Picked on by cops

[neels]

In London my brother was forever getting pulled over in his Cortina 1600E because it was "a black mans car" .

I used to get pulled up in my GTE cortina because it was a young hoon's car, but I was a young hoon so I suppose it was fair enough. A maori guy that worked with my father sold his BMW because he got sick of getting pulled up by the cops, not really fair enough.

I guess if they were polite enough just checking things out you can't complain too much about them doing their job.

[scissorhands]

Shortly after 9/11 I had a kid in a Warkworth fish and chip shop check with his father in case I had a bomb.

I'm pretty dark for Wankworth tho

Habibi my friend what have i done?

[sinfull]

I got waved to by a local cop today because i slowed down ! I guess he knows who i am, i mean who don't lol blahhh look at me, look at me !!! I waved back and no it wasn't a nod or a head tilt, it was a real wave, like waaaave, fuckin aye they do their job, fucked if i'd do it but some ones got to !
If he'd ticketed me, he'd still be doin his job cause i have no idea if he'd have clocked me at 65 or 55 but i seen him and slowed, he waved and aye, on ya bro !
I't aint all about money gathering !
locally i'm known (not as a trouble maker lol) so i'd like to think if some scum on my bike looked a little out of place to a cop, yeah his name an number be cool to have !!!

[sinfull]

WTF your pissing and moaning about the police doing their job and next thing your pissing and moaning that they dont do anything. Are you confused or just a bit simple.

Ummm fittin tryhard done whoopsee wrong answer ! But i guess seeing he's still only just off trainer wheels we should ...... nah burn him !!!!

[awayatc]

Cops picked me off from my "home" a while ago.....
3 patrol cars
2 mufti cars
couldn't count the number of cops on one hand....

Whole neighbourhood was wondering what the hell had happened.....
Nothing much had......

Thought that was excessive....

Funny in hindsight though....

[mdnzz]

I say good on em for pulling you over and checking all legit, that is their job to act on hunches. If it wasn't then I would not have had them retrieve my skyline when they saw two young fella's in it early hours of the morning, looked suss and this time they had the right hunch. While it might be annoying to be pulled over if there is no ticket and a have a nice day be on ya way attitude then really is it worth getting pissy over.
They are only human, they may not get it right every time, but then again do you??

[Swoop]

Good on them.
Something looked suspicious and they investigated. Just like if they see a shady character sneaking around a house at night. It might be the householder having a wizz on the lemon tree or it might be a burglar.

That is their job. Proactive policing.
I imagine that someone wearing a 1-piece set of racing leathers with all the fruit and berries attached and riding a harley, would also get looked at suspiciously.


Bring back bobbies walking the beat.

[freedom-wedge]

I think your husband should be fucked off. Why can't a law abiding citizen doing nothing wrong go about their business without being interrupted by a state employee?

And don't give me this shit about being a cop is a hard job. There's plenty of hard jobs out there. What's that in their job description - "law enforcement".

well said, dispite valid points from both sides in this thread, a quick plate check would of given the answer to the machine being stolen or not. If that was the reason for being detained on the side of the road, we better be sure our clothes fit and we arnt wearing incorrect shoe size, let alone odd socks, come on fellas its a weak reason to stop a person going about their business.

I,m all for proactive policing, but they should be trying hard to win peoples hearts and minds, yeah damned if you do blah blah.

[freedom-wedge]

My husband was riding home today after getting a warrant on his bike. An old Honda CBR1000. A hot day so he is wearing a jacket and his tattoos are showing.
A detective in a plain car follows him, calls for back up (a highway patrol car arrives) They both pull him over and of course as he wasn't speeding and the bike is legal he asks why?

Their response is that he doesn't suit the bike he is riding.

Apparently this is reason enough to pull someone over? They thought he had stolen it!
Perhaps he looks like a Harley rider - yeah maybe as he has had Harleys before but he loves his CBR and since when do you have to own a bike based on the way you look?

Anyone had problems like this before?

How long was he helping them with their enquiry ?? just out of interest

[DEVVIL]

if someone is puttering along at 50kms in traffic, they can't run the rego to see if it is stolen?

The plate may not be stolen!Jumped on my boys 250 and picked up 35 demerit points lol

[Big Dave]

The plate may not be stolen!Jumped on my boys 250 and picked up 35 demerit points lol

Now that's what I call revenge!

[Marmoot]

Yeah - I've been pulled over to see if I stole it a few times. I thought it was OK actually.

What? You think stealing bikes is OK?

[Skyryder]

Ever heard of the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty? A founding principle of our justice system? How was this gentleman given this right? He was assumed guilty until they could establish he was innocent.

The big picture - civil liberties. I want mine. You can surrender yours if you want.

This was a theme I pushed when the instant loss of licence was lowered. It was all awast of time. No one cared. They still don't.


Skyryder

[Big Dave]

What? You think stealing bikes is OK?

Sure - I'm Australian - what do you need?

[Big Dave]

So Dath - are you now an ardent civil libertarian or still an advocate for compulsory safety clothing?