Expensive wheelie

[craigs288]

A mate and I were out and about yesterday up towards Mangawhai tavern and Waipu and Wellsford etc, etc.... and at some point we hit a detour due to a crash.
At the detour was the guy holding the road sign and a policeman in his bright yellow vest. For some unknown reason my friend decided to pull a wheelie as he got moving again. I went a little slower until I was around the next corner.
About 2 hours after I got home my mate text me to say the policeman turned up on his doorstep to impound the bike. He tried to convince the man in blue (and yellow) it just came up as he accelerated away. At which point the policeman says " well you called me a motherf**ker on the way past ".
My mate swears to me that he never said anything. If he had the cop would still need bionic ears to hear someone in a helmet facing the other way and over the noise of two bikes.

[JimO]

they dont like being called m@#*%#$kers

[Sniper]

Bugger, guess it taught him not to play silly buggers then didnt it.

[RantyDave]

For some unknown reason my friend decided to pull a wheelie as he got moving again....

Wasn't the smartest thing ever. There was a crackdown on speeding through roadworks too.

About 2 hours after I got home my mate text me to say the policeman turned up on his doorstep to impound the bike. At which point the policeman says " well you called me a motherf**ker on the way past ". My mate swears to me that he never said anything. If he had the cop would still need bionic ears to hear someone in a helmet facing the other way and over the noise of two bikes.

Exactly, and he should land on the cunt like a ton of bricks. Particularly since there is no actual law against calling a cop a motherfucker. It's not a very good idea, but not illegal either.

Sadly I can't remember who it was, but someone on the site had a judge basically call a policeman a liar and throw the case out ... with the police complaints guy in court taking notes. I'd like to know under what law the policeman is impounding your mates bike. If it pulled a wheelie it sure as shit wasn't sustained loss of traction, was it?

Dave

[Filterer]

If it pulled a wheelie it sure as shit wasn't sustained loss of traction, was it?
Dave

Sustained los of traction on the front wheel!
I would have guess it would be under soem form of dangerous driving charge?

[adiddy]

careless driving, wreckless driving, any of those - take your pick mate

[scumdog]

Something is not exactly kosher about all this - somewhere.

You don't impound for wheelies - regardless of how dumb it was.

And claiming 'motherfucker' was said is irrelevant for this instance.

[Transalper]

Wasn't the smartest thing ever. ... under what law the policeman is impounding your mates bike. If it pulled a wheelie it sure as shit wasn't sustained loss of traction, was it?

Dave

Definately not a smart thing to do wheelies in front of cops... the front wheel i suspect did have a sustained loss of traction, or at least some loss of traction. ie. A wheel not touching the road has no traction and i've been lead to believe you can be done for that. But then i wouldn't know for sure.

[Transalper]

You don't impound for wheelies - regardless of how dumb it was.

But you don't get of scott free either for them do you?

[Sketchy_Racer]

From the other thread someone said that a wheelie isn't classed as sustained loss of traction. Only a burnout or huge skid etc can be class as that.

To be honest, it was a bit daft of your mate to go doing a wheelie infront of a cop, expesially in those circumstances.

But in saying that, the cop sounds like a right twit, making up stories about what you did and didn't say..... Bah.

Was the cop a young one?

[TLDV8]

About 2 hours after I got home my mate text me to say the policeman turned up on his doorstep to impound the bike.

So his bike was taken away. ?

[craigs288]

I feel he has no comeback because if the front wheel is in the air then it is sustained loss of traction. That's the letter of the law. Regardless of the fact he seems to be able to accelerate and corner while on the back wheel, which means he is in control and therefore isnt necessarily dangerous or reckless. Myself, I didn't feel the urge to do anything silly.
Mostly because there was a policeman right there, eyeballing us like we were perverts, child murderers, home invaders, gang members, P manufacturers, paedophiles, politicians or any other type of real criminal that are out there f**king this country over.

Funny too, how all the people who commit these evil crimes upon this country and the people in it, are entitled to receive legal aid to help them defend themselves. All paid for by us the taxpayer.

[Swoop]

the front wheel i suspect did have a sustained loss of traction, or at least some loss of traction. ie. A wheel not touching the road has no traction and i've been lead to believe you can be done for that.

Ah! But the rear wheel has an increase in traction with the additional weight on it - surely?

[erik]

That sucks.

Admittedly doing a wheelie past a cop is kind of asking for it, but it sounds like the cop is being an arsehole about the punishment (unless he was endangering other people by doing it).

[craigs288]

Im trying to get hold of him today to get the details of what if anything he was charged with and if they actually took his bike away.
I can't imagine him opening up his garage and saying 'there you go, take it away'. Then again he might just have to ride some of his other bikes till he can get the zx10r back.