Randomness

[Mito Man]

It's pretty acceptable and applauded for police to drive into and knock over those twats on scooters, so I'm sure that can be extended to ATVs too!

[Rich B]

Terrible decision. You can't just drive into the path of someone, intentionally causing a serious collision, based on the excuse that you were worried they might end up in a serious collision later.

I hope that police officer is never allowed to drive a car again tbh.

[mik]

I’m not sure the cop intended there to be a collision. As I understand it, the guy was riding an off-road vehicle on public road; and from the vid it looks like he’s not doing so at a sensible speed. I can’t tell if it’s within the speed limit. Maybe if it was a road vehicle it would have been able to stop in the space available (did he only have rear brakes?) and the windscreen is cracked by the riders head : rather than a helmet he went for the alternative head protection offered by a black balclava.

[jamcg]

Lockpicking lawyers April fools that I missed

[Rich B]

I’m not sure the cop intended there to be a collision. As I understand it, the guy was riding an off-road vehicle on public road; and from the vid it looks like he’s not doing so at a sensible speed. I can’t tell if it’s within the speed limit. Maybe if it was a road vehicle it would have been able to stop in the space available (did he only have rear brakes?) and the windscreen is cracked by the riders head : rather than a helmet he went for the alternative head protection offered by a black balclava.

So the quad may or may not not be road legal, it may or may not be speeding, we know helmets aren't law for quads. Clearly the appropriate solution is to effectively ram it off the road and seriously injure the rider to find out.

[mik]

I’m not sure the cop intended there to be a collision. As I understand it, the guy was riding an off-road vehicle on public road; and from the vid it looks like he’s not doing so at a sensible speed. I can’t tell if it’s within the speed limit. Maybe if it was a road vehicle it would have been able to stop in the space available (did he only have rear brakes?) and the windscreen is cracked by the riders head : rather than a helmet he went for the alternative head protection offered by a black balclava.

So the quad may or may not not be road legal, it may or may not be speeding, we know helmets aren't law for quads. Clearly the appropriate solution is to effectively ram it off the road and seriously injure the rider to find out.

There’s lots that’s not clear from the vid to be fair, but I think the cop intended to block his path and force him to stop. If he was intent on ramming the dude off the road he’d have done so far more effectively by taking a direct path to ram the guy off the road. It feels a bit FAFO to me, but maybe that’s unfair. Dunno.

[Rich B]

I’m not sure the cop intended there to be a collision. As I understand it, the guy was riding an off-road vehicle on public road; and from the vid it looks like he’s not doing so at a sensible speed. I can’t tell if it’s within the speed limit. Maybe if it was a road vehicle it would have been able to stop in the space available (did he only have rear brakes?) and the windscreen is cracked by the riders head : rather than a helmet he went for the alternative head protection offered by a black balclava.

So the quad may or may not not be road legal, it may or may not be speeding, we know helmets aren't law for quads. Clearly the appropriate solution is to effectively ram it off the road and seriously injure the rider to find out.

There’s lots that’s not clear from the vid to be fair, but I think the cop intended to block his path and force him to stop. If he was intent on ramming the dude off the road he’d have done so far more effectively by taking a direct path to ram the guy off the road. It feels a bit FAFO to me, but maybe that’s unfair. Dunno.

Next time I go over the speed limit, I'll be aware that it's an appropriate response for a police car coming the other way to turn into my path with no time for me to stop to deliberately cause a massive accident. After all, I was FA.

[Mito Man]

But that is in America and the chap is wearing a balaclava. Crashing off is preferable to being shot multiple times I think!

[mik]

So the quad may or may not not be road legal, it may or may not be speeding, we know helmets aren't law for quads. Clearly the appropriate solution is to effectively ram it off the road and seriously injure the rider to find out.

There’s lots that’s not clear from the vid to be fair, but I think the cop intended to block his path and force him to stop. If he was intent on ramming the dude off the road he’d have done so far more effectively by taking a direct path to ram the guy off the road. It feels a bit FAFO to me, but maybe that’s unfair. Dunno.

Next time I go over the speed limit, I'll be aware that it's an appropriate response for a police car coming the other way to turn into my path with no time for me to stop to deliberately cause a massive accident. After all, I was FA.

Only if you may or may not be in your off road vehicle.

[Rich B]

But that is in America and the chap is wearing a balaclava. Crashing off is preferable to being shot multiple times I think!

I expect the cop got out and put a couple of shots in to make sure he'd finished the job!

[mik]

I heard no shots were fired, but the cop gave the perp a compensatory free pass for aggrevated burglary as he was also a member of a local pub soccer team.

[Rich B]

I heard no shots were fired, but the cop gave the perp a compensatory free pass for aggrevated burglary as he was also a member of a local pub soccer team.

[240PP]

But that is in America and the chap is wearing a balaclava. Crashing off is preferable to being shot multiple times I think!

I expect the cop got out and put a couple of shots in to make sure he'd finished the job!

[Sundayjumper]

So the quad may or may not not be road legal, it may or may not be speeding, we know helmets aren't law for quads. Clearly the appropriate solution is to effectively ram it off the road and seriously injure the rider to find out.

There’s lots that’s not clear from the vid to be fair, but I think the cop intended to block his path and force him to stop. If he was intent on ramming the dude off the road he’d have done so far more effectively by taking a direct path to ram the guy off the road. It feels a bit FAFO to me, but maybe that’s unfair. Dunno.

Next time I go over the speed limit, I'll be aware that it's an appropriate response for a police car coming the other way to turn into my path with no time for me to stop to deliberately cause a massive accident. After all, I was FA.

I’m sure somewhere it said it was a pedestrian/cycle trail i.e. not a road. The quad should never have been there. So to make the comparison fair, next time you’re speeding your car down a bridleway, I support the police blocking the bridleway to stop you.

[Beany]

Yeah, a lot of replies from locals saying that the road was closed to motor vehicles four years ago, and everyone local knows it - it's specifically intended for walkers/cyclists.

So you're like to see a wobbly kid on a bike who could veer all over the road, or a whole group of people round a blind corner spread all across the road as they walk. Versus an ATV twat doing a solid 40-50mph.

Also, the road is the full with of a normal road because it was one before - so unless that that cop car broke the laws of reality and suddenly became 40ft long, there would have been space for the ATV rider to get past if they'd been even vaguely, remotely in control of the vehicle.

I generally lean on the cynical side when it comes to cops actions, but in this case, nah, fuck that guy.

[Mito Man]

I don’t think it’s possible to be in full control of an ATV above 30 mph, it gets fucking terrifying at 35 and feels more akin to a hovercraft floating above the surface
Although I noticed the one in the crash seemed to have road tyres so maybe it’s less bad.

[Beany]

I mean, did you also notice the one in the crash, er, crashed upon trying to brake and steer at the same time?

I don't consider that to be less bad

[mik]

Lockpicking lawyers April fools that I missed

See page 401 dude.

[jamcg]

Lockpicking lawyers April fools that I missed

See page 401 dude.

To be fair I said I missed it

[Matty]

I keep getting these guys recommended on my feed, and some of them are brilliant.

This one for "If marketplace was real life" When the bloke asks "Is this still available?" and then runs away