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    Quote Originally Posted by Maha View Post
    If you are riding legally you have nothing to worry about.
    Yup. That one worked perfectly in Warsaw Ghetto too (skirting carefully around Godwin's Law).
    And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jim.cox View Post
    I disagree

    If I am riding legally why should I be pulled over at all ?

    Being targeted as part of a "campaign targeting motorcyclist safety compliance" is just bullshit plain and simple...
    A cop will not know you are riding legally until he asks you to stop...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maha View Post
    A cop will not know you are riding legally until he asks you to stop...
    Nor does he know if I am acting legally in my own home until he enters it..........random home inspections are all good too then?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maha View Post
    A cop will not know you are riding legally until he asks you to stop...
    So why not be honest and call it a "Campaign Targeting Legal Compliance" ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by jim.cox View Post
    I disagree

    If I am riding legally why should I be pulled over at all ?

    Being targeted as part of a "campaign targeting motorcyclist safety compliance" is just bullshit plain and simple...
    Because they can as a condition of being on the road, they can stop you any time for any or no reason. They have the power, but isn't that why it is called an 'abuse of power'?

    It is similar to the good old USSR system. No one is perfect so everyone will do something wrong sometime, it is just a matter of using it to suppress them and you can rely on some of their number being helpful with little homilies like the infamous "if you are doing nothign wrong ..."

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    Quote Originally Posted by jim.cox View Post
    So why not be honest and call it a "Campaign Targeting Legal Compliance" ?
    Because bikers are (in general) fuckin easy to wind up. ?

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    Why *should* you - is a different answer to why *are* you.

    You 'should' be allowed to continue unhindered.

    The 'are' is partly because:

    - Said cops are sick of having to scrape what's left off the tarmac and inform next of kin. (Ask them - they'll tell you). They believe it's a proactive approach.

    - Further up the chain, there have been too many 'It's cheaper to ride unregistered than pay my ACC' rants.

    - So many complain online about what other people wear.

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    Time to do a runner then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SMOKEU View Post
    Time to do a runner then.
    Nah - Just dont swallow the bullshit they spout - and dont let them push you around
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    I presume this is what the cops are talking about:http://www.transport.govt.nz/saferjo...plan2011-2012/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zedder View Post
    I presume this is what the cops are talking about:http://www.transport.govt.nz/saferjo...plan2011-2012/
    Oh No - Yet more bureaucrap pc speak

    Dont they understand we're drowning in it all ready

    Bubble

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    bub...
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    Watch out if you don't stop.....

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    meh... it's not the first campaign, won't be the last. I've clocked up 50+k in the last year odd, not been stopped or spoken to once during that time about some campaign.

    I'm starting to wonder if they really exist...
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    No problems getting stopped for a "safety check"...as long as the cop in question knows something! about bikes & gear etc (other wise its bloody pointless int it)

    ...I also hope they are giving away shiny vests instead of stupid pens etc with winter coming

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    More revenue gathering thinly disguised as a 'safety campaign'

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