Okay, first things first I know I was breaking the law
I was riding through the Raglan back streets with a pillion, gave the throttle a small quick flick as I crossed an intersection, not going over 60, carried on up around a bend to a round about where I turned left onto the main road and went up and over the hill out of town (past bp) this time just cruising at about 50-55. Just as I'm about to get into the 100k zone a cop comes up behind me and pulls me over, says he saw me zip across the intersection and then as he turned onto it lost sight of me (assumes I was speeding), he says he didn't get a lock on my speed but says he his grounds for pulling me over are for that of "speeding" funny thing is, where this took place and where I ended up being pulled over is 500m + away and at 50km/h that's quite a distance to cover, I'm assuming he just heard me and went looking for me.. (did he even see me at all? bike is quite loud)
Anyway so he does a breath test / license check and surprise surprise he gets his reward in the form of a restricted license (carrying a pillion). Not a complete waste of time pulling me over after all.
He asks if the bike is a Lams 600cc, I say yes, cop "is that a vtwin?" No it's a 4cyclinder, cop "well then that can't be Lams approved" it is, it's restricted, I can show you on the ltsa list if you like, cop "Nah nah that's ok"... Carries on filling out ticket for carrying a pillion, cop "actually yea show me" (show him the phone) "oh ok that's alright". Long story short (yes I know boring as aye bro) I skip ahead and ask if I need to organise a ride for my pillion, he says nah it's fine I'm not going to tell you not to ride with your gf, you can take her home, I'm not going to stop you riding with a passenger and I'm not saying not to do it but don't get caught again or keep doing it because it's 35 demerits each time and you'll lose your licence.
Anyway, my question is, the time this took place was 12:40pm, on my ticket it says 11:40am, at that time I was roughly on the other side of town getting an ice cream or possibly getting cash out at the atm, is an hour enough to get out of the ticket on a technicality??
Sorry for the lake of wheelies and supermans, I'll try make it more entertaining next time.
Bike is a Yamaha FZ6R, I'm on my restricted license - that's all the details
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