Recent encounters with the state enforcement agency

**Banditbandit** · 25th November 2015, 10:54

Was coming to work on the 650, on the open road, playing in the traffic – on a sweeping right-hander with solid yellow lines, plenty of visibility and nohing coming, I flicked the bike up the inside of a car and pull out of the corner at some showing 14 … (doesn’t matter – licence suspending territory). I suddenly realized there was a bright orange car with yellow and blue stripes on the side of the road. I was hard on the brakes and passed him at under 100 klicks ... as I glanced over I saw the cop leaned back in his seat, his head on the door pillar, his eyes shut and his mouth hanging open …

Phew ... and thank you for being asleep …

About three days later there was a spot check for regos and WOFs. The cop said “everything up to date?” “Yes.” He looked and said “Your rego’s about a month out …” I realized I had forgotten to put it on – I told him that it was in the bag and I had forgotten to put it on .. He said “Well it’s a $200 fine for not displaying the rego – so make sure you put it on.”

He let me go … without even checking I had the sticker ..

Thank you Mr Popo

There are some good ones out there

**FlangMasterJ** · 25th November 2015, 12:05

So if he had fined you for not displaying your rego he'd be a bad one and the other one who was sleeping on the job was a good one?

Deary me.

**Night Falcon** · 25th November 2015, 12:15

maybe it was the same guy.....I wont ticket you for the rego if you don't tell anyone I was countin zeds on the job? A wink wink nudge nudge say na more kinda deal?

**5150** · 25th November 2015, 13:06

I bet the "sleeping" one was getting a blowjob.....

**Banditbandit** · 25th November 2015, 14:10

Originally Posted by FlangMasterJ

So if he had fined you for not displaying your rego he'd be a bad one and the other one who was sleeping on the job was a good one?

Deary me.

No - not displaying the rego was my fault - "do the crime pay the fine ..."

I thought the one sleeping in his car was a good one - very good of him. His bosses would probably think differently ...

Originally Posted by Night Falcon

maybe it was the same guy.....I wont ticket you for the rego if you don't tell anyone I was countin zeds on the job? A wink wink nudge nudge say na more kinda deal?

He was asleep - he wouldn't have known .. and I don't think it was the same one anyway - the one who let me go with the dud rego sticker was tall and thin - the asleep one looked heavier ..

**willytheekid** · 25th November 2015, 14:56

Originally Posted by Banditbandit

- the asleep one looked heavier ..

Scumdog??...didn't realize he was covering up norf now

**5150** · 25th November 2015, 15:05

Originally Posted by willytheekid

Scumdog??...didn't realize he was covering up norf now

Scumy ? asleep? on the job? pics or it didn't happen......

**Robbo** · 25th November 2015, 15:23

I still think that sucks Bandit, the fact that you had renewed your rego and could prove it but had forgotten to display it only warrants a warning in my opinion. It reeks of "revenue collecting" as it is not a safety issue for either yourself or other road users.

**rambaldi** · 25th November 2015, 15:27

Originally Posted by Robbo

I still think that sucks Bandit, the fact that you had renewed your rego and could prove it but had forgotten to display it only warrants a warning in my opinion. It reeks of "revenue collecting" as it is not a safety issue for either yourself or other road users.

I think you need to reread the post.

**RDJ** · 25th November 2015, 16:39

Originally Posted by Banditbandit

No - not displaying the rego was my fault - "do the crime pay the fine ..."

I do wonder, from time to time (before I move on to more productive endeavours) why it is that the taxpayer having paid for a magnificent computerised registration database, we still can get fined for failure to display the registration when They can look it up with a few keystrokes.

Working in the private sector, if I was to demand of customers that they prove they are entitled to our services, we would very quickly have no customers.

Oh the joys of working in a government-mandated interference industry... / sarc now off.

**Robbo** · 25th November 2015, 19:35

Originally Posted by rambaldi

I think you need to reread the post.

Ooops, my bad, i thought he'd been charged $200.

Good result then.

**Laava** · 25th November 2015, 19:49

Originally Posted by RDJ

I do wonder, from time to time (before I move on to more productive endeavours) why it is that the taxpayer having paid for a magnificent computerised registration database, we still can get fined for failure to display the registration when They can look it up with a few keystrokes.

Working in the private sector, if I was to demand of customers that they prove they are entitled to our services, we would very quickly have no customers.

Oh the joys of working in a government-mandated interference industry... / sarc now off.

I think the most likely outcome will be that you would get the fine for failing the attitude test.

**Scuba_Steve** · 25th November 2015, 19:58

Originally Posted by Banditbandit

"do the crime pay the fine ..."

That quote is still the stupidest fucking quote out there especially since the only crime being committed is by the cop & he/she aint paying shit

**RDJ** · 26th November 2015, 12:14

Originally Posted by Laava

I think the most likely outcome will be that you would get the fine for failing the attitude test.

Trying to find that test in the statutes.... nope, nothing turning up.

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One wonders how many people like Scott Watson have had their lives catastrophically altered because they failed such an attitude test. Getting a ticket for failing to display is less-than-peanuts compared to what other people end up with, but I guess if people applying the attitude test get away in small things in encourages them to apply it more liberally and they will keep applying it.

Again, setting an Attitude Test in the private sector will certainly work in one respect because The Examiner will never have to deal with those customers again.