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[Scuba_Steve]

Your 'guesses' are like the mad womans shit...

What? Smelly, messy but usually on target... Yea you're probably right

[scumdog]

What? Smelly, messy but usually on target... Yea you're probably right

Uh, hate to break it to you but that's yet another of your 'mad-woman-shit' guesses!

[SPman]

The thing I hate is when it is absolutely hammering with rain and you ride past a cop car sitting in town ignoring everyone until you ride past puts all the lights on and pulls you over only to say we are checking bikes today, can I see your license. No issue with the license part but did not check the bike at all for warrent or rego cause he would have had to get down on his knees in the rain.
Then says have a nice day. Takes 30 minutes just to get the bloody wet gloves back on and now the helmet has water in it and gets all fogged up for the next 15 minutes while riding making it nearly impossible to see properly.
Was perfectly fine and safe up until then!

I've been in the hammering down with rain scenario - outside Palmy and sitting on 120 or so to get there quicker,( yeah I know - it was Palmy so why bother), being totally saturated due to crap wet weather gear. Mr Popo in the line of traffic coming the other way just lowered his window slightly and waved me to slow down, which I did, momentarily. He would have been drowned getting out of the car, so he did the sensible thing (from my perspective)

Sorry, I know what you mean but sometimes you feel like saying "Whoa, I've had enough, fuck-off" after the gazillionth smart-arse behind the wheel that you've stopped.

It grinds you down.

That's where the level of professionalism of the particular officer plays it's role. You know it's going to happen, so, the professional thing to do is just shrug it off, like water off a ducks back. It can be quite pleasant, dealing with professional police, even if you know you're in the wrong - it's the grumpy, surly, arseholes who seem to be away on a their own little powertrip, that are the problem.

[rastuscat]

It can be quite pleasant, dealing with professional people, even if they know they're in the wrong - it's the grumpy, surly, arseholes who seem to be away on a their own little powertrip, that are the problem.

Fixed it for ya.

Most people we deal with are just Mr and Mrs Average who have made a small error. The ticket relates to the error, not to who the person is, but that occasionally gets lost in the fog.

E.g. I'm dealing with someone who I found driving with their phone up to their ear. I talk to them, and suddenly I'm being called a c***. Nobody ever said they are a bad person, the ticket is because of what they did, not who they are. But the insults coming back are almost always personal.

I've mentioned it before, but Sigmund Freud identified a number of defence mechanisms people use with us each day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_mechanisms

I've seen, and videoed, someone going through a red light, only to have them tell me, verbally and in a letter of complaint, they didn't (denial), and that I'm just revenue collecting (accusing the accuser).

Accusing the accuser actually makes very little sense, but it makes people feel better to point the finger right on back. Like, the stop and the ticket are about the offence.

It's the source of the whole revenue collecting thing, really. Folk don't like getting tickets, so suddenly it's our fault. The problem with that chain of thought is that if someone else is to blame, it means the individual has no hope of changing the outcome.

Gob smacking how psychological this whole field can be.

[mossy1200]

Fixed it for ya.

Most people we deal with are just Mr and Mrs Average who have made a small error. The ticket relates to the error, not to who the person is, but that occasionally gets lost in the fog.

I've mentioned it before, but Sigmund Freud identified a number of defence mechanisms people use with us each day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_mechanisms

I've seen, and videoed, someone going through a red light, only to have them tell me they didn't (denial), and that I'm just revenue collecting (accusing the accuser).

I quite enjoyed showing that man the video, but he just wasn't interested.

This is how to do it.

[rastuscat]

Giggled at that. When I present on the courses at the Popo College I always run that scene.

I stop a car, and the driver says "You don't need to see my licence".

I advise people not to fall for the Jedi mind tricks.

[ruaphu]

The thing I hate is when it is absolutely hammering with rain and you ride past a cop car sitting in town ignoring everyone until you ride past puts all the lights on and pulls you over only to say we are checking bikes today, can I see your license. No issue with the license part but did not check the bike at all for warrent or rego cause he would have had to get down on his knees in the rain.
Then says have a nice day. Takes 30 minutes just to get the bloody wet gloves back on and now the helmet has water in it and gets all fogged up for the next 15 minutes while riding making it nearly impossible to see properly.
Was perfectly fine and safe up until then!

Oooooh plus 1 to that!

Why oh fecking why would ya want to yank a biker in the rain and let em get drenched just to do a licence and vehicle Check????

Beyond me, demonstrates a complete lack of common sense towards my safety. I would accept it if i was doing something wrong but i wasn't in either situation.

The second time i engaged in erm what I'd call 'robust' conversation with the officer cos i was that pissed off. He was unrepentant taking the high and mighty attitude. Ended up sitting in Bulls McD's havin a dry off for an hour.

Can it be so hard for an officer to realize a biker has enough to deal with riding in the rain without the need for a BS traffic stop, does nothing for the image of 'safe' road policing.


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[Scuba_Steve]

Uh, hate to break it to you but that's yet another of your 'mad-woman-shit' guesses!

Guess time will tell then, but as drink driving is now worth $$$ I do expect to see more effort put towards it; & your gang heads have already stated more cameras are coming.
It's all about maximising profit scummy, gots ta make dat cash moneys... you worried all these automated scamming devices gonna be taking your job from you?

[R650R]

Chopper Reid says Ha H H ha H Harden the F up bikers..... jesus its bad enough everyone whining about speed tickets when we know the rules of the game. Now where like a bunch of housewives just left the salon oh we cant get our hair wet now.... how bloddy embarrassing....

As someone whose done multi drop work at night and in all weather its no big deal to get wet as part of your job, just another day at the office. You soon develop ways to make it work and tricks to dry off after etc...
So don't go thinking rain is an excuse to not be pulled over FFS!!!

[ruaphu]

Chopper Reid says Ha H H ha H Harden the F up bikers..... jesus its bad enough everyone whining about speed tickets when we know the rules of the game. Now where like a bunch of housewives just left the salon oh we cant get our hair wet now.... how bloddy embarrassing....

As someone whose done multi drop work at night and in all weather its no big deal to get wet as part of your job, just another day at the office. You soon develop ways to make it work and tricks to dry off after etc...
So don't go thinking rain is an excuse to not be pulled over FFS!!!

Feck off, no issues if ya local, but 200 clicks away from home, feck that, need it like another hole in the head.

As for hair, got none cos its over rated, lol.

Wtf is multi drop work R-six-fiddy????? Bein an ex-liney/sparky around the central north island I know all too well about working in chite weather, HV fault work on Mt Ruapehu ski fields in winter was a charlie-unt to say the least.

Cheers eh, Ando


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[veldthui]

Chopper Reid says Ha H H ha H Harden the F up bikers..... jesus its bad enough everyone whining about speed tickets when we know the rules of the game. Now where like a bunch of housewives just left the salon oh we cant get our hair wet now.... how bloddy embarrassing....

As someone whose done multi drop work at night and in all weather its no big deal to get wet as part of your job, just another day at the office. You soon develop ways to make it work and tricks to dry off after etc...
So don't go thinking rain is an excuse to not be pulled over FFS!!!

If I did something wrong then I have no issue getting pulled over in the rain. However to be pulled over just for riding a bike doing everything legal then I do object and get #??## off. This shithead made what was totally a safe ride into one that was very unsafe for at least 30 minutes while my visor could resume it's proper function. They keep saying they are there to make the roads safer.

[R650R]

Wtf is multi drop work R-six-fiddy?????

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Basically being a 44ton courier delivering all your own freight along the way from carton to pallets to whole/half truck loads.
After blindside backing into potholed yards and then unlocking sheds and alarms its off to unload by yourself. It will be raining and it will be windy... and the forklift will be a cheap old one with no roof etc...
The only dry covered space will be where the freight goes after you take it off.
I actually enjoyed that type of work but lot of guys wont go near it as it involves them getting out of cab more than once a night.
Soemthing worse than the rain though is getting snotted on the head by an aluminium pole on the end of trailer curtain in the wind. Ally is light but may as well be steel when its got some speed on!

[awayatc]

FFS you whining little softcock....
hope you can see the smallest little violin playing in the background...
if you cant handle the heat get out of the fuckin kitchen.
only way one can measure up in a hard man's environment.....?
your guess sunshine...

little hint.....
your first effort failed........