Got caught - again

[Banditbandit]

Fuck me ... here I was riding to work this morning thinking - 'Wow I have no demerit points' .... and bugger me ... I get a ticket ... 122 klicks in a 100k zone - can' argue with that - I did it ... and more ... I was a bit slow when the cop came round the corner ... I'll take the 122 klicks over the passed 140 klicks=walking territory ...

But - the cop did not appear to be turning so after a few corners, when he wasn't there - I kicked it hard (180+ klicks) just to make sure he would not find me ... when around a corner I came - straight at a second cop car waiting for me .... and then as I'm taking off my helmet a third cop pulls up ... the cop who stopped me tells me the first car is coming - he radioed to tell the others to stop me ... the cop who actually stopped me did not try for a speed reading ... (lucky, I was about 30ks over the limit there - not 22 ... would have cost me even more ...) Apparently there was a few of them because they were on the way to a drug operation ... and just happened to run across a speeding motorcycle ... two of them weren't even local - they were from Rotorua ..

The first car arrives back and the cop then proceeds to take my licence, get on the radio - etc etc .. the two others (younger cops) then tell me they both ride bikes and they would not have stopped me ... but the other cop is not that way inclined, so sorry. They comment on the bike and the tyres ("no chicken strips - you ride this hard" etc) ...

I'm amused by the good cop/bad cop routines ...

Oh well .. 20 demerit points now ($170 fine) and two years to try to get back to zero ...

[unstuck]

PFFT, A real man would not of stopped.:bleh: Bummer aye, Thems the breaks.:Punk:

[Banditbandit]

PFFT, A real man would not of stopped.:bleh: Bummer aye, Thems the breaks.:Punk:

Yeah .. On the way to work on my usual route ... they'd have been waiting for me tomorrow if I hadn't have stopped ... there's only two ways home (unless I go through Napier-Gisborne ... and that would make the trip to work around 8-9 hours ..)

[BigAl]

Bad luck mate, not much you can do when they gang up on ya.:no:

$170 and 20 is alot better than what it could of been eh.

[Edbear]

Where are the Cop bashers? Maybe not seen the thread yet... :Police:

[unstuck]

I had a cop down this way trying to ping me for ages riding to work once, but I went a different route everyday :woohoo:. The only reason I finally got caught was I left my bike parked on the footpath outside a mates place, and they got my rego number, and when I did a runner, they just went and waited at home for me.:shifty: Crafty buggers, fair cop though. I only got done for no license or rego.:woohoo::woohoo:

[iYRe]

I was coming home from Mystery Creek, after setting up for Parachute on thursday, just about at Pokeno and saw an officer coming the other way, buttoned off and proceeded at a more leisurely pace for about 5 mins, and thought.. hmm thought he'd come after me but obviously not... so went to grab a handful and saw the lights coming from a ways back so slowed a bit more and prepared to pull over, which I did as soon as it was obvious it was me (not the myriad of cars that were speeding around me).

He pinged me at 123.. but due to the glorious amounts of engine braking the ZRX has, it was 115 when he got a lock.

We had a bit of a chat, and he let me off with 80$ and some demerits. A bit fortunate because I had just passed a few cars before I had seen him, and was slowing down to sane speeds. Had he been a few seconds later, I would have probably only been doing 110 - which is what I usually sit at on the motorway (especially unfamiliar motorways where I do not know the common hidey holes etc).

Ironically, just before he caught up to me, I was passed by a guy in a 4x4 doing warp speeds... looks like he thought the officer was after him lol.

Anyway.. if you travelling between the tron and auckland, beware. He said that on weekdays there are usually at least 3 cars and 1 or 2 camera traps set up on that piece of road (and that would be how many I saw..)

[mashman]

On their way to a drug operation? Glad to see they were open to making a few extra bucks along the way.

[Zedder]

Where are the Cop bashers? Maybe not seen the thread yet... :Police:

Bloody cops, doing what they're trained and paid to do! Only a little bit over the limit etc etc. 'Nuf said Ed?

[oneofsix]

Three cops, three cars, charge out rate in excess of $60/hr. The government coffers will not have benefited much from that ticket. What a waste of money.

:laugh:

[iYRe]

ps, should have added that was my first speeding ticket in 10 years, and the first in 30 years on a bike... which is ironic since I rarely dont speed on a bike.

[Banditbandit]

Three cops, three cars, charge out rate in excess of $60/hr. The government coffers will not have benefited much from that ticket. What a waste of money.

:laugh:

Two of them just stopped on their normal route - enjoyed a walk in the sun and a talk to a rider ... it might have been their first stop since Rotorua ... the third did turn around and use petrol and time to get back to me ...

I'd be more concerned about three cops going to one place in three cars ... not an efficent use of transport ... what ever happened to car pooling ??

[oneofsix]

ps, should have added that was my first speeding ticket in 10 years, and the first in 30 years on a bike... which is ironic since I rarely dont speed on a bike.

Just think of it as another way to render unto Caesar :laugh: Not an offering to the god of speed (Burt Munro reference) but one to the civil authority via the tax collector.

[willytheekid]

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:facepalm:

[Zedder]

Two of them just stopped on their normal route - enjoyed a walk in the sun and a talk to a rider ... it might have been their first stop since Rotorua ... the third did turn around and use petrol and time to get back to me ...

I'd be more concerned about three cops going to one place in three cars ... not an efficent use of transport ... what ever happened to car pooling ??

All in all apart, from the ticket, it sounds like a pleasant experience non-singular Bandit.

[iYRe]

Just think of it as another way to render unto Caesar :laugh: Not an offering to the god of speed (Burt Munro reference) but one to the civil authority via the tax collector.

Caesar is overrated :P

The only offering I make to the god of speed is the little bit of poo that comes out when I hit about 2 spot and the corner ahead is approaching a little faster than I'd like :P

[unstuck]

Caesar is overrated :P

The only offering I make to the god of speed is the little bit of poo that comes out when I hit about 2 spot and the corner ahead is approaching a little faster than I'd like :P

Or your nudging the big 200 hundy and a tractor comes hurtling out of a farm track with its loader about head height.:shit:

[Dragon]

I had a cop down this way trying to ping me for ages riding to work once, but I went a different route everyday :woohoo:. The only reason I finally got caught was I left my bike parked on the footpath outside a mates place, and they got my rego number, and when I did a runner, they just went and waited at home for me.:shifty: Crafty buggers, fair cop though. I only got done for no license or rego.:woohoo::woohoo:

My bike Rego isnt to my home address ;)

and I had to slow down because this morning as I normally hit 70-100km at the start of the pram motorway before the signs but saw a 4x4 cop car ahead :s

[JimO]

Fuck me ... here I was riding to work this morning thinking - 'Wow I have no demerit points' .... and bugger me ... I get a ticket ... 122 klicks in a 100k zone - can' argue with that - I did it ... and more ... I was a bit slow when the cop came round the corner ... I'll take the 122 klicks over the passed 140 klicks=walking territory ...

But - the cop did not appear to be turning so after a few corners, when he wasn't there - I kicked it hard (180+ klicks) just to make sure he would not find me ... when around a corner I came - straight at a second cop car waiting for me .... and then as I'm taking off my helmet a third cop pulls up ... the cop who stopped me tells me the first car is coming - he radioed to tell the others to stop me ... the cop who actually stopped me did not try for a speed reading ... (lucky, I was about 30ks over the limit there - not 22 ... would have cost me even more ...) Apparently there was a few of them because they were on the way to a drug operation ... and just happened to run across a speeding motorcycle ... two of them weren't even local - they were from Rotorua ..

The first car arrives back and the cop then proceeds to take my licence, get on the radio - etc etc .. the two others (younger cops) then tell me they both ride bikes and they would not have stopped me ... but the other cop is not that way inclined, so sorry. They comment on the bike and the tyres ("no chicken strips - you ride this hard" etc) ...

I'm amused by the good cop/bad cop routines ...

Oh well .. 20 demerit points now ($170 fine) and two years to try to get back to zero ...
you must be so proud of yourself

[Edbear]

Bloody cops, doing what they're trained and paid to do! Only a little bit over the limit etc etc. 'Nuf said Ed?

Looks like that's the best we're gonna get, anyway... :laugh:

[Banditbandit]

All in all apart, from the ticket, it sounds like a pleasant experience non-singular Bandit.

Yeah ... I generally find that close encounters with the cops these days is a pleasant experience ... (apart from the unpleasantness of paying the ticket and accumulating demerit points) ... probably because I cut my hair off, I don't wear 1%er cuts over my leathers any more, my bikes are modern Jap, rego and warranted - and I don't give them attitude ... because I did it .. can't complain or bitch about a ticket for something I knowingly did ... (plus - when I take off my helmet and the cops see the white hair they probably back down a little ...)

And then I went down town at lunch time and checked my Lotto tickets - one paid me $23 - so that's 14% of the fine paid ..

[Banditbandit]

you must be so proud of yourself

Neutral on that one ... just sharing a biker experience ... Why? Do you think it is something to be proud of?

[iYRe]

Or your nudging the big 200 hundy and a tractor comes hurtling out of a farm track with its loader about head height.:shit:

its possible.. except, you dont nudge 200 on roads with tractors.. or side roads, or other places where people might arrive unexpected..

[Banditbandit]

its possible.. except, you dont nudge 200 on roads with tractors.. or side roads, or other places where people might arrive unexpected..

Spoilsport !!!!

[iYRe]

Spoilsport !!!!

nahhh.. one can still travel and ridiculous speeds, one just needs to select the place one does it judiciously

[unstuck]

its possible.. except, you dont nudge 200 on roads with tractors.. or side roads, or other places where people might arrive unexpected..

Well that leaves out all the roads down here then.:shifty:

[Gremlin]

He said that on weekdays there are usually at least 3 cars and 1 or 2 camera traps set up on that piece of road (and that would be how many I saw..)
One day, leaving Hampton Downs after marshalling... 4 cop cars on the interchange :eek:

Don't speed on the motorway. If there isn't a cop car around, the cameras will see it, and one will be sent...

[iYRe]

Well that leaves out all the roads down here then.:shifty:

There's a couple up here :P Cant tell you where however..


One day, leaving Hampton Downs after marshalling... 4 cop cars on the interchange :eek:

Don't speed on the motorway. If there isn't a cop car around, the cameras will see it, and one will be sent...

Yes, pity no one mentioned this to me prior to my trip to Mystery Creek. I would not normally take the main roads, but.. it was late, I was tired, and it was a work related trip so I didnt think I should abuse the priviledge.

[Bassmatt]

Well this is quite interesting, it seems all of a sudden the cops are out in force. I covered a fair bit of ground over the long weekend including supposed "blackspots" and saw one cop the whole time.
I have also been doing my best to keep the Govts. coffers full,and over the last few months have pretty much lost count of the number of times I have encounterd a cop car while I've been doing 120-130 kph (10 instances at least).
The biggest punishment I have recieved is a 2 minute chat where it was suggested I should slow down, he didn't even ask for my license.
Now I'm not complaing (I do have a small conspiracy theory about it though) but must admit I am somewhat confused as to the lack of infringement notices being handed to me.
Has anyone else here experienced this?

[JimO]

Neutral on that one ... just sharing a biker experience ... Why? Do you think it is somethign to be proud of?
definitely, :tugger:

[Banditbandit]

definitely, :tugger:

Yeah ... thought you were a tugga ...

[Big Dave]

Told. You. So. :-P