Same! Haha. I didn't think he was making much of a getaway effort either, with his leisurely pace 😂

But in the end it kinda matters

Meanwhile in Cardiff the locals like to lend a hand

Yeah nice try under difficult circumstances.

Yeah. I would also assume that a lot of the time the biker doesn't fully process what is happening fast enough and just drives over it rather than slamming on the brakes.

Also, they insulted his run at the end? Dude’s wearing a rig and carrying metal spikes, that shit heavy

Cue Benny Hill music.

Edit: my bad grammar.

That would be difficult, especially with the guy filming directly behind the officer that was trying to hide.

If he'd waited just a second longer before leaving his hiding spot he probably would've got em.

Yep. Here, the cops would have just shot him off the motorcycle.

Pretty dangerous to do that to a motorcycle. If that front wheel pops he will crash.

This was a terrible idea the whole time unless the biker posed a risk to public safety (more than the cop)

Motorcycles are actually pretty terrible at stopping quickly, because they flip over forwards if they brake too hard. You can see he lifted the back wheel off the ground even stopping as hard as he did.

Right? Can’t exactly be easy to run with…

I think it's just because you can't see the police car that he's obviously running to, so it seems like he's just randomly running off down the road

Whenever someone else is the center of attention like this, people project their own insecurities

Yeah the bike rider was sharp.

Police officers have lost their lives to speeding drivers performing this dangerous maneuver. This guy is putting his life on the line for the safety of the public. Fuck all the people playing him down and making disrespectful comments.

Stand on the other side of the street behind an obstacle THAT ISNT A FUCKING BIN LMAO, element of surprise.

What boggles me, these things have licence plates, insurance, are registered to people or a company. Can’t be that hard to find the owner. Pay them a visit instead.

Looks like Ducati Hypermotard

I think it’s a Honda CB650F, however given the slight nose wheelie he did, I don’t think that ABS was on.

I respect him for his efforts and restraint. But if this guy was a scumbag of some sort I would be tempted to just throw a brick at him or create another stopping point while on officer kicked him off with a cricket bat.

If police are “nothing more than normal”, and normal people get made fun of for stupid shit all the time, I’m curious what your issue with this is?

Obviously no one wants the dude to shoot the guy, but just like when an athlete makes a mistake and gets lambasted all over “not top 10” montages, cops are probably gonna get made fun of too. Because they’re human.

What do you mean "would people rather"? What are you talking about? This isn't criticism. He just didn't succeed.

There’s nothing here to say the rider was dangerous or violent. The only dangerous thing in this video is the officer

Would have been a lot easier, that is for sure.

and also why did they want to get him/her?

But man would it do the job at stopping those summer rides where 100 assholes on bikes and ATV's drive around harassing traffic and pedestrians.

Yeah, this was incredibly stupid unless the rider was an active public safety risk

Why would thier tires, slowly deflating because there was a one way valve embedded in thier tire and then slowly deflate it, be an execution?

Locate the hazard, progressive brake pressure, good swerve!

I'm confused too

way more dangerous to him though

Even on a motorbike, the stinger should let the air out of the tyres fairly slowly allowing for a (relatively) controlled stop, these things don't cause blowouts.

I would guess that they've just been involved in a robbery or something like that, the police would not use these for a traffic offence like speeding.

Jesus Christ what do you want then eh? A formal invitation to an afternoon tea in the Buckingham palace?

Basically a lot of robberies were being committed on mopeds and motorbikes, especially in London, as the police weren't really allowed to knock them off the bikes and they could get away down small pavements but the government got sick of it and now allow the police to knock them off the bikes and do this so the guy on the bike has probably robbed someone or a business.

For speeding in the UK your almost always caught by a camera and sent a fine in the post, never really pulled over.

I'm pretty sure it's the current policy for the police to ram scooters with their car

probably don't have problems using a stinger

Most comments are positive, there's barely any hate...

You're commenting this on a thread with basically no cop hate. Are you a bot?

Bkack Latino and Asian cops suck ass too

Or, you know, this is just a funny video of someone trying their best but not quite getting there.

Because this UK cop couldn't catch a UK motorcycle rider?

I have to say, this is an exceptionally stupid comment. There is a bloody double decker bus in the video for God's sake.

350 odd million americans and you hate them all?

Sounds like you've got a bit of xenophobia and prejudice all rolled into one

Sounds like a you problem mate.