You're screamin down the road at top speed, crest a hill, and see a trooper sitting with his radar gun pointed

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right at you. You know the cops got you clocked at at least 120 or better...or enough to lose your licence and go to jail...but its a back road, and you know it like the back of your hand. Do you downshift, crack the throttle and try to put some distance between you and the cop and find a little place to hide? or do you just pull over and take the ticket. I always just pull over and take the ticket, but i always think.."i could be gone so fast..." Whats your experience? Any success stories? Anybody out there wreck tryin to run? And to everyone thats going to say "its dangerous and illegal and stupid to run from the cops..." I know. I just want to hear some good stories.

To D.U.M.P...Id downshift cuz my 2001 suzuki TL1000R will do 120 in 6th, 5th, or 4th gear...so if i was in 5th or 6th and saw the cop, i might want to drop to 4th for some extra power.

Answer 1

Dude, I hear ya!
I was doing some knee scrapin' on my Harley Electraglide at around 120 mph. When I hit a straight spot I seen a statey with his radar gun pointed at me. I down shifted to 4th and pulled the front wheel off the ground (those twin cam 88s are awesome). I was still able to maintain enough control to throw my half empty bottle of Budweiser at his car and bounce it off his hood. Since the road was quite twisty, I had to keep the speed down to around 180 mph.
It was quite the rush.

Answer 2

Trouble is it becomes a habit. I once arrived home late at night after having a 'bit of a blat': pretty fast, but hardly flat-out. Turned off the bike, had a stretch, removed my lid and gloves, fumble for the key... a good minute later the Highway Patrol car pulls in and informs me he's been chasing me for three suburbs. I didn't get a ticket, but this may have been because I could refuse to co-operate on my own property. Or maybe I was lucky.

A few months later, I'm riding along the Old Pacific Highway north of Sydney Australia- a classic bike road where a bypassing freeway took away all the cars and trucks. Now I am going flat out, come around a corner over a crest, and there's the Patrol car with the radar off the side. I slow and wait... and wait... no car, I must've got away with it. Resume ride down twisties at a reduced pace, as you do after a near miss. Eventually, I'm stuck behind a cruiser and I wait for a polite moment to get past... and in my mirrors there's the cop after all. He's taken 5 minutes to catch me.

So I start to think like you do.... Next two times when I can, (ie, no chance they've seen my number plate) I crack the throttle and get away easily. Once I leave the bike at a nearby friend's house and walk home, next I have many options and escape is easy.

Third time, going hard in a suburban area and just glimpse the unmarked car pull a handbrake turn in behind me and his light flash on. The road is one lane each way, jersey barrier in the centre and bush and trees up to the edge. I crack it and push my way past the cars. Get about 1.5kms and a marked car comes the other way as I round a gentle curve. He sees me and crosses the centreline, braking hard. I have just enough room to sverve and avoid him in the half-a-lane I have. I have no doubt he would have hit me, but to do so he would have lost control and we would have both ended up in the scenery. I stop and get off. Cars pull up. The cop can't drive over my bike, or me, in front of them

I stop. I express utter surprise there was a cop after me. I am arrested, and I am charged with the criminal (not traffic) offence of Dangerous Driving. In my statement I repeat my surprise that I was being chased.

I year suspension, $1500 in fines.

I don't run any more, but I often think the police should be damn grateful that I just meekly pull over when I could so easily blast them into the weeds.

BTW- friends who have tried the same have either got away with it, had their bike sieze (damn 2-strokes!), or run out of fuel. The guys who've been caught have suffered worse than me. One mate sat out a 3 year suspension and was killed in a crash 6 months after getting his licence. The reaper is always close behind when you're going fast.

Answer 3

if you have an open road...before the cop pulls up behind you...swurve from left to right little by little staying at top speed as if the pedal was stuck to the floor.....as cop pulls up behind you honk your horn and make it look a your car is out of control...make yourself look scared and very nervous...after about five minutes start to slow down until you come to a stop....explain to the police that the gas pedal was stuck to the floor and wouldn't release....officer will be overwhelmed with the situation that he will most likely give into the story and not ticket you be careful while trying to minipulate police........i have tried this and it worked when i was speeding on the turnpike and it also was my excuse another time when i had a head-on collision where i lost control and went into oncoming traffic....* luckily not on a highway but on a back road * and the excuse worked both times......but it may save you money

Answer 4

if you are cresting the hill at 120 you will be in the air,wait
until you land to downshift.i wouldn't shift any lower than
4th you will have enough power to lose him.it depends
on the cops reaction time after you go by.the biggest thing
is for you to not panic.the cop might know the road has
well has you.good luck.that is a nice bike don't wreck it.

Answer 5

It sucks but I ran!!!
It was just like you described, and in that split second, I decided to run. I figured "by the time he gets up to my speed, me & my bike will be so gone", and I was. But he had a pretty nice engine in that patrol car so even though I was doin' about 80 through residential streets, I kept hearing his damn siren!!! I guess he didn't skip his police drivers training class. I knew I had to shake him fast before he got a look at my plate, other units involved or even worse, a helicopter. I drove up an embankment, got on the freeway and got off 2 exits later then drove the back streets for about 10 miles. I got off the road by parking in a shopping mall's parking garage. The adrenaline was pumping so hard and I couldn't believe what I did. I hung out at that mall for 10 hours. I saw a movie, tried to eat, window shopped, and finally realized what I had to do. I had to buy a different color helmet, different color jacket, change the colors of my bike, and buy a flashy plateframe to change my entire appearance.
Then, I had to avoid that road so that cop wouldn't see me again. What a royal pain!!! It woulda been cheaper to pay the bribe (fine) and wipe it off my record with traffic school.

I hope this helped.

P.S.
I never even owned a bike, I just saw your "I just want to hear some good stories", and couldn't resist.

How'd I do?

;)

Answer 6

I have an 87 Mustang GT 347 super charged, NOX, 800 H.P., I was getting on her one day on an open Road, no side streets, I saw the plain Jane white crown Vic coming up fast in the rear view, I got off the throttle and pulled over as he caught up to me and lit up the hidden "Rollers", he looked at the car, and knew I could have easily out ran him, he was about my age, broke my balls pretty bad, so bad that I had to tell him that my brother in law was his captain, he didn't believe me, so I got on the horn and got the chief, the cop spoke with him, and said he would extend a "Courtesy", then handed the phone back to me, and said "HE WANT'S TO TALK TO YOU", he handed the phone back to me, the Chief said "I'LL SEE YOU LATER", then He came over about 11 PM and chewed my asss out ! i think the ticket would have been less painful, but, I drive the car like a NUN now !

Answer 7

first off if your doing 120 and want to ditch the cops why would you downshift? your already going top speed downshifting will only slow you down. i would keep the pedal to the floor and blow right by , and hope i can ditch him before backup arrives , or a helicopter. ive ditched a cop on the freeway before by jumping off at a ramp and hauling *** down surface streets but be forewarned, you might be able to outrun a cop car , but youll never outrun his radio. If you try to run and get caught youll lose your license for alot longer than you would have for the speeding ticket, and may get a bit of jail time as well.

Answer 8

Take out you hankerchief, rough up your nose enough to make it bleed. Stop. Explane to the trooper you have chronic nosebleeds and have to go to a doctor fast. If he hasn't experienced this one before, he may set you free. He may also give you an escort to the nearest hospital and watch you squirm.

Answer 9

Slam on the brakes, stop right next to him, drop yer trousers and moon the b*stard, THEN take off again. Be sure to flip him off after the mooning.

Answer 10

it's dangerous and illegal and stupid to run from the cops.