A night in lockdown, $1,800 and ride away in the morning

[98tls]

Have a good mate who 3 years ago took up residence in England,things are going well so packed up his bike and headed to the last round of GP and a bit of a riding holiday,rang last night telling off having a ball on some motorway type road up there to find 2 coppers on bikes bearing down on him with lights on etc so being in holiday mode thought fuck it and legged it which for a bit seemed like a great decision until he came to the end of the road,:facepalm:well for him anyway they actually shut the thing down:laugh::laugh:Thinking fuck thats that was well chuffed to find the penance was a night in the lockup and $1800 fine,paid up and was allowed to get on the bike and ride off.The minor details i dont know but the speed they gave him was 216 which was a far cry from the 280 on the speedo he thought was there problem.Havent ridden over there myself but thought that on the motorway bits of road they were not to concerned about speed?

[madandy]

Which country is this?
I though the Europeans all enforced their speed limits pretty well except for the derestricted parts of the Autobahn. $1800 is better than being sent on your way on foot for 28 days!

[Gremlin]

Depends which motorway. Even sections of the Autobahn have regular limits, and in the unrestricted sections if you're driving like an idiot you can still expect enforcement (and it's bloody harsh).

From memory, France, Italy etc enforce their limits with... vigor...

[98tls]

Which country is this?
I though the Europeans all enforced their speed limits pretty well except for the derestricted parts of the Autobahn. $1800 is better than being sent on your way on foot for 28 days!

Not sure which side he spent locked up but when he rang he was somewhere in the mountains and well chuffed to be there.(Pyrenees) xcuse the spelling.

[madandy]

Crazy Kiwi prepared to see how fast we chase him...bah! Shut it down, the road, shut it down! :laugh:

[onearmedbandit]

From memory, France, Italy etc enforce their limits with... vigor...

Depends on the vehicle maybe in Italy. Been told first hand of a ride in Italy on exotic bikes a few years back, where due to a breakdown of one of the bikes, they were given clearance to 'leg it' to make it to their destination without delay. I'm sure this isn't the norm but from everything I've heard 'performance vehicles' are appreciated a lot more by a lot more over there.

[98tls]

Depends on the vehicle maybe in Italy. Been told first hand of a ride in Italy on exotic bikes a few years back, where due to a breakdown of one of the bikes, they were given clearance to 'leg it' to make it to their destination without delay. I'm sure this isn't the norm but from everything I've heard 'performance vehicles' are appreciated a lot more by a lot more over there.

Hes riding a Beemer 1000 RR or whatever there called,goes well by his accounts.

[rastuscat]

Revenue collecting, quotas, nil discretion, blah blah blah.........:corn:

[SMOKEU]

$1800 is better than being sent on your way on foot for 28 days!

I'd much rather have 28 days on the push bike than a $1.8k fine.

[madandy]

I'd much rather have 28 days on the push bike than a $1.8k fine.

Well if he was up the Pyrenees its a long way home. Plus here he'd have copped some dangerous/ rekless use charge, further disqualification upon sentencing.

Tis a big fine but if the speedo was knocking on 280 as he fled Police its a fair price I'd say and one the guy seems happy to pay :)

[baffa]

Ive heard Europe is quite zealous about enforcing its speed limits, but didnt find that the case when I was over there.
there were speed cameras everywhere in the UK, but I managed to find the top speed of a new nissan micra in Ireland (159kph), and a desiel Citreon C5 in France (180ish, but it had more to give) with no dramas.

Had never driven a moderen Citroen before that, had a lot of respect for them after that, carving through southern france's mountain roads like a madman, in a stickshift with the wheel on the wrong side and steep drop offs, I had a ball.


By the way, has anyone here ridden a bike on the hilly roads of southern france? When we drove through, there were a million bikers sharing the roads with us, for good reason. They were without doubt, some of the best driving roads I have ever seen.

[rastuscat]

By the way, has anyone here ridden a bike on the hilly roads of southern france? When we drove through, there were a million bikers sharing the roads with us, for good reason. They were without doubt, some of the best driving roads I have ever seen.

Rode a bicycle in The Alps for a couple of weeks in July. Lots of motorcycle tourers there heading to and from Italy and Swiss Cheese Land.

Gotta agree, sensational roads. Saw one bloke pulling his Hornet out of a bank after riding straight into it on a right hand, downhill bend. Restored my belief in the ability of all nations of riders to cock up corners.

[cleverchap]

Sounds like Spain.
They time you between the toll booths (all pay motorways over there)

Go to fast and they give you a warning
Go to fast agaiun and they threaten to call the cops
Go to fast a third time and they get the cops in and shut the morotway down

Can't say fairer than that.

[SMOKEU]

Sounds like Spain.
They time you between the toll booths (all pay motorways over there)

Go to fast and they give you a warning
Go to fast agaiun and they threaten to call the cops
Go to fast a third time and they get the cops in and shut the morotway down

Can't say fairer than that.

So ride as fast as you want, then stop for a quick session, and carry on your way. I like that idea!

[madbikeboy]

Depends on the vehicle maybe in Italy. Been told first hand of a ride in Italy on exotic bikes a few years back, where due to a breakdown of one of the bikes, they were given clearance to 'leg it' to make it to their destination without delay. I'm sure this isn't the norm but from everything I've heard 'performance vehicles' are appreciated a lot more by a lot more over there.

Italy is neat. I was riding something Red with a Termi exhaust near the factory - the local cops are very proud and go wild when you waft past them, front wheel three feet in the air... Wild in a good way. I was riding with locals... And it would have been rude not to.

One fine afternoon on the Autostrada, I was drafting my Alfa diesel (not the slowest car in the world, but it's in the running) behind a mate in a BMW M5 doing a buck ten (miles per) - local cops pull alongside in a mufti and give me thumbs up for the effort. I was thinking about jail time, they were taking video...

But the best buggers in the world are definitely the Americans. I got stopped in my Explorer for playing drift king on a snowy and hilly road between Sacramento and Nevada; the cop realised I wasn't a local when I answered his questions - turns out he was a big fan of a Kiwi called Rhys Millen who really is the drift king. Anyhow, I had him convinced that the Kiwi drivers test required us to be able to drift in snow because we had so much of it at home, especially in Auckland, during January... Ahem. Anyhow, he told me to behave and also gave me some advice about where to find women of very loose moral standards that might take pity on a lonely traveller (which turned out to be totally correct).

[Gremlin]

USA sure is different.

Within hours of landing in LA and trying to sort a mobile phone connection, I'd learnt the salesman was partially deaf from shooting his cousin's guns and that after 11pm on the street around the corner I could... "shop" but not to cause any fights as the cops didn't like that :crazy: