Boys in Blue

[Buellluva]

I decided one fine day a few months ago to do a ride to Whangarei. Being married with kids not to mention broke, I rode up the heavily policed Kaipara Coast H'way, and was very concious of watching my speed both there and back. On the way back, after coming through the Kaukapakapa Village I started to relax being close to home.
It was about then I noticed a bronze coloured sedan following me pretty closely, looking at my speedo I was doing 110k. As the driver appeared to be getting closer and closer to me, I several times waved him to go past, but all he kept doing was getting closer, until in the end I couldn't even see his number plate. I came to a straight and blitzed past several cars to get away from him, and this clown did the same then crept up right on my ass again.
In the end I ignored him, and as i came into Helensville, approx 10 km from where this started, lights came on and I realised this dick was a cop.
I lost the plot and abused the shit out of him, he presented me with a ticket for 140 in a 100, refused to show me the radar, (i still think I never got that fast), and when I hit him up re tailgating he had a big smile and said "thats no excuse for speeding".
I've been riding for 30 years, and this pimple head would have been lucky to be in his early twenties. Before you all start going on about cop bashing, I was an ambo for 7 years and know some good cops but theis guy was an asshole. I came close to being arrested that day, as I was fired up, and thought this was BS. If that was any of us you'd be up on a dangerous driving charge.
I went the next day to the local cop shop and complained to a bored sergeant, who obviously didn't believe me, wrote to police complaints authority and was told bad luck pay up.
I thought screw them I'll go to court, and whatever happens happens.
2 days before I was due in court they rang me to say the case was withdrawn, as the police car (a Bronze Hyundai Sonata), wasn't certified at the time of the ticket, (I reckon this could be a tui ad YEAH RIGHT).
If the cop had snuck up behind me and put his lights on, I would have copped it on the chin, but this bloke was trying to get me to run so he could get his jollies and have a big chase, so beware out there of unmarked cars and this kind of cop on the road.
Also stand up for your rights, every now and again you might get a win.

[Juzz976]

Glad to see you got off, I've had a very similar encounter with an officer who was speeding and tailgating me for no reason then pulled me up for apparent failure to stop at a stop sign.

I've always been co-operative with police and respect them for the job they have to do. However recently I have had 2 experiences with 'bad cops' and now would say I'd look at situations differently.

I think they're not doing themselves any favours by turning honest hardworking responsible citizens against them.

Would I stop to help out a cop now, probably not as I wouldn't know if they have created the situation or not. For all anyone knows they could just be a bully getting what they deserve, shame really.

[Swoop]

That's Hazard County for you...

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...d.php?t=102482

Also, watch this.

[crazyhorse]

Good on you for for sticking to your guns, however, it sure is a shame that it ever needed to get to that point in the first place.

Honest people wouldn't expect a cop to tail-gate in order to get their quota - however, it sure does open the eyes - thanks for the heads up on this one

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Its an old dangerous entrapment trick that they have used for years... tailgate you hope that you speed away so they can issue a ticket. Then its their word against yours... Its usually only the arogant ones that do this.

Had a tailgater a while back that was possibly a cop on Dunedin's Southern Motorway. The other person I was riding with said he got a blip on his radar detector from him. I was lucky that I could simply manouver in to the other lane where he couldn't follow (i was pratically boxed in. Bad...) then just cruised on.

I have been thinking mounting some forward and rear mounted pen cameras actually.

[scumdog]

Where do these guys come from??

NEVER hear of that down in Riviera of the South, hell there's enough dozey buggers on the roads that cops don't need to pull tricks like that down here to get a ticket or two..

[Jantar]

Sorry SD, but I have seen the Milton cop pulling just this trick. Well I assume it was the Milton cop as it happened between Balclutha and Milton close to Milton. I have never seen a cop follow so closely before, if the motorist (not motorcyclist) had even slowed down suddenly he would have had an HP car up his arse.

[caseye]

They are out there SD, and it is taking it's toll on the majority of the general public, those few are definitely making a bad rep for the rest and it's spreading fast.
Glad to hear theres none of that in your balliwick.

[hayd3n]

Where do these guys come from??

NEVER hear of that down in Riviera of the South, hell there's enough dozey buggers on the roads that cops don't need to pull tricks like that down here to get a ticket or two..

you mean to get quota aye?

[Chrislost]

I decided one fine day a few months ago to do a ride to Whangarei. Being married with kids not to mention broke, I rode up the heavily policed Kaipara Coast H'way, and was very concious of watching my speed both there and back. On the way back, after coming through the Kaukapakapa Village I started to relax being close to home.
It was about then I noticed a bronze coloured sedan following me pretty closely, looking at my speedo I was doing 110k. As the driver appeared to be getting closer and closer to me, I several times waved him to go past, but all he kept doing was getting closer, until in the end I couldn't even see his number plate. I came to a straight and blitzed past several cars to get away from him, and this clown did the same then crept up right on my ass again.
In the end I ignored him, and as i came into Helensville, approx 10 km from where this started, lights came on and I realised this dick was a cop.
I lost the plot and abused the shit out of him, he presented me with a ticket for 140 in a 100, refused to show me the radar, (i still think I never got that fast), and when I hit him up re tailgating he had a big smile and said "thats no excuse for speeding".
I've been riding for 30 years, and this pimple head would have been lucky to be in his early twenties. Before you all start going on about cop bashing, I was an ambo for 7 years and know some good cops but theis guy was an asshole. I came close to being arrested that day, as I was fired up, and thought this was BS. If that was any of us you'd be up on a dangerous driving charge.
I went the next day to the local cop shop and complained to a bored sergeant, who obviously didn't believe me, wrote to police complaints authority and was told bad luck pay up.
I thought screw them I'll go to court, and whatever happens happens.
2 days before I was due in court they rang me to say the case was withdrawn, as the police car (a Bronze Hyundai Sonata), wasn't certified at the time of the ticket, (I reckon this could be a tui ad YEAH RIGHT).
If the cop had snuck up behind me and put his lights on, I would have copped it on the chin, but this bloke was trying to get me to run so he could get his jollies and have a big chase, so beware out there of unmarked cars and this kind of cop on the road.
Also stand up for your rights, every now and again you might get a win.

Ginger copper did that exact same shit to me.
Although i know that anyone that tailgates you like that is a cop so all i did was slow down to 70 and wait for him to pull me over / pass me

[Toaster]

Where do these guys come from??

NEVER hear of that down in Riviera of the South, hell there's enough dozey buggers on the roads that cops don't need to pull tricks like that down here to get a ticket or two..

Well known tactic in these parts. Wind em up then lock em up.

All I can say is ...... IPCA.

[Pixie]

Happened to me.I rang the sergeant in Wellsford.Two days later he called me back to tell me he gave the new cop there arseholes for following too close.

[BASS-TREBLE]

If I knew it was a cop right up my arse, I would be so so so so tempted to slam on the brakes to avoid a 'pothole', have him smash my rear end up and let him get in shit for tailgating, and pay for the bike. What could they hold against me? I heard once that in a bumper to bumper crash, the last one in the que is always the cause of the accident.

[Maha]

Same sort of thing happen to a few weeks back (different area though) going about my day, enjoying the road, then I noticed a vehicle a bit to close for my liking, I did think at the time mmmmm mufti? wasn't your standard issue cop car. Anyway, then I heard that nosie that makes every biker cringe, no not a siren, it was Greensleeves. I thought things were a bit flakey earlier but thats how we roll in the Norf.

[Usarka]

Fucking dangerous bastards.