Why Do Cops Bother?
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itsbob
I bowl overhand
Already??Bay_Kat said:Yea and I saw one of Calvert's Chargers, it was smashed up in the front and had duct tape holding in the head light, guess he was chasing someone over 80 mph?
Give a kid a nice toy to play with, and they have to go screw it up..
Do have to wonder what he was doing with it when he wrecked it..
flomaster
J.F. A sus ordenes!
Bad thing about these guys is they are being chased because they were speeding to begin with endangering the lives of others. All it takes is one innocent driver to make a simple mistake and they get a crotch rocket up the wazoo. Or even a distracted parent with their kids. there are a million scenarios but not a single reason to be flying up the road at over a hundred. You could be the best rider on the planet until murphy gets ahold of your handle bars.
I ride too so not slamming bikers.
I ride too so not slamming bikers.
Larry Gude
Strung Out
Stop right there...
...who is doing the killing? That sentence implies that it is the cops and it is absolutely not their fault or responsibility if someone is going that fast and refuses to stop and kills themselves or someone else. It's the bikers fault, 100%.
Bay_Kat said:
...who is doing the killing? That sentence implies that it is the cops and it is absolutely not their fault or responsibility if someone is going that fast and refuses to stop and kills themselves or someone else. It's the bikers fault, 100%.
Larry Gude
Strung Out
Ok...
...but how easy is that, getting a plate, when you're driving 70-80 mph?
I mean, yeah, the high speed chase and carnage make me sick and I think people that cause that ought to be severely punished. It's no much different than me running outside with my guns and shooting bullets in the air; some one may well get hurt.
So, maybe by chasing they do get close enough to get an ID? Maybe better cameras would enable them to zoom in at speed and get details good enough for prosecution?
Bay_Kat said:
...but how easy is that, getting a plate, when you're driving 70-80 mph?
I mean, yeah, the high speed chase and carnage make me sick and I think people that cause that ought to be severely punished. It's no much different than me running outside with my guns and shooting bullets in the air; some one may well get hurt.
So, maybe by chasing they do get close enough to get an ID? Maybe better cameras would enable them to zoom in at speed and get details good enough for prosecution?
Larry Gude
Strung Out
Now see...
...that's absurd; there is yet to be the motorcycle built that has sped off, all by itself, from the cops. I just don't understand where this mindset comes from! Guns, tobacco, now motorcycles???
Bay_Kat said:
...that's absurd; there is yet to be the motorcycle built that has sped off, all by itself, from the cops. I just don't understand where this mindset comes from! Guns, tobacco, now motorcycles???
itsbob
I bowl overhand
SO they make sport bikes illegal.. than they do what Kawasaki did.. put the ZX-14 (1400CC) engine in a "touring bike", and call it a Concours-14...Bay_Kat said:
But lawmakers scare me, the same people that outlawed three wheel ATV's because parents couldn't be trusted to keep their 10 year olds off of them..
Look at the difference between playgrounds we had when we were kids to the ones they are building for kids today.. Monkey Bars?? Tall Slides.. Don't think you even find swings more than 6 feet tall (if you find them at all)
Anything they determine to be bad for you, or not beneficial to your self esteem they'll regulate or make illegal if given the chance.
Pete
Repete
It will continue until the 100 MPH + speeders are too scared to do it anymore. Bikes have tiny licence plates, hard to read going that fast. Like Bob said chasing them that fast is foolish for all involved. Both the bikes and the cop cars are capable of high speeds but the roads are not designed for it and they are congested with cars. What is a long sweeping curve going 65 looks like a hairpin at 140. Add in a couple slow moving obstacles and you have disaster.
High powered dash mounted cameras, get the pic of the plate with the speed super imposed on the frame and pick them up later. The legislature and judges are where the deterrence comes in. If you flee from the cops over 80MPH, you lose your licence for 5 years...PERIOD, automatic, end of story. In 5 years they have to buy a $500,000 bond to get insurance to get the licence back.
When the population starts getting speckled with walkers because they can't drive and they can demonstrate the pain that causes it might work. Problem is all the compassionate types who cry about poor Johnny who can't work because he can't drive, go easy on them pleasssssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeee, he just made a mistake
Too effing bad. Fleeing the police at 100 MPH is NOT a mistake, it takes conscious thought.
High powered dash mounted cameras, get the pic of the plate with the speed super imposed on the frame and pick them up later. The legislature and judges are where the deterrence comes in. If you flee from the cops over 80MPH, you lose your licence for 5 years...PERIOD, automatic, end of story. In 5 years they have to buy a $500,000 bond to get insurance to get the licence back.
When the population starts getting speckled with walkers because they can't drive and they can demonstrate the pain that causes it might work. Problem is all the compassionate types who cry about poor Johnny who can't work because he can't drive, go easy on them pleasssssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeee, he just made a mistake
Too effing bad. Fleeing the police at 100 MPH is NOT a mistake, it takes conscious thought.
flomaster
J.F. A sus ordenes!
Perhaps some type of mandatory transponder which could be activated or read by police car in the event the biker decides to run and this way he doesn't have to chase. Can just visit them and deliver or mail him/her the ticket.
We could make crotch rockets illegal for idiots who are under 25. We could make laws and rules up all freaking day long and none would work.
Perhaps make the fines harsher for speeders. How about and instant 10 points for anything over 90 followed by 6 years of holding on to the points vice the usual 3.
We could make crotch rockets illegal for idiots who are under 25. We could make laws and rules up all freaking day long and none would work.
Perhaps make the fines harsher for speeders. How about and instant 10 points for anything over 90 followed by 6 years of holding on to the points vice the usual 3.
flomaster
J.F. A sus ordenes!
Pete said:
Or maybe a deal that would shut down bike so it could only reach certain speeds making it controllable but not fast enough to get away. Would work easy with the fuel injected bikes. You could make it mandatory or make it so insurance companies triple their premiums for not having it.
I am not out to screw the biker. Just the idiots that don't respect the road and the good folks driving on them. I freaking hate to pay for the losers mistake!!!
General Lee
Well-Known Member
Bay_Kat said:
Um, the chase probably began because they were speeding in the first place.
Bay_Kat
Tropical
At least 15 people, including two police officers, were transported to local hospitals after the crash.
Police told News4's Derrick Ward that the crash happened at about 7 p.m. on the Beltway as a Prince George's County officer in a cruiser was chasing a motorcycle. Police told News4 that the motorcycle cut off a pickup truck, and the officer's cruiser then collided with the pickup.
http://www.nbc4.com/news/13415883/detail.html?dl=mainclick
What a shame.
Police told News4's Derrick Ward that the crash happened at about 7 p.m. on the Beltway as a Prince George's County officer in a cruiser was chasing a motorcycle. Police told News4 that the motorcycle cut off a pickup truck, and the officer's cruiser then collided with the pickup.
http://www.nbc4.com/news/13415883/detail.html?dl=mainclick
What a shame.
Larry Gude
Strung Out
Really makes...
...you're thoughts worth reconsidering. My God.
Bay_Kat said:
...you're thoughts worth reconsidering. My God.