What would you prefer?

[rastuscat]

BAN SUV's from our roads....

Good, yes, practical idea. Thanks.

[Kickaha]

and SUV's if you actually take a look are probably no worse than the average car driver I've found,

SUV used to be over represented in single vehicle roll overs because of people treating them like a cars

I find quite a few of them driven by boat towing cunts who aren't interested in moving over for traffic behind them

[Scuba_Steve]

SUV used to be over represented in single vehicle roll overs because of people treating them like a cars

I find quite a few of them driven by boat towing cunts who aren't interested in moving over for traffic behind them

ah like the horse float wankers just with them a toot usually gets them out the way, seems the trailor becomes unstable when the horse starts jumping round

P.S. not recommended to try, tho usually works & does teach them a lesson, it is somewhat dangerous

[scumdog]

and SUV's if you actually take a look are probably no worse than the average car driver I've found, it's just their big so we tend to notice more. I have found people movers to be much worse

Big
Slow - worse when towing
Poor visibility
Headlights set too high
Soft rear suspension makes headlights even higher.
Buggers to park

Never owned one, wouldn't have one as a wart on me arse, they have their place but a shitload of those driving of them have no REAL need for them, a car would cover their needs more efficiently..

My rant on them over.

[nosebleed]

BAN POPO's from our roads....

Fixed that for ya.

[scumdog]

Perhaps there should be a third option in your poll. Introduce a bit more discretion.

MORE discretion?
I use shit-loads - (last ticket I wrote out was ohhhh about two or more weeks ago) but you never hear of THEM on a KB rant thread.

All you hear is whining "but I'm not unsafe", "not fair", "pick on the real trouble-makers" "you only stop bikers" cry-babies strumming on about an unfair ticket they got in 1987 or how hard done by they would be if they ever got stopped when in their opinion they were doing nothing wrong, cry me a river....HTFU

BTW: How often do some of you whinging types actually get stopped?

I added up the number of times I've ben stopped in the last 30years and apart from the booze-bus set ups where you have to line up and 'say your name into this sir' operations it's been a total of five.

And got a ticket from one of those stops - in 1987.

And no, I don't have an invisible sign that says "I'm one of you" - and I've only been in the job 15 years anyway.

So some of you guys must just be plain unlucky - or tempt fate - or something if you get pulled over heaps.

[Kickaha]

BTW: How often do some of you whinging types actually get stopped?

I'm not a whinging type but it's only been 5 times in 35 years, although 4 of those 5 stops resulted in tickets for a total of about $500 in fines

Filthy dirty donut munching revenue raisers why don't they go and pick on the real criminals blah blah blah

[george formby]

MORE discretion?
I use shit-loads - (last ticket I wrote out was ohhhh about two or more weeks ago) but you never hear of THEM on a KB rant thread.

All you hear is whining "but I'm not unsafe", "not fair", "pick on the real trouble-makers" "you only stop bikers" cry-babies strumming on about an unfair ticket they got in 1987 or how hard done by they would be if they ever got stopped when in their opinion they were doing nothing wrong, cry me a river....HTFU

BTW: How often do some of you whinging types actually get stopped?

I added up the number of times I've ben stopped in the last 30years and apart from the booze-bus set ups where you have to line up and 'say your name into this sir' operations it's been a total of five.

And got a ticket from one of those stops - in 1987.

And no, I don't have an invisible sign that says "I'm one of you" - and I've only been in the job 15 years anyway.

So some of you guys must just be plain unlucky - or tempt fate - or something if you get pulled over heaps.

Ha, i posted something similar to this when the thread started but missed the submit button. Fair call.

Get some money off the powers that be, get a "motorcycle awareness" road show on the go & use bike events around the country to meet, greet & show off some skills.
I did a Met approved advanced riding course in the UK with the police & the skills & attitude taught was great. So where the wheelies on the BM's...

[FJRider]

MORE discretion?


So some of you guys must just be plain unlucky - or tempt fate - or something if you get pulled over heaps.

I must be really lucky ... All the tickets I've recieved over the years were totally justified ... and some of those were written for speeds LESS than that what I was actually travelling ...

And for EACH time I was ticketed ... I would have been stopped and NOT issued a ticket about as many times. A stern warning/rant then ... told to go ... a bit slower ...

A few times even ... a flash of the red and blues ... a wag of the finger ... but NO pursuit ...

[jellywrestler]

The thing about speeding, is

they use a machine to ping you and the results are very difficult to contest so it is a very profitable business.
When's the last time you actually heard of someone getting a careless or a dangerous driving charge; without being involved in an incident/accident???
People are out there everyday commiting plenty more offences than speeding but pulling them over is a hassle. Invariably they'll try and defend the charge so Mr Policeman has to spend his day in court and take whatever bullshit the alledged offender and his lawyer come up with even if it's an error in writing the correct details on the ticket.
This is an attack on the officers 'Tradesman like practices', integrity etc and no-one likes that.
They don't bother, they'll turn a blind eye and concentrate on the best value for money they can to earn their wages.
SIMPLE ANSWER
Fit all Police cars and bikes with cameras, then the video evidence can be shown in court and the police can spread their resources to general road offences problems not just speed.
The whole roads will be a safer place and you can see that sometimes you're the one driving like 'that'.

[george formby]

a wag of the finger ... but NO pursuit ...

+1, the maximum I have had for my indiscretions but it was a tap to the side of the head.

[Jack Miller]

ah like the horse float wankers just with them a toot usually gets them out the way, seems the trailor becomes unstable when the horse starts jumping round

P.S. not recommended to try, tho usually works & does teach them a lesson, it is somewhat dangerous

I wonder how many get ticketed for carrying an unsecured load?

[Jack Miller]

MORE discretion?
I use shit-loads - (last ticket I wrote out was ohhhh about two or more weeks ago) but you never hear of THEM on a KB rant thread.

All you hear is whining "but I'm not unsafe", "not fair", "pick on the real trouble-makers" "you only stop bikers" cry-babies strumming on about an unfair ticket they got in 1987 or how hard done by they would be if they ever got stopped when in their opinion they were doing nothing wrong, cry me a river....HTFU

BTW: How often do some of you whinging types actually get stopped?

I added up the number of times I've ben stopped in the last 30years and apart from the booze-bus set ups where you have to line up and 'say your name into this sir' operations it's been a total of five.

And got a ticket from one of those stops - in 1987.

And no, I don't have an invisible sign that says "I'm one of you" - and I've only been in the job 15 years anyway.

So some of you guys must just be plain unlucky - or tempt fate - or something if you get pulled over heaps.

Once is enough. Just fuck off and leave us alone. Unless we're breaking the law of course, but every time I've been stopped I haven't been. Just get out of my life!

[Kickaha]

but every time I've been stopped I haven't been. Just get out of my life!

Yeah yeah, sure you haven't

[Dodgy_Matt]

SUV's if you actually take a look are probably no worse than the average car driver I've found, it's just their big so we tend to notice more. I have found people movers to be much worse

This morning, riding south through Pukerua Bay on SH1 I had a 4wd pull out of Teihana Road on me.

Sideswiped off the highway by a 4x4

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