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Old 06-17-19, 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Kapusta
No, actually it is not.

If a cop’s beat was strictly on paved roads and suspects had the courtesy to stay on those paved roads (on foot or on bike, and not in a car) while you chase them, then your scenario might make sense..... except that a car would work a whole lot better and what would the point be of being on a bike?

The whole point of the bikes is to expand the beat cops range.
Here is another to ponder: although it has 2 wheels and a bob with stripes and a helmet, most North American police are on behemoths of the Harley Davidson crowd, weighing in at a mere 900lbs, and about as easy to maneuver as any over weight and out of date farm tool. Yeah sure they take instruction to do this ride, to also expand their beat, but honestly a hog isn't for off roading. Now like Euro cops on 500lb Beamers, there is capability, highway, logging road, flooded farm field
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