Biggest ticket you DIDN'T get?

[FJRider]

After Mad Ducks thread on being "demerit free" ... what is the fastest speed you were stopped/passed a "law enforcer", and talked your way out of it/ not stopped. ??????

I have been stopped recently (140 km's +) and given two pieces of advice ...

1. Pull my head in an slow down.

2. Fuck off before he changed his mind.


Anybody can better that ??? :gob:

[MadDuck]

what is the fastest speed you were stopped/passed a "law enforcer", and talked your way out of it/ not stopped. ??????

Obviously I had a major FAIL on talking my way out of it.

[cave weta]

Driving back from Auckland to Napier- middle of the night with a Valiant Pacer on the tandem trailer. un regd towcar, unregd trailer doing 120kmh down a big hill into gravel on roadworks trying to overtake big B-train truck.

got past truck- into 30kmh roadworks zone at at least 110kmh.
turns out that car coming down hill into the roadworks on other side is a Highway Patrol Car! lights start- siren- trys to do a U turn in gravel but has to stop for the big truck behind me,

I just keep fanging it past him -up the hill and over the brow - out of his sight. Then hurled the ute, trailer and Valiant hard right into the carpark of the Dairy factory on my right and parked up in the staff carpark for 1/2 an hour!

Ive thought of it many times since... exceeding 90km with a trailer no reg no WOF X2, 110kmh through 30km roadworks.....:crazy::gob::woohoo::sweatdrop::rock on:

[FJRider]

Obviously I had a major FAIL on talking my way out of it.

Major fails ... That might be the next thread subject ... :yes:

[Dooly]

270 speedo indicated, about 10 yrs ago passed a cop hidden about 10km out of Taupo on the plains. The guy I was following was a cop on a TL1000S, he did'nt see the cop hidden.
Carried on.
Vaguely recollect him pulling out but dont recall him chasing.
So technically not a runner as did'nt see lights etc.

Of course I dont do things like that now.:rockon:

[Laxi]

was playing silly buggers with a mate following me home on thursday, took a back road thinking we'd avoid any cops on that road, 50k area, slowed down to 80 for a corner to find 2 bloody cops coming the other way, waited till we were round the corner and booted it home, not as bad as some but still a fright

[Leviticus]

130 Mph on M25 north of london. 6am on a sunday morning heading for dover, late for a ferry to france. 3 bikes pressing on hard, and Metropolitan Police had us on CCTV for a good few miles before they sat 1 car on a bridge over the carriageway, and 2 on the on ramp to give chase. I was in front so i got pulled, so did the honourabke thing and pulled over.
Got a bit of a bollocking for exceeding the speed limit by 60Mph, but seeing as the roads were empty, we were only a danger to ourselves, and flicked a switch on the radar gun to Show 99MPH (100 or over is an automatic ban), and as long as i gave him my license there and then he would only prosecute for the speed and not dangerous driving.

6 points, and 60 GBP fine and i was happy to oblige ( losing licence= no job)

[dogsnbikes]

Xmas Eve 2007 south of Shannon

I met a cop on a rise heading opposite direction,looked at speedo 140kph and falling,noticed he has pulled over to do a u-turn with lights on,oh shit!! so pulled into rest area and had helmet off by the time the cop had arrived..must be walking home :bye:

Cop-Sir do you know how fast you were going?

Me-Ummm not really,was sitting on around 5000rpm

Cop-well my radar lock on to you doing 142kph

Me-yeah that would proberly be about right

Cop-Don't worry I'm not going to give you a ticket,I ride bikes too..just take it easy there is more cop's up the road...have a merry Xmas:gob:

Me-yep for sure Mate and merry xmas to you too....

sure was my lucky day :woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[MadDuck]

Ok...so that last ticket I got. The HP guy asked me what speed I was going.

I stated 10kms less than I was doing.....but when I saw the flashing lights all I could think of was how the hell am I going to get home from here. Mt Wellington to Whangaparaoa is a hell of a walk. He caught me doing 20kms less.

I am sure not proud of it and took it was a big wake up call. I dont blame him for giving me a rather big ticking off.

[R6_kid]

50-60kmh over the speed limit in a 50km zone, plus three wheelies all in clear view of an unmarked police car (he was the first car behind me and I had no idea).

I has a log pushing pretty hard against my sphincter when the lights came on, I pulled into a side street and stopped then waited for all hell to be unleashed upon me. Instead a very calm Police Officer politely asked what the reason for my actions was, I said 'letting off steam because I had a fight with the girlfriend'. After a discussion and confirmation that my bike was not stolen as it had only recently been re-registered and wasn't showing up properly in the system I was told to get on my way, to stick to the speed limit and to keep the wheelies and stupid stuff for private roads and racetracks. Turns out he didn't have the radar on at all and so didn't get my speed, and because I hadn't done the wheelies around any other traffic he thought I had atleast put some thought into it.

From what I can tell the damage would have been 28 days loss of license on the spot, followed by a fine of $800+ for the speed, impounding of the bike for 28days so that incurs storage costs and I believe a release fee, and then court for dangerous driving - don't want to know what the damage there would have been!

[popa griffin]

Hmmmm not speeding.

But got let off drifting in my mates car after he told me too.

Turned right infront of the cop sideways as all fuck. He pulled me over asked me why the angle wasnt more and told me i sucked at drifting. :weep:

Then told me to piss of home and that he didnt want to see me out again that night. :oi-grr:

[gatch]

Passed a line of traffic heading into Blenheim at about 120 just inside the 50 zone, lights came on..

Oh noes ! Filter through town at unsafe speed, get out to woodbourne, park bike in shed and hope for the best..

[marty]

270 speedo indicated, about 10 yrs ago passed a cop hidden about 10km out of Taupo on the plains. The guy I was following was a cop on a TL1000S, he did'nt see the cop hidden.
Carried on.
Vaguely recollect him pulling out but dont recall him chasing.
So technically not a runner as did'nt see lights etc.

Of course I dont do things like that now.:rockon:

2 degrees - I know who that cop on the TL was :)

[marty]

home from a coro loop one day - been @ Kopu having a ginger beer - headed off towards Paeroa. At light speed. Big sweeping left hander before Hikutaia. Well into 3 digits with a 2 in front. Almost knee down to get around an otherwise benign corner. Cop comes around the sweeper - I'm picking too much angle on the radar to pick me up. Saw brake lights - nothing else. Rules of engagement apply here. Kept the pace up for about 5 minuts then turned off just past the Wires Track Rd. Waited for an hour then toddled back to Kopu. :)

[T.W.R]

After Mad Ducks thread on being "demerit free" ... what is the fastest speed you were stopped/passed a "law enforcer", and talked your way out of it/ not stopped. ??????

Anybody can better that ??? :gob:


1990 = Over 160km/h down Blenhiem Rd ChCh..... stopped by cop & let go without a ticket just an ear bashing :pinch:

1993 = Between bankside corner & Rakaia bridges.... over 200km/h only thing on the road, went past cop who was parked just slightly off the main road up a side road leaning on the bonnet of his car just watching me go past :blink:

[glegge]

on the way to twizal (south island), on the straights heading south, 190+k's chasing another vehicle on the VF1000R.
look in rear vision mirror to see Christmas tree lights trying to catch up. ended up speeding up to get ahead, then pull into twizal and hide behind trees to watch patrol car zoom by.
my mates that turned up later reckon it was the funniest thing they had seen in awhile, a red/white/blue honda trying to hide behind a few big trees..

another one.
heading south just getting into the top end of the desert road - on the straights before it goes twisty. prob 180k odd, oncoming car's nose tries to dig a hole in the ground as the driver applies the brakes, i zoom past notice it's a cop and carry on at speed. find a line track to pull into and ride down for awhile.
wait .. eventually hear the siren go past (took awhile..) then ride out after 30 mins and carry on south to meet my friends with odd expressions - just to say 'lets go' and carry on south.

crikey, another one overtaing a car on the river road - upper hutt (on overtaking lane). cop coming from other direction puts lights on and pull u turn. i stop and wait (stupid but thought it might help).
get a ticket for 141k's i think it was, funny thing here is, i did nothing and this ticket 'went away'.. weird - i was younger then, and one of my mums friends worked at the court i think - i wish i knew how they got me off that one.

all good fun looking back, at the time, hair raising stuff.

[Fatjim]

Overtaking two cars at once, one going the other way. I think about 6 people shat their pants on that one. Not me, I was young, stupid, and showing off.

[Tank]

In the UK - driving Porsche 911 (Before I lost all my $$$ :crazy:) on the M25 about 2am.

Nothing on the road - doing 230km.

Saw car coming behind me and remberthinking "fuck he's going for it"

Gets beside me - red and blues go on.

Fuck - Im going to lose my licence.

I look to side of road thinking I have to pull over - there are cones and the limit had been reduced to (from memory about 70km)

Fuuuuuuccccckkkkk - Im going to jail.

Copper gives me a grin waves his finger, turns off lights, and heads off in the distance.

BUT - I did learn my lesson. Now if a car is behind me - I make sure its not a cop :pinch:

[crazyhorse]

Only ever had 2 tickets in my life - and believe it or not - got clocked for just over the 100km mark both time :argh:

Deserve to lose licence and bike each time I ride :laugh:

[Tank]

Deserve to lose licence and bike each time I ride :laugh:

With the police cut backs - apparently they are going to have an honesty box for you to hand it in (located at the end of s/h 16)

[Bounce001]

Overtaking a line of traffic just past Huntly on the back road. Notice cop parked up while overtaking. Lights go on and he starts following. When he catches up to us and pulls us over he gets out of the car and states he is not going to ticket us as he clocked someone doing 130k but can't be sure if it was me, my partner or the car we were overtaking! Was gobsmacked - an honest cop!

[KiwiGs]

Back when I was a cashless apprentice I had a CBR1000, being an apprentice I was always late, so I regularly hit 200 (indicated) on the straight bits.

The local copper knew me and how I rode, and was always out to get me.
He used to park under some trees on a slight corner; he thought he was very well hidden. What he didn’t realise was he used to sit with his foot on the brake pedal. I could see his brake lights shining through through the trees.

More than once he told me he was going to get me, but he could't work out how I always knew he was there.

One particular morning I didn’t see the brake lights, went past him at go to jail speeds. Saw the xmas tree lights in my mirror BOLLOCKS so I kept it pinned went through the gate at work hid the bike, jacket and helmet etc raced in to the security hut where the guard had a coffee ready (ex bike cop in fact).
About a minute later the cop comes flying down the drive at work and stops at the hut. Sees me and smiles, then the guard asks "what is the problem officer?" the copper says he followed a black CBR down this road.
The guard says "I haven’t seen a bike go past, (turning to me) have you mate?'
The copper left muttering and cursing and the next morning there was a nice big bottle of Jack on the desk of the security hut.......

[Mully]

When I was an "L" plater on my little GT200 X5 (those who have met me and are aware of the relative sizes of me and an X5 will be laughing now), I was taking a female mate of mine to the servo (from my sister's house).

A disco taxi was going the other way, and clearly realising how stupid we looked, pulled a U-turn and turned on the strobes.

Had an option of ticket for:
No L Plate
No Reg (just got a WOF)
Carrying a pillion

(something like $1000 plus demerits at the time)

or:

Making the pillion walk.

I struck a blow for gender equality by making my friend walk...

I rode straight to my sister's house (with the cop following me) and borrowed her car to go back and pick up my mate.

[Goblin]

Mid 90's I had just bought an Impulse and was working as a car detailer. Washed it in my lunch break and decided to take it up the Dansey rd to dry it out and see how fast it would go. Wound it up and had some fun in the twisties then went to do a u turn to get back to work. A silver mufti car was in hot pursuit and stopped right behind me. Took helmet off and the female cop in the passengers seat burst out laughing. Cop said he would have let me off since I didn't even know I was being chased, but he'd called for back up. another cop turned up and I got a ticket in the mail for 140kph in a 100 zone.

Had been on a Thursday night drinkies at Papamoa and a mate turned up so we decided to ride down to Pikowai for fun. Past Otamarakau then gave it handfulls down the straights, mate was doing 220s but I could only ring less out of ratty. Slowed down to pull into reserve and disco lights from opposite direction followed mate into park up spot. I pulled up and parked a wee way away. Heard mate ask "What speed?" cop says 116. Lol. Thought he said 160. Mate had not had anything to drink and his bike was regoed and wof'd. I was semi-trollied, no wof, no rego and the cop told my mate he should be riding more like the "young lady". :laugh:

Another time heading home from Pikowai with my mate driving my boys in the car. Took off doing 140ish when cop coming the other way got me at 140. I pulled over and waited for him. He asked me why I was speeding and while I was trying to think of an excuse he says "were you trying to catch the bikes up ahead?" Yes, that's right. Let me off and told me the cops closer to Tauranga wont be so kind so keep ya speed down. As I was hopping on my mate drove past with my kids and he just knew I had been let off...again!:sweatdrop

[mikeey01]

Ducati riders :innocent: never do stuff like that :whistle:

[dragonz]

Rush hour on Church St Onehunga on my RG500.
Wheelied across the Rail-lines & accellerated to 110kph before putting front wheel down to slow for the traffic lights.
Bike cop coming the other way saw it all.

Got a ticket for no WOF

[Spuds1234]

1993 = Between bankside corner & Rakaia bridges.... over 200km/h only thing on the road, went past cop who was parked just slightly off the main road up a side road leaning on the bonnet of his car just watching me go past :blink:

Did you wave?

[peasea]

Moons ago I built what was a very cool engine for a mate's MkIII Zephyr. It went extremely well (big pistons, Webers, headers, balanced, silly cam etc)and it could push the speedo needle right off the dash. I have no idea what the REAL speed was but suffice to say it was way over the speed limit. I ended up buying the car and was in the Wairarapa one afternoon demonstarting how said needle could disappear off the dial. As it did so I passed a traffic cop who just stood there with his arms folded as he watched me/us zoom past.

Never heard a dickie bird.

[T.W.R]

Did you wave?

Ha nah, just watched my mirrors like a hawk across the Rakaia bridge looking for the disco lights, and took a couple of back roads once in Rakaia to keep off SH1 :innocent:

Been party to plenty of runners in my youth......some made the papers, some involved roadblocks etc but it was a different time & place back then.

[Dave Lobster]

On the M6 in Lancashire (racing for the ferry to Belfast), bald munter policeman could prove speeds in excess of 130mph, but couldn't prove any faster as he couldn't filter at that speed, like I could. His little ten mile video clip lasted well under five minutes. No ticket, just a leg slapping and a promise of prosecution - which didn't come - thanks to a few good lads in the RUC.
250 miles from Manchester to Stranraer in two hours, even with the twenty minutes sat by the side of the road with PC Pork Dripping. Not a bad time really.

[Oakie]

84kph in a 50 zone just entering the LSZ at the north end of Oamaru (in a car though). Cop heading north spun around pulled me over. Noticing it was a female cop, I got out and met her between the cars where I turned on the charm and apart from that was respectful to her and honest about why I hadn't slowed down quickly enough. (No, I really don't think it was my charm that did it). Got off with a recommendation about my attention while driving.

[FROSTY]

Ive had a recent bit of fantastic luck. Totally non PC for the atgatt team mind you.
A few months back we had just finished a gsxr600 track bike. The battery was flat so i just bump started it down the driveway.This was all good. Bike startedon two so i just kept going out the gate and up the dead end road across from us. It roars into full life so I rip up the road and back towards the yard.
Unfortunately oneof the local lads was just coming up the road when I did it.
On go the discos
No licence on me,no rego,no wof,no helmet and possibly speeding.
Eeeep
Luckilly they knew me and did nothing

[merlin]

I never speed...

[StoneY]

I have been stopped recently (140 km's +) and given two pieces of advice ...

1. Pull my head in an slow down.

2. Fuck of before he changed his mind.


Anybody can better that ??? :gob:

I recently got a 142 ticket, but cop didnt enforce the 28 days as he had no 'proper' forms, he met me 16 days later to enforce the remiander of my 'suspension period'

In '86 a TO from MOT let me off 190kmh on my RD350....he thought it was a 250 and was stunned it went so well, I let him keep thinking it was a 250, seemed to work
Conditional of the release, if he EVER caught me in his area speeding again he would do me for the 190......and that was a gentelmans agreement
:lol:

[Buellluva]

Had a mark3 cortina with a 300 hp mustang motor in it. Speedo went to 180k but you could wind it past that until the speedo needle hit its stop.
Years back coming from Coromandel went past one of the old Black 'n White Mitsi V3000's on the side of the road.
Poor old plod musta fair shit himself, kept foot up it for another 20 km and backed off, never heard Jack Shit.

Another time same car, was having some fun on newly re graveled road, going from lock to lock, when the lights come on. I had sprayed his car with stones from end to end, it was a 6 foot maori bloke who was pissed. At least he had a sense of humour as he came up to the car and I wound the window down, he said "Rod fuckin Millen is it'. He gave it too me and told me if he saw me ever do that again he would "knock me the fuck out". Hard case cop, then he told me to piss off before he arrested me.

[avgas]

Laying down on the tank on the way home from work (Talisman Taven), 2am.
Flat tack on the RG, didn't see any flashes until the little 150 was doing over 200 on the speedo.
Was local Snr Serge - he knows me, ask me what I was doing wrong.
Told him I was speeding.
He told me he would kick my arse if he had to peel me off the road, and he knew where I lived (1km down the road).

I miss that road in the middle of the night.
I miss being young and reckless.

[slofox]

Many many years ago now...approaching Christchurch from Kaiapoi, well over the limit. Come to a humpback railway overbridge and there's a copper waiting on the other side of the road, facing the way I am coming from. See him start to pull out and U-turn as I go over the bridge. Get over the bridge, slam on the brakes at the bottom and do a 180 degree leftie and duck into a wee road that led back almost under the bridge. Stop dead. See the copper go zooming over the bridge and disappear up the road. Took alternative route home from there...

[Balrog]

Back in the late 80's on my VFR750 heading home in Nelson along Atawhai doing my usual get home fast at 2am

Saw a car in the distance, didn't think to much about it.
Speedo reading over 200 when I realised that the back of the car in front of me was a highway cop.
Passed the cop with the brakes on full, desperately trying to slow down.

Thinking I was a gonner I just kept the brakes on and pulled over to the side of the road.
Turns out he didn't have is radar on, he saw me coming in the distance. Reached down to turn the radar on when I went flying past with the brakes on.

[peasea]

I never speed...

Liar liar plants for hire.

[Taz]

170km/h on the western motorway...........

[Taz]

In '86 a TO from MOT let me off 190kmh on my RD350....

Yeah right!

[Chisanga]

Avoided a few US$1000 fines and "We will confiscate your vehicle right now!" whilst driving a truck through Nigeria a couple of years ago.... mostly for crimes such as "having your steering wheel on the wrong side" and being white in Africa..

Mostly talked our way out of them... occasionally gave away a can of coke as a bribe :)

[Dave Lobster]

and being white in Africa..


That's still a crime, isn't it?




Mostly talked our way out of them... occasionally gave away a can of coke as a bribe :)

Amazing what a can of coke can buy you in Afwica :)

[Chisanga]

That's still a crime, isn't it?



Amazing what a can of coke can buy you in Afwica :)

Certainly is a crime... in West Africa anyway..... we only reluctantly gave away cans of coke.... our standard position on bribe attempts was "Fuck off"... probably got away paying nothign at all about 95% of the time, just have to be willing to stand there and argue all day until they get bored :)

[Dave Lobster]

Certainly is a crime... in West Africa anyway..... we only reluctantly gave away cans of coke.... our standard position on bribe attempts was "Fuck off"... probably got away paying nothign at all about 95% of the time, just have to be willing to stand there and argue all day until they get bored :)

I was thinking of blow jobs. But you're probably right.. :2thumbsup

[Chisanga]

I was thinking of blow jobs. But you're probably right.. :2thumbsup

If it costs you a can of coke for a blow job.... you are paying too much (In some bars i've freqented anyway) :)