140 mph Police "Follow"

Bar the white line over-takes and speeding in the 30/40/50s it looks like a typical ride out for your average sport biker.

It was me











Or not....

Originally Posted by Daimo

It was me











Or not....

I'm sparticus

Originally Posted by gid

I'm sparticus

No, I am Sparticus

[yorkie_chris]

What the f### is the police website on about "extreme"? The copper had more near misses than the other fella, definately $hit up more car drivers.

The copper on about the guys cornering then getting left behind in a twisty bit...

"Forcing another vehicle into inside lane," he says as he flashes some dude in a vectra 4 or 5 times...

"Riding with left hand on the tank" .... so what? Not illegal. Not a detriment to control at cruise.

The guy was caught bang to rights, should have been a bit more careful when followed by another random bike. Sneaky c##ts... but still the copper was IMO well out of order.

[Stu]

I still think this is a wind up.
Such poor riding/commentary and lack of knowledge of the law just makes this look like 2 guys out for a hoon together.

Why would the cop mention overtaking on zig zags in the face of on coming traffic, when that is not illegal. Passing the lead vehicle closest to a crossing is, but the biker didn't do that. & it wasn't until the cop had oncoming traffic that he mentioned it.
Also, overtaking on solid whites in the example did not look illegal to me as most of the solid whites were not enforceable as they were not preceeded by 2 arrows (bending to the left)

I could try claiming that this was I but, unfortunately, nobody
would believe me.

Seriously, the policeman was wrong to engage in this pursuit. This
creates a danger to the public.

[G]

It wasnt a persuit as such......it was an evidence gathering excersise. They had no intention of pulling him over, just to follow to gather evidence.

Clearly they wanted as much evidence as possible to keep following.

Originally Posted by G

It wasnt a persuit as such......it was an evidence gathering excersise. They had no intention of pulling him over, just to follow to gather evidence.

Clearly they wanted as much evidence as possible to keep following.

As excuses go though, that's pretty poor. It's like observing a lunatic with a knife, and waiting to see if he murders someone. Evidence gathering, y'see.

I've not seen the vid yet, but by the sounds of it the biker is within 'nicked and banned' terratory fairly early on. I see no reason why it should have been allowed to continue beyond that.

[G]

Because if he rides like that everyday, there a good chance when they try to pull him he will try and run knowing the trouble he was already in, which will only create more danger and an even more chance of an accident.

If thats his commute to work and the police could only just keep up safely (and in some place very dangerously) then I'm sure his red mist hoon is even quicker and they would have lost him and been unable to identify him, as it is they followed him to a motorcycle dealership where he was arrested it say on another forum.