Naughty Ducati Rider

[jrandom]

Now call me cynical

OK, you're cynical.

[**R1**]

What a fucken amateur.

Grow some skills man!

well said

[madboy]

There will be four sides to the story - 1 rider, 2 Police, 3 media, and last AND least 4 truth... I bet they vary significantly.

Proves my theory - results of pursuits are mostly luck. Just that some people are better at making luck than others

[Riff Raff]

Before people start bashing the cops - there was a very good reason why he was chased and he deserved what he got!

[Sniper]

Fucken Dumbass

[Blakamin]

Wasn't a stolen Duc was it????

[Lee Rusty]

car was used as a roadblock, the rider skidded into it, he was in trouble anyway as the Curran St entry to bridge was closed last night, the ducati is rooted.
SCU was involved to take pix etc for inquiry.

I work there.

[vifferman]

And take it from RR and me... the guy deserved it.

Fairy nuff. (We need a smiley / emoticon for that....)
I didn't start the thread with any preconceived ideas of what happened. Just saw the story, wondered who/what/why.

Hope they don't add this incident to LTSA/ACC "bikes are dangerous" statistics....

[Lou Girardin]

car was used as a roadblock, the rider skidded into it, he was in trouble anyway as the Curran St entry to bridge was closed last night, the ducati is rooted.
SCU was involved to take pix etc for inquiry.

I work there.

So the car was involved in the chase.

[jrandom]

So the car was involved in the chase.

You can't chase something when you're sitting still. The car was sitting still. So it wasn't chasing anything. Which means that it can't have been 'involved in the chase'.

If you're going to stretch the definition, then all the bystanders watching it from the footpath, the guys back at the police comms center, and the ambulance that arrived after the fact were also 'involved in the chase'.

I don't think that washes. Chases comprise the chaser(s) and chasee(s), end of story.

[ktulu]

Yeah I wonder what side of the road the police car was travelling in???
Probably was not in the chase and happened to wander over to the wrong side of the road in a moment of lapsed concentration and BAM a runner happens to hit him head on.......... Yeah Right.
suppose the cops gotta cover their ass these days. The bike shoulda stopped and it wouldnt have happened, but of course it is the police fault for chasing him right?
Bloody PC world we live in. I wouldve rammed the guy too if I was the cop.. no one gonna do a runner from me.

Well said, agree completely

[c4.]

All not so well and good for him!!!!!
I however fielded no less than 8 ph calls as to my participation in said manouvres.
MAAAANNNN, no way was that me!!! (it was in my hood... but,)
a/ I try very hard not to exceed suburban speed tolerances.
b/ I love my health too much to run from cops ( that are within sight for more than 20 secs of evasion)
c/ it was a Duck with fairings..... not a monsta.
d/ and MOST importantly, he was reported to be in his mid 40s..... I AM NOT at that hallowed hallmark..... yet

[Skyryder]

If you are going to 'do' a runner, ya take ya chances. At the end of the day you have two brakes and one throttle. Them's the choices

Skyryder

[Waylander]

Just one more thing the rest of the world will view as why bikes and bikers are dangerous. Up go the peaple cutting us off and pretty much ignoring us in all circumstanses on the road.

[Gen]

If it's the same accident, I saw a piccie of the bike, red ducati from the brief flash they showed on the screen.
Too damn dangerous to run from the police :spudwhat: