Why don't cops pull over speeding motorcycles?

Dear Rosezilla,

I always see motorcyclists driving WAY faster than regular cars on surface roads and on highways. So why don't I ever see motorcyclists getting speeding tickets?

-CONFUSED COMMUTER

Dear CC,

There was an interesting quote from an aerospace engineer about Battlestar Galacticta. The space fighter pilots on that show (and many others: Star Trek, Star Wars, etc) engage in dogfights with their enemies in, what we are told, are highly powerful, maneuverable little space ships.

The truth, of course, is that since there is no air in space, a borg cube is exactly as fast and maneuverable as an equally powered "sleek fighting ship".

Back on Earth, there are two things that couldn't be more affected by air, gravity, weight, velocity: a Honda "crotch rocket" motorcycle and a 4020 pound Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor. The interceptor goes 140mph and the Honda goes over 180mph. Light and small, cops choosing to chase motorcycles know there is a far greater risk of serious accidents.

The same mentality can apply to people driving sports cars, but with little motorcycles being very affordable and harder to track down, their drivers are younger and more inclined to take risks.

Although many police and sheriffs offices have motorcycle patrols and undercover high-speed cars, ultimately the high rate of accidents and death involved in reckless motorcycle driving probably tend to even everything out in the end.

-Rosezilla