Here's a scenario to run through the old melon when you consider putting your head down and disappearing. Suppose the LEO you just met was pulling away from the three car pile-up around the next curve. The pile-up and related emergency vehicle parade that goes to stuff like that is still blocking the road. You put your head down and hit the evaporator zinging yourself to evaporation speed and round the curve to find cars, pedestrians, fire trucks, more LEO's, etc... completely blocking the road. How cool would that be?
It can't be put any clearer terms than this.
Running from the cops is good time stupid. I'm not saying I've never done it. I'm not saying that given the "right" circumstances I wouldn't try to evaporate or disappear. I am saying that it is so incredibly stupid that anyone who runs, including me, gets what they/we deserve if we buy the farm doin' it. The only thing we can hope for is not to hurt someone else if we exercise this ultimate display of stupidity.
Well Said BT, couldn't have put it better.
No buts here, though I will repeat what I stated above. Right place, wrong speed. I guess what I am aiming at is not really Running...so much as just not stopping right away. As a hypothetical... say I blow by BT at 150mph out in the sticks because I am playing and he was being a sneaky bear. All I am really saying is that I may not slow and pull over right away... If I am allready traveling at supra-Illegal speeds I am going to jail allready, why should I just pull over and go in like a sheep? Now the minute I see Cherries behind me, I'm done and I know it. If I hear a siren I really know I am done... But mostly I figure it's up to the Officer, if BT wants me that bad and I see him back there, over I go... Hopefully I get enough of a lead to smoke a cig before he gets there... I guess what I am really saying is if your allready going to jail, you may as well find out if the Officer has really decided it's worth it to get you. Don't get the idea that I am advocating running from some LEO because I just got spotted doing a burnout at the local Sat Night Hangout. Hell No, I'll park it and yessir, nosir my way right along.
So don't misunderstand me, I am not advocating running, so much as advocating not pulling over right away because you suspect that Law enforcement is behind you trying to catch up. Make sense?
For example, if I am down in Ybor City hanging out and decide to just pop that front off the ground and I get spotted, I am pulling over right away, turning the bike off, and hoping that the Officer understands that I was just being a doofus. In a crowded urban environment the chances of my surviving at high speeds while trying to run are not good, not to mention the potential of others getting hurt.
It's out in the country, room to roam, in good weather, where I am allready doomed, thats when I may consider just not slowing down. At least not until I determine if the officer really wants me that bad. There have been a few times where I have blown by a Sheriff, or State Trooper and they haven't even flinched. I had one click his Takedowns at me briefly once, but never move from the median. So I am thinking that if you are in a rural area, gear on, right road, and conditions, that the officers may just decide your not worth the hassle, they have better things to do. If I am tagged at 65 in a 45... I'm pulling over quickly. As for <span style='color:orangered'>Here's a scenario to run through the old melon when you consider putting your head down and disappearing. Suppose the LEO you just met was pulling away from the three car pile-up around the next curve. The pile-up and related emergency vehicle parade that goes to stuff like that is still blocking the road. You put your head down and hit the evaporator zinging yourself to evaporation speed and round the curve to find cars, pedestrians, fire trucks, more LEO's, etc... completely blocking the road. How cool would that be?[/QUOTE]</span> It's a good valid point BT, though I would say that if I am moving at highly illegal speeds the road is straight and the curves that are there I am able to see cleanly through, otherwise I would have killed myself long ago.
Oh and BT... Your prolly right about the cherries behind me getting the heart rate up....
I didn't really think about it but yeah, having a cruiser behind flashing patriotically would prolly get the pressure up a bit.
I dunno if I am explaining myself effectively or just prattling on. I agree completely though, if you run and smoke yourself you've earned it. To close I'll leave one other thought. If your running and the Officer in pursuit has an accident, or the officer takes out a bystander, the responsibility lands on you and it is really easy to be facing Manslaughter or even Homicide charges... Then your going to be somebody's lil Beeotch in the big house... assuming you survive...
