Pulled over for the first time!

[sil3nt]

I had a feeling it would happen as well.

Was heading out of Hamilton toward Cambridge on the worlds most boring stretch of road. Happily going along at a 100 following the cars in front. I see a cop come the other way and i check my speed. Only doing 80 now as the cars had slowed down in front so all good. Then a passing lane comes up. I sit back for a few seconds then decide to overtake the cars. Pull out and speed up doing about 120 on the speedo and i see a car in the distance behind me also overtaking. Had a feeling it was a cop and when the passing lane ended i began to slow down. Then i check my mirrors and see the discos going :eek5:

Pull over and jump off the bike.


Cop: Blah blah blah shoes
Me: err what?
Cop: Why are you wearing tennis shoes?
Me: Just haven't got my boots yet...
Cop: Got ya licence?
Me: Yep here ya go
Cop: Wheres ya rego?
Me: Just here behind the exhaust
Cop: Count to 10 *shoves fancy gizmo in my face*
Me: sorry?
Cop: Count to 10
Me: One...
Cop: *takes fancy gizmo away*
Me: :wacko:
Cop: You were doing 110 slow down a bit
Me: Will do thank you sir....

Strange experience i must say. Learnt my lesson though. Find a better way into cambridge :whistle:

[neilwgtn]

where was your tennis racket? thats why you got pulled over.... outfit didnt match!!

[sil3nt]

where was your tennis racket? thats why you got pulled over.... outfit didnt match!!Hah! I was wearing some DC skate shoes (well imatations im guessing as i got them from Kuala Lumpur). Copper was an old bugger who didn't smile once :( Maybe i should have gone faster so he could give me a ticket and put a smile on his face :yes:

[MSTRS]

Had a feeling it was a cop
he was just helping you perfect the 'spidey sense'...

[red mermaid]

So you got stopped, the cop commented on your poor choice of safety gear (a point hammered home often on this forum-to wear good gear), he checked for alcohol (as required to do for all stops) and gave you a warning for 110km/h.

Don't get the point, what the hell is there to complain about? He was doing his job.

[sil3nt]

So you got stopped, the cop commented on your poor choice of safety gear (a point hammered home often on this forum-to wear good gear), he checked for alcohol (as required to do for all stops) and gave you a warning for 110km/h.

Don't get the point, what the hell is there to complain about? He was doing his job.Don't get the point in your post as i was not complaining? I was pulled over fair and square i just thought i would share :grouphug:

[STJim]

One of the reasons we wear Boots is to ptotect ankles in the event of "an off". A pair of lite walking boots would probably do the trick.
Big Bikes in Hamilton is closing down 25% discounts on all gear at present.

[crazyhorse]

Sure he didn't want to know where you'd bought your shoes? Or if they were on special somewhere...... ????


The rest was probably just a cover up :rofl:

[sil3nt]

One of the reasons we wear Boots is to ptotect ankles in the event of "an off". A pair of lite walking boots would probably do the trick.
Big Bikes in Hamilton is closing down 25% discounts on all gear at present.Might go check them out. Otherwise im gonna stick with 1 Tonne. I actually rode past Big Bikes on the way home after getting the tags so wish i had known earlier! Silly place for a bike store though. I was actually looking at Cycle Time and thinking how silly it is for a bicycle store out there :doh:

[avgas]

What a nice policeman. Not many of them around anymore.

[red mermaid]

Don't get the point in your post as i was not complaining? I was pulled over fair and square i just thought i would share :grouphug:

You finished by saying you would find a better way into Cambridge.

Why do you need to do that, unless you are complaining?

[YellowDog]

Nice story.

Glad it had a happy ending.

Do get some boots though.

[sil3nt]

What a nice policeman. Not many of them around anymore.That is what KB would make you think!

[ManDownUnder]

I thought all cops were bastards... isn't that the KB mantra?

Turns out they're not huh??? Good onya sil3ntwar!

What size boots are ya? I have an older pair of 10's you can use till you save enough for your new ones.

[2nd2last1]

You finished by saying you would find a better way into Cambridge.

Why do you need to do that, unless you are complaining?

chill out red mermaid... dont get all titchy bout it its just a story!!! lol

[Hiflyer]

Do not feed the trolls people.


if they are fed young, old habits die hard

[EJK]

Aww pinged!

Well atleast you got off with a warning. Good good.

[sil3nt]

You finished by saying you would find a better way into Cambridge.

Why do you need to do that, unless you are complaining?:lol:
Cheer up matey was a joke :woohoo:

Just got back from Big Bikes where i got me some DriRider Nordic boots for $170. Same as these http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Helmets-clothing-footwear/Boots/auction-255918469.htm

So you bastards won your little battle and have robbed me of my savings :(

Happy?


But Big Bikes is a nice place shame its closing. Saw my first Hyo 250 GTS which i think is much better looking than the comet. Shame the salesman tried to sell me shinkos when i said i was looking at new tyres and told me that BT45 were not dual compound when im 95% sure they are! Other than that great little store.

Only problem now is i don't have a bike to ride. Just took the fairing in to get a new tab made up and i won't be able to pick it up until thursday or friday :cry: And the cage has no WOF :no:

[MSTRS]

... and told me that BT45 were not dual compound when im 95% sure they are! ...

They are. The Bridgestone website says so

[p.dath]

A very nice intro by the police to law enforcement for you. It's much nicer getting a warning! :whistle:

[sil3nt]

They are. The Bridgestone website says soGood luck trying to tell him that! Because his little website where he gets tyres from said nothing about dual compound he reckons they aren't. He was a good bloke and i would happily deal with him again (in fact he gave better service than any other bike store i have walked in to) but his tyre selling skills are letting him down.

Telling me to get Shinkos over BT45's or sport demons is just plain silly!

[crazyhorse]

You sure won't want to ride with anything that has laces - they can get caught up on the footpegs, and then whoopsie, over you go :eek5:

[smoky]

So you got stopped, the cop commented on your poor choice of safety gear (a point hammered home often on this forum-to wear good gear), he checked for alcohol (as required to do for all stops) and gave you a warning for 110km/h.

Don't get the point, what the hell is there to complain about? He was doing his job.

Traffic Cops are wankers - thats what

[Patrick]

Guess he thought you must have been pissed riding only in tennis shoes..... Must be warm up those parts.....

[Teflon]

I thought all cops were bastards... isn't that the KB mantra?

Turns out they're not huh??? Good onya sil3ntwar!

What size boots are ya? I have an older pair of 10's you can use till you save enough for your new ones.

Hamilton Police are all good cunts.. never once had a problem with them

[slofox]

I have a scar on my R ankle - left there by a gear shift pedal that went all the way in to the bone when some silly old fart drove his car into my first bike. Cause I wasn't wearing boots. I was lucky. Leg didn't break and the bone didn't get infected.
Boots would have saved the pain and a bone deep hole in the leg for six weeks...
Get some boots. Cop was right this time.

[Pussy]

I thought all cops were bastards... isn't that the KB mantra?



Yeah.... that prick Patrick even had the cheek to pay for my petrol in cash at Bulls when we were riding to Wellington for the bikeoi, when Mobil Bulls EFTPOS was playing up.
This gives you some idea what the bastard cops on this site are like..... :)

[sil3nt]

I have a scar on my R ankle - left there by a gear shift pedal that went all the way in to the bone when some silly old fart drove his car into my first bike. Cause I wasn't wearing boots. I was lucky. Leg didn't break and the bone didn't get infected.
Boots would have saved the pain and a bone deep hole in the leg for six weeks...
Get some boots. Cop was right this time.Read the 3rd post down on this page :Oops:

Laces usually get tucked away. When i did my BHS i had trouble with laces catching on anything they could!

[MSTRS]

The dirty rotten bastard. I'll bet he made you 'say thank you'...

[Pussy]

The dirty rotten bastard. I'll bet he made you 'say thank you'...

Nup... he didn't even do that!
I did, however, shout him some tucker at the "scottish restaurant" next door to the Mobil.... there were no donut shops handy

[crazyhorse]

Maybe he had his quota for the day :killingme

[MSTRS]

Nup... he didn't even do that!
I did, however, shout him some tucker at the "scottish restaurant" next door to the Mobil.... there were no donut shops handy

Oooooh...thin ice there, boyo.

[Stirts]

there were no donut shops handy

Donuts are so yesterday!! Ice creams FTW!!!

[2nd2last1]

Traffic Cops are wankers - thats what

yeah they're bit diffrent those bastards!!!
most of the other cops (with exception of Dorklanders) are all good if ya be polite and try have a convo with them but you do get the occasional hot headed fag who writes you a ticket for looking at him funny!!!

[MSTRS]

... but you do get the occasional hot headed fag who writes you a ticket for looking at him funny!!!

Subterfuge. They're good at that. Check that he's not really giving you his phone number...

[steve_t]

Where's Big Bikes? When does it close?

[2nd2last1]

Where's Big Bikes? When does it close?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=big+bikes+hamilton+new+zealand

:2thumbsup

[sil3nt]

Where's Big Bikes? When does it close?After christmas they are closed. If you need some gear then go in and have a look!

[steve_t]

Cheers bud ;)

[nothingflash]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=big+bikes+hamilton+new+zealand

:2thumbsup

brilliant - yep, got my current bike from Big Bikes - good guys to deal with for sure!!

[Patrick]

Oooooh...thin icing there, boyo.

There ya go.... fixed....

If only.... sigh......

[SMOKEU]

he checked for alcohol (as required to do for all stops)


I usually don't get breath tested when I end up 3T.

[Hiflyer]

I got breath tested for having no rego :S haha altho that was at 11pm on a friday night riding through Town

[EnzoYug]

...happy ending. Those are the stories we like to hear.

The cop probably thought you were doing more like 141* k/ph when he first saw you. How else could he account for your bike having traveled forward in time from the year 1987 to 2009?


*or 88 miles per hour. hint hint.

[sil3nt]

...happy ending. Those are the stories we like to hear.

The cop probably thought you were doing more like 141* k/ph when he first saw you. How else could he account for your bike having traveled forward in time from the year 1987 to 2009?


*or 88 miles per hour. hint hint.Hmmmmmmmmm

[mattian]

he checked for alcohol (as required to do for all stops)


oh really !!?? I never got breathalised when I was stopped for speeding once.

damn,... maybe I could've got off the ticket on a technicality. Failing to follow proper proceedure.

[breakaway]

What gives him the right to ask why you were wearing tennis shoes?

[jamiey]

Got pair of Exustar black boots sitting in the garage if you want them just sort out the postage or come and collect em. Right one needs a new little zipper thingy but otherwise in really good condition and will give good protection. PM me if you want, size are about a UK8.5.

[jamiey]

These ones

[sil3nt]

Shit mate a bit late otherwise i probably woulda taken them!

[Patrick]

What gives him the right to ask why you were wearing tennis shoes?

He was probably a biker himself, pissed off at probably having to pay higher ACC levies for dozy pricks wearing tennis shoes who bin it, making ACC fork out thousands of $$$ for skin grafts.... hence the ACC raising their fees..... Hmmmmm......<_<

[Taz]

Yeah but so long as you wear a helmet you can ride in your undies if you want. Tax collector was overstepping his powers and heading towards the realm of harrasment. I have lost soooo much respect for the tax collectors even before the blow on ya pie incident.

[breakaway]

He was probably a biker himself, pissed off at probably having to pay higher ACC levies for dozy pricks wearing tennis shoes who bin it, making ACC fork out thousands of $$$ for skin grafts.... hence the ACC raising their fees..... Hmmmmm......<_<

Fair point.

Then you need to make boots, jackets, pants and gloves legal requirements also.

I can appreciate his sentiment, but its personal choice, and it is not his place to question the rider.

[Patrick]

Fair point.

Then you need to make boots, jackets, pants and gloves legal requirements also.

I can appreciate his sentiment, but its personal choice, and it is not his place to question the rider.

I hear ya, its an old lemon that does the rounds......

Perhaps they should be. Perhaps those without the gear pay for their own skin grafts themselves.... those with the gear are fully covered.... perhaps.....

[MSTRS]

I hear ya, its an old lemon that does the rounds......

Perhaps they should be. Perhaps those without the gear pay for their own skin grafts themselves.... those with the gear are fully covered.... perhaps.....

Fuck, you should have heard the howls of protest, when I suggested a sliding scale of cover, depending on cover. This was a few years back. But we haven't moved on from that 'live and let live' attitude.

[Patrick]

Fuck, you should have heard the howls of protest, when I suggested a sliding scale of cover, depending on cover. This was a few years back. But we haven't moved on from that 'live and let live' attitude.

I remember it well... you weren't wrong then, nor now....

Wouldn't have the rises they are looking at now if back then they had............................................... .................

[MarkH]

I can appreciate his sentiment, but its personal choice, and it is not his place to question the rider.

I'd rather have a police officer warn me that I should get better gear to be safer than have all gear legally mandated and get fined for my gear not having the appropriate safety standard tag.

It is also better that people that don't wear the gear get advice on what they should do - that way they can make an informed opinion on whether to get better gear or carry on as they are and take the risk. Why criticize the officer for giving advice and a warning? Better that then giving out tickets to do nothing more than collect revenue.