A Nice Cop :-)

[Pixie]

Can't believe the propaganda has insinuated itself to the extent that a prick gives someone a ticket for 113 and he's getting complements from his victim.

....yes master,more,more,I love it

[bugjuice]

I know its been cold lately but cops going around warming speeding bikers is a bit over the top, thats taking the PR aspect a bit too far.

so it wasn't you then?


I haven't got anything against 'cops'.. but it's like any other job. Every industry has a wanker in it. I work with a few myself. But I don't judge the rest of my industry by those few. End of the day, they're still people, and you wouldn't know a cop out of uniform having their weekend or whatever.. I've ridden with off duty cops before. Been on the back of a bike with an off duty cop. That was mental. Just cos they do a job (and most of them a good one), and their job is to punish twats who break the law, they're seen as bad? pfft.. grow up

[scumdog]

I've been on this site for a while and have come to realise the various "problems" impinging on the abilities of motorbike riders to ride as they please or see fit and/or costing them money they would rather not spend.
I've listed them below in order of seriousness/importance:

Cops
Rough Roads
Cops
4 X 4's
Cops
Road Laws
Cops
Registration Costs
Cops
Insurance
Cops
Lane Splitting
Cages
Cops
Poor Road Signage
Cops
Fuel Prices
Cops
Motorists Lane Changing
Cops
Other Riders
Cops
People Touching Their Bike
Cops
Homos
Cops
Religion
Cops
Crashes
Cops
Smokers
Cops
eh?

And oh, read Spudchuckas post on this thread CAREFULLY, a lot of you are piss-poor readers and don't seem to notice the difference between warNing and warMing - or is it ME that's missed something?????

[Fart]

Nice break on the warning Fart, next time though you might not be so lucky buddy, you better slow down ya lunatic
113kph is a bit excessive though, the bloody GSXR feels like its gonna to fall over at that speed.

It is hard to keep looking at the speedo and the road at the same time. 113 is nothing for new cars and bikes these days, especially on my cbr600rr.

[bugjuice]

scumdog, you forgot 'white lining' or road paint in the wet, and I don't think you mentioned cops..

[Fart]

I know its been cold lately but cops going around warming speeding bikers is a bit over the top, thats taking the PR aspect a bit too far.

LOL I should do a check before I post... LOL

[Beemer]

I had a similar thing happen to me years ago on the Hutt Motorway. I had just overtaken a ute with a badly smoking exhaust and as I rounded the bend leading to the Haywards Hill turn-off, there was a cop sitting on the side of the road and as I passed him, on went the lights. I pulled over and was expecting a ticket, but he asked why I had been going so fast and I told him the truth, that I was running late! He asked where I lived and where I worked, and then said "well, you obviously travel this road regularly, and you know what will happen if I catch you again!" and let me off! That warning stayed with me for ages - every time I was travelling along that road I consciously thought "if he's there again, I'll get done!" That was about 1997 and I got another warning about a year ago just north of Shannon - again, spoken to with politeness, and told to take it easy. Result - I slowed down and had a good feeling about those two cops who could easily have given me a ticket.

But I also got done for going through an orange light in Wellington - the guy BEHIND me braked when he saw the cop in the side road waiting to turn, and he ended up 10 feet into the intersection. Did he get a ticket? No, but I was followed for more than a kilometre before this prick put the lights and siren on and pulled me up. I immediately pulled over as I thought he was on his way to another incident, and got a real shock when he pulled in behind me. I took it to court as I had long been writing to the police and complaining about people who ran red lights - but was told my letters were "not relevant" and I was not allowed to mention them! Result, lost half a day's pay, copped a fine, demerit points and court costs, and hated cops for ages.

I'm not saying I shouldn't have got a ticket in all cases, but the difference was the attitude of the cops. When I said I had gone through an orange light because I didn't believe I had enough room to stop safely, he said I must have been speeding! I was about 10m back from the light when it changed, doing 45kph! So I knew better than to argue after that, I was getting a ticket whether I thought I deserved one or not.

Let's hear it for cops with attitude - good attitude!

[Fart]

Can't believe the propaganda has insinuated itself to the extent that a prick gives someone a ticket for 113 and he's getting complements from his victim.

....yes master,more,more,I love it

It wasnt him that stopped me, it was his partner driving the cop car. He was the nice cop that let me off and complimented my bike. He is a rider himself and let me off. On of us.

Stopping me for 113km on a quiet cold night is abit too much. There was hardly any traffic on the road and also a car in front of me doing the same speed.

[Ixion]

I know its been cold lately but cops going around warming speeding bikers is a bit over the top, thats taking the PR aspect a bit too far.

Nay, seems right enough to me. Back in the day, there were a couple of occasions when I got a right roasting from a snake. I assume a warming is a more gentle version of a roasting

[Pixie]

Nay, seems right enough to me. Back in the day, there were a couple of occasions when I got a right roasting from a snake. I assume a warming is a more gentle version of a roasting

Never having been a recipient,how exactly do they warm you? Does it involve friction?Or chemical reactions?

[spudchucka]

Can't believe the propaganda has insinuated itself to the extent that a prick gives someone a ticket for 113 and he's getting complements from his victim.

....yes master,more,more,I love it

No body gave anyone a ticket and the only prick present is you for fucking over a thread about cops that stayed decent for a whole 15 posts.

[Ixion]

Never having been a recipient,how exactly do they warm you? Does it involve friction?Or chemical reactions?

Neither. It all works from radiated heat. As the snake points out to you the stupidity of your actions, and the possible consequences thereof, and demonstrates in detail just how abysmally ignorant you are, your ears get redder and redder,and the radiant heat spreads outward, until your whole body is glowing
.

(And have to say that said snake didn't accompany it with a ticket, but did accompany it with some very good advice and riding tips. And I remember his concern for and interest in young riders with respect and admiration to this day. Education and guidance always works better than clobbering and fines . Pity the police today don't follow his philosophy. Our roads would be a lot safer and we'd probably have a lot more bikers.)

[FEINT]

I know two people and myself that have been stopped by cops in the last 3 days.

Two of the three walked away with a fine. Not good, there are some nasty cops out there and some nice ones, either way, be careful out there guys.

[scumdog]

Re Ixions experience above and comment;

It would help if riders wore a sign differentiating between "I have just screwd up and been caught but don't normally ride like this" and "I'm a right dick-head who's been warned six times recently and taken no notice"

Unfortunately the "stupidoscope" is still under developement so the cops can't always tell the difference between the two types above when they stop and speak to them.

I have thought that maybe a kind of "warning" ticket could be issued and the details entered on the computer straight away so the next cop that stops a dick-head an hour later knows he has already been warned for whatever he's been doing, unfortunately nobody has picked up and run with it - maybe Lou is right, it's all about revenue gathering?? Not my job to worry about it if it is, my salary doesn't include payment for that kind of worry.

[thehollowmen]

Re Ixions experience above and comment;

I have thought that maybe a kind of "warning" ticket could be issued and the details entered on the computer straight away so the next cop that stops a dick-head an hour later knows he has already been warned for whatever he's been doing, unfortunately nobody has picked up and run with it - maybe Lou is right, it's all about revenue gathering?? Not my job to worry about it if it is, my salary doesn't include payment for that kind of worry.

That's not a bad idea.
Would it be done on the vehicle or driver basis?

It would be easier to check if they were entered by vehicles or easier to enter details when you'd stopped and weren't following the car.


With respect: I think the reason they can take a while to switch on the lights is because they want to see if you make more mistakes, while calling up all the vehicle details to see if you're a really naughty boy.