Completely Un-pc Vote

[wkid_one]

Yes - I know this is the most socially irresponsible vote/thread 

that I could come up with - but hey...I am interested in everyones

thoughts on this.........

[bluninja]

I would have said no in the UK, as the penalties for doing a runner are so severe compared to speeding, it's not really worth it. Here things seem different, and it almost seems part of the fast bike culture that you carry radar detectors, laser jammers, and do a runner if you are well over....as you are going to get banned anyway. So MAYBE, depends on if they are infront or behind me I suppose.

I best rehearse and setup my alibi anyway. You all know where I keep the keys to my bike don't you? So it could have been anyone on this forum riding my bike officer.

 

TTFN

[Slim]

I don't ride well enough/fast enough to even think about attempting a runner.

[Gixxer]

on my last ticket anyway so even if I was under 50k I might think about it, like bluninja, would depend if in front or behind.

[Coldkiwi]

aye.. very dependant on traffic etc. I rate myself as pretty quick through the cars (I pratice for an hour each day!) so if it was near traffic I'd probably have a shot at it.

Likewise on the road conditions/how well I knew them.

Hard to say of course because you'd need to decide pretty damn quickly if you saw the disco lights and didn't want to dance for plod.

[bikerboy]

Wouldn't it be easier to stop, then say you don't have any ID, and give a false name, etc.?

Not that I'm condoning any illegal action including speeding, honest your Honour!

[Kiwi]

50 km/h over???? I never go over 100

[bikerboy]

That's more like 100 MPH !

[Goddess of Goof]

Would if I could but I can't so I won't.

But I wouldn't hesitate to take off my helmet
slowly and shake out my hair and put on
my most winning smile .....

Oh dear officer, was that really me you were after?
Yep.
Are you sure ? seductively removing my jacket and draping
it over my motorbike's rear end.
Yep.
Then what is my bike rego officer? Guileless smile and
seductive pose.
Uh? Don't know.
Then it couldn't have been me, offficer, it must have been
one of those other fast sportsbike riders .....

That's my theory, anyway. Never put it to the test, unfortunately...

[Slim]

Newfun - I haven't got off a speeding ticket in many years, using the "female" card, unfortunately! And while most of my encounters with our country's finest have been good, I recently had a rather bad experience ...


I had decided to head up to Auckland to talk to a man about some tyres. I had a lovely day, taking any & all back roads possible to get to Auckland, talking tyres with the tyre man (Bridgestones are getting hard to find ) and calling in to visit with my Dad before heading back home on the main drag cos it was fish & chip night at home & I didn't want to be late.

I'd just got through the last of the roadworks south of Meremere and due to the knowledge that this area is heavily patrolled, I stick to the speed limits pretty closely, and 110kph as the speed you can get away with in the 100kph areas.

So I've finally managed to quit the 50kph roadworks & shot up to 110kph, leaving a load of traffic stuck behind the acceleration abilities of a large truck and am cruising along when I spy a cop coming the other way who then turns on his lights & siren, does an aggressive u-turn, with his arm sticking out the window pointing at me to pull over, which I do.

And quite frankly I'm puzzled, as I've been sticking to 110kph religiously, and wonder if he's spotted something wrong with the bike (can you get ticketed for wearing rabbitear loptoffs? ).

I barely manage to get the bike on the sidestand before he's right beside the bike & in my face (well, helmet actually) aggressively & confrontationally telling me that, "You were speeding!"

Which provokes the instant, rather indignant, and quite frankly shocked response from me, "I was not!!"

It quickly deteriorated from there! I eventually managed to get my helmet off & had to ask him to move away from the bike so I could place it safely on the ground - he'd never given me a chance to get off the bike.

I was apparently doing 137kph when he spotted me & clocked me at 130kph, the radars are very accurate & he could do me in court, I should be watching my speedo more closely ("But I was!"), I was so far out in front of any other traffic (that must mean I was speeding ), blah, blah, blah.

I was shit scared, I can tell you. It's the first time I've ever been pulled over by such an overbearing, aggressive & scary cop and I was scared because I knew I was doing 110kph but if he decided to write me a ticket how the hell could I prove it in court?!?!




Then he backs down completely and tells me that I'm damn lucky because there were some cars coming down the hill behind me at the time (not quite saying out loud that perhaps he'd pulled over the wrong person).

I had to pull over a couple of km's up the road to have a ciggie cos I was still shaking!

[wari]

Hey Slim ... I'm sure you could complain about that kind of shit ... did you get his ID number or whatever they have?

 

Makes me mad that does ... see ?

[MikeL]

Not sure an official complaint would get you anywhere - it would be just your word against his. If you had a pillion or were driving a car with a passenger as a witness you'd have more chance. I suspect that bikers on a whole get worse treatment not just because the cops have an attitude but also because generally being on their own they can be intimidated and insulted with impunity. On my encounters with cops I tend to be apologetic and courteous although inwardly seething, and more often than not it works. My two sons, however, whose loathing for the boys in blue knows no limits, openly taunt and provoke them at every opportunity, from a foolish and mistaken belief that a couple of years of studying law combined with their superior intellect will ensure victory. Sooner or later they will bite off more than they can chew. I must admit to a sneaking admiration for them in the meantime, though. As for me, I'll continue to be polite and co-operative, look confused (the grey hairs are a boon) and say "Really? I'm sorry, I didn't realize..."

[bikerboy]

The whole situation sucks! In my case there was no way I could have accelerated to the accused speed in that short of distance, plus there is no way the cop could get an accurate lock on me given the traffic, our positions and the short time frame. However if I contest in court how do I prove it wasn't me.

It will always be my word against theirs, and judges think the public are lieing, speeding bastards and the cops are unbiased honest public servants who never make mistakes.

We've got to unite and fight this crap as it is already out of control.

[Slim]

Wari - I didn't get his number, and it wasn't until I got home & was telling my family about the whole thing that I started to get pissed off about it.

Mike - I believe that an unemotional, non-slanging letter to the cops written immediately on my return home, setting out the situation, my view and as near an accurate a description of the conversation as possible, would have got me off a ticket, if he had written a ticket. The police dept tend to take a dim view of the type of behaviour I encountered.

There's also the added bonus of a police witness who could attest to my normal & perfectly reasonable attitude to being given a ticket when I know I'm in the wrong, due to a small indescretion leaving Paeroa this year.

And I would have sold my c@r to take it all the way to court if I'd had to.

[Goddess of Goof]

Hey Slim

I was kinda overdoing the seductive bit in my post, just for a laugh.

I haven't had any run in with the law about speeding yet, but if I did, I think I would be just as bothered as you were.
One time when a cop pulled me over for running a late amber light in the car at an intersection, I was almost gibbering with apology and so scared that I'd get a ticket.
Was let off that time, I've been lucky often.