It’s 7:45am and I was driving through the town I live in. It’s a 25 mph zone and I was doing 25 with a car behind me, a motorcycle behind him, and another car behind the motorcycle. The speed limit goes from 25 to 45 and I began to accelerate…and heard the bike downshift…the bike (sport bike) passed me, over the double yellow, at over 70 mph (guessing). I called the cops and reported the location to the dispatcher. He alerted me that they were deploying a vehicle immediately, as the motorcyclist was approaching an intersection that’s less than a block from the police station. The motorcyclist then crossed the double yellow again, on a blind curve, and passed several more vehicles! I lost sight of the bike but still believed him to be in front of me, approaching the light near the police station. I could see the light was red and a line of cars were waiting to move into the intersection. At that time a police car arrived at the intersection, from the right. I still couldn’t see the motorcyclist but our light turned green and the police officer moved into my lane, turned on his lights, and was followed by a second police car! The dispatcher, in a very excited state, tells me that the officers are behind the motorcyclist and that “they got him!” I hung up, expecting the officer to call me later for the official report. Then, I see the two officers move into the left turn lane and accelerate hard…the bike is running! The cars are on a tear after him with lights and sirens blaring…then, gone.
I received a call from the officer two hours later…they lost the bike. The bike didn’t have plates on it either so there’s nothing they can do to trace it. Crazy commute!
