140 mph Police "Follow"

Absolutely shocking that it went on for so long , only evidence of any sort of lights was when the Police Rider came up behind the Silver car and turned on , what appeared to be , Amber lights . That pursuit should have been halted with some flashing lights and a "Pull over sonny" . I`m impressed with the pursuit skills of the Policeman myself to be honest , in very dangerous areas , but , I may hasten to add , it shouldn`t have come to that .

I like the bit where the police officer says:

"Yes sir his bend assement is terrible and he's not very competent in the wet" and then chuckles.

Yet he gets some distance away from the police rider throught he twisty NSL bits...........

Hang on, I just had a thought. Are the police now allowed to try and stop motorcycle pursuits or just observe? I'm sure I heard somehere that they are not allowed to try and halt the rider if they seem to be riding dangerously.

BP, any ideas?

FYI here's the video again, and some more information: http://www.sussex.police.uk/news_fee...x.asp?id=24911

Everyone has said exactly what I am thinking - if there are no lights or sirens, then the police rider is just as negligent as the loon in front of him. He commented on every illegal move the guy took, whilst making exactly the same moves himself & giving other road users no idea who he was or what he was doing.
One final note - police cop or not & 140mph, if someone on the bypass had had a blow out & swirved into his path he would have been removed from the road with a sweeoing brush & a hose pipe.

Would be interesting to know whether the police rider was repremanded? - but we all really know the answer to that question

[ethariel]

IMHO the police rider was much more at fault than the other bike, that should have been stopped way back at the start, unmarked bike with no blue lamps/siren, he was right up the ar$e of another car on the DC flashing at him to get out of the way.

Should be banned from the roads forever!

Normally i'm happy to give ANY of the emergency services 100% for waht they do on the roads or how they drive as most are damned good, however when acting like a prat WITHOUT lamps/sirens going they should suffer the concequences rather than get jis jollies riding like a **** (sounds kinda like munt) and i sooooo rarely even think that word!

Seems to have been an unmarked bike, and the commentary speeds were a good 10-15mph out on the video. Some of the commentary was a bit ropey - it was the police rider who nearly had the head on with the other biker!

Originally Posted by Sussex Rozzers

normal stopping procedures were not considered appropriate. Instead, the rider was safely tracked using unmarked cars and an unmarked motorcycle

Hmmm.

[Shellywoozle]

Mmmm what happened to pursuit policy, like relaying weather conditions, traffic, pedestrianised zones etc. my control room would have stopped that immediately and would not have let me continue. In 4.30 mins I heard the controller twice that's shocking !

Mmmmm I have to agree with BP and many others.

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

Absolutely shocking that it went on for so long , .

+1
the rogue biker should have been & gone a long time ago.

Originally Posted by sv-robo

+1
the rogue biker should have been & gone a long time ago.

Oh god that made me laugh , there`s always one