Here's the thing. i was pulled over in the rain and given my ticket ... i couldn't read the badge number (it has to be on the ticket) so i asked him to write it down again ...
always get a badge number!! .. did he have a beard?? .. well he did then, but a razor will change that, the badge number doesn't change.
I'm actually interested to know if this officer is just doing his job, and lets be honest here, we are breaking the law by passing on the left, or ... if he is being an arsehole to bikers.
the reason I ask is that we only get pulled over by bike cops ... we have all split past a cop car and nothing has happened. (unless someone has been ? .. LOL )
As road users, we have to obey the laws of the road, we, as bikers in auckland (and other places) .. Lane split, this action necessitates that we occasionally, "pass on the left while prohibited".
My issue is not so much that we get pinged for it, but that the law in question seems to be sporadically enforced, surely a law that catered for motorway traffic (read lane-splitting in rush hour) would be better, maybe something Bronz could think about ???
I didn't buy a bike to sit in traffic after all ... ha ha .. that being said, i will continue to "split", because as far as I'm concerned, I'm a damn sight safer while I'm moving and the thought of being squashed between two cars scares the crap out of me.
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He's convinced it's illegal at all times.. road code says otherwise.
and probably think that it is beneath them to pull you up, (unless it is an inconvenience to them) hence the hit and miss scenario.
...no uniform off duty/ detectives less likely to ping you(maybe)
Originally Posted by Finn
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