Number plate hard to read?

**Biggles08** · 16th March 2008, 06:21

Originally Posted by Mikkel

So, he could do you for trying to blind following traffic?

Wouldn't surprise me because "thats not stock standard"...."you can't just go and modify your bike"....."I have a small pecker and you look like you have a bigger one than me...thats a fine"...."do you mind if I have a wank while I write you this ticket...it really gets me going this shit!"

FFS piss off ginger coont...I'm fucking coming for your arse...I'll see you in court you fucking little Hitler!

**SixPackBack** · 16th March 2008, 06:32

Originally Posted by Biggles08

Wouldn't surprise me because "thats not stock standard"...."you can't just go and modify your bike"....."I have a small pecker and you look like you have a bigger one than me...thats a fine"...."do you mind if I have a wank while I write you this ticket...it really gets me going this shit!"

FFS piss off ginger coont...I'm fucking coming for your arse...I'll see you in court you fucking little Hitler!

Yeah baby

. Good to see someone refusing to stay with the flock. Hold onto that indignation Biggles.

**Grahameeboy** · 16th March 2008, 06:43

When you have your day in Court suggest you stick to point...no finger pointing a cop...all you have to do is show it was readable...nothing less.

"Less is More"

**Dafe** · 16th March 2008, 07:05

Originally Posted by Aero165

Not true. I took my bike in for a warrant the other day. I was worried that he might fail me for my number plate so I asked him upfront if he'd fail me for it. He said that number plates have nothing to do with the WOF process. Now I don't know if that is just his opinion or the rule. My assessment is he's a good cunt

So I wouldn't need a plate on my vehicle to get a WOF?

**Biggles08** · 16th March 2008, 07:09

Originally Posted by Grahameeboy

When you have your day in Court suggest you stick to point...no finger pointing a cop...all you have to do is show it was readable...nothing less.

"Less is More"

Oh I'll play the game don't you worry Gboy...This thread is more for other bikers to see that this prick is on a power trip and WE all need to stand up against this sort of cop behavior...or we may as well sell our bikes now and throw our hands up saying "you win....speed kills." Also on the odd chance that Ginger is reading this thread I want him to know that he has made an enemy that has a spine and will make it my goal to show him for what he truly is...a BAD COP not doing his job in the right spirit.

**Biggles08** · 16th March 2008, 07:10

Originally Posted by Dafe

So I wouldn't need a plate on my vehicle to get a WOF?

Nope...its not a safety concern...its a licensing issue, not a WOF issue.

**mowgli** · 16th March 2008, 07:21

Originally Posted by Biggles08

...he also gave me a ticket for no rear facing reflector ($150)

WTF!! The whole number plate is one giant reflector. I'll bet that law hasn't been updated since the switch to black on white plates. Good luck with your appeal bro

**madbikeboy** · 16th March 2008, 07:33

Originally Posted by Biggles08

The guy I was riding with was well in front of me and he lost his license for 142kph...there were two cops sitting there waiting and the other guy wanted something to do too I guess...thing is, he was pissed that I wasn't speeding and I looked like I should have been. He didn't like bikes and it was well obvious with his first words spoken. I was completely riding within the law and he didn't like that apparently!

Hey, was the cop a middle aged faggot with a pornstache driving a Honda Accord mufti? I've had mates who have been ticketed by this particular fuckwit - he's got a thing for bikers, maybe his wife left him for one - anyhow, he's well known as petty and full of shit - my friend Lance had his ticket squashed by fuckwit's boss on appeal...

**Dino** · 16th March 2008, 07:49

All the best for your defence, this sounds really pety.

**BIGBOSSMAN** · 16th March 2008, 08:08

Glad I didn't go on the ride with Mikey and Biggles now, it could well have been my asshole skewered by this Carrot-top Atilla The Hun!!

**FROSTY:Me** · 16th March 2008, 08:18

Hey Biggles --take another picture this time from the pov of a car driver
So sit on ya bike and get a pic takenfrom the drivers seat of a car
That will prove one way or another

**Monsterbishi** · 16th March 2008, 08:39

Originally Posted by FROSTY

Hey Biggles --take another picture this time from the pov of a car driver
So sit on ya bike and get a pic takenfrom the drivers seat of a car
That will prove one way or another

He may run into issues in court if it's raised that the likes of trucks, speed camera's, opposing traffic, etc wouldn't be able to 'easily distinguish' the plate, therefore illegal.

Personally, I'd just do a setup the same as 98TLS bike, nice, clean setup, and unquestionably 100% legal.

**fLaThEaD FreD** · 16th March 2008, 08:56

A few years back a guy pointed a loaded gun through 4wd window and threeatened to shoot me. As I dropped the clutch and high tailed it outa there he let two rounds go at me.

He got community service........why?.......cos he drunk with his cop mates every Friday night.

They will still nail you on the number plate.......you cant win!

**Swoop** · 16th March 2008, 09:05

Originally Posted by Biggles08

I have checked it and it sags about 20mm and is still very very very visible. I will take photos of me on it when I send in the pictures. Oh and no it wasn't BBM :-)...he rides a R1 and has been to Taupo with us a while back...not sure if you know him. Poor bugger had just overtaken me too and took off down the big straight...he was cruising with me the entire time before that too. It was the first ride he had been on in 3 months!!!

You have a clear-cut case to defend. As Marty posted - "Can the plate be seen clearly from the rear" = yes.
You have lots of photo's, so have them ready for a court hearing.
Simply wasting the ginger cunt's time by having to trot off to court again, is good.
Quite surprised that there hasn't been the pleasant sound of gunfire from 16 yet... It will happen sooner or later, somewhere in NZ.

Originally Posted by Mikkel

Also, with regards to the rear reflector - unless he wrote a seperate ticket on that it should be redundant seeing as there are no requirements for a reflector on your number plate.

The requirement for a reflector stems from the simple fact that your plate can fall off. Several recent examples of this confirm this can happen.
Not having a reflector is a fairly petty thing, but getting run up the arse at night, could be worse.

Originally Posted by mowgli

WTF!! The whole number plate is one giant reflector. I'll bet that law hasn't been updated since the switch to black on white plates.

See above.

The police complaint's authority is a crock of shit simply designed to support the police.
Write a letter to the minister of transport and also the shadow minister.

**pzkpfw** · 16th March 2008, 09:08

Originally Posted by Mikkel

What would prevent you from getting WOF with a number plate that was 5 by 10 cm?

Not sure if it's specifically a WOF issue or not, but plates are legal only if they are the genuine thing made by the authorised maker.

People do seem to get away with others (e.g. sport cars with home-made stuff on front) but that doesn't mean it's legal.

The reflector thing is pretty clear too. Gotta have one. Doubt that fine can be argued (except in terms of "I fixed it now".)

Number plate mounting seems a bit badly defined. e.g. what exactly do they mean by "upright"? Just that it can't be upside down? Or that it must be 90 degrees from horizontal? Kiwifruits' folk got away with a plate mounted short-side down.

My bike still has the stock mount for the plate, with the plate attached as by the bike shop that sold it to me. The way THEY mounted the licence obscures my "E" and makes it look like an "F". Maybe I could get a fine for that?

Biggles - what did you do to light the plate?