'I'm a better rider than you': Teen's e-motorcycle impounded after trying to outrun police in O.C. park

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Set us as preferred A teen riding an electric motorcycle in an Orange County park learned a tough lesson after trying to go wheel to wheel against a police officer: motorcycle cops are very hard to outrun.The pursuit, captured on body camera footage, began on June 17 just before 1:30 p.m.

at Grijalva Park in Orange where residents have long complained about unsafe e-bike riding.Teens are frequently spotted sans helmet speeding past pedestrians or doing stunts that could hurt themselves or others, residents say.

In this case, the 13-year-old boy was riding an e-motorcycle without a helmet when an officer initiated a stop inside the park, police said.But the boy thought he could give the officer the slip.

It didn’t work.“I would stop if I were you,” the motor officer tells the teen over the motorcycle’s public address system, according to a video posted on Orange Police Department’s social media.

“This is a really, really bad idea.” California A bizarre pursuit unfolded along residential streets in Oceanside as a helicopter and half a dozen sheriff’s patrol cars chased a teen on an electric dirt bike.The officer tried to appeal to him, asking him to consider what his parents would think and reminding him that his face was on camera so he would be caught eventually.But the teen, who was not identified, continued on, apparently under the impression he could outrun — or out ride — the motorcycle officer.

The officer had some thoughts on that: “I promise I’m a better rider than you,” the officer said over the PA system.The officer chased the rider through a parking lot, over curbs and across grass and dirt trails, at one point telling the teen cheekily, “Oh look, I’m still here.” After a few minutes the teen stopped and the officer instructed him to get off the bike.But the chase wasn’t over t...