Posted on 08/12/2010 4:11:26 PM PDT by KeyLargo
Speeding motorcyclist taunts state trooper trapped in crashed car
A state trooper rolled his car multiple times while chasing two reckless motorcyclists, one of whom returned to taunt the injured trooper trooper, officials said.
The incident happened on the northbound ramp from Interstate 5 to State Route 599 at approximately 6:45 p.m. Tuesday.
Washington State Patrol Trooper Cliff Pratt said the trooper was chasing a group of at least nine members of a south King County motorcycle group who were speeding dangerously and getting too close to cars. As the trooper tried to close in on the fastest biker, he told Pratt that two other bikers cut him off.
"Had he not slowed down and slammed on the brakes, he would have hit them," Pratt said. "At his speed that made him lose control."
The trooper's vehicle rolled several times, finally landing in a ditch alongside the ramp.
"It's infuriating when all we're trying to do is enforce the laws in the state of Washington and protect the public, said Pratt. "Obviously these motorcycles traveling at 100 miles per hour with no regard for the safety of anybody else is a huge problem for us in this area."
As he waited for help to arrive, one of the motorcyclists he'd been chasing returned to the scene, Pratt said. The motorcyclist parked across the street, approached the mangled patrol car on foot, then laughed and clapped at the injured and bleeding trooper before speeding off.
"Now you're talking about a state trooper who rolled his car several times. He's obviously injured, pinned inside his vehicles and you've got a couple of motorcyclists who really don't care whether this trooper lives or dies at this point, to the point where they think it's funny," Pratt said.
Investigators believe they have the motorcyclists' registration information, Pratt said, and they are searching for the two people. No description was available.
Passersby stopped to help and call 911, and the trooper was pulled out of his car by emergency crews and taken to Harborview Medical Center where he was treated for serious injuries, including a head injury. He was released early Wednesday morning.
He was identified as 46-year-old Brian Salyer of Spanaway. He is a 22-year veteran of the force.
We use to call the Courtney Cambell the Courtney crumble cause to original contractor used salt water to mix the concrete to save money on the project.
Problem is it shortened the life of the bridge by half.
Now then there were NO shoulders if you had a problem gong across.
NOt sure I could gather up 400 ponies if you combined My truck, Harley and Plane.
Maybe gather up a few extra from the yard tractor and I might just reach that goal.
Enjoy them while they are still legal, though I think riding like that is a foolish risk of life for yourself and nothing less than selfish and criminal if you are risking the lives of the innocent.
Meanwhile, they’re planning to put governors on all engines so that they can’t go that fast or alternately put a GPS chip on them so that they can monitor speed via satellite.
Driving like that will go a long way to switch people who are against that type of enforcement to supporting it, especially those who see the roads not as a play ground for a few, but a means of getting from one point to another.
How about the motorcyclists who stopped and helped the officer? Do you f***ing cagers want to shoot them too?
Sounds like a scene out of Mad Max.
“BTW, a speeding motorcycle can’t hurt anyone inside a car. They are (mostly) only a danger to themselves.”
What a shockingly ignorant statement. Sometimes drivers aren’t willing to go ahead and ram into and possibly kill motorcyclists just because they’ll be relatively unharmed. Their evasive action is dangerous to themselves and other cars, as in the case of the above story.
Yes,the son of one of my former co-workers crashed his motorycycle into a car. He survived and one of the car passengers was killed instantly when the bike went through the passenger door. The bike rider spent a year in jail and his parents were sued big time.
I did not want the thread to become an anti-bike rider forum. But all the threads usually bring out the fringes on both sides of an issue. It’s just comes with the territory.
Like any sport there are responsible participants and irresponsible participants who are the ones that create problems for the responsible ones.
Shoes stayed with the motorcycle. Those are some photos!
Any motorcyclist who rides assuming that the people in vehicles around him are going to be able to predict when he wants to create a third lane of traffic up the middle of a two-lane road, ride full-speed up a shoulder lane or use vehicles on the road as a slalom course is not riding smart.
My brother used to ride and I know a few other people who do, so I have all kinds of respect for keeping a distance and giving extra attention. It needs to go both ways, though.
>>BTW, a speeding motorcycle can’t hurt anyone inside a car. They are (mostly) only a danger to themselves.
Not accurate. I ride and try to do so respectful of laws and such, but my cousin was hit by a motorcyclist going ~130 mph (estimated by police).
His Jeep was nearly cut in two, the Jeep itself was flipped, he had a broken back despite being seatbelted in. Obviously the motorcyclist died, and had my cousin’s Jeep been hit about -2-3 feet one way, he’d probably be dead too.
LOL! I think from now till the time I meet my Maker I'll buy cars built from 2005 till whenever the Democrats succeed in killing off the funmobiles and force electric down our throats. Not since the very early 70s have we had a selection of autos with great performance/horsepower as we do right now and I'm sure it will not last much longer.
After thinking about this and cooling down a bit this is my take.
We are expected to believe that a motorcyclist who led a cop on a chase that resulted in the cop crashing would return to taunt the cop in front of a dozen witnesses.
Sorry. Doesn’t smell right.
No, my dream is more of an injured officer being confronted by the perpetrator, fearing for his safety, and responding accordingly.
It's not something I reccomend on a daily basis, but there are techniques that reduce the risk.
1st, you have to remember that cagers only see cagers. It's a proven scientific fact that cagers are attuned to looking for objects of the same size - I'll never forget the look of surprise on the face of the elderly gentleman as he drove through my leg and bike - or the WHOOOO! of his carb's secondaries opening right as we "met" in the classic car turning left into motorcycle position.
Though I don't believe he had the blatant homicidal tendencies of "Ghost" and his ilk, he found a neat fit with the "It's OK to bump objects smaller than my vehicle out of my way" club when about 1/2 hour he came back to the scene to complain about my shock scratching his bumper.
The last thing you want to be doing is riding in ***His/Hers Lane*** as he's working through traffic ~ a 2 ton Marlowe in the making. I lost count years ago of all the times my only notice of an impending Marlow manuver being the sound of 2 ton's fan blade as he closes in or 1 of many subtle signs.
Riding at the same speed as everyone else in slow traffic is like hanging a Kill the Greaseball NOW sign.
Slowly passing traffic while making eye contact with those you're passing will generally be well recieved. Once you're in a clearing, ride close to the line so 2 tons can see you have laid clim to your patch of concrete as early as possible - it also gives you more room in the lane to dodge a bumping Marlow.
An exhaust system just loud enough to be heard over closed windows, a boom box and air conditioning is an indespensible safety item, but the #1 rider saver is to always be in the powerband unless you're at a stop light.
That rule is the only reason I lived through the afore mentioned accident.
There was a high speed chase which means other officers were on their way as backup. The cop crashed and a guy is going to go back, knowing other units would show up shortly, to taunt him? BS.
We're better than this.
A lot of punks with their GTOs and 396 Chevelles donated a lot of dineros to him.
You can't do it anymore....it's called Tampa Palms I think.....once known as Eight-Mile-Straight.
It is assumed that anyone involved or some friends and relatives would have seen this by now since this occurred over three (3) years ago and since the images have been widely disseminated on the internet since then.
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