Originally Posted by
NFCstang
There's a difference.
I've raced on the street but never in traffic....only when the road has been deserted and even then that was stupid.
However I've never run from the cops and I've never done 140 on Rosemount.
Ive been pulled over a few times and never once has the thought crossed my mind to take off.
It's sad but I hear quite a few bike riders laughing about running from the cops. Everytime one dies from running I chuckle to myself
I'm sure the ones that get away love to laugh and tell their story to their motorcycle friends. In reality it's about 50/ 25/ 25. 50% of the bike chases end with the rider going down ending in a fatality or very serious injury, 25% get stopped and arrested and 25% get away free. I keep track of mine. There are only three out there that can claim to have outrun me and from the jump it was apparent that they new how to ride. The skills of the rider makes the difference with their will to do some dangerous maneuvers to elude. Some of the chases just have to be shut down for everyone's safety, the rider, the motoring public and even me. This summer has been worse than the past with the motorcycle chases. I don't know, but the stats I have, you only have a 25% chance of getting away free. I don't like those odds.
side note: every bike that has gone down this summer in a chase or the ones I have arrested were all active military or just got out.