for starters look at the still pic in the ops link for a good look at the distance from cop car to bike the sites been updated to include a hard to read scan of the police report. couple things that might leave a mark junior went flying past the marked car in the median cross over
oops i didn't know it was the cops takes a holiday it would be good to see the vid from the marked car it would show how soon it arrived. r
http://carlosmiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/AnthonyGraber.jpg take a look see what you think and then look at the long vid again as far as i can tell the cop ids himself at 6 seconds in after getting out and the kid revving and backing up. i know jonnies a good boy but revving and backing up is sometimes a precursor to fleeing. by the time kid turn around at 21 seconds the marked car is completely stopped with the cop already getting out has jonnie denied the wheelie? i kinda wish he would its real clear on his own vid at 35 second roughly hes in the right lane passing a truck on the right while riding it good move and tragically it was at this point he passed the first trooper. in the unmarked ouch! excuse me he passed a bus and the wheelie lasted almost 5 seconds from 33 to 38. the irony is he posted the evidence of his crime on the net. and at 1.10 he passes the cop in the median and coincidentally slows down because we know he never knew about the cops at 3.03 see him turn his head and eyeball the unmarked coming up fast at 3.02 if you freeze you can see the plain wrapper coming up its a curious thing thats the only time he ever turns his head all the way around. if you look at 3.02 at the plain wrapper look at the right edge as we view it from the front i can't tell if the marked car is behind him blocked at thats a bit showing or not
at 3.12 3.14 its the closest the cop gets to our poor jonnie
at 3.15 the cops left foot is hitting the ground and lil jonnie is reving and backing up no gun or badge visible yet
3.16 cops just cleared leather is advancing kids backing cop is saying something but we get no audio on this tape unlike the miracle tape that he puts out with his whinefest
at 3.19 it appears to be when hes saying hes a cop as best as i can tell from comparing with the miracle vid
at 21 the cop is looking past kid at what i assume is the other cop car gun in hand pointed down
by 23-24 he reholsters
at 33 hes off the bike turns his head and we see marked car stationary
by 39 its over other cop is walking up
you think he was backing because the cop was too close? i thought he was gonna grow a set and take off if he had he woulda got away. unless you wreck they can't catch you and their supervisors will call off the chase rather than let another family get killed.
last i checked he could pull his gun in that kinda situation they sure used to pistols shot guns knock you off the bike to make sure you don't scoot. thats why i started turning the bike off and dropping the keys where they could see it hated picking up the bikes a couple of em i was marginal on picking it up if there was a slope.
i think junior knew that was a cop i think the reason the audio is gone is either to get rid of the sirens or to get rid of him going shucks the cops when he passed the marked one. its not uncommon for them then and now to come up on you sans lights and sirens so they can at least get your tags before you leave em in the dust once the chase starts officially they come on up to that point your riding along hoping he didn't get you. when i watch the vid its like deja vue been there done that. in the old days they'd chase you till all the red lights on the dash board came on at the car wouldn't go. even way back in the 70's a hot bike was faster than the police chopper and in some cases went faster than the old radar units readout went. i got one where they did the speed by taking the time of first call at king street and i 95 to the stopped call past quantico it was 12 mins and a few seconds and they did the math time and distance and wrote me that way
i fully understand the need for speed just take your licks when you get caught
that stop was mild compared to many i've seen no laying on of hands he got to go home keep his bike heck what was he whimpering about again?