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    Question

    How can you have your bike written off the road for having a licence plate partially obscured?
    The letters were all clearly visible, just the border was hidden.
    Then when he queried it, 'back up' was called and 4 other cops threatened him with arrest if he didn't comply and have the bike removed.
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    You are taking the wrong colour again, mate. It's the blue ones!
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    I was under impression it can only be written off the road if it has serious defects which can he hazardous/dangerous (ie: uncertified lowered suspension, severe body rust, cords showing in worn out tyres etc...) - obscured plate is not a "serious" defect but you can get a $200 ticket for an obscured plate. Must be more to this story...

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    Easy, same rule making as my tinted visor fine.
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    I'm with Patrick on this one. Must be more to the story. Maybe the guy was known to Police for something else and they decided to give him a hard time. To call for back up (4 of them) the guy must have been acting odd or looked like he was going to explode.

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    sounds a bit fucking dodgy Lou, the cops probably had it in for this poor biker, I'd like to hear what the cops on this site can tell us about this?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lou Girardin
    How can you have your bike written off the road for having a licence plate partially obscured?
    The letters were all clearly visible, just the border was hidden.
    Then when he queried it, 'back up' was called and 4 other cops threatened him with arrest if he didn't comply and have the bike removed.
    Seems like there's more to this situation than meets the eye? For the to call for back-up the officer would have had to feel threatened. Of course it could have been because the Blueys have been having a bad time of late and he was a little nervous, I mean bikers are all bad 'uns aren't we?
    Are we talking pink stickered type written off the road or forbidden to ride?
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    by the side of the road isnt the place to fight that stuff. Use the system, Police Complaints Authority, written complaints to the Minister of Pleece, send it to the media, basically make their lives a living hell.

    I am starting to carry a digital camera with me (for snapshots) but it strikes me it would be useful in the situation: take photos of the pleece, the plate, everything.

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    More information please Lou.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sniper
    Easy, same rule making as my tinted visor fine.

    What...you got a fine for having a tinted visor?
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    That's all the info I have. The guy has tats, but isn't big or threatening. His bike is new and worth over $70,000, which would make one reluctant to leave it at the roadside. He said that when he disputed the cops right to red sticker it, the cop called for back up and he was then intimidated by the others that arrived.
    I suggested he has his lawyers number on speed dial in future.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lou Girardin
    That's all the info I have. The guy has tats, but isn't big or threatening. His bike is new and worth over $70,000, which would make one reluctant to leave it at the roadside. He said that when he disputed the cops right to red sticker it, the cop called for back up and he was then intimidated by the others that arrived.
    Did they just take the bike or was he placed uner "arrest" as well?...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lou Girardin
    I suggested he has his lawyers number on speed dial in future.
    And the Police Complaints Authority number 0800 503 728
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lou Girardin
    That's all the info I have. The guy has tats, but isn't big or threatening. His bike is new and worth over $70,000, which would make one reluctant to leave it at the roadside. He said that when he disputed the cops right to red sticker it, the cop called for back up and he was then intimidated by the others that arrived.
    I suggested he has his lawyers number on speed dial in future.
    Perhaps they were jelous of his bike? I was pulled over just before xmas for being creative on my way home through auckland shitty. Just a wee little u-turn with no traffic to avoid the abortion that transit and the council have created. The cop said 3 or 4 times "you drive a really nice car" and then rambled through the process. 3 days earlier my father had passed away so I couldn't be bothered asking him WTF has that got to do with it?

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    Photographic evidence

    Digital camera photo's are not admissable in a court of law presumably because of the ease at which they can be doctored. Carry a disposable camera if you intend recording evidence.
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