Memphis Police narrowly avoid a pursuit....

[county]

So, I am turning onto Raleigh-LaGrange this morning and I accelerate thru a curve, about to hit 3rd gear when I see the Police on my right in a parking lot with his radar gun pointing at me...I hesitate, we look at each other and he waves the gun for me to slow down.  Since he is being courteous I respond in kind and back off the Blackbird

[County Tar]

You're a good law abiding citizen Mr. County.  

In MN running from the law is a felony now.  Not worth the risk.  When we were kids it was just considered good clean fun.  There is noticeable lack of humor about the practice in these modern times.  

[Hardware]

Seriously not worth starting a thread over...maybe you should have put it in your sig instead...

[County Tar]

Seriously not worth starting a thread over...maybe you should have put it in your sig instead...

If that were the case just about every thread on this forum would have to go.  

[county]

Seriously not worth starting a thread over...maybe you should have put it in your sig instead...

There should be a sticky with guidelines for initiating a thread....perhaps we should appoint a committee to develop some criteria.

[Hambonee]

You're a good law abiding citizen Mr. County.  

In MN running from the law is a felony now.  Not worth the risk.  When we were kids it was just considered good clean fun.  There is noticeable lack of humor about the practice in these modern times.  

Yeah..all those innocents being hurt or killed in high speed pursuits are a bit of a buzz kill...

[Andrew]

just another case of "the thin blue line protecting itself"


Think this thread will make a few pages now

[Papa Lazarou]

no it won't  

[Kneescrubber]

[County Tar]

Yeah..all those innocents being hurt or killed in high speed pursuits are a bit of a buzz kill...

All our chases were on lonely gravel or tar country roads.  No innocents were hurt during the filming of this commercial.  

[veefer800canuck]

Awesome ride report! Were you on the way to the Drug store to get your prescription refilled?

[Andrew]

no it won't  

One can only hope

Things are a bit drab around here lately, Was hoping county would unleash his inner squid and have a truly interesting ride report. That and up the post count






Ride more, post less

[Tango59]

Maybe he didn't wanna leave the shady spot on the church parking lot !!!!

[Knuckleball]

I ran once successfully.    Boy what a rush.  Have never tried it again on purpose.  There has been a few times friends have told me that I was being chased after meeting up with them again, but I never actually knew.

[Flyer]

All our chases were on lonely gravel or tar country roads.

Oh! Luxury!!
We only drempt of gravel roads.
All we had were spoor-splattered cow paths...

[quote-County]...and he waves the gun for me to slow down.[/quote]
That would never happen to me, unless it was the other gun...
 

[veefer800canuck]

COW PATHS? You were lucky! We had to chase criminals on cliff ledges that were only 3/4" wide and over 1000 feet high, and after we fell off and died, had to get up and go to work in the mines for 20 hours.

[mugwump58]

Brilliant thread, has the broad base in the early pages to be a classic. " I fart in your general direction!".

[County Tar]

On! Luxury!!
We only drempt of gravel roads.
All we had were spoor-splattered cow paths...

I call cowshit on this one.  

[DaisyCutter]

Sometimes you feel lazy and don't want the hassle.  Other times, if you're totally bored, it's entertaining to pull out and see if the rider will wad his bike up trying to flee.

Most riders don't get a lot of practice at high speed and some misjudge braking distance after topping 3X the speed limit.


Recently my beat-partner had a sport bike pass him on the freeway at well over 100mph. He flipped on his overhead lights and the bike accelerated even more, so he shut off the lights and resumed cruising.  A minute later the call kicked out for a motorcycle/car collision at the off-ramp up ahead.  The rider likely attempted to exit the freeway at 150mph and couldn't brake adequately in the space he gave himself.  He torpedoed the back of a sedan and landed in the intersection, Dead Right There (DRT).


Motorcycle pursuits:

For the rider, it may be the game of his/her life.  For the officer, it's not worth pausing youtube or spilling coffee on the uniform he's trying to get another shift out of before it needs to be cleaned.  So go ahead, flee.  You may survive, or not.  Either way, in 5 minutes I'll be on the next level of Angry Birds.


The typical way a pursuit ends is when the chaser or runner crashes out.  It's not worth it unless the driver is running pedestrians over or shooting people while driving.  At the point I choose to pursue someone, I'm at the level where I'm ramming them with my patrol car, because the threat they present is so grave that I need to torpedo them with my vehicle now.  If their actions fall below that level, then I'm not initiating a vehicle pursuit.  I'll still flip on my lights to see if they yield.  I may even go to the address where the motorcycle is registered, if I'm motivated enough.

[sprocket]

 I accelerate thru a curve