Well said...just got to catch 'em...80% of all drivers speed, and with a Hayabusa, it is almost a given. However, running from the police is a whole new ball game. It generates the need for split second decisions and pinpoint moves that do endanger lives. I say lighten up on the price of a speeding ticket, and make the penalty for running ver, very extreme....high fine, loss of license, mandatory jail time, etc. We need to remove the motivation and temptation for running, and provide a disincentive.
yeah what JT2 said. erm?Curiously in the story the RP stated that it was a Suzuki 1300, if they were racing that fast how would they have been able to indentify the small numbers on the tail side?I don't think the argument that they were familiar with that type of bike would work either, If a fellow Busa owner saw one scream by, even if too closely, they would probably say kick ass.
Hell i didnt think cops were supposed to chase either but hey oh well. I know there have been a bunch of times riding at night i blow past a cop not seein them and attempt to slow down look in the rear view and they dont even come out of the grass. Guess they figure its a lost battle. But im all for decreasing the price of speeding tickets.I know around here cops are NOT supposed to engage in high speed chases, anything over 100mph they are supposed to break it off
Right on...If Florida law is anything like California, they will try to charge the busa rider with the death of the trooper... In fact, they might even dig up unsolved cases from 1919 to throw at this poor guy!
Reality of the it is that unless they can prove three things:
#1. The busa rider knew he was being chased
#2. The busa rider really recklessly rode in a aggressive manner to evade arrest (not just going fast in a relatively straight line)
#3. That this IS even the same guy!
Any decent lawyer can get him off, and he might even be able to turn around and sue for wrongful arrest and prosecution.
Feel bad for the dead trooper's family, but I feel even worst for the guy. The nail and the tire killed the trooper! Not the busa rider nor the porche driver!
What sucks even more is if #3 is in question, that this ISN'T even the busa rider that the cop was chasing. As fast as they said the chase was, and as small as the license plate on motorcycles are, I doubt the trooper was able to call in with a positive reading of the busa's license plate. For that matter, they might not even have been certain of the color scheme of the bike!
Face it, it could've been anyone of us that they've mistaken for if we were in that area at that time.