Cops tailgating to try and make you speed

[Gone Burger]

Has anyone ever encountered this strategy? I haven't, but according to a chap I know it is quite common.

This happened to me down in the South Island a couple of weeks ago. It really wound me up.

A group of about 12 of us, on our bikes, passed a marked police car on side of the road at a very respectable 95kms. We see him in our mirrors pull out and follow the group. Not a problem, everyone was behaving perfectly. Over about 10 minutes the group has spreed out hugely - with the ones at the back sticking dead on 100, and the ones at the front able to stretch out the distance over a few kms.

Two of us are now left on our own at the back, I'm in front. Can see the police car sitting right in behind my friend. I come around a corner and loose sight of them, and make up a little distance gently. Watching my mirror closely, out of the corner comes a car, not the bike. He is what I estimate to be about 2k's back, and withing moment he is behind me. He really pinned it and caught me up. Cool - no worries. As you were, just keep riding.

I start to get really pissed off a few minutes later as he is sitting less than a car distance behind me - at 100k. No exaggeration, it was horribly close. 15 fricken minutes later and I have had enough of this intimidation. I am now a female rider on her own with the rest of the group well out of sight, and he is almost glued to my ass the whole time. So... what did I do? I braked.. for that "pot whole I thought I saw on the road in front of me", whist keeping a close eye on him in the mirror through my tinted visor. Gave him the absolute shits, and he instantly backed the hell of, and gave up.

Talk about intimidation! I was not at all impressed. My speedo reads the main reading in miles, and I'm not yet 100% sure what 100k bang on it. So was constantly trying to get it right.

Caught up with the group who ended up about 15 minutes ahead of me, and the last rider.

What a really shitty, and UNSAFE tactic to follow through with. What happened to the 2 second rule? Did this not apply to him???? That was more like a split second.

[White trash]

Perhaps, in his defense, admiring the view?

[Gone Burger]

Perhaps, in his defense, admiring the view?

Well, I may have a small ass... but if he used his glasses he could have kept back a wee bit

[george formby]

I guess Katipie, that some Federales are far less professional & ethical than others. I wonder what the outcome would have been if he had rear ended you? Be a bugger to squirm out of for an allegedly professional driver.

[Eyegasm]

Perhaps, in his defense, admiring the view?

Ahahahahahahahahahaaaaaa

Talk about blunt Jimmy...

At least I hide it with "I'm on a 250 and that's why I follow ya"

[Gone Burger]

Ahahahahahahahahahaaaaaa

Talk about blunt Jimmy...

At least I hide it with "I'm on a 250 and that's why I follow ya"

it may be your birthday sunshine but that does not mean you get to be even more of a cheeky bugga than usual.

[Gone Burger]

I guess Katipie, that some Federales are far less professional & ethical than others. I wonder what the outcome would have been if he had rear ended you? Be a bugger to squirm out of for an allegedly professional driver.

Agreed George - if I really did come across something on the road that I seriously needed to react to, it would have been a VERY bad outcome for both him, and myself. When I breaked to make him back the hell off, I still did this with huge caution, knowing just how close he was and what could happen. I watched him like a hawk when I did it, and was ready on the throttle to pull away in a heart beat if he had his eyes closed.

He was just waiting for me to stuff up. Would have been more than happy for him to actually pull me over, rather than intimidate me.

[SMOKEU]

Yea I've had it happen to me a few times its also illegal, as its a form of entrapment.

Try telling that to a judge. In a court of law, just because the officer was following too close does not prove that he/she was forcing you to exceed any speed limit.

Talk about intimidation! I was not at all impressed. My speedo reads the main reading in miles, and I'm not yet 100% sure what 100k bang on it. So was constantly trying to get it right.

62mph is about right.

[Gone Burger]

62mph is about right.

Thank you - that is where I was sitting. Phew - I could have been in the wrong lol

[Brian d marge]

there was a court case in England where the woman argued just that

she was followed too closely by a big scary motorcyclist ( cop) and felt intimidated , so she didnt want to stop/slow down because she was scared

it worked

judge threw the fine out the window

Stephen

[The Baron]

Yes it happens in the Wairarapa often. More so with cars than bikes.
We had to school our kids up on it as something to look out for with police cars.

[Scuba_Steve]

Try telling that to a judge. In a court of law, just because the officer was following too close does not prove that he/she was forcing you to exceed any speed limit.
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never had to always been thrown out at the 1st write in after I mention entrapment, they usually rely on ignorance to pull it off. But then also remember I only said it was illegal never said our (in)justice system would judge lawfully.

[SMOKEU]

never had to always been thrown out at the 1st write in after I mention entrapment, they usually rely on ignorance to pull it off. But then also remember I only said it was illegal never said our (in)justice system would judge lawfully.

It's still your word against a cop. If the cop really wants to sting you for it, then they will.

[Toaster]

Has anyone ever encountered this strategy? I haven't, but according to a chap I know it is quite common.

The best response is to pull to the left and let them pass, take down the rego and lay an immediate complaint with a supervisor and if no action take it to the IPCA.

Supervisors take a dim view of those that receive multiple complaints.... smoke and fire and all that.

Any cop doing this sort of tactic deserves to lose their job.

[James Deuce]

Stop whining. *555 the cop and then go and fill in the form and be nice to the nice who will ring you up to ask if you'd like to involve the PCA or not.

I just pull over and stop. My normal tactic of two gears down and 20 seconds of acceleration to make some room would get me into trouble.