You'll Never Take Me Alive Coppaaaah!

[Tannedbaldhead]

Anyone legged it from BiBs Police Camera Action style and got away with it?

If so what were you/they driving and within reason what were the gory details.

In the late 80s till the mid 90s I used to regularly take advantage of large sports motorcycles' huge performance advantage over Rover 827s and Ford Granadas to make off into the sunset. Had a couple of big frights mind you. An unmarked Maroon Sierra Cosworth and the first T5 I encountered both spring to mind along with one unusually determined, fit and able young constable from the Met who pedalled his heart out on his police mountainbike to try and apprehend me for running a red light on mine.

[Digger]

I . . .

[Jasandjules]

Nope.

I've even tried stopping at a checkpoint when they didn't want me.......

[Pete Eroleum]

Rather not admit to anything like that on a public forum so, er.....no

[kwk]

Or from another perspective, for weeks I had a large engine bike failing to stop for me and riding like a clown. I knew who he was and spoke to him on a number of occasions. After about a month, I had a call to a serious bump. Guess who minus the top of his head?

[mwstewart]

[VinceFox]

Nope.

[Council Baby]

But I'm going no comment officer.

[NoNeed]

No comment.

[LordHaveMurci]

Of course not

[Tannedbaldhead]

kwk said:

Or from another perspective, for weeks I had a large engine bike failing to stop for me and riding like a clown. I knew who he was and spoke to him on a number of occasions. After about a month, I had a call to a serious bump. Guess who minus the top of his head?

Oddly enough, it wasn't the Police that put a stop to my shenanigans it was suffering head, spinal and internal injuries and the deaths of a few friends. The thing about riding big bikes at the ragged edge is that it's great fun until it isn't.

[Tonsko]

Get dahn Ernie. He's got a piece.

Etc.

[anonymous-user]

Not in the context you are referring to.

I have 'done a runner' on a couple of occasions when I have been spotted driving at what could be described at an unsuitable speed, and saw the police car that was going the other way jam it's brakes on and begin a U turn or whatever to presumably catch up behind me. Gunning it and taking the next available left/right followed my more left/rights ensured I wasn't subject to a 'roadside chat'.

As I hadn't actually been instructed to stop in any way I guess I wasn't breaking any rules.


Edit: I was about to add another one, but can anyone clarify the position on admitting motoring offences on a public forum?

[VinceFox]

Tannedbaldhead said:

Oddly enough, it wasn't the Police that put a stop to my shenanigans it was suffering head, spinal and internal injuries and the deaths of a few friends. The thing about riding big bikes at the ragged edge is that it's great fun until it isn't.

Spot on.

[Chapppers]

Yeah, better go work on your soap-holding skills.

[kiethton]

NinjaPower said:

Not in the context you are referring to.

I have 'done a runner' on a couple of occasions when I have been spotted driving at what could be described at an unsuitable speed, and saw the police car that was going the other way jam it's brakes on and begin a U turn or whatever to presumably catch up behind me. Gunning it and taking the next available left/right followed my more left/rights ensured I wasn't subject to a 'roadside chat'.

As I hadn't actually been instructed to stop in any way I guess I wasn't breaking any rules.

This, a fair few times

[Tannedbaldhead]

NinjaPower said:

Edit: I was about to add another one, but can anyone clarify the position on admitting motoring offences on a public forum?

You can admit to anything you like on a public forum.

Firstly, the chances of anyone being bothered to report you are remoter than a remote thing.
Secondly the chances of plod acting on a report of forum boast of daring dos is even more remote still.

And thirdly one has deniability. Who's to say what we are claiming on here isn't merely idle boasts?
Have I really done 175mph on a Yamaha Thunderace on the M9 between Bannockburn and Plean where you get an idea the strength of the tailwind by the smoke coming out of the big chimney at the Caberboard factory in Cowie and decide to have another pop at 180 with throttle open and my chin on the tank? or am I just making it all up to impress some and wind up others? Who knows. In the immortal words in Kenny Dalglish Maybes aye Maybes naw. (if a police officer came to my door it'd be a definitely naw mind you )

So tell all with confidence.

Edited by Tannedbaldhead on Saturday 28th September 00:21

[dacouch]

Tannedbaldhead said:

You can admit to anything you like on a public forum.

Firstly, the chances of anyone being bothered to report you are remoter than a remote thing.
Secondly the chances of plod acting on a report of forum boast of daring dos is even more remote still.

And thirdly one has deniability. Who's to say what we are claiming on here isn't merely idle boasts?
Have I really done 175mph on a Yamaha Thunderace on the M9 between Bannockburn and Plean where you get an idea the strength of the tailwind by the smoke coming out of the big chimney at the Caberboard factory in Cowie and decide to have another pop at 180 with throttle open and my chin on the tank? or am I just making it all up to impress some and wind up others? Who knows. In the immortal words in Kenny Dalglish Maybes aye Maybes naw. (if a police officer came to my door it'd be a definitely naw mind you )

So tell all with confidence.

Edited by Tannedbaldhead on Saturday 28th September 00:21

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22449442

[98elise]

Someone on here spent some time in jail for a motoring offence, and IIRC their posts on here were used as evidence against them.

[pimpin gimp]

But that was information gathered to back up an existing case, he wasn't talking about what happened and reported on the basis of his forum comments.