer ). Anyways if you`re gonna do a runner (as much as I love zzr`s) I think a 250 two-up is not a great idea , anywho did the plod get the guy?

[nudemetalz]

No idea, as they were both tearing down the hill.
The bike was definitely pulling a lot of revs as it went past. Ah well, let's hope no accidents happened.