I wish I'd done a runner

[jrandom]

Join the 70 points club, dude. It doesn't stop me.

And keep the viffer. Don't even think about changing, unless it's to a gixxer.



But, for the love of God, get a radar detector already.

[Mom]

as it stands my legal reteats have been adequate to avoid plod and i am in 'credit' for the day plod finds me(currently and touch wood...).

You know I will remind you of this post when you do get pinged!

Seriously though, 35 demerits is 30+ over the limit. I really hope you live rurally and not in a 50kph area, cos frankly if you were 30 over in a 50 then you really need to pay more attention in built up areas, and no sympathy here.

Interesting comment of yours too....

"Any time, anywhere, you could be fucked over and fined and have very many points that yopu don't really want added to your licence!"

Bit of advice.......slow down

[jrandom]

I really hope you live rurally and not in a 50kph area, cos frankly if you were 30 over in a 50 then you really need to pay more attention in built up areas, and no sympathy here.

You appear to have run out of Brasso to use on that halo of yours. Would you like to borrow my tin for a while?

[BarBender]

Fuck it!
That's 70 points in the last coupla munce, and $340.

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[Toaster]

No, the question is, "Should I have made a run for it?"
But since you're so curious, I was riding home, minding my own business.
The cop shoulda minded his.

Bud, if you are speeding... then you are his business.

Running could have ended in a tragedy... you just never know what might have come your way as you raced off to avoid the police. And if you crashed then we would all be attending your funeral or sending you flowers in hospital.

You did the right thing by taking it like a man and not running like an idiot. If you ran and he caught you, you would be done for failing to stop and who knows what else.... far worse than a mere ticket for speed.

[Mom]

You appear to have run out of Brasso to use on that halo of yours. Would you like to borrow my tin for a while?

I dont have a halo sweets, but am flattered that you see me in that light!

Dickheads that tear around 30 over the limit in built up areas deserve the book chucked at them!

[DUCATI*HARD]

Fuck it!
Only two blocks from home, and I spot a mufti cop going the other way, and he looks too interested in me. So, I slow down, and meander along, hoping I wasn't speeding and/or he didn't clock me if I was. Eventually, I see the flashy light thingoes in my mirrors and pull over, a mere 50m from my house. $170 and 35 demerits later and I'm REALLY pissed off - at him, at me, and at not going for it. By the time the car had performed a safe u-turn and caught up (coz it wasn't motoring), I could've ben safe in my gargre. Or down the neighbour's driveway.
Although I'm normally an advocate of "do the crime, pay the fine", in this case I wish I'd been more naughty. That's 70 points in the last coupla munce, and $340. I can't afford either.

you would have made it if you held it on,,,and the copper would have went home with his tail between his legs,,,maybe next time

[jafar]

you would have made it if you held it on,,,and the copper would have went home with his tail between his legs,,,maybe next time

Theres a good idea , run & lead them back to where you live

IF you ever intend on doing a runner in this kind of situation NEVER run straight home. They will then know with no shadow of doubt who you are & where you live, there is nothing to stop them comming round later on & giving you the speeding ticket you thought you had avoided by running in the first place.
It used to be that if you beat the cop back to your place then you were 'safe'. Those days are long gone, a cop can & will follow you on to your property to issue you with a ticket or arrest you , HOT PURSUIT allows them to do this & there is bugger all you can do about it except bend over & smile

[Blackbird]

Geez Ian

All this whinging about the cops plus a wee bit of beating up on yourself is really a smokescreen covering what you dismissed in half a sentence - the Vifferbabe reaction That's what really has you rattled eh? The sentence "Don't expect me to run you round when you lose your license" regularly gets trotted out in our household!

Now I happen to know that you've been smoothing the path somewhat with bling and goodies during the past few months. I don't know whether this is purely out of love or just a dash of insurance too, but it MIGHT just work in your favour.

However, I regard bribes to partners as vapourware. Irrespective of the size of the bribe, the impact only lasts a day

I shall pray for you

Geoff

[vifferman]

Well, the beating wasn't TOO bad - she didn't use the BIG stick with the knobby bits...

So I assume that you live in a superb,

Not so superb, but OK. $Million+ houses along the bit I was pinged on.

probably families with young children live around you, maybe they were out playing and enjoying the sunshine.

I think you know where I'm going with this...

Look - I may be a dick, but I'm not a dickhead.
Or a knob end.

Time and place.
Despite being a murderer, I'm a responsible, upstanding citizen.

Apart from when I'm lying down, of course.

Being close to home makes it worse, cause if you did run and got caught, really bad things happen... stopping is always the right thing to do.

What "really bad things"... :unsure:
Like $170 fines?
And the neighbourhood kids walking past and smirking at me?

basicly you can never really run from the cops, its just pub stories that make you think you can.

Nah, that's foolish talk.

Join the 70 points club, dude. It doesn't stop me.

And keep the viffer. Don't even think about changing, unless it's to a gixxer.



But, for the love of God, get a radar detector already.

It's funny you should say that.
I haven't experienced REAL power.
Just V4 power (and not of the RC45 or Desmosedici kind).
But just today I was thinking about 1000cc SpeedMachines.

Seriously though, 35 demerits is 30+ over the limit.

No, it's not. I've had that one (132 in 100) and it's $300 and 40 points.

I really hope you live rurally and not in a 50kph area, cos frankly if you were 30 over in a 50 then you really need to pay more attention in built up areas, and no sympathy here.

Yeah, rural.
Sea on the sides, bush around.
Shame about the houses and stuff.
quote=Mom;1251847]
Interesting comment of yours too....

"Any time, anywhere, you could be fucked over and fined and have very many points that yopu don't really want added to your licence!"[/quote]
Not my quote.
I'm sure I saw it on the gogglebox or summat.

And if you crashed then we would all be attending your funeral or sending you flowers in hospital.

Not.
When I die, it will be like my life - pretty much unnoticed (apart from the odd minor wrong-doing).

You did the right thing by taking it like a man and not running like an idiot. If you ran and he caught you, you would be done for failing to stop and who knows what else.... far worse than a mere ticket for speed.

Well, I thought that by cruising along and behaving, and all that, maybe nothing bad would happen.
But it's an urban myth.

Dickheads that tear around 30 over the limit in built up areas deserve the book chucked at them!

I already told you - it wasn't that fast! It was about 2.3mm above the legal mark on the speedo.
A mistake anyone could've made.

you would have made it if you held it on,,,and the copper would have went home with his tail between his legs,,,maybe next time

Yeah, but I still have to pay the fine this time.

Transcript follows:
Sir - do you know why I've interrupted your commute and made you late home?
No fargin idea - please elucidate if you would be so kind. But then if you were kind, you wouldn't have interfered with my lawful and pleasant journey.
Well, Sir, you were doing 72km/h, and that's very naughty. Now how do you want it? My partner there's horny, but he won't give me a bit; perhaps you would like to come back to the car and "see the speed on the zappy thing?"
What fargingood would that do, Mr Plod - that doesn't prove anything (and these pants are hard to remove in a hurry). Does it have the date and time?
Ahm.. no Sir. But my offer still stands. And you were the only blue bike going 72 just now.
What what what - does it have a picture of a blue bike on it then?!?
No, it doesn't. But I'm prepared to stand up in a court of law and say it was you.
Then I'm screwed - they're not going to believe a motorcyclist over a police oroficer then, are they?
Here - look at this - see how close the lines'n'numbers are together? It's really easy to be 2.3mm over that number there when you're busy watching where you're going instead of staring at the speedo!
Well, just take this as a "not so friendly" reminder to take more care. Now about that bummaging - if you're not too buggered already..?

[vifferman]

Geez Ian

All this whinging about the cops plus a wee bit of beating up on yourself is really a smokescreen covering what you dismissed in half a sentence - the Vifferbabe reaction

I just presented it as an honest and unintentional mistake, and told her how angry and pissed off I was.
She still loves me (and I've got the bruises to prove it...)

[jrandom]

2.3mm, etc

You obviously need a ZX-10R.

They have digital speedos.

[Coyote]

Well, in the normal commuting day, I break enough rules that I deserved the pain this inflicted, but knowing I was so close to home, and that his u-turn etc. would take a while, I was so tempted to hide down a side street or run for cover.

Shit, so when I've accidentally not noticed a cop and take a side road just to be safe, I'm doing a runner? I thought a runner is when the lights are flashing behind you and then you hoon off?

[inlinefour]

Fuck it!
Only two blocks from home, and I spot a mufti cop going the other way, and he looks too interested in me. So, I slow down, and meander along, hoping I wasn't speeding and/or he didn't clock me if I was. Eventually, I see the flashy light thingoes in my mirrors and pull over, a mere 50m from my house. $170 and 35 demerits later and I'm REALLY pissed off - at him, at me, and at not going for it. By the time the car had performed a safe u-turn and caught up (coz it wasn't motoring), I could've ben safe in my gargre. Or down the neighbour's driveway.
Although I'm normally an advocate of "do the crime, pay the fine", in this case I wish I'd been more naughty. That's 70 points in the last coupla munce, and $340. I can't afford either.

Good on ya for doing the right thing bro. Yea it might be dosh you can't really afford and more demerits, but you have remainded accountable for it. Its the idiots who do the runners that halpe run up insurance costs etc, IMO. Funny thing is though, for all my years of riding, I allways knew the revs per gear that I needed to do the 50km/hr around populated areas. Maybe you can suss that out so your not stung again?

[ZeroIndex]

What "really bad things"... :unsure:
Like $170 fines?
And the neighbourhood kids walking past and smirking at me?

I'm talking about loss of license, a big fine, possibility of confiscated motorcycle... just little unimportant things like that... I got off lightly with loss of license and confiscated motorcycle and some community service, but if they had gone the whole hog on me, it could've reached up to $14000 in fines... I'll be stopping next time...