Have seen a few of these getting around in Melbourne but only when I have been on foot..........Thought came to mind.......has anyone ever heard of there being a pursuit by bike cops of another cyclist who has committed a traffic offence?
I guess it is my warped sense of humour but I can just picture some super-fit cyclist basically leading the boys in blue on a "training run" for a while and then putting on a big burst of speed and "getting away" scott free (no number plates of course).
Also wondered if it would be like a car chase in that if you start riding up the wrong side of the road and running red lights, the fuzz abandons the chase due to it being to dangerous (or maybe they only do that when it is a danger to the public, not to yourself???)
I would be interested to see if this has ever occurred???
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I guess it is my warped sense of humour but I can just picture some super-fit cyclist basically leading the boys in blue on a "training run" for a while and then putting on a big burst of speed and "getting away" scott free (no number plates of course).
Nah, in Vicroria it'd go "STOP BANG I'll shoot" :p
Saw a cyclist smash the side mirror off a Holden Statesman as he rounded the corner of Collins Street and Swanston Walk in Melbourne. The bike police followed as best they could but the cyclist (on an old road bike) left them for dead after going through a couple of red lights. When I got up near the Shrine, though, the cyclist was spread eagled across the bonnet of a divisional van and being given a good seeing too.
Steve.
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Have seen a few of these getting around in Melbourne but only when I have been on foot..........Thought came to mind.......has anyone ever heard of there being a pursuit by bike cops of another cyclist who has committed a traffic offence?
I guess it is my warped sense of humour but I can just picture some super-fit cyclist basically leading the boys in blue on a "training run" for a while and then putting on a big burst of speed and "getting away" scott free (no number plates of course).
Also wondered if it would be like a car chase in that if you start riding up the wrong side of the road and running red lights, the fuzz abandons the chase due to it being to dangerous (or maybe they only do that when it is a danger to the public, not to yourself???)
I would be interested to see if this has ever occurred???
Also wondered if it would be like a car chase in that if you start riding up the wrong side of the road and running red lights, the fuzz abandons the chase due to it being to dangerous (or maybe they only do that when it is a danger to the public, not to yourself???)
I would be interested to see if this has ever occurred???
Gags
Or even better, the Blues Brothers on an old black tandem being chased by 150 cops on new MTBs, crashing all over the place...
Have seen a few of these getting around in Melbourne but only when I have been on foot..........Thought came to mind.......has anyone ever heard of there being a pursuit by bike cops of another cyclist who has committed a traffic offence?
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I won't name names, but a few years ago when cycle cops first started in Sydney they tried to have a crackdown on pushbike couriers. Quite often the couriers would just do the bolt. I know of at least one chase down Market St that ended with the courier shooting across George St through the traffic with his rear wheel getting clipped by a bus just as he made it across. I also know of an incident where a courier was being chased by police and a pedestrian stepped out into the road and tried to drag him off the bike. In North Sydney for about two weeks in 96(?) they had two police on motorcross bikes chasing couriers.
These days the cops seem more physically suited to the job, and their equipment appears to have improved as well. I think they are a great idea, particularly in inner city suburbs like Newtown that are permanently clogged with traffic.
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Have seen a few of these getting around in Melbourne but only when I have been on foot..........Thought came to mind.......has anyone ever heard of there being a pursuit by bike cops of another cyclist who has committed a traffic offence?
I have thought about that a bit. I know 3 of the bike cops in Melbourne, and they are all very fit. Whether or not I could beat them in a mad sprint through the city is something I'd love to try out without fear of being thrown into a cell afterwards! --- DFM
Ask your bike cop mates if they ever run reds.....
I saw a pair of them run the lights at the back of the casino one arvo.
Makes a mockery of their policing on Beach Rd. (even though I agree with it)
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Have seen a few of these getting around in Melbourne but only when I have been on foot..........Thought came to mind.......has anyone ever heard of there being a pursuit by bike cops of another cyclist who has committed a traffic offence?
I have thought about that a bit. I know 3 of the bike cops in Melbourne, and they are all very fit. Whether or not I could beat them in a mad sprint through the city is something I'd love to try out without fear of being thrown into a cell afterwards! --- DFM
They aint my mates, and yeah, they probably run red lights. I do too sometimes, so I wont say anything bad about it. It's the riders choice. Don't know of anyone who has ever been booked. --- DFM
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Ask your bike cop mates if they ever run reds.....
I saw a pair of them run the lights at the back of the casino one arvo.
Makes a mockery of their policing on Beach Rd. (even though I agree with
it)
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they are all very fit. Whether or not I could beat them in a mad sprint through the city is something I'd love to try out without fear of being thrown into a cell afterwards! --- DFM
They aint my mates, and yeah, they probably run red lights. I do too sometimes, so I wont say anything bad about it. It's the riders choice. Don't know of anyone who has ever been booked. --- DFM
In Sydney one afternoon I was booked for running a red light, riding the wrong way up a one way street, riding on the footpath, not wearing a helmet. He was also going to book me for not having reflectors or a bell, but let me off those two because he was feeling generous. Gotta love those crackdowns!
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They aint my mates, and yeah, they probably run red lights. I do too sometimes, so I wont say anything bad about it. It's the riders choice. Don't know of anyone who has ever been booked. --- DFM
In Sydney one afternoon I was booked for running a red light, riding the wrong way up a one way street, riding on the footpath, not wearing a helmet. He was also going to book me for not having reflectors or a bell, but let me off those two because he was feeling generous. Gotta love those crackdowns!
*whoosh*
That's the sound of 'em throwing the book at ya!
What sort of fine/community service did you get? --- DFM
They aint my mates, and yeah, they probably run red lights. I do too sometimes, so I wont say anything bad about it. It's the riders choice. Don't know of anyone who has ever been booked. --- DFM
In Sydney one afternoon I was booked for running a red light, riding the wrong way up a one way street, riding on the footpath, not wearing a helmet. He was also going to book me for not having reflectors or a bell, but let me off those two because he was feeling generous. Gotta love those crackdowns! - LB
It would be interesting to see if they really took up pursuit. Im kinda guessing that the boyz in blue would call it quits after a few blocks if there was no chance of catching the cycling fugitive.😄
By law the running of red lights can only be done by emergency vehicles when using their siren, bell or horn......dont know if that would include officers on their bikes but I cant see why not.
I see you were going to get with a hamburger with the lot DFM good job he left out the pickles
wrong way up a one way street, riding on the footpath, not wearing a helmet. He was also going to book me for not having reflectors or a bell, but let me off those two because he was feeling generous. Gotta love those crackdowns!
- LB
A cyclist is allowed to travel the wrong way up a one way street provided it is done with care, don't be threated by breaking the laws of cars not bikes. Also bikes are required to be supplied/sold with reflectors and bell by the standards board it is not required for you to fit these items.
What sort of fine/community service did you get? --- DFM
I just put it on the tab until I had around $1500 worth of fines, then I worked it off doing community service at Reverse Garbage amongst other places. It was about 97/98, I think the rate was about $12/hr payback, but my memory is very unreliable.
I thought it was kind of funny that I couldn't renew my car rego (thus forced to ride bike more often) because of fines I acrued as a bike courier!
Also bikes are required to be supplied/sold with reflectors and bell by the standards board it is not required for you to fit these items.
My bike (Cannondale MTB) was imported on order from US and for some reason never came with a bell or reflectors. Seven years later I still haven't got around to fitting any! 🙁
wrong way up a one way street, riding on the footpath, not wearing a helmet. He was also going to book me for not having reflectors or a bell, but let me off those two because he was feeling generous. Gotta love those crackdowns!
- LB
A cyclist is allowed to travel the wrong way up a one way street provided it is done with care, don't be threated by breaking the laws of cars not bikes. Also bikes are required to be supplied/sold with reflectors and bell by the standards board it is not required for you to fit these items.
In Sydney one afternoon I was booked for running a red light, riding the wrong way up a one way street, riding on the footpath, not wearing a helmet. He was also going to book me for not having reflectors or a bell, but let me off those two because he was feeling generous. Gotta love those crackdowns!
- LB
How could he book you for riding the wrong way on a one-way street AND riding on the footpath? Surely it *doesn't matter* which way you're going if you're on the footpath? Unless the footpath was one-way as well?
Anyway, did the fine change your behaviour (just interested)?
