Have you ever run from the cops?

[Noid]

... um ... yes ... on foot and on motorcycles...

(motorcycle work better if no bushes to hide behind)
(motorcycle is harder to get plate and make ,, everyone knew my car )


Heh


DISCLAIMER:: ... all done over 20 years ago ...


(Im a good boy now)

 

[Alienwho]

I have a couple time. Once in high school we were just hanging out at a friends house throwing snowballs at cars. We pegged a lady's car and she gets out and screams "I'M CALLIN' THE COPS!", we're like yeah right. 5 minutes later a cop car pulls up and we all take off through the back yard and we split up and hide in window wells of houses. I remember hearing the cops walking all around and running past. None of us got caught.

Another time when I was 15 I was riding my motorbike around the neighborhood and kind of sped down a street going 45 in a 25. Heard a cop cherp his alarm at me and I just took off through a dead end street with cement blockades on it. Took a few more turns and got my bike into my garage and closed it. I looked out the window as several cops drove past for a half hour or so.

I've always wanted to run from the cops in a car just to see how far I could make it. If i was diagnosed with just a few months to live I would love to do it just for fun.

 

[Xionide]

I think when they are ruling a decision about running from cops, they should consider human nature. you know fight or flight.

 

[Windogg]

Well, not me but my brother and a bunch of people were driving various mixed M5s, M3s, 996s, NSXs, and even a Modena were doing about 150 - 175MPH on a stretch of I-95 near the Massachusetts/New Hampshire border. Apparently plenty of people called the cops since a roadblock was setup. People were getting waved over and everyone basically thought they were screwed. One guy was high on weed and bolted. The cops took off after that guy and everyone took that as the cue to get the hell out of there. Everyone basically hid their cars in various places until it got dark and then carefully made their way back to Boston. Almost everyone garaged their cars for a week.

As for the guy that ran, the cops chased him for about twenty miles before he lost them. He parked the car behind a donut shop and went inside to take a whiz. When he came out there were half a dozen Staties with their guns drawn. He was arrested and I was the one that had to bail him out. Cost me $5K but I was repaid by the guy. What shocked us all was all charges were dropped. Seems his lawyer managed to convince the judge the police did not clearly signal their intentions and my friend did not know he was being pulled over. He also managed to get the speeding ticket thrown out because no one really managed to agree on how fast he was going.

Lucky SOBs all around.

 

[Looney]

I sure have... took them 3 hours to catch us too... they had swat teams (actually known as Emergency Response Team in Canada) in camoflauge fatiques and road blocks too. That was a pretty fun night.

 

[nick1985]

nice

 

[MikeMike]

no but im sure another member on this forum can tell about the time he was goin 70 in a 35, cop saw him, he turned his lights off, took sum side streets, navigated an 's' type curve, and made it back to his garage, opened it parked, cop drove by. that was in an echo

oh yeah, he also goes off-roading in the echo too.

 

[Gunslinger08]

I was caught going 101 in a 45 when I was 16, and I paniced and ended up wrecking about a mile after the cop turned his lights on.. just about died. Lesson well learned. Lost license for a year, juvey for a month.

 

[DrumminBoy]

Theres a small university in my brother's town, so he and I and some of his buddies would go out with super soakers and mess with campus security. They would all jump in their silver chevy lumina vans (we dubbed them "sharks") and chase us around campus. I guess you could still consider that getting chased by the "cops", even though we instigated it.

 

[her209]

I usually toss doughnuts out the side of my window as a distraction. Works everytime.

 

[AntaresVI]

Originally posted by: her209
I usually toss doughnuts out the side of my window as a distraction. Works everytime.

dude, thats just liek Lego Island!

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: ausm
Outran them twice with my Ford Mustang Corbra

Ausm

When did that come out?

 

[PCMarine]

Man this is certainly one of the most entertaining threads in a while!

 

[Ultima]

Originally posted by: Moralpanic
I sure have... took them 3 hours to catch us too... they had swat teams (actually known as Emergency Response Team in Canada) in camoflauge fatiques and road blocks too. That was a pretty fun night.

what happened? lol

 

[James2k]

No

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: Ultima
I haven't, but I'm curious

A guy at my friend's work supposedly had a nitrous kit installed in his car, and he would always get away from the cops by blasting away from them at full throttle. He had some sort of a switch that lowered his license plate (some older cars have flippable plates, my friend's '86 camaro does). He finally got caught for drinking and driving; he was too sloshed to get away so he just pulled over and lost his license for a year.

I knew a guy at a place I worked last summer with a trans-am who was going 240km/h or 140mph on the highway, and cops tried to pull him over. He didn't pull over and the cops chased him until he ran out of gas. I think he told me he went to jail for 6 months and lost his license for 2 years for doing that.

Trying to run away from the cops is a good way to get your ass beat.

 

[RobCur]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Bummer, but at least you didn't trash to goat!!

 

[thomsbrain]

i ran just today actually. it probably doesn't count since he never turned his lights on, but i was sure he was after me regardless. we were the only two cars on the road, he didn't really need the lights until he got close (which i didn't let him do). i don't feel good about it or anything, but i didn't get a ticket. i came over a hill on the way to school on a road with an abnormally low limit that the average gray-haired old lady breaks by 10+ MPH. I was going old lady speed, so I was about 12 over the limit in a "30" zone. as i come down the hill, i see a cop parked on the other side of the intersection with his radar gun sticking out the window. i hung a slow right at the stop sign to make him think i was being responsible, then as soon as i was out of sight, gunned it while watching the mirror. sure enough, he's pulling out and coming for me, so i pull on the e-brake to slow down without brake lights. the "burst" of speed gave me a 1/2 block lead. i pull a left at the next sign and do the same manuver, gun it, then ebrake when he follows (much quicker now, he knows i'm not playing ball, but still no lights). now i've doubled my distance and go around a curve in the road and take off again. this time i go all out, then scream around the first right. most people go straight at that intersection, so i figured that was good since he didn't see me turn. took the next left. then ducked into one of the school's dozen or so parking lots, parked and walked away to watch from a distance. he didn't make it to the parking lot, so i assume he went straight, expecting me to go the usual way that students go. i was shaking. i'm such a pansy, cops scare the crap out of me.

in other cop news, i got stuck behind a 70MPH rolling roadblock (i.e. cop) for 20 miles yesterday on the freeway. he had about 30 cars (i was counting because i was so bored) piled up behind him. no one would pass because he was already 5 over the limit. the pack i was driving in had been doing 25-30 over the limit, so he really put a cramp on our style. not that i blame the cop, he's just doing his job, but maybe we should have limits that reflect safe and sane driving habits instead of the outdated ones in place now. then we wouldn't have to worry when driving in a normal manner.

 

[thomsbrain]

exciting stories in this thread, BTW. although those of you who were driving drunk deserved to not only get caught, but have them go rodney king on your asses.

 

[Pilsnerpete]

in other cop news, i got stuck behind a 70MPH rolling roadblock (i.e. cop) for 20 miles yesterday on the freeway.

That's a trooper parade! FUN!!!

 

[rgwalt]

I've never ran from a cop, but I had one try to force me into speeding one night. I was driving from KC to Lawrence (Kansas) on K10 highway at around 3AM. I was pretty much the only person on a 4 lane divided highway. A car came up behind me and started tailgating me. I was probably doing 75 in a 70, so I slowed down to ~70 and set the cruise. The car would back off and then come right back up on my tail. After a few minutes I was almost certain it was a cop. I thought about slamming on my breaks to scare him, but figured that wouldn't be the most responsible thing to do, and it could get us both killed. I also thought about moving over to the left lane, slowing down, and waving "hi" as he went past. I figured this wasn't a very good idea either, as he would probably pull me over and make me go through a DUI test, or give me a lame ticket for 5 over or something. So, I just waited him out. He was on my tail for maybe 10 or 12 minutes before slowing down, pulling over, and turning around, which confirmed he was a cop trying to make me speed to give me a ticket. What a dick.

Ryan

 

[crt1530]

OK...I want to straighten something out. I was following a cop on a four lane rural highway (after he passed me). We were going 72 MPH and I was approximately 5 seconds behind him. He did not have his lights on. After several miles, he slowed down to 50-55 (speed limit was 55) and I passed him going 59. He then proceeded to pull me over. He asked me if I was in some kind of emergency. I said "No, I just figured that since you had your lights off you were traveling at a reasonable and prudent speed that was safe for everyone." The cop tells me, in effect, that he can drive whatever speed he wants--even with his lights off--and everyone else must obey the speed limit. I wanted to tell the cop (*cough*bastard*cough*) that he was full of sh!t, but I held my tounge and made it out of the situation without any sort of ticket or official warning.

Now, is there any way that he could have actually given me a ticket for pacing him while his lights (cherry lights) were off?

 

[Pilsnerpete]

You can do nothing about cops speeding.

I was cruising across the California border into Oregon and came across some road construction. In the right lane just before the 2 lanes merged into 1, was a trooper cruiser. I blasted past him at 75mph. So the red and blues come on. I pull over after the 1 lane bridge and he asks me if I had seen the orange cones and signs that said 45. And now, for a change, instead of hitting the back button, I'll just post this as is and go watch Conan now.

It was a funny conversation. He says something like "I was going 62 and here you come, barreling up behind me!" I think he made a strange face after he told me how fast he was going. 62 in a 45!! or maybe it was 55.

You didn't see any orange signs or signs that said 'slow down, construction ahead'?

No, sir! I've been on the road for 10 hours, sir. I didn't even notice them.

Alright, I'm not a hardass. Welcome to Oregon. Have a nice day!

thanks, officer! You too.

The hitchhiker I had picked up an hour earlier told me I was lucky.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: Pilsnerpete
You can do nothing about cops speeding.

I was cruising across the California border into Oregon and came across some road construction. In the right lane just before the 2 lanes merged into 1, was a trooper cruiser. I blasted past him at 75mph. So the red and blues come on. I pull over after the 1 lane bridge and he asks me if I had seen the orange cones and signs that said 45. And now, for a change, instead of hitting the back button, I'll just post this as is and go watch Conan now.

wtf? come on lets see the whole story

 

[Ultima]

Good stories so far