Doh! Snagged!

Jstas

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Huck344

:D:D:D FAIL!!!

He wasn't even going that fast.

audiobliss

What would the cop do about that? I mean, you could hear him revving the bike out, but you didn't really get visual evidence he was going fast from the cop's perspective.

Toxis

Probably saw the cop and freaked hence laying it down. Maybe the cop was just going to give other drivers a heads up. Kinda like when a stalled car has a cop sitting there lights going

ViperZ

Poor guy lowsided in the turn. What's the big deal? The cop will help him.

bobman1235

It's curious that he lowsided though. The instinct when you see a cop is to hit the brakes or slow down, which in most cases causes the bike to lean "up", not down.

hearingimpared

I'm sure he was startled by the cop and just lost control of his bowels.

Systems

So whats the story with the dude taking the video. He was positioned perfectly to film it and there just happened to be an HP there too....

dkg999

Focused on the CHP, then had to try to correct to keep from crossing the yellow line.

exalted512

bobman1235 wrote: »

It's curious that he lowsided though. The instinct when you see a cop is to hit the brakes or slow down, which in most cases causes the bike to lean "up", not down.

The bike did lean up right before he went down. Watch closely. If I had to guess, he locked up the rear.

Poor ninja
-Cody

nadams

Looks to me like he grabbed a handful of front brake and lost the front end.

AGUERRA

man that's embarrassing to have happen in front of a cop

BAD ASP

nadams wrote: »

Looks to me like he grabbed a handful of front brake and lost the front end.

+1
the back of the bike never came around, it had to be he jumped on the front brake.

exalted512

BAD ASP wrote: »

+1
the back of the bike never came around, it had to be he jumped on the front brake.

Yea, now that I look again, the back of the bike didnt swing out...i thought it did but it was just the illusion when the bike stood back up...now i can see the front end dive down and then wash out.
-Cody

Sherardp

He should have leaned in his corner more and looked through his turn. A tad more acceleration in the turn and he would have been fine. Come on man, I been to Keith Code's classes and passed.

mmadden28

Lorthos wrote: »

So whats the story with the dude taking the video. He was positioned perfectly to film it and there just happened to be an HP there too....

Yeah what's up with that?

Also what was the cop doing by driving 20' to where the bike was laying as if he was cutting off an escape route or something? He couldn't just get out of the car where he was parked?

exalted512

mmadden28 wrote: »

Yeah what's up with that?

Also what was the cop doing by driving 20' to where the bike was laying as if he was cutting off an escape route or something? He couldn't just get out of the car where he was parked?

I'm sure he did it to protect the rider from getting hit by a car that wasnt paying attention.
-Cody

nadams

exalted512 wrote: »

I'm sure he did it to protect the rider from getting hit by a car that wasnt paying attention.
-Cody

Exactly... He didn't flip on his full "I'm pulling your dumb **** over" light bar, but rather the "don't run into the back of my cruiser" lights.

wingnut4772

nadams wrote: »

Exactly... He didn't flip on his full "I'm pulling your dumb **** over" light bar, but rather the "don't run into the back of my cruiser" lights.

Yep. Just checking to make sure the guy was o.k. and protect him from any traffic. It's just instinct to flip the lights.

mmadden28

exalted512 wrote: »

I'm sure he did it to protect the rider from getting hit by a car that wasnt paying attention.
-Cody

I don't buy that. The cruiser didn't pull out enough to fully block the motorcycle so it still could have been clipped-Here barely pulled off the shoulder. And he certainly wasn't trying to protect the rider as the rider was still out in the middle of the street. I would imagine if that was what he was trying to do he would have blocked at least the whole right lane.

Of course maybe the officer thought twice about blockng the lane as possibly causing a more dangerous situation with such a blind curve there and just stayed off the side once he saw the rider was ambulatory.

There is still something odd about the whole shot though--Why was somebody filming it? It seemed that the camera man knew the cycle was coming. Of course from their vantage they also would have known the cruiser was there. Perhaps its a hot spot for accidents or hotrodders or something. Who knows.

Or maybe its some kind of Highway Patrol training video or something.

mmadden28

That is one hell of a hairpin turn with a drop off (into a river??) for there not to be a Guard Rail present, no?

bruss

thats a pretty well know stretch of road in california. Just go to youtube and look at mulholand highway

exalted512

mmadden28 wrote: »

I don't buy that. The cruiser didn't pull out enough to fully block the motorcycle so it still could have been clipped-Here barely pulled off the shoulder. And he certainly wasn't trying to protect the rider as the rider was still out in the middle of the street. I would imagine if that was what he was trying to do he would have blocked at least the whole right lane.

Of course maybe the officer thought twice about blockng the lane as possibly causing a more dangerous situation with such a blind curve there and just stayed off the side once he saw the rider was ambulatory.

There is still something odd about the whole shot though--Why was somebody filming it? It seemed that the camera man knew the cycle was coming. Of course from their vantage they also would have known the cruiser was there. Perhaps its a hot spot for accidents or hotrodders or something. Who knows.

Or maybe its some kind of Highway Patrol training video or something.

You dont have to buy it, its standard procedure. Why would he block an entire lane around next to a blind corner?

Thats an EXTREMELY popular stretch of road in CA. Theres videos on it all the time.
-Cody

nadams

It could have also been a couple guys out to make some cool videos of them riding. One takes up station at an overlook with the camera, the other rides off to get lined up for the shot. In the meantime, the cop pulls up and parks, but there's nothing the cameraman can do to warn the other guy, so he just keeps rolling film as planned.

Lots of possibilities as to why it happened the way it did, but the nature of the internet is to scream "FAKE!!" at any seeming "too good to be true" shot.

mmadden28

exalted512 wrote: »

You dont have to buy it, its standard procedure. Why would he block an entire lane around next to a blind corner?

Thats an EXTREMELY popular stretch of road in CA. Theres videos on it all the time.
-Cody

I still don't see how moving the cruiser forward 10-20' on the side of the road was intended to protect the rider who was in the middle of the road. What part of that is standard procedure?

bobman1235

I still don't see how the rider is in "the middle of the road" at the end of that video. The officer got his cruiser as close as possible while still being in a safe position and then turned on his flashers and got out to help. It's not goddamn rocket science.

exalted512

bobman1235 wrote: »

I still don't see how the rider is in "the middle of the road" at the end of that video. The officer got his cruiser as close as possible while still being in a safe position and then turned on his flashers and got out to help. It's not goddamn rocket science.

i havent lost hope for all of mankind.

If you want to get mad about a **** bag cop, have fun with this one
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The one in John's video was just doing his job.
-Cody

gelinas

exalted512 wrote: »

i havent lost hope for all of mankind.

If you want to get mad about a **** bag cop, have fun with this one


The one in John's video was just doing his job.
-Cody

oh man, that's terrible.

exalted512

egh, completely forgot that didnt have sound. Here it is with sound, but just the short version.
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-Cody

bruss

the gun was a little much but dont do wheelies on the highway and you wont get pulled over

bobman1235

Agreed I don't know why the cop had to draw his gun but ... driving recklessly and doing wheelies on a highway? I hope that dipshit went to jail.