Cops are coming down on any bikes

**98tls** · 3rd May 2010, 20:35

Originally Posted by Toaster

Would it not be fair to say that your "many encounters" and the reasons for them have something to do with it?

Stop that right there,far to sensible.This is a motorcycle website ffs reality has no place in this space.

**CHAPLIN** · 3rd May 2010, 20:36

You only just lost respect 3yrs ago, I lost ALL respect for TRAFFIC fuzz 20yrs past when I got done for dangerous riding because the sausage headed git said I must have been trying to get myself into orbit because he could hear my bike " booming and screaming" and when he caught sight of me I was in a "racers crouch" ( he had no radar reading, and I was on a ducati SD900 with conti pipes), I was doing 110 in a 100 zone.

**Toaster** · 3rd May 2010, 20:37

Originally Posted by 98tls

Stop that right there,far to sensible.This is a motorcycle website ffs reality has no place in this space.

Sorry, moment of weakness and clarity.

**CRF119** · 3rd May 2010, 22:09

What is the point in having a detector on a bike ive never understood it. Police man sees you and u twist the throttle and they give up. Plus they beep at everything.

**Bad Gixxer** · 3rd May 2010, 23:04

Originally Posted by CHAPLIN

You only just lost respect 3yrs ago, I lost ALL respect for TRAFFIC fuzz 20yrs past when I got done for dangerous riding because the sausage headed git said I must have been trying to get myself into orbit because he could hear my bike " booming and screaming" and when he caught sight of me I was in a "racers crouch" ( he had no radar reading, and I was on a ducati SD900 with conti pipes), I was doing 110 in a 100 zone.

When i was a kid i had an RD350 with modded pipes that sounded like it was doing a million mile an hour at idle, being a two stroke an' all (Ringggg Dingggg Dinggg pop pop p-p-p--p-pop BANG). Got pulled up like you for allegedly going too fast, but that thing sounded like it really was was heading for the moon in 3rd gear at 4000 revs. So for the three years i had it I had to pull in the clutch and idle past both moving and stationery cops. Worked a treat.

**Toaster** · 3rd May 2010, 23:26

Originally Posted by CHAPLIN

You only just lost respect 3yrs ago, I lost ALL respect for TRAFFIC fuzz 20yrs past when I got done for dangerous riding because the sausage headed git said I must have been trying to get myself into orbit because he could hear my bike " booming and screaming" and when he caught sight of me I was in a "racers crouch" ( he had no radar reading, and I was on a ducati SD900 with conti pipes), I was doing 110 in a 100 zone.

So if we all ride crouched over and zip about in first gear everywhere (making booming and screaming) we all get done for dangerous driving? How on earth did that charge hold up in court? Which part of that was "dangerous"?

**peasea** · 4th May 2010, 00:25

Originally Posted by Toaster

So if we all ride crouched over and zip about in first gear everywhere (making booming and screaming) we all get done for dangerous driving? How on earth did that charge hold up in court? Which part of that was "dangerous"?

It would have to be the '10k' killer factor.

I now have to stitch my own head up, coz I banged it so hard on the pooter desk.

**scumdog** · 4th May 2010, 15:56

Originally Posted by peasea

It would have to be the '10k' killer factor.

I now have to stitch my own head up, coz I banged it so hard on the pooter desk.

20 years ago it wasn't 10k killer factor, more like 20k back then (I know this how you may ask??

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**TomJ** · 6th May 2011, 21:08

Originally Posted by bogan

so whats the legality with radar jammers? good to go, or best to blame that shit on the car behind you.

Have been reading up on changes to driving age legislation and it includes section on banning radar jammers. becomes current 1st August. No mention of radar detectors however.

**Swoop** · 7th May 2011, 08:10

Originally Posted by TomJ

Have been reading up on changes to driving age legislation and it includes section on banning radar jammers. becomes current 1st August. No mention of radar detectors however.

Radar jammers are already illegal.

**TomJ** · 7th May 2011, 14:55

Originally Posted by Swoop

Radar jammers are already illegal.

wonder why they put into the new legislation?

anyway if pulled over a jammer is prob more likely to stir up the cops than a detector!

**pritch** · 7th May 2011, 23:31

Originally Posted by TomJ

wonder why they put into the new legislation?

I understand that currently the charge would be something along the lines of making an unauthorised radio transmission. Perhaps they're going for something more relevant.

Then again I really have no idea what I'm talking about, but then this is KB...

**racefactory** · 8th May 2011, 10:15

This is absolute bullshit. Scaremongering.

**theseekerfinds** · 8th May 2011, 14:22

as a West Islander I grew up (?) in a state where radar detectors were illegal, the fines for getting caught with one mountainous, as such I only used one once and found myself constantly looking at it instead of the road. I ended up deciding that they just weren't for me and if I get/got caught speeding I would wear the fine if I was sure I was actually speeding. I have been ticketed on several occasions and from time to time I have not been sure enough and have taken the issue to court every time, the case has always been argued the same way: first of all I do some homework on the officer who ticketed me such as previous appearances on similar matters and how he me set up his radar, it's callibration etc and what the traffic density was like on the day if there is a radar reading to argue,
or how on earth he was actually able to say I was speeding when there was no radar reading the speed only his police college taught observation skills which I have always been able to argue have been clouded by his aural skills (that means he heard the bike and assumed I was speeding rather than actually watching my bike objectively) if there was no radar involved. My success rate is excellent, but then again my fine rate is low which means so is my unsure of guilt count :-)
Radar detectors are just not my cup of tea, I admit I can be a little under cautious on over speeding but the highway is the place to go a tad quicker in my opinion, not the urban streets.. I never argue or get wise to an officer of the law I spend the time assessing if this ticket will go to court or if I will just pay it.. but I do listen to what they have to say because most of the time they are their (and because it's more than one officer I will use "their") own worst enemy and reveal just how subjective the ticket they are issuing's genuine grounds for issue actually are.
I always smile when I see a radar detector on a bike simply because I hope that a) the thing has saved them money and points, and b) I am sure anyone and everyone who looks at a bike with a radar detector on it assumes it is because the rider is intent on speeding and want to avoid being caught that they have one. And yes intent can be a very difficult area to prove in court, not so in public forums though.. but then at times a judge will give you credit for honesty when you say "I looked down at my speedo and saw the needle between 100 and 110 on the dial, and in the time between that sighting and the police officer alerting me to pull over I didn't increase my speed at all so would offer the suggestion that whilst I was speeding I was still withing the margins allowed for by traffic police when looking at issuing fines and taking manufacturer error into account that a warning would suffice in this instance. I admit if I am speeding, even just a little bit because the judge is generally sick of hearing cries of innocence when they are simply not true..
we all speed, any of you guys on here who say you don't, well I call your bluff because not only do we all speed but we all lie too.. I see the argument for radar detectors slowing drivers down and for the case of them being illegalised as they encourage speeding between radar spikes but hey we know we are breaking the law when we speed so that kinda makes the whole thing moot to me.. I don't want one, don't need one and aint never gonna have one. but you guys who use them, good luck to you. I hope they provide the crutch that your posts seem to suggest you need them for :-)

**tel** · 17th May 2011, 03:35

I have a RD. I do about 75,000km per year, car travel, plus some bike time, (but not enough time).It has saved many possible tickets by early warning
Most times I travel at 115-125km/hr. All South Is roads, usually with little to no traffic due to time of day travel
BUT
More often than not radar is now operated hot and loaded, they pull the trigger so no warning time given to allow for braking to under 110km.
now getting low on points
Any solutions out there?