*BUSTED* your experiences

[John]

Just wondering what sort of tickets your all getting? - if any :sly:

any stories would be great!

[Bonez]

Just wondering what sort of tickets your all getting? - if any :sly:

any stories would be great!
Hmmm, got caught racing an RX4 between Bulls and Palmy on my GSX750EZ.

[John]

Hmmm, got caught racing an RX4 between Bulls and Palmy on my GSX750EZ.
the question being were you ahead? :P

[Bonez]

the question being were you ahead? :PNow that would be telling.....................

[mattt]

Just wondering what sort of tickets your all getting? - if any :sly:

any stories would be great!

A fucking big one is coming my way :bye:

[jase]

My first ticket was for speeding,going through a orange light,no warrent, no rego, failing to stop for flashing lights, and no licence.....I think it was about
$1500, and that was about 13 years ago, when I had no brain.

Oh , and a couple of speeding tickets (minor-ish).

Now I'm all legal begal with half a brain.

[onearmedbandit]

I have been done for exceeding 200km/h (100 zone). I wont say what my indicated speed was, I will say I was lucky. 6mths disq and about $1500 in total costs. That was along time ago, about 10yrs ago, young and dumb and on a gixxer 750! Around the same period I also got caught on the back wheel at 131km/h racing a car. It was late at night, an empty industrial street, but (I know, I know) it was a 50 zone. Similar result.

I learnt my lesson pretty quickly, realising my life and licence depended on it (I had a serious accident that left me with a paralyzed arm) and I ride with the flow of traffic. The hills are the best anyway, plenty of various shape curves to crank her over in, and you can keep your speed (mostly) legit.

[StoneChucker]

The hills are the best anyway, plenty of various shape curves to crank her over in, and you can keep your speed (mostly) legit.
TRUE! Thats one of the reasons I love the Rimutakas! Btw, if I may, was your arm permanently paralyzed? Are you still riding? How??

Thanks,
Dave.

[scumdog]

Just wondering what sort of tickets your all getting? - if any :sly:

any stories would be great!

Getting lots of tickets for all sorts, - no seat belt, bald tyre, speeding, broken lights etc. oh, you mean RECIEVING as opposed to GIVING!! :whistle:
In that case last ticket was in 1987 for speeding, before that one or two for no WOF etc. :msn-wink:

[sAsLEX]

"using a motor vehicle to the annoyance of any person" $600

[bear]

Going up the Ngaranga Gorge in Wellington one night. There was a cop at the bottom who zapped me, then his mate waiting further up pulled me over in Johnsonville and advised that a ticket would be forth coming in the mail, as he didn't have time to write one out then, 108 in a 80 zone, so not too bad. (He needed to get back to revenue gathering)

[onearmedbandit]

TRUE! Thats one of the reasons I love the Rimutakas! Btw, if I may, was your arm permanently paralyzed? Are you still riding? How??

Thanks,
Dave.


Yeah, permanently paralyzed. Ripped nervers c5-c8 & t1 straight out of my spinal chord. Hurts today like it did the day it happened. And yeah I still ride. Stayed off bikes for about 3 yrs, but a lot of my mates still rode, and the bug never went away. So I bought a couple of cheap 250's, a VTR and an RGV. Set up a thumb operated clutch on the right bar with a reversed clutch lever, and I've never looked back. Found also that I could corner as well as when I had both arms, so I played around on those two with the intention of really getting 'back on the horse'. By that I mean, getting another gixxer 750, later model same colours and reattacking that same corner that took my arm. I ride it probably 4-5 times a week now. :niceone:

[erik]

Hey StoneChucker, here's an old thread onearmedbandit posted (hope you don't mind me posting it, onearmedbandit) with pics of his clutch setup:

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=1748

Must take some skill to work the clutch like that, looks kinda confusing to me!

[erik]

Oh, and back to the original topic, I haven't actually got any tickets yet, not in the car or on the bike. Had the bike since february this year, and have had my car license since about 1998. Hopefully with a bit of luck and careful riding I can keep it that way, but I'm guessing it's pretty much inevitable that I'll get a ticket one day.

[SuperDave]

I've only received one traffic offence, fine of $80 for doing 62 in 50 zone, and that was in the car. I've only been riding for about 2 months and I'm always thinking when a ticket will arrive for speeding...

[John]

anyone ever get a ticket for no L plate when they were learning, that would be classic, so far the stories are cool!

bandit - you are the man!

[MikeL]

Until this year I had only ever had one speeding ticket: that was back in 1972.
Between then and now I reckon I must have done about a million km (car+bike), not all of them at or below the legal limit. Never had a serious accident.
In the space of 2 months now I've picked up 2 speeding tickets (111 on the open road, 70 in a 50 zone). At this rate my licence will be gone within 6 months.
It was fun while it lasted...

[Two Smoker]

hhhhhmmmmm, well ive had a ticket for 139 in a 100 (in car) and a 65 in a 50.... (in car) Been pulled over twice on the bike and havnt been done for, no L plate and past the set times (on learners) and for riding a 400 (on restricted) ......

We wont go into the "what would have happened if i had stopped??" :whistle:

[Motu]

anyone ever get a ticket for no L plate when they were learning,

Back in my day the learner label was the rego label - when you registered your bike you said you were a learner and you got an 'L' rego.Once I was pulled over riding my brothers bike,he had been riding less than me,but as he had a full car lisense he had a full bike one too.It was out of town and I had to go to court - there was a fat lawyer with long greasy hair there,his name was David Langey,he later became famous.

[John]

there was a fat lawyer with long greasy hair there,his name was David Langey,he later became famous.

bwhahahaha well put, very well put.

[NC]

149 in a 100 $630
87 in a 60 $450 (I think)
82 in a 50 $350 ( I think)
No licence x 2 ($400 each)
No rego warrent x3 ($400 each)
Failing to stop (Orange light) $150
Excellerating through a intersection too fast. $150
Parking on a foot path ($40)

Mmmm $3770 in tickets

[Frankie]

190 up a hill on the motorway coming from Silverdale towards Greville Rd in my Prelude... Had I gone 60km/h faster I would of reached the top speed of my car

However it was 4am on a Sunday... and the cop was on the other side of the motorway thus I was never ticketed as he never stoped me

I litteraly shat my pants I kid you not

Since then I havent been speeding

Wonder what the punishment is for doing nearly double the speed limit? :confused:

[bungbung]

Enough speeding tickets for 3 month suspension

Careless use of a motor vehicle $150 fine

Reckless use of a motor vehicle $200 fine, 6 months disqual.

No wof/reg a few times

[scumdog]

149 in a 100 $630
87 in a 60 $450 (I think)
82 in a 50 $350 ( I think)
No licence x 2 ($400 each)
No rego warrent x3 ($400 each)
Failing to stop (Orange light) $150
Excellerating through a intersection too fast. $150
Parking on a foot path ($40)

Mmmm $3770 in tickets

NOW that's what I call EXPENSIVE fun, naked arse, just think what else you could have done with the dosh!

[slob]

After 7 years with clean record (pure dumb luck) I got my first ticket a few weeks ago for (of all things) dragging off an undercover cop car at the lights. I had checked for the blue and red lights under the grille beforehand, but the buggers have relocated them to the dashboard (inside the car) these days.

Anyway, I still had a bit of luck as the cop was a biker himself (VTR1000F) and rounded the speed figure down to 65 (thus saving me $60 on the fine)!

[Mr Skid]

I got my first ticket a few weeks ago for (of all things) dragging off an undercover cop car at the lights.

:killingme :killingme :killingme

So who won the drag?

[FlyingDutchMan]

Only ever been pulled over once. Was on my GN125 doing all it could at the time (a sickly 70km/h) on the open road. Presumably only pulled over cause I was going so slow. Got ticket for no L-plate ($400) and WOF 9 days overdue ($200). Bought an L plate, got a warrant two days later, sent in a nicely worded letter and got off on both.

[Coldkiwi]

lanesplitting
car speeding - 25k over
bike speeding (250cc in a 50 zone) - 27 k over
bike speeding (600cc in a 50 zone) - 38k over (no complaint there as it could easily have been way more than that a few mtres beforehand!)

[scumdog]

After 7 years with clean record (pure dumb luck) I got my first ticket a few weeks ago for (of all things) dragging off an undercover cop car at the lights. I had checked for the blue and red lights under the grille beforehand, but the buggers have relocated them to the dashboard (inside the car) these days.

Anyway, I still had a bit of luck as the cop was a biker himself (VTR1000F) and rounded the speed figure down to 65 (thus saving me $60 on the fine)!

You are a rarity, I thought EVERYONE on this site could spot a mufti a country mile away in the dark??? :banana: :lol: :sly:

[Cajun]

You are a rarity, I thought EVERYONE on this site could spot a mufti a country mile away in the dark??? :banana: :lol: :sly: i use to be able to tell cop cars from just the headlights but now the lack of night time riding i can't do that )c:<

I was done, no wof, no reg, no licence when i was 15, got them all with in 28 days no fine.

other than that was caught speeding twice last year on my old gsxr1100, which i found out cause my speedo read high(sat at 65mph(108km/h) later turned out to be 118km/h) strange thing is one day i got pulled over, coming out of hamilton pasted a cop at airport turn off at speed didn't do a thing, later down karpio straights cop got me at same speed, i never speed down there cause i always knew cop around, once i knew my speed was out never got ticketd for speeding again.

And on the gixxer i never been ticketed and i few times i am amazed i haven't, i think its the shape of the colour or something, rader must not work on it that well, cause a few times i should have been done dead to rights, but nothing, but that might just be my luck (c:<

[Sniper]

$400 ticket for riding a 400 on a L license (Only reason they caught me was because I had an accident that the cops had to attend. The lady cop even had the nerve to say "The ticket will be in the mail to you" as I was lying on a stretcher with a broken collar bone and deep grazing. Bitch)

Oh yea, and I got a ticket 3 days ago for "accelarating through a roundabout" toatl of $200, anyone know what thats about???

[vifferman]

Just wondering what sort of tickets your all getting? - if any :sly:

any stories would be great!The life 'lived' vicariously...?

[onearmedbandit]

i use to be able to tell cop cars from just the headlights but now the lack of night time riding i can't do that )c:<




Please tell me how you could identify cop cars from just the headlights??

[crashe]

$170 for speeding one saturday morning at 7.30am - now I ask you what cops are out and about on a saturday morning at that time of day.... why arent they in bed asleep! I lost my first lot of demerit points that day - (35 demerit points) but since its been over 2 years I got them all back again...YAY. I was late going to help a friend moving house that day.... in the car.

A few speed camera tickets like doing 61km = $90 - in my car.

Been stopped in the car and given warnings, like remember to indicate on the motorway when changing lanes at 2am when there is no one else out there except me and the police officer... Yes Sir I will do that.... Mind you I am a great stickler about indicating.... so I didnt push it to be 'on' far enough, as I was holding it up to indicate...

Stopped for not stopping at a "stop" sign when in fact I had.... police doing a blitz at the time.... but they needed both officers to deal with the front car that was stopped so sent me on my way..... could have been a $75 fine back then. :Oops:

Stopped and informed that I was not wearing my seatbelt.... another of my sticklers... I ALWAYS wear it.... so it was a $150 fine, told that 'nice polite' police officer that I would see him in court... Fought it all the way and it was thrown out of court...... Think that officer was having a bad day going by the way he was having a go at me. He was so rude and agro from the moment he came towards me....... :bash:

Stopped a number of years ago coming off the motorway, for having my cell phone in my hand..... then he (police officer) decided to check out my whole car.... asked about the damage on my car - "gee officer if you look carefully you can see that the dent is a number of years old....one can tell by the rust that is there...." oh dear it seems that some officers do have some bad days out there...lol. Couldnt charge me as its not illegal to have a cell phone in hand. :doh:

Have to admit that I dont have any on my bike YAY.

A cop car did do a u-turn and stopped me..... mistaken idenity as they thought I was someone that they had stopped the day or so before for having no bike license.... nice cop as he chatted away to me about other things....

[Mongoose]

Please tell me how you could identify cop cars from just the headlights??
Same way you an tell an out of uniform cop by their eyes, they are closer together than normal ones :killingme

[Cajun]

Please tell me how you could identify cop cars from just the headlights??
hahahaha shape of headlights and the way the beams worked, its hard to say, but i knew how you could tell it was a cop car, if it was coming towards you, or you coming up behind it, this was 6 or so years ago when i did 95% of my riding at night, on open road, so i use speed alot, and just got use to knowing what to look for

[vifferman]

Excellerating through a intersection too fast. $150
Parking on a foot path ($40)
What?!?!! Both of these sound totally bogus! Especially the "parking on a footpath", which I often do (so therefore it must be alright. :Pokey: )

I must admit that I've been riding more carefully since I was pinged for 132. A real shame that was, as it ended a ticket 'drought' of about 30 years, and made me more than a bit paranoid. (To add to my other mental afflictions...:eek5: )

I thought for a horrible moment I was in trouble when I passed some cars going up the hill from the Okoroire turnoff up towrds the Fitzgerald Glade on Saturday morning, and saw a high-viz vest in the back of one of them. Then I realised (a) I wasn't speeding anyway (but I had neglected to indicate), and (b) if it was mufti cop, he would've been wearing the vest and a uniform. :Oops:

The dumb thing is it takes a lot of attention watching my speedo on the highway, as the numbers are so friggen hard to read (the kph figures are on the inside of the dial), and they're so close together. In any case, the difference between legal and a big ticket is a fraction of a degree of turn of the throttle, so too much of my small brain is not occupied with trying to NOT exceed the speed limit. Dangerous, that is.:sneaky2:

Maybe I need to swap back to the Volty - that was about 3 or 4 turns of the throttle to get a 10 km/h speed increase (that and about 20 minutes...)
And I'm not altogether sure it was capable of speeding. I did see nearly 120 on the speedo, but that was going downhill with a very strong tailwind, and I reckon the speedo was lying.

[vifferman]

hahahaha shape of headlights and the way the beams worked, its hard to say, but i knew how you could tell it was a cop car, if it was coming towards you, or you coming up behind it, this was 6 or so years ago when i did 95% of my riding at night, on open road, so i use speed alot, and just got use to knowing what to look forYeah, it's weird, innit? I used to be able to tell too, but I couldn't tell you how.:spudwhat:
It's all a bit hard now, except when there are obvious 'giveaways' like those steel wheels with no hubcaps, extra aerial, etc.

[Cajun]

Yeah, it's weird, innit? I used to be able to tell too, but I couldn't tell you how.:spudwhat:
It's all a bit hard now, except when there are obvious 'giveaways' like those steel wheels with no hubcaps, extra aerial, etc.
during day easy as pie to spot them out. but i was a pro at night as well

why didn't ya give me a bell if you were down this way, i would have come out for a little run and to say howdy

[vifferman]

why didn't ya give me a bell if you were down this way, i would have come out for a little run and to say howdyI did think of it, when we were coming into Papamoa. But I don't got your number, and I don't know your real name! :spudwhat:
PM me.

[Cajun]

I did think of it, when we were coming into Papamoa. But I don't got your number, and I don't know your real name! :spudwhat:
PM me.
hahahah i live at end of papoma beach road, well until thrusday then i move in to my own house in welcome bay.

name wouldn't have been in the book since, i am house sitting

[750Y]

I did think of it, when we were coming into Papamoa. But I don't got your number, and I don't know your real name! :spudwhat:
PM me.

you could of shone your special banaman torch into the evening sky, he woulda seen it from the banana-cave. 8-)

[Two Smoker]

Yeah, it's weird, innit? I used to be able to tell too, but I couldn't tell you how.:spudwhat:
It's all a bit hard now, except when there are obvious 'giveaways' like those steel wheels with no hubcaps, extra aerial, etc.
Now they are getting even trickier.... the ariels are being intergrated into the FM/AM radio ariel... and they have mags instead of steel wheels :wacko:

[Motu]

At one stage I was getting pulled over by the cops all the time,seems they knew all about me,I would get full numbers checks on the bikes,damn near had to bend over for a body search on the side of the road - one cop even told my mother I had better watch it,because they had a file on me a mile long...cool,I thought,I'm a bad boy just for a few speeding and no WoF tickets? Then some guy with the same name went up on a major drug charge...then they lost interest in me....my short lived fame.

[NC]

NOW that's what I call EXPENSIVE fun, naked arse, just think what else you could have done with the dosh!
A faster bike... :o

[NC]

What?!?!! Both of these sound totally bogus! Especially the "parking on a footpath", which I often do (so therefore it must be alright. :Pokey: )

I was at my sisters uni graduation and I parked on Queen st in Auckland CBD... If you wait a couple of weeks until my stuff gets down here I will scan both tickets...

I'm not a bullshiter THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

Maybe Spudchucker can back me up on parking laws n' such???

[JohnBoy]

I was at my sisters uni graduation and I parked on Queen st in Auckland CBD...
Bugger, must remember that, i always park on the footpath when in town.

the worst fine i got was 62 in a 50, the bugger was sitting at the bottom of the hill about 300m from my house. i cost me 20 points when i already had 90.
:ar15: :ar15: :ar15: :ar15: :ar15: :ar15:

[NC]

Bugger, must remember that, i always park on the footpath when in town.


It was right outside Imax, at one stage there were 3 NC30's and a CBR parked behind my bike...:lol:

[John]

thats it, your all rebels...

haha there are some good ravings going on love it! (hope to add to it also :P)

[RPM91]

No rego/warrent x2 + carring pillion - $1200
no L plate - $400, Cops in town here know everybody so I was abit unlucky :mad:
exceeding 50kmh - $120
dangerous driving x2 disqualified for 8 months :argh: waiting to get back on the rode in march

[zooter]

Nary a speeding ticket, a bogus ticket a few years ago for storing an unused car outside my place with no rego or wof and today my first ever parking ticket, still bogus in my view 'cause there was still room for two cars in the 1 hour space, so who am I depriving? Nill motorcycle parking in town and all my regular spots overrun by construction zones , parking warden can be the yellow guy :kick:

[scumdog]

Yeah, it's weird, innit? I used to be able to tell too, but I couldn't tell you how.:spudwhat:
It's all a bit hard now, except when there are obvious 'giveaways' like those steel wheels with no hubcaps, extra aerial, etc.

Damn but you must be some ace!! How do you do it? Even when I slowed down to 125kph I still couldn't pick the no hubcaps and extra aerial until I was alongside 'em, guess I'll have to try harder eh? :confused:

[Blakamin]

drove without a licence when I was 14.... sentenced to get my licence when I turned 15....

[ZorsT]

Never had a ticket yet.... But i've only been driving for 5 months.

Those mufty cars are getting harder and harder to spot, I've seen some with only one aerial, but it wasn't standard, the only reason I saw it, slightly thicker. the little boxes that used to be behind the back seat headrest have dissapeared, makes me nervous

[spudchucka]

$400 ticket for riding a 400 on a L license (Only reason they caught me was because I had an accident that the cops had to attend. The lady cop even had the nerve to say "The ticket will be in the mail to you" as I was lying on a stretcher with a broken collar bone and deep grazing. Bitch)

Oh yea, and I got a ticket 3 days ago for "accelarating through a roundabout" toatl of $200, anyone know what thats about???
Never heard of that one before. Can you post the exact words that the cop wrote on the ticket?

[spudchucka]

I was at my sisters uni graduation and I parked on Queen st in Auckland CBD... If you wait a couple of weeks until my stuff gets down here I will scan both tickets...

I'm not a bullshiter THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

Maybe Spudchucker can back me up on parking laws n' such???
Can't say I've ever given anyone a parking ticket, it would have to be a very slow night. But yes, you can get tickets for such outrageous behaviour. I don't know how you can live with yourself, you parking thief.

[Devil]

Spud/Scum/Bykey, etc: Question for you guys.
The first (and only) time ive ever been pulled over, was in my car not too long ago (have been driving for about 8 years or so). I didnt get a ticket, but he basically pulled me over because I accelerated on a motorway onramp to 100km/h, then had to slow down because the cockboat in front of me wanted to join the motorway at 65km/h (this was about 11pm).

He said I came screaming down the onramp then had to slam on my brakes to avoid the car (wow, what a precise evaluation considering he would have been 150m away). Whats the deal here? I get up to motorway speed and have to slow down because some dork wants to join the motorway at least 30km/h slower than the motorway traffic, yet I get pulled over??? (fyi, that was sarcasm earlier, I didnt have to slam my brakes on, but I did have to slow down, this was right at the end of the onramp).

Fuck I hate people who dont know how to use onramps and offramps.

[Blakamin]

Fuck I hate people who dont know how to use onramps and offramps.
Or merging lanes or the whole road between plimmerton and waikanae :angry2:

[Devil]

Or merging lanes or the whole road between plimmerton and waikanae :angry2:
merging....grrrr....GRRRRRR...
USETHEWHOLEFUCKINGLANEMOTHERFUCKER.LETONEINTHENGO. YOUDONTNEEDTOSWERVECUNTCLOT.

[Blakamin]

merging....grrrr....GRRRRRR...
USETHEWHOLEFUCKINGLANEMOTHERFUCKER.LETONEINTHENGO. YOUDONTNEEDTOSWERVECUNTCLOT.
that be the one!!.. on the Duc, I just give it a handfull and go around them... as close to their mirror as possible :bash:

[Lou Girardin]

Mufti cars are easy to spot.
Icing sugar on the door handles.

[sAsLEX]

lack of tow bar is the easiest these days!

[scumdog]

lack of tow bar is the easiest these days!

Nobody has taken them off down here yet - and anyway I'm sure the fact a car has no tow-bar must be comforting as it approaches you while you're doing 125kph :rolleyes:

[scumdog]

Spud/Scum/Bykey, etc: Question for you guys.
I accelerated on a motorway onramp to 100km/h, then had to slow down because the cockboat in front of me wanted to join the motorway at 65km/h (this was about 11pm).He said I came screaming down the onramp then had to slam on my brakes to avoid the car (wow, what a precise evaluation considering he would have been 150m away).

Fuck I hate people who dont know how to use onramps and offramps.

Can't really comment 'cos i was not there but MAYBE to the cop it looked like you were deliberately leaving a gap between the car on front and yourself so's you could have a bit of a 'hammer-down' and then slow down again?
Just a wild guess. :wacko:

[spudchucka]

Spud/Scum/Bykey, etc: Question for you guys.
The first (and only) time ive ever been pulled over, was in my car not too long ago (have been driving for about 8 years or so). I didnt get a ticket, but he basically pulled me over because I accelerated on a motorway onramp to 100km/h, then had to slow down because the cockboat in front of me wanted to join the motorway at 65km/h (this was about 11pm).

He said I came screaming down the onramp then had to slam on my brakes to avoid the car (wow, what a precise evaluation considering he would have been 150m away). Whats the deal here? I get up to motorway speed and have to slow down because some dork wants to join the motorway at least 30km/h slower than the motorway traffic, yet I get pulled over??? (fyi, that was sarcasm earlier, I didnt have to slam my brakes on, but I did have to slow down, this was right at the end of the onramp).

Fuck I hate people who dont know how to use onramps and offramps.
I guess that maybe it looked to the cop that you weren't paying full attention.

IE: Speeding up then hitting the brakes to avoid hitting a slower vehicle, whose speed you had mis-judged.

Perhaps he just wanted to check that you actually have a drivers licence, the best way to do that is still to pull someone over and ask for their licence. Theres no harm done but some people still see it as being an afront against their dignity, human rights etc.

[Devil]

I guess that maybe it looked to the cop that you weren't paying full attention.

IE: Speeding up then hitting the brakes to avoid hitting a slower vehicle, whose speed you had mis-judged.

Perhaps he just wanted to check that you actually have a drivers licence, the best way to do that is still to pull someone over and ask for their licence. Theres no harm done but some people still see it as being an afront against their dignity, human rights etc.
Yer, I guess. I just didnt like the part when I get told what I was doing (ie. slamming on my brakes when I clearly didnt, rah rah). But yeah, I was completely polite with him and disagreed, so he just checked my licence and saw the blue learners colour and immediately looked to my friend (it was learner motorcycle, full car). Did the usual checks then let me go.
That was the only time ive ever been pulled over. Kinda uneventful really heh.

Glad it was a HE. The one run-in ive had with a female cop made me want to hang her up by the flaps. What a bitch.

[vifferman]

I was at my sisters uni graduation and I parked on Queen st in Auckland CBD... If you wait a couple of weeks until my stuff gets down here I will scan both tickets...

I'm not a bullshiter THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

Maybe Spudchucker can back me up on parking laws n' such???Sorry, NC - I didn't mean to imply that you weren't telling the truth. :doh:

What I meant was that giving you a ticket for these things was pretty pathetic. And my bit about "I park on footpaths all the time so it must be alright" was tongue-in-cheek (although I do park on the footpath a lot, and have even ridden on it a time or two when the road was full of non-moving vehicles.:whistle: )

[spudchucka]

Yer, I guess. I just didnt like the part when I get told what I was doing (ie. slamming on my brakes when I clearly didnt, rah rah). But yeah, I was completely polite with him and disagreed, so he just checked my licence and saw the blue learners colour and immediately looked to my friend (it was learner motorcycle, full car). Did the usual checks then let me go.
That was the only time ive ever been pulled over. Kinda uneventful really heh.

Glad it was a HE. The one run-in ive had with a female cop made me want to hang her up by the flaps. What a bitch.
A point easily forgotten is that the cops that are out there pulling people over are watching out for Joe Public through checking motorists are legit. They don't need a specific reason to stop someone, (as in an offence) but sometimes you see things that give you concern enough to stop and check the driver.

[cycosis]

i got pulled ova once and got done for,wrong class,no reg or wof and breaching my license.$1200,CUNTS they are! :Police: :moon:

[Sniper]

Never heard of that one before. Can you post the exact words that the cop wrote on the ticket?

Which accident, the "accelerating through a roundabout " or the riding a motor cycle greater than 250cc ticket??

Oh well, :Playnice: :sleep:

[Blakamin]

Which accident, the "accelerating through a roundabout "
thats the one I wanna see... I'd be off to court!!!

[Devil]

A point easily forgotten is that the cops that are out there pulling people over are watching out for Joe Public through checking motorists are legit. They don't need a specific reason to stop someone, (as in an offence) but sometimes you see things that give you concern enough to stop and check the driver.
Yeah, guess. Actually I would have been happier if he pulled me over just to check me/licence/car out.

[Sniper]

thats the one I wanna see... I'd be off to court!!!

I wouldnt mind but Im not gonna waste my time in court paying heaps to get off a $200 fine. I have sent it away to the police comissioner (HQ??) and told them I think its a crock full of shit!!!

The actual wording on the fine says, and I quote "Fined for accellerating through a roundabout" I wasnt endangering anyone, there was no cars and I was speeding up from 20kms as I had slowed down to check it was clear. I wasnt trying to get it on the back wheel or anything, just cruising to a friends place nice and quietly.

Ill just sit back and wait, I dont get demerits for it so Ill see what happens, Ill keep you all up to date.

Hey Bykie Cop, can you explain what the fines about?

[spudchucka]

Which accident, the "accelerating through a roundabout " or the riding a motor cycle greater than 250cc ticket??

Oh well, :Playnice: :sleep:
The accelerating through a roundabout ticket, what are the exact words written on the ticket?

Edit: SniperCBR, just read your last post, sounds like a ticket that could be hard for them to prove in court, maybe you should defend it?

[crashe]

Seriously I would....

I got stopped by a police officer and given a ticket fine $150 .
Guess what it was for: For not wearing my seatbelt in a vehicle which requires the said vehicle to have one....
Well I was wearing it.... when the officer stopped me I got out of the vehicle and walked to the back of my car..... 1st and only mistake.

I looked at the back of my car as I thought something must have fallen off... but nope the car intact.

The police officer said that he came up beside me. at that point I said when? as it was a single lane and he was always behind me the whole time...
"OH OK so I made a mistake ok so I made a mistake I was behind you OK..." he said.
I tried to explain that being short the seatbelt cuts into my neck....
Nope not interested..... also offered to show him how I wear it....
Nope not interested...... He took my license and went back to the car.... to check my details he said.

Well he came back and tried to hand me a ticket...
I said WHAT, what for?
He said for not wearing a seatbelt.
I refused to take the ticket as far as I was concerned he got it wrong.
He walked around to my drivers side and chucked the ticket inside.

Oh yeah he didnt even see if the car had a recent WOF or even registered.
(which BTW was both two days old)

This cop was in a foul mood and he was a motorway cop... given out tickets in the suburbs. I said that I would see him in court...

I spoke to my neighbour at the time who is a cop and he laughed at the ticket.... he cop had got all my details wrong.... so I sent a letter to Wellington HQ and they replied saying they they arent accepting my reasons...
Oh yeah the letter back from Wellington had something totally different for my charge.... so I had two charges.... for the same offence!!!!!

I asked many police officers and they all said that I shouldnt have gotten a ticket just a warning.

I arrived at court... with photos of me wearing the seatbelt... and how the seatbelt lies when not in use.... Mine shows clearly if its not worn from behind.

As the JPs were reading out my charge I stoood there and told them thats not what my tickets says.. they were reading out the Wellington charge... so I had to go back in a month..as I pleady NOT GUILTY

When I went back in the months time, the JPs started to read it out again.. the cop stood up and chucked it out..said We are not going ahead with this. The JPs said can we at least read it out....lol

So I walked away from the court with no convictions.... and the cop in question got his hands smacked.

So if some police officers come up with silly charges then fight them all the way... take pic of the roundabout.... from all angles... even from where they said they spotted you.... why pay $200 when it a wrongful charge....

[NordieBoy]

You are a rarity, I thought EVERYONE on this site could spot a mufti a country mile away in the dark??? :banana: :lol: :sly:

Maybe it wasn't dark :disapint:

[Sycophant]

So far, the only ticket I have every received on my motorbike was for an illegal right turn.

I was on my way home from school (tertiary) one night, about midnight, and went to a gas station I wasn't familiar with. I pulled out on to the street, turned right to the end where I wanted to turn right to carry on home on the main road, but there was a no right turn sign. I had the option of going left, and either doing a U-turn or going round the round about a couple of k up the road, or I could go back down the road, and try and find my way out at the bottom of the road. Instead I looked both ways, saw only one car, about 400m up the road and decided just to do the right turn. About two KM down the road, I was scared shitless when a siren suddenly flared up behind me. Turns out the car I saw up the road (the only one I had seen in the entire ride so far) was an unmarked police car. I was ticketed for the turn. The cop did not mention that I was riding outside my hours, or that I had no L-plate (some one pinched it when my bike was parked once, I never replaced it).

The only other time I have been pulled over was on the way home from working about a year ago. I had needed to move my bike at work, and accidentally backed it into a pillar, breaking the taillight. I thought I only broke the lens but it seems I broke the bulb too. So on the way home that night, I was pulled over on Fanshaw St by an unmarked ute. I explained that it had happened only a few hours before, and that I would fix it ASAP, and I was let off. Again, no mention of my riding outside licence hours, without L-plate and I had just had a drink (only one, but it was about 5 minutes before and it would have been on my breath).

I also got a speed camera fine from Nelson, which was withdrawn on appeal (my bike has never been out of Auckland really).

[guzzi_nz]

one of my biggest tickets was for my new hardtail cb 750 chopper i had just finished
straight pipes i warmed it up at about 6000 rpm
then off down the road got 4 doors down cop got me
no reg watt no front graud straight pipes he said he been waiting for it

[MrMelon]

I decided to open the bike up hard down the raumati straights a couple of months ago.. Figured the road was empty and double laned and the concrete barrier in the middle would stop any cops from turning around to get me in a hurry.. saw a mufti car coming the other way and hit the brakes. I kept riding, but there was a marked car waiting a couple of k's up the road for me.. Seems the dude in the mufti car got me on the radar at 149 :(
I should have the fine paid off by next week, but I haven't cruised at over 120 since then :/

[Devil]

I decided to open the bike up hard down the raumati straights a couple of months ago.. Figured the road was empty and double laned and the concrete barrier in the middle would stop any cops from turning around to get me in a hurry.. saw a mufti car coming the other way and hit the brakes. I kept riding, but there was a marked car waiting a couple of k's up the road for me.. Seems the dude in the mufti car got me on the radar at 149 :(
I should have the fine paid off by next week, but I haven't cruised at over 120 since then :/
Nothing mentioned about your licence?
:sweatdrop

[MrMelon]

Nah I haven't heard anything yet.. but then again I haven't paid the fine yet, so we'll see.

[Darryboy]

...but there was a marked car waiting a couple of k's up the road for me.. Seems the dude in the mufti car got me on the radar at 149 :(



I was always under the impression that the car that takes your speed has to be the car that pulls you over... I think it was one of those 'your rights at/on/with ____' Cards that I remember having at school.

[crashe]

Were you issued a ticket by the other muffti-car???? :Police:

I too was under the impression that the car that copped your speed on their machine had to come after you and then prove to you that you were in fact going at that speed. :Police:

So maybe one of the coppers on here could help us out with this issue. :Police: and tell us how it actually work..... can another cop car issue you with a ticket if they didnt actually get your speed on record.?

[MrMelon]

Yeah the marked car pulled me over, then a few minutes later the dude in the mufti car arrived and wrote the ticket out :(

[scumdog]

Not necessarily the case - if you wanted to be pedantic the cop that stopped you could get you to wait while the other car turned up, I've done similar with seat-belt tickets. :Police:

[scumdog]

i got pulled ova once and got done for,wrong class,no reg or wof and breaching my license.$1200,CUNTS they are! :Police: :moon:

What d'ya expect? a free trip to Dysneyland? YOU were the one that took the gamble of riding with the above offences!! And the COPS wern't the ones that decide the penalties. :calm:

Still, bad luck getting pinged eh.

[spudchucka]

Were you issued a ticket by the other muffti-car???? :Police:

I too was under the impression that the car that copped your speed on their machine had to come after you and then prove to you that you were in fact going at that speed. :Police:

So maybe one of the coppers on here could help us out with this issue. :Police: and tell us how it actually work..... can another cop car issue you with a ticket if they didnt actually get your speed on record.?
The situation you describe is perfectly legit. If it came down to a court hearing the original cop that clocked the speeder would give evidence of the offence and the cop that stopped the vehicle would give evidence as to the id of the driver. This situation is common when there is a stationary laser deployed and mobile partrols to stop the offending vehicles. It requires information to be passed quickly between two or more units, obviously this can be easily achieved through radio communication and the transmissions are all recorded and available for court.

[Storm]

I found out the hard way that when there is only 1 30km/h sign on what looks like completed roadworks, dont go through it at 100 , because, a) it might have someone working on the other side if the rise, and b) the guy coming the other way might be a cop. Lost my licence for 28 of my 30 days christmas leave, and paid Her Majesty $630 ($500 fine, $130 court costs) for the privilege of this lesson.
Moral of the story-do what the road sign says ! :crybaby:

[inlinefour]

Just wondering what sort of tickets your all getting? - if any :sly:

any stories would be great!

Did a wheelie through town = $550-00 fine and a careless driving charge after some lady complained about it. She even tried saying to the Police that I went around a courner on one wheel? Nope I've never been able to do that! The original charge was dangerous driving but it was binned.
Last one was around the same time but involved a bit of luck. Rode through a stop sign and knew that I deserved the ticket. While the magpie was writing the ticket his pen ran outta ink and he could not find another (I never did tell him that I had one in my pocket) and with a wee bit of swearing on his part we parted company.
I'm pretty lame now that I'm older and tend to follow the rules pretty strictly and I by no way suggest that anyone do the silly things I have stated :doh:

[XP@]

111 in a 50 zone... Had just remembered how to counter steer after 8 years without a bike.

Shame their laser did not have a valid calibration certificate... still cost me $400 worth of Des Deacon's time (Awsome lawer specialises in traffic offences in wellington)

[Lou Girardin]

I found out the hard way that when there is only 1 30km/h sign on what looks like completed roadworks, dont go through it at 100 , because, a) it might have someone working on the other side if the rise, and b) the guy coming the other way might be a cop. Lost my licence for 28 of my 30 days christmas leave, and paid Her Majesty $630 ($500 fine, $130 court costs) for the privilege of this lesson.
Moral of the story-do what the road sign says ! :crybaby:

When you say there was only one 30 km/h sign, was there any derestriction sign at the end of the road works. ie. a sign showing the normal speed limit?
If there wasn't, I'm afraid that you paid a fine for an non-existent offence.

[Sniper]

For those who wanted to know. I got a very neat and polite letter back from the Police cheif or who ever he is stating that they are going to with draw my ticket for "Accelerating through a round about" because the police officer cant spell and they havent heard of a charge like that before.

And then haha, I even got a "If you were accelarating dangerously on the rear wheel of your motorcycle, please write back to us so the nessesary disiplanary procedures may be put into effect" Nice of them to ask though but no I wasnt. :lol:

[Storm]

Lou- Cant remember if there was a sign on the other side- I didnt get that far. I was too worried about my folks tearing me a new backside for a) getting busted and b) making them drive 1 1/2 hours to get me and my car ! :buggerd:

[scumdog]

For those who wanted to know. I got a very neat and polite letter back from the Police cheif or who ever he is stating that they are going to with draw my ticket for "Accelerating through a round about" because the police officer cant spell and they havent heard of a charge like that before.

And then haha, I even got a "If you were accelarating dangerously on the rear wheel of your motorcycle, please write back to us so the nessesary disiplanary procedures may be put into effect" Nice of them to ask though but no I wasnt. :lol:

Good on you! should have never been given the ticket, the cop should have known better.

[Sniper]

I know but he proberbly couldnt help being repeatedly dropped on his head as a baby.

[Motoracer]

- Been caught speeding in the car on the motorway with the boys. $700

- Caught speeding in the car cause I was running late for a date. $160.

- Caught speeding cause I was riding my bike (accelerated away from the lights, shifted from first to second and the speedo jumped from 59 to 70 for a split second). $120

**Loss of licence due to demerit points exceeding 100 in May 2002**

- Been on the clear ever since then.

[Stevo]

Good on you! should have never been given the ticket, the cop should have known better.


Hmmm ............Well.
Here in Blenheim the cops seem a bit dopey. I sometimes wonder if they send the cops that cannot hack the pace in Wellington across to here then cos there is not too much to do round here (My repeated frustration is following people around doing 35-40km/h in 50 zones etc).
Perhaps I just lived in Canty for too long. In saying that too Blenheim does have the oldest population based on average age, as many people retire to here and the teens tend to leave for a period of years as I did.
Net effect though is pretty good on road behaviour and (perhaps) Bored cops???? Maybe this is why they pull old people up round here for driving too slowly??? Something to do? :2guns: :2guns: :2guns: :2guns: :2guns: :2guns:

[Jantar]

Hmmm ............Well.
Here in Blenheim the cops seem a bit dopey. I sometimes wonder if they send the cops that cannot hack the pace in Wellington across to here then cos there is not too much to do round here :

My experiences with the cops in Blenheim has been that they are among the best in the country. Helpful, and NOT nitpicking.

A mate and were both stopped once just south of Blenheim while heading north (GT380 and T500J). 16 kph over the limit, but a clear road and light traffic. He wrote out a ticket, but also marked it as "warning only". A few years later I was running late for the ferry (GSX1100E), and cruising at a speed that would allow me to just make it which from memory was slightly over 120 kph. Midway Blenheim and Picton I got stopped by the same cop. When I told him I was running late for the ferry he provided me with an escort, even faster than I had been already travelling.

[Krayy]

I got done once coming off the Auckland harbour bridge at Fanshawe St. Went through the light just as it was going orange (true I tells ya), and Officer PMS comes out with her bad attitude laying it on me, when if I had jammed the anchors on, I would have been in the middle of the intersection. Blatant revenue raising that one.

The only other time I was done was in a cage, heading north just out of Sanson and I turned to the bloke wiht me and says "My brother says that there are a lot of cops out this way". Come over the brow of the hill and the bloke with the Hawk gets me at 115. Crap.

[Rainbow Wizard]

Nah I haven't heard anything yet.. but then again I haven't paid the fine yet, so we'll see.

Those babies kick in only when you pay the fine but they don't vanish unless you're clean for two years.

[Rainbow Wizard]

Same way you an tell an out of uniform cop by their eyes, they are closer together than normal ones :killingme

You got it wrong brother, it's their ears is too close together!

[Mongoose]

You got it wrong brother, it's their ears is too close together!

Now you have dredged that up, bang goes my invite to chez scumdog, Geee thanks pal :eyepoke: :doobey: :bleh:

[Rainbow Wizard]

149 in a 100 $630
87 in a 60 $450 (I think)
82 in a 50 $350 ( I think)
No licence x 2 ($400 each)
No rego warrent x3 ($400 each)
Failing to stop (Orange light) $150
Excellerating through a intersection too fast. $150
Parking on a foot path ($40)

Mmmm $3770 in tickets

With a reputation like that you deserve to be single. :yes:

[WINJA]

MY WORK MATE GOT BUSTED AT WORK BY A CUSTOMER WHEN HE WAS HAVING PERSONAL TOUCHING YOURSELF TYPE MOMENT IN THERE STORE ROOM

[spudchucka]

MY WORK MATE GOT BUSTED AT WORK BY A CUSTOMER WHEN HE WAS HAVING PERSONAL TOUCHING YOURSELF TYPE MOMENT IN THERE STORE ROOM
Sounds like the ideal work environment for you, plenty of other wankers to compare stories with.

[Sniper]

Sounds like the ideal work environment for you, plenty of other wankers to compare stories with.

Hahaha, well put SC. :eek: :lol: :lol: