Biker runs from cops

[mdnzz]

Christchurch last night a driver tried to outrun the local plod and ended up in a fatal crash of a biker

http://www.3news.co.nz/Police-chase-...4/Default.aspx

A stupid thing to do with the worst penalty paid possible.


Condolences to his family

[Skunk]

Just to clarify: the 'driver' in the report was the rider. See Stuff.

[Finn]

He made it to the grand age of 53 then managed to kill himself running from cops. Not very smart.

[blairh]

This really sucks. Why do people never learn... I know that's a horrible thing to say, I mean the guy's dead.. hope this acts as a lesson to other people that are tempted to boost in when they see those flashing lights..

[hayd3n]

do we really need to talk about this now he could be a kber

[Tank]

do we really need to talk about this now he could be a kber

Why not? - its in the public domain and a reasonable subject for a biking forum.

[mdnzz]

Just to clarify: the 'driver' in the report was the rider. See Stuff.

ah yea the tv3 site makes it sound little different, but it seems he was the 'rider' not a 'driver' and paid the price for stupidity

[madbikeboy]

NZ Herald 16.45 30/10/08

Man dead after late night police pursuit
10:27AM Thursday Oct 30, 2008

A 52 year-old man is dead after a police pursuit late last night.

Police have released few details of the crash, which happened on River Rd in Christchurch.

Detective Senior Sergeant David Harvey said in a written statement that the death had been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Authority.

He said police would like to speak to a person who had stopped at the scene but drove off before police got their details.

"We'd like to locate this person and speak with them. We 'd also like to speak to anyone in the area of River Road, Stanmore Road, Gloucester Street last night who was disturbed or who had concerns about the driving of a motor cyclist," Mr Harvey said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective sergeant Wendy Riach on 03 363 7400.

- NZHERALD STAFF

[mdnzz]

do we really need to talk about this now he could be a kber

as it is not breaching an terms of KB and it is about a biker then yes public info, and even if he is a KB he would have ticked certain boxes about this type of incident.

Furthermore would not discussion of said stupidity be better in the open so that perhaps maybe somebody else thinks twice before doing something as equally stupid and pays the ultimate price, or is it better to stick ya head in the sand and pretend it never happened?

[Fatjim]

Furthermore would not discussion of said stupidity be better in the open so that perhaps maybe somebody else thinks twice before doing something as equally stupid and pays the ultimate price, or is it better to stick ya head in the sand and pretend it never happened?

Man we get this every time. If someone dies ,out of respect to loved ones you let sanctimonious preaching go for a while to it blows over. Then you can get on your soapbox and spew forth ill-informed tripe all you like.

[vtec]

Bummer, that's life, you risk all and you can lose all. But hey, I'm sure it was a rush. And it sounds like he'd gotten away and then crashed.

[hayd3n]

as it is not breaching an terms of KB and it is about a biker then yes public info, and even if he is a KB he would have ticked certain boxes about this type of incident.

Furthermore would not discussion of said stupidity be better in the open so that perhaps maybe somebody else thinks twice before doing something as equally stupid and pays the ultimate price, or is it better to stick ya head in the sand and pretend it never happened?

yes but if he wasent chased he would of most likely survived as well


same as last week when a cop chased a biker he crashed into a innocent car thru a red light
now it just chasing revenue !!

[Trouser]

David Douglas Fowler r.i.p

[Mikkel]

yes but if he wasent chased he would of most likely survived as well

It obviously goes without saying that if he had just pulled over he'd probably survived as well.

But I guess it's always the cops' fault.

[marty]

his name has been released - it was just on the 5.00pm news on the radio.