Memphis Police narrowly avoid a pursuit....

[sammyseaman]

Man, I start some seriously stupid fuckin' threads but this one puts mine to shame  

[RRdvark]

So go ahead, flee.  You may survive, or not.  Either way, in 5 minutes I'll be on the next level of Angry Birds.

That made me laugh

[county]

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.

Typical cop post, not one reference to my courtesy....

[Kneescrubber]

...Since he is being courteous I respond in kind and back off the Blackbird

Typical cop post, not one reference to my courtesy....

How much courtesy does one County need?  

[VAbikeguy]

If you had a KLR instead of the Blackbird, you'd have a different option for evasion instead of acceleration.

[DaisyCutter]

Typical cop post, not one reference to my courtesy....

So if I'm fornicating with your wife, and you come home and catch me...



If I decide to slow down as a show of courtesy to you, then are we cool?







FWIW, slowing down as a show of  "courtesy" was undoubtedly appreciated by the officer, and it blended nicely with your desperate attempt to mitigate your speeding violation.

[Mac]

Slowing down is discourtious to all the people on dirtbikes behind you.  

[county]

So if I'm fornicating with your wife, and you come home and catch me...



If I decide to slow down as a show of courtesy to you, then are we cool?

Well, are you on duty?

[Papa Lazarou]

Methinks that somebody might be spinning this thread out a little,

Thread bare, anyone?

[DaisyCutter]

Well, are you on duty?

If her name is Duty.

[county]

If her name is Duty.

Carrying that gun and that stick kinda makes you a constant smartass.

[DaisyCutter]

Carrying that gun and that stick kinda makes you a constant smartass.

I detect some stick envy.

Frankly, I found it preferable to strive to be a smartass in favor of settling to be a dumbass.  

Not everyone is content to settle as you have.

[Albie]

Typical cop post, not one reference to my courtesy....

 

[loadedmind]

OP starts what I thought was a decent thread about having avoided a ticket and DaisyCutter is nothing but asshole-ish about the whole thing for what seems to be no reason.  Methinks you two have history or something?