This is a perfect example for why the UK stopped allowing motorbike police chases. Because whatever crime they've committed, it doesn't justify putting the lives of every other road user and pedestrian at risk. And as another commenter stated the cop was likely doing it for the lulz (and adrenaline rush) as much as the chased.
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Ontario stopped chasing motorcycles. We now have unlicensed, uninsured cunts going >200km/hr weaving through traffic. Only a matter of time before they kill themselves. Ontario also has multiple race tracks these assholes will never show up to.
Probably anyone doing that wasn't so worried about police motorcycles chasing them in the first place.
Are there anti-motorcycle measures they could install, like special speedbumps or bollards or something? It'd probably be much more effective than cyclecops.
We now have unlicensed, uninsured cunts going >200km/hr weaving through traffic.
I feel like we made a safe choice, here.
Most countries are the same. Typically in the US they just let them go and pick them up later if it turns into a chase situation. You have their license plate information, if they moved somewhere else they know who/where they are. So why risk everyonesv lives.
You have their license plate information
Lol.
All things considered that was a better outcome than I expected.
Some pretty impressive riding overall. Especially with a pillion and that small bike.
Yeah sure is.
I remember in that Senna documentary he talks about feeling "close to god" when he's locked in. This video looks something like that.
Like all the work has been offloaded to the GPU which is calculating velocity and trajectory and reacting to other objects. The CPU is just along for the ride.
I guess stupid is impressive to some.
It can be both
By far the most shocking part of this video was that it ended with a gentle tip over instead of 2-3 meat crayons
Holy crap! That was exciting. Way better than Hollywood. Not that I condone this or anything but I was kind of disappointed they didn't get away. The way they slowed it down for the close calls. Very compelling.
Whew! I need some cocaine just to calm down after that!
This feels like straight out of GTA
This is some great fuckin content
The biker has obvious skill - misused, unfortunately - but the passenger has it too and if that wasn't the case the chase would have ended quickly and with horrible consequences.
But chases like these are dangerous, especially for bystanders. Any car driver could had panicked and swerve the wrong way and ram any of the bikes, other cars or pedestrians.
Incredibile skills on both riders. Introduce these people to Carlo Pernat!
I have to wonder what these people did to warrant such a dangerous chase.
I saw reporting that they did nothing, the guy got spooked and ran even though he had a valid license and registration. He would’ve been let go, except he caused a chase.
I feel like both parties were just doing this for the lulz
Cop couldve rammed them a hundred times but simply kept slowing down every time he got close. I guess this was the least violent outcome so good job lol
Ramming them while he's on a bike too would have been a terrible idea as he'd have come off too. He did the right thing by just following, tracking them until they dismounted either intentionally or otherwise.
Way back when I was in school a kid tried ramming me on my bike with his, he learned very quickly why that's not a great idea. The rammer will completely lose steering and end up ass over tea kettle the second his front tire touches the other bike. The other bike will be fine unless you also get his front tire, in which case you both will go down.
Only thing the cop could have done is get in front of the other bike and cut it off, hitting the other bike's front tire with his back tire. That would keep him stable and cause the other guy to bite it, which is very dangerous to even try and can really go wrong quick.
Like others said you cant really ram someone on a bike.
The game is just to keep pressure on them until they make an error, which they did.
When they're zipping through those tiny alleys it was inevitable that sooner or later theyd get blocked in or have to climb some stairs or something.
Took 20 minutes to see 1:30min of video, The lemmy is really not adapted to video, now I am pissed and feel like I missed out even if it's totally not important. I am starting to hate tech sooooo much !
Worked great on voyager app
I am using Voyager. It seems to work well now. I am using the same home wifi connection with nothing else. Might have been a server/route issue since everything else was working normally. I even speed tested earlier and everything was showing normal. But I seem to see it often with videos hosted on lemmy servers.
That sounds odd. It loaded without issue for me on mobile and on my desktop.
are you using a VPN? the video is from catbox.moe, sometimes they block VPNs
please don't die, please don't die, please don't die
Happy ending. Thank goodness... I was invested.
When you forget to bring caltrops.