Man leads police on wild 4WD farm chase

[aussie muscle]

A MAN driving a stolen four-wheel-drive fire truck led police on a spectacular off-road chase smashing through 20 fences before the vehicle rolled over.

source: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/bre...-1226272359561

[mik]

lucky the farmers did`nt catch him first, he would have been hung by fencing wire.

[SteveJH]

Go the Falcadore, lol.

[EDManual]

haha! Thats a ripper!!

[EDManual]

also check this out for another use for a Landcruiser ute!! its awesome!

http://www.theage.com.au/tv/show/tro...cp=overnighter

[jaydee]

Another case of some scum not giving a damn about anyone else. Like he was going to get away.
All those fences, what a job to fix, having done a little bit myself, it's hard work.
Trouble is will he be made to pay restitution. And if so how does he pay it when he's probably some oxygen thief.
Go straight to gaol.

[Neale]

He should be made to go and fix all of the fences & explain to the farmers why he did it, then spend the next few years washing the fire brigades vehicles.

He may think twice about doing all of the damage again if he knows he will have to fix it.

[Nikked]

meanwhile in Australia...

[Lightning Strike GT]

Like this tool yeaterday morning here in Brisbane
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/q...-1226272502230

[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']Driver jumps off bridge into Pine River, stays in there an hour, to avoid patrolling police [/font]

• <LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1">[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']by: Brooke Baskin [/font]<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1">[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']From: The Courier-Mail [/font]
• [FONT='Times New Roman','serif']February 16, 2012 10:56AM [/font]

[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']A MAN was so determined not to be stopped by patrolling traffic police he parked his car on a bridge and jumped into a river in order to escape them this morning. [/font][FONT='Times New Roman','serif'][/font]
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[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']Police said the man pulled up on the Bruce Highway at Murrumba Downs and jumped off the Pine Rivers Bridge, in Brisbane's north at 4.30am.[/font]
[FONT='Times New Roman','serif'] He then swum around and clung to a pylon on the bridge for an hour while police tried to encourage him out of the water.[/font]
[FONT='Times New Roman','serif'] Police negotiating with the man finally managed to get him out of the water just before 6am.[/font]
[FONT='Times New Roman','serif'] It’s thought the man was approaching a routine traffic inspection site when he jumped into the water.[/font]
[FONT='Times New Roman','serif'] A police spokesman said the man was in the water for close to an hour.[/font]
[FONT='Times New Roman','serif'] ``He must have been in there for a good hour, clinging on to a bridge pylon or swimming around and just refusing to come out,’’ he said.[/font]
[FONT='Times New Roman','serif'] ``Police negotiated with him to get out of the water.[/font]
[FONT='Times New Roman','serif'] ``It’s not really smart for them to dive in, there’s a risk of drowning or they could get into trouble, and get in a melee in the water.’’[/font]
[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']Police say the man has been charged with one count each of speeding, unlicensed driving, obstructing police and unlawfully climbing a building or structure.

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[EDManual]

why wouldnt half of the people that do something dumb want to get away from the cops!

Pretty normal human instinct if you asked me.

I dont agree with penalties getting tougher and tougher, it causes more people to run, as they dont want to lose their licence (as may lose job/ house/etc), they think its worth it to try to get away. And I think it is too...

Also see :

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/mor...-1226273677913

The cops like to say "following at a distance" instead of chasing these days, yeah right! Put them in jail too. As if this guy just passed 2 b doubles then killed a bike rider and the cop car also couldnt help but crash into him too makes sense at the same time! He was right up his tail and the bloke would have been freaking out. Nice one killer cops, your fault! And the judge doesnt even mention that...

If the cops couldnt avoid crashing into the bad bloke, you think they could have avoided the motorbike? They are lucky it wasnt them that did the killing first hand.

[Jim Goose]

wow what wonderful comments... lets give three cheers for the crooks

[pottery beige]

lols at the make him fix your fence gang.. the slimey little ***** is obviously dodgy as...

trust him...

probly be up the road tryin to offload ya fencewire and pliers for a bowl of crack...

[THE SLUG]

What a pri*k....
He should be made to repair all the fences.....but that won't happen.
Pretty good advertisement for Australia though

[andy351]

Originally Posted by EDManual

why wouldnt half of the people that do something dumb want to get away from the cops!

Pretty normal human instinct if you asked me.

I dont agree with penalties getting tougher and tougher, it causes more people to run, as they dont want to lose their licence (as may lose job/ house/etc), they think its worth it to try to get away. And I think it is too...

Also see :

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/mor...-1226273677913

The cops like to say "following at a distance" instead of chasing these days, yeah right! Put them in jail too. As if this guy just passed 2 b doubles then killed a bike rider and the cop car also couldnt help but crash into him too makes sense at the same time! He was right up his tail and the bloke would have been freaking out. Nice one killer cops, your fault! And the judge doesnt even mention that...

If the cops couldnt avoid crashing into the bad bloke, you think they could have avoided the motorbike? They are lucky it wasnt them that did the killing first hand.

so.. just let them go.. you are a tool