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    brilliant

    Quote Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
    Just remember, "it's not a pursuit if you don't know you are being chased".
    Thank you Nelson!
    I'll just break both mirrors and take a ticket for that if he gets alongside me! Not to say we shouldn't all ride responsibly, but it can be a bit on the nose grtting a ticket for 130kph when youre cruising the open road in perfect conditions with minimal traffic. They need to concentrate on penalising people doing dangerous stuff rather than just chasing revenue

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damantis View Post
    As long as they dont drop a u-turn and wipe out the next oncoming motorcyclist! Police are supposed to abandon pursuits if the thier speed exceeds 150kph, they end up in the shit if it turns to custard. . . So, if youre clocked doing 140+ and he turns around to chase you, speed up, cos they are govered to 220kph anyway and while police officers are not known for having above average intellegence, only an idiot would do that speed in a car with standard tyres and suspension AND risk losing thier job!
    Hmmmm shall we wait for good ol' Scumdog to come along. He thinks these urban myths are quite amusing.
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    Their mothers should've told them it's rude to point and wave fingers.
    Had them do it to me a couple of times, they can't have got a lock on the radar.
    I've been told it can take 3 seconds to get a lock, may be wishful thinking though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damantis View Post
    Nah mate, 180 should be enough, would blitz em in the corners anyway
    so how was the 'Skidmark School of Being a Complete Tosser' anyway? did you get a student loan for that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TimeOut View Post
    Their mothers should've told them it's rude to point and wave fingers.
    Had them do it to me a couple of times, they can't have got a lock on the radar.
    I've been told it can take 3 ceconds to get a lock, may be wishful thinking though.
    Nah, instant-on radar is pretty much instant...

    How about this idea: When the cop does a U-turn, so do you. He's then not behind you and you don't have to stop. Pass him, rinse and repeat until he gets dizzy and then pootle on home?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Damantis View Post
    cos they are govered to 220kph anyway!
    Wrong!! I have one and I can safely say it is not governed.

    On a private closed road or track, only of course.

    Quote Originally Posted by Caladbolg View Post
    The police have a class of pursuit car. Theres their class B cars which are all mufti cars. Then the class A cars which are fully marked patrol cars and they have a performance chip, upgraded suspension for handling and the governers removed and the 3.8l commodores will pull 240+.
    My understanding is that all Police cars (mufti or marked) are the same spec. Happy to be corrected if I'm wrong though.
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    I saw an unmarked Hyundai once. Didn't catch the model. Looked pretty 'standard' though. I wonder if it could pull 240+

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    Quote Originally Posted by breakaway View Post
    I saw an unmarked Hyundai once. Didn't catch the model. Looked pretty 'standard' though. I wonder if it could pull 240+
    Probably, straight down if you pushed it off a cliff.
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    Funny you guys mentioned the speed detectors on the cop cars.

    Apparently, they have one in the front and the back.

    So if you're behind them and speeding they can catch you out.

    Sneaky!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikkel View Post
    Nah, instant-on radar is pretty much instant...

    Thought it might have been wishful thinking

    Quote Originally Posted by HungusMaximist View Post
    Funny you guys mentioned the speed detectors on the cop cars.

    Apparently, they have one in the front and the back.

    So if you're behind them and speeding they can catch you out.

    Sneaky!
    Yea they have, dem bears are getting smart

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    They have a newish invention that allows them to communicate to other Police people. It's called a radio. The problem is that the radio "waves" seem to out run my scoot. I think I need a faster bike, or a transporter beam (Beam me up, Scotty!).

    The other thing is that the radio waves seem to go up as well, and they get intercepted by funny looking aeroplanes with wings that go round and round. You can tell these funny looking aeroplanes because at night, they have huge lights which cast a beam, looking for evil motorcyclists...

    With all this technology, you think they'd be working out how to reduce interest rates and how to catch actual criminals (and then actually convict the assholes).


    Or they could use it for "real" good and work out how to get Trinny and Susannah out to help Aunty Helen...

    It’s diametrically opposed to the sanitised existence of the Lemmings around me in the Dilbert Cartoon hell I live in; it’s life at full volume, perfect colour with high resolution and 10,000 watts of amplification.

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    Radar detectors are notoriously inaccurate. I would always contest a moving reading from the opposite direction. A UK mate who’s a cop told me to always ask to see their certificate of calibration and if they didn’t have one for that day, they couldn’t legitimately do you as it wouldn’t stand up in court. I don't know what the NZ rules are.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HungusMaximist View Post
    Apparently, they have one in the front and the back.
    Only some of them.
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    ...how to get Trinny and Susannah out to help Aunty Helen...
    It would be nicer if they got Smith and Wesson onto Heilen...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Damantis View Post
    As long as they dont drop a u-turn and wipe out the next oncoming motorcyclist! Police are supposed to abandon pursuits if the thier speed exceeds 150kph, they end up in the shit if it turns to custard. . . So, if youre clocked doing 140+ and he turns around to chase you, speed up, cos they are govered to 220kph anyway and while police officers are not known for having above average intellegence, only an idiot would do that speed in a car with standard tyres and suspension AND risk losing thier job!
    Only an idiot would believe that cops have to pull out of a pursuit at 150Kph, you'd be better off putting a couple of compact disks on the front of your car so they can't get a lock on you in the first place.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damantis View Post
    They need to concentrate on penalising people doing dangerous stuff rather than just chasing revenue
    Like driving at night at high speed with your lights turned off and passing on blind corners??

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