Do you know how often the OPP runs radar and air surveillance on that stretch, especially on weekends?
There's no big conspiracy here. The Minis just stumbled into a speed enforcement campaign, just like the many more who also got ticketed that day.
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Running from police.
- Thread starter Old Dude
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Do you know how often the OPP runs radar and air surveillance on that stretch, especially on weekends?
There's no big conspiracy here. The Minis just stumbled into a speed enforcement campaign, just like the many more who also got ticketed that day.
blackcamaro
Well-known member
It isn't a racetrack, knowing the roads isn't going to help you when the unexpected happens.
Like that unexpected car you suddenly find in your flight path.
Is it that time of the year already?
"Running from the cops"
A moto season favorite read of mine... Carry on!
lol
"Running from the cops"
A moto season favorite read of mine... Carry on!
lol
I got a ticket a year ago last October on Mount Pleasant just north of where it starts (jarvis ends) near that school on the east side. Was doing 15 over. I applied for my court date and never got a notice in the mail. So last year closing in on the one year anniversary of the ticket I decided I'd look into it and it would seem the officer never filed the ticket. So I guess he gave me ticket because he had to, but either forgot to file it or chose not to because I was polite and respectful when he stopped me.
Like that unexpected car you suddenly find in your flight path.
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/lo...cle_fatal_100324/20100324/?hub=TorontoNewHome
any doubt of you being an actual rider as opposed to a social engineering troll was just proven there
completely tasteless.....but I'm not surprised
Afraid not. Other riders here have also posted pictures of this crash and others, including those of the bikes and bodies lying in the street. Speaking of which, you don't have a bike yourself, do you?
That picture is a graphic (but not too graphic) reminder of what can happen if you choose to run. No doubt that rider thought he had all the mad skills needed to get away, but look at the outcome.
The usual excuse heard here is that a bike can't do much damage to anything but itself and the rider, so it's ok if the rider rides in a risky manner. That picture shows just how much damage a bike can do to a car even in the city where you would expect speeds to be lower than out on the open highway. A rider who runs risks a lot more than just himself.
ddusseld
Well-known member
If I had an electronic copy of my drivers abstract I'd post it as a graphic but not too graphic a reminder what can happen if you choose to run... Damn, I must have mad skills....
Out running the police was a thing of the 80's. You could get away with high powered litre bikes and the cops had no chance. Not only that, if you were caught, fines and insurance hikes were not nearly as intimidating.
Nowadays, people that I know that use to run " back in the day " simply ride the track. Not worth trying to out run the police these days. Too much surveillance, and technology have given officers the upper hand, which if used properly should be the right way.
Nowadays, people that I know that use to run " back in the day " simply ride the track. Not worth trying to out run the police these days. Too much surveillance, and technology have given officers the upper hand, which if used properly should be the right way.
It takes less than 30 seconds to run and get away....no amount of tech is gonna help a cop in that amount of time.
R1Guy
Well-known member
Like that unexpected car you suddenly find in your flight path.
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100324/motorcycle_fatal_100324/20100324/?hub=TorontoNewHome
Yup... could happen.
Chances are higher for this type of stuff if your running within city limits... on the hwy less likely. Hwy cops are hoping you dump the bike ( easy on the corners, flat out on the straights ).
Running, successfully or not, simply plays into the government's hands. A handful of tragic incidents was cynically used as justification for 172. Scores of fleeing riders would be the perfect excuse for draconian amendments.
I'm still fairly new to riding and would like to enjoy it without interference from the uniformed gorillas on one hand and the helmeted chimps on the other.
I'm still fairly new to riding and would like to enjoy it without interference from the uniformed gorillas on one hand and the helmeted chimps on the other.
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Like that unexpected car you suddenly find in your flight path.
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100324/motorcycle_fatal_100324/20100324/?hub=TorontoNewHome
You aren't really paying attention, are you?
The same sort of scenario that you just proposed, was the same sort of causal factor to the crash as was posted by turbofish. He might not have a popular view.. but it sure as hell is valid.
Smart .. real SMRT.
And it takes 1/10th of a second of inattention, while running and rattled, to become a statistic.
Speaking of which, you don't have a bike yourself, do you?
as a matter of fact I do....it ain't much, but it fills the exact need I bought it for
and I've also had the wonderful experience of a being planted into a hospital bed for a month courtesy of some blind old bat who decided that me and my 750 were invisible (I wasn't breaking the law or even charged btw)
I don't encourage folks to run....but with the current gestapo climate, with holier-than-thou folks like yourself coming on to forums like this to preach.....well, I'm not surprised that they do run, and that they telll you they will
anyhoo....you obviously don't have a bike, so you're not out there with your thighs hanging inches from idiots in 4000lb tanks that could take one off in a second....so I think you posting crash pics of a fallen member is about as tasteless as it can get
I'm not advocating running...what I am saying is that if you bolt, cops dont have the tech to catch you within the first 30 seconds.
I dont disagree, but 1/10 of a second of innatention while riding can lead you to becoming a statistic as well.
You're quite wrong on both counts.
By running you're significantly increasing the likelihood that it will happen. To imply that the odds are the same is disingenuous, at best.
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