
Originally Posted by
Milts
I do wonder if that is less the case these days than it used to be. My father has plenty of stories of being pulled over at insane speeds and getting a warning. I've been pulled over three times (62 in a 50, 75 in a temp 50 zone on the motorway with no roadworkers in sight, and 102 on a straight section of an 80 zone on a back road) - I've always waved acknowledgement, pulled over at the nearest safe spot, taken my helmet off and been more than courteous with the cops. For my troubles I have 90 demerits and am yet to recieve a warning. FWIW not all of these were on a bike either.
My own fault, I know. But I do wonder if the times of being polite and getting a warning for (reasonable) illegal speeds are coming to an end.
yeah, I think thats true. My uninformed perception is that the po po have "performance targets" which mean that they are less likely to want to give a warning, especially for easy meat like a traffic stop. Plus they can enhance it if the car isnt registered or warranted or unlawfully modified or whatever. The other thing too is that traffic cops probably get sick of taking shit from fuckwits so tend to treat everyone as a fuckwit. And someone being pleasant and co operative to them is just a punter with something to hide. (Maybe).
Remembering back to my last ticket (122 in a 100, oncoming cop who turned around and nailed me... I just sucked it up and paid the money) the cop was a bit of prick till he realised that I wasnt going to be a dick, and all he was going to get out of me was the $80 or $100 or whatever, and in the end we had a nice wee chat.
Ive been riding round for a few days without a speedo because the cable broke (new one here today, yay!)... thats been interesting. OK when there is other traffic but otherwise its "put it in third and that feels about right": no revcounter either so its just about the sound.....
I thought elections were decided by angry posts on social media. - F5 Dave
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