Ticketed on my mountain bike for no rego!!

[munterk6]

I got a ticket on my mountain bike for no rego in ChCh the other day coming home in 5pm traffic on Tuam st between Madras and Barbadoes Sts.
I was flat out in the cyclelane passing other cyclists with my 48cc motrax engine sceaming its little nuts off!
Bloody ex MoT bike cop on a BMW pulled me over and gave me a $200 ticket for no rego.
Ok, thats fair enuff...after all, it was only a matter of time, but he refused to give me a warning and went straight for the jugular!!
What really really REALLY pissed me off was he told me if he saw me in the cycle lane ever again he would ticket me for that as well!!!!!!
Soooo...what do I do? Ride in the main lane and get knocked off by some impatient cage driver, or even worse, flattened and killed by a truck like that cop's boss did on the Petone roundabout or wherever it was?
He told me that was my problem and I promptly replied " So this is all about writing tickets and issuing fines and its NOT about ROAD SAFETY is it now Officer?
no comment.
Nah, didnt think so.
I think I WILL be using the cycle lanes and if and when I get pulled again, I will be mentioning the top cop's recent demise and how I DONT wanna end up like him....eh?
What would you lot do?

[scootnz]

Umm - it has an engine, (48cc), therefore it is a Moped, so you're supposed to have moped rego (MR2B from your local postshop or AA centre). Pretty simple really.

[Shadows]

Ahhhhh... so its you I've seen screaming around. You've initiated a few smiles.

[sinfull]

rego the thing, send the letter and stop being a tight ass lol use the gixer
Or be the aggressor with the cage drivers lol take out the odd wing mirror if they try and squeeze ya out !

[AllanB]

They have a crack down in CHCH on those silly cycle lanes every so often. They ticket anyone driving on them! Personally I think they are dangerous and give the cyclist a false sense of security.

In your case it was probably the speed you were doing in the lane that ticked him off. I see heaps of scooters, moped etc trickling along the inside in the cycle lanes.

And lets face it on a 48cc moped that is a safe place to be as it just irritates car drivers if you sit in middle of the road putting along at 40. Or worse those ones that take up the left of the lane then swing out to pass parked cars.

Your rego will be cheap, so get that done and I'd continue with the cycle lanes (in a responsible manner slowly filtering along of course) and contest a tick if you receive one.

[SlashWylde]

Bloody ex MoT bike cop on a BMW pulled me over and gave me a $200 ticket for no rego.
Ok, thats fair enuff...after all, it was only a matter of time, but he refused to give me a warning and went straight for the jugular!!

So you knew it needed a registration, yet you rode the vehicle without one then expect leniency when you get pinged.

Here's an idea: abide by the rules we are all subject to, pay your dues and stop being a prat who's trying to have it both ways.

As Russel Peters would say "Hey! be a man. Do da right fing".

[1 Free Man]

[QUOTE=munterk6;1617510] Bloody ex MoT bike cop on a BMW pulled me over and gave me a $200 ticket for no rego.
Ok, thats fair enuff...after all, it was only a matter of time, but he refused to give me a warning and went straight for the jugular!!

If the rego was a day or two over then yes he was hard on you. If it was weeks or months over then "SUCK IT UP".:Oops: You played RUSSIAN ROULETTE and got shot, shame.

[CookMySock]

abide by the rules we are all subject to, pay your dues and stop being a prat who's trying to have it both ways.haha, get real. :devil2:

No one wants to follow the rules. I'm sure you have your own slightly-altered version of the rules, just like the next person does.


DB

[CB ARGH]

At first I thought it was just a mountain bike... but a bike with an engine? That MUST fall under the catogery of a Moped mate. Depending on the top speed (which should be no more than 50 anyway) would determine wether or not you should be taking the bus route. BTW: I ride my push bike on the side of the road (not the footpath, the ROAD) along main roads during CRAZY traffic, not a problem in sight. Just keep awake the whole time mate.

Get her a WOF... I don't think you even need to license the thing... so it's a cheap round. :msn-wink:

AHAHA mountain bike with a number plate! XD

[firefighter]

Yeah it sucks getting pinged for a lapsed rego (provided it's not too far over!) the way i see it is that it doesn't in anyway effect the safety of the bike, and it gets back dated anyway so the gummint will get it's dues soon enough.....so what does it matter?

[munterk6]

Get her a WOF... I don't think you even need to license the thing... so it's a cheap round. :msn-wink:

It doesnt need a wof, it needs a rego cause its a moped!
You lot are all missing the point! I dont mind the ticket...that was inevitable.
What pissed me off was being told I was NOT to ride in the cycle lanes!!!
F@#KING RIDICULOUS!!!!!!

[CookMySock]

What pissed me off was being told I was NOT to ride in the cycle lanes!!!um, you dont have to do what he says. Unless you are a fearful little goody-goody, then you should do exactly what everyone tells you to do.

Probably it wouldn't hurt to slow down a bit. Sounds like he was a little ticked orf at ya. :)

DB

[The Prez]

Why don't you throw in ya spare gsxr motor an then the prick will never be able to catch ya

[munterk6]

Why don't you throw in ya spare gsxr motor an then the prick will never be able to catch ya

Ok its all under way! The gixer motor will be grafted in to the GT this week...
nice one michael:bash:

[MisterD]

Told you that you should have got a fixie...

[slopster]

You were riding a motor vehicle in a cycle lane. How does that seem legal to you. Either:
A. Dont do it cos it's illegal.
B. Do it cos it's illegal but don't whine when you get caught.

[Nordy]

You were riding a motor vehicle in a cycle lane. How does that seem legal to you. Either:
A. Dont do it cos it's illegal.
B. Do it cos it's illegal but don't whine when you get caught.

Exactly, cycle lanes are for Bicycles, the ones without motors.

[Toaster]

Policy on expired regos is no warnings if overdue. No compliance possible nor is there a grace period (used to be if within a month... blah blah). If it's long overdue you are kinda asking for it really.

Seems the comment about cyclelane use is completely OTT in the circumstances.... unless of course you were giving 'attitude' or it was being sold to you on the "hey you could get two tickets here but I am nice and only giving you the one" routine.

[pritch]

Out here in the rural rump the local body politicians can't figure out why less people ride cycles than do in Napier and Christchurch. The extensive cycle lanes are largely ignored. Obviously the Councellors don't ride bikes or they would notice there are more hills hereabout which make cycling hard work.

Upshot of all this is that we have lots of under-utilised cycle lanes which is nice for riders of mopeds.

Of course one does need to be aware that this is against the law and if seen by a cop who rates this the most heinous crime being committed in the Police District at the moment it will cost. Human nature being what it is I'll be pissed off, but it won't be the first time, and I doubt it'll be the last...

[slimjim]

na you're.......fucked,,,,,,,,shutup pay up ..... rego too ,

[_Shrek_]

issuing fines and its NOT about ROAD SAFETY is it now Officer?

this must have been the same :Police: that i sore giving a guy on a :scooter: a ticket for riding in the bike lane down marshlands rd in peak hr traffic
the bit that realy pissed the guy of was we had all just over taken him including the :Police: while he was riding in the bike lane (safest place for him down that rd)
in the peak traffic thats where i ride when traffic is at stand still, watching for cyclists & my :ride: is a little bit bigger than his :scooter:

[munterk6]

For all those KB'ers who reckoned I was fucked and should "take it like a man",etc....
I recieved a letter from a very nice and polite Policeman by the name of Senior Sergeant B R Healey (Abjudication Manager) empowering me to carry on my life withOUT being $200 poorer.
I must say this has totally impressed me, after all, it was a long-shot ask for leniency and begging for forgiveness for a transgression serious enough to have the electric chair re-instated by the NZ Justice machine.
This has allowed me to see the Police as a "fair' and "understanding" community....not the totally corrupt organization I've always believed and seen them to be!
Soooooooooo......shame on all you peeps who thought I was the naughty one, Mr Healey believes in my soul and thats all that really matters to me:innocent:

[UberRhys]

I got a ticket on my mountain bike for no rego in ChCh the other day coming home in 5pm traffic on Tuam st between Madras and Barbadoes Sts.
I was flat out in the cyclelane passing other cyclists with my 48cc motrax engine sceaming its little nuts off!
Bloody ex MoT bike cop on a BMW pulled me over and gave me a $200 ticket for no rego.


For all those KB'ers who reckoned I was fucked and should "take it like a man",etc....
I recieved a letter from a very nice and polite Policeman by the name of Senior Sergeant B R Healey (Abjudication Manager) empowering me to carry on my life withOUT being $200 poorer.


Well done, I think... Your 'sorry' letter is on speed camera paper yet you got the ticket from a cop-cycle. Do all letters of retraction come on speed camera paper?
:whocares:

[vifferman]

... and they sent you a bonus piece of brown paper too!
That could come in very handy, for things like covering up your details when posting to on-line forums. :niceone: