I had another police chase and this one was my longest yet.
I was riding back from my city center and wasn't even doing anything crazy. I was using my bike more as a motorcycle, but I don't think I was running lights or being aggressive. The last thing I would have thought was that the police would pull me over.
I was very close to my home when all of a sudden a car pulls on my left, I actually pulled a bit to my right and slowed to let him pass as I thought he was in a rush or something to pass me. The car was an unmarked police car "typical unmarked car they use in my area" and a guy in the passenger seat told me in a nice way to pull the bike over. That is how they get you they ask nicely and most people comply, LOL.
At the second I realized it was the police, they were plain cloth officers and on the young side, to me young equals stupidity and recklessness on the police side. For a moment I thought about pulling over and then it quickly flashed through my mind all the trouble I would face and I would also have my bike confiscated. The feelings of being under their mercy while they start telling me I'm not allowed to have this bike and all that shit, NO THANK YOU, CHASE ON. They are somewhat cracking down on offroad bikes and ebikes in my city and I've read too many news articles of confiscations.
The first problem was nothing goes as planed. I never planned on a cop pulling to my left like this I always thought they would put their lights on and go behind me to pull me over and I would just run. But I knew if I accelerated there was a chance he would try and block me or pin me into the cars. I was on a one way street at the time and he was directly on my left.
Quick thinking on my part I decided I would do a 180 to my right, I would slowly act like I was riding towards the sidewalk to pull over and do a quick 180. This is what I did, I slowly started to do a 180 degree turn and as I was almost completed and towards the rear of the police car, the police car slowly started to reverse while I was doing this and I heard one of the police say "HE IS RUNNNING" as I was at their rear. I then fully accelerate and he didn't try and run me over in reverse at the point I was directly behind his car for a second, thank god. I believe they were not sure what I was doing and thought maybe I was just pulling the bike over or to their rear for safety.
At this point I didn't look back, but I go full throttle and started to my destination to the closest park. The park was a good distance away, at least 2 kilometers. There was a closer cut off point of another park which I should have gone but I wasn't 100% sure of the streets to take. Like I said before when you are in a chase you only make moves you are 100% sure about because one screw up you are in big trouble and may face jail time.
I quickly make my first right up a long one way street going the wrong way, I figured the police car wouldn't chase me up this one way the wrong way and there was no streets that were closer for him to take. I never looked back and I heard no sirens, and thank god because I was chased with sirens on before and sirens make the chase much more nerve wracking. There was even a truck going down this one way and I squeezed around him, no way the police car could squeeze past this truck easily going the wrong way.
A note about the sirens, by law I believe the police should have their sirens on in a chase. But the issue is they have to call the chase in and they are really not allowed to chase because of safety issues in my large city. What i have heard is they don't call the chase in and then don't put the sirens on. They call this just following not chasing, LOL, bullshit. But that is what they do to cover their asses even though they put everyone else at risk.
After this one way street I cut in front of cars at the intersection to make a left and they were honking at me, this is how I wasn't playing around or taking chances here, I was in full chase mode until I got to the park, nothing would stop me I was running for my life as I do in all my police chases, I would get away.
I then at full speed blow through a few more lights, cutting around and passing cars, and still not sure if the police were behind me but wasn't taking chances.
I finally had my last right hand turn to make and the park would be straight ahead. At this point I looked back and didn't see anything and figured the police most likely gave up as there was no way they could follow me through these city streets and blown through all the lights, and also went up the wrong way of a long 1 way street, without the sirens on. no way it was possible, I was hitting speeds over 80 KPH, way over the speed limit.
I slowed down somewhat as I was worried about overheating and made the right. Well, I couldn't believe what happened next. While the park was straight ahead of my about 30 seconds more drive I heard the revving engine of a car behind me, The car I heard must of been at full throttle and was very loud, he still had to make the right but was not too far behind me, . I panicked once again as I looked back and could see the same police car just around the corner who was going to make the right, I couldn't believe they followed me all this time and the revving of the engines scared the shit out of me because it showed how aggressive they were driving to get me.
I only had a short distance but had to cross a somewhat busy street to get into the park, I went full throttle again to get to the park, chase was still on, I had the police car still behind me this time, revving at high speed, as he had made his right and I was still going straight to get into the park. I then had to cross a somewhat busy street and go through a stop sign, then I would enter the park, I saw a car coming and under normal circumstances would have stopped to let the car pass by, but I didn't have that option and I figured I would be able to get into the park before he could hit me and I didn't have a choice as if I stopped it would be uncertain what the police car would do. The police are unpredictable and they may just ram you with the car if they could to stop you and justify it with some bull shit.
So I just drove right through the stop sign and crossed the street, cutting in front of the car, Of course the stupid car started honking, but there was plenty of room for him.
Freedom ensued as I entered the park, I hopped the curb at a fast speed which worried me about a tire blowout and was in the park. There was no way he would enter the park onto the grass but if he did he would have to face the full advantages of my off-road built bike where I could still do 80 KPH over grass. I also knew this park very well as I ride in it all the time.
By no means was the chase still over in my mind at this point, while the park is large he could intercept me when I exited, and if I stayed in the park maybe he would call backup or a helicopter. None of this is out of the question when dealing with police and running.
I knew I had to leave the park and exit out the other side, where I could then leave and go to other parks and cut off areas. I wanted to put as much distance from me and this chase as I could.
While I was riding through the park I was riding at a slow speed as bicycles are not even allowed in this large park, but nobody follows the rules and ride in it anyway, and it isn't really enforced at all. What was funny was as I was riding through I had some 10 year old girl, who was walking beside her mother, what looked like quickly tried to take a picture of me with a cell phone and she said something like not suppose to ride bikes through the park. I was well into the park and no way they knew I was getting chased but this was the first time this ever happened and I was like WTF, I wasn't worried it would go anywhere but I was thinking, "jeez you are complaining about me riding a bicycle through the park at slow speeds when they didn't even know it was an electric bike and I just had a high speed chase with the police a minute ago, LOL, and I'm still runnning from the police". Anyway I couldn't believe a mother would let her 10 year old daughter take pics of random bike riders like that, and tell them they are not allowed to ride in the park.
I finally got to the street at the other side of the park and started to ride away hoping that they were not waiting to intercept me there, but there are multiple streets and I couldn't be that unlucky. I then drove to my other cut off points and finally made it into the woods where they would never find me, and I waited in the woods for a couple of hours as the chase took place right near my home, and didn't want to chance riding anywhere near that area.
I would be surprised if they still tried to chase me after I pulled into the park and rode as aggressively as I have done to get away. You would have to think that they would realize I wasn't going down easy and I'm going to ride into parks to get away. Police are held accountable for their actions and if I hurt someone in a chase or they hurt someone, and the police were chasing me without sirens on and calling it in, they would get sued so badly and the police would get in big trouble. This is what scared me when I saw these young police officers as they looked young and stupid, they may not consider all these things. Is it really worth it for them to chase me like that without sirens and lights?
I believe they probably thought it would be nice to catch an off-road bike with the crack down as it may help them get promoted to detective or something. That is the only reason I can think they wanted me so badly. The officers usually pose in pictures with the bikes taken.
I actually listened to the police radio archives after this chase and nothing was ever called in during the chase.
What a chase. Since this chase I've been taking things a little more safer. I usually stay closer to the woods and parks when joy riding and not venturing into the city center. They are really cracking down in my city, while they usually never bother you, they just might. With this chase I wasn't even expected to be bothered at the time because I was not even riding aggressively or doing tricks or shit like that.
Since then I have been practicing my evasive maneuvers if another chase happens. like mentioned before and what I used in this chase is the quick 180 degree turns a bike can make. You have to use the full advantages of an ebike to out maneuver a car. The best way is frequent quick turns instead of trying to out run a car at top speed. The car will always beat you at top speeds and shit will start to become dangerous. Use the great agility of the Ebike to quickly out maneuver a car using quick 180 degree turns. Force the police to keep turning as turning quickly in a car is a pain in the ass. Let them know an Ebike is not something they can easily catch and they are dealing with what could be the most sophisticated motor vehicle to out run them in a city. Nothing can turn and maneuver like an electric bike and then go from 0 to 80 KPH in only a few seconds, while being completely silent.
But the main advantage of an ebike is it is like a submarine, you always need to dive into woods or a park to get away. That is always the safe point and stops the chase 100% of the time. This is the reason I always have gotten away is I ride right into a park and they can't follow anymore.
If you plan on running you should be out practicing these maneuvers and knowing exactly where you are going to run to. Learn how to quickly 180 from street to sidewalk and back to street again. But to be honest the best way to run under most normal circumstances is when they pull behind you and put the sirens on is to just slowly ride to the nearest cut off point and act like you didn't hear them. It is doubtful they will ram you with the car if they think you are deaf, not worth the trouble and lawsuits. They will just follow you and you pull into a park and chase over. In this chase they pulled to my side and threw everything off on how I expected them to pursue me.
I really want to put little police cars on the side of my bike for every time I had a successful police chase. LOL.
I really hope this is my last chase as I really don't like these chases and get a bad feeling during and afterwards. At the same time I'm not going to give up riding and I'm also not going to give up my expensive bike the next time a cop wants to take it from me. So I will always be prepared to run, until I move into a city with better ebike laws.
I pass that unmarked car that chased me often as I drive by the local police station.
,I would open throttle and just swerve around them. :lol: The police must have tried to stop me at least 20 times over a 1 year period,they are truley the Keystone Cops.Towards the end of my stay they gave up trying to pull me over 
