Gangs running drugs?

[Finn]

There's about 210 on my bike today.

Ahem... Dry weight maybe.

[jrandom]

Ahem... Dry weight maybe.

Do I look wet to you?

[Finn]

Do I look wet to you?

Is there a window in your sump?

[SixPackBack]

Standing in a paddock right now?

Either the original poster or the cop is chocka block full of it.

[jrandom]

Is there a window in your sump?

I think you're supposed to use the dipstick.

[jrandom]

Either the original poster or the cop is chocka block full of it.

The cop, I reckon.

Like I said.

[Subike]

So, on that basis , an even better idea would be to stop all vehicles driven by black people ? Right? Just putting their focus on a certain group, after all.

And what I wonder do they intend to DO once they have stopped a bike? They can't search it (no reasonable suspicion of drugs, it's a random motorcycle). The rider is hardly going to admit he's carrying anything illegal.

The argument is nonsense also. "We are stopping all motorcycles, because we have a problem with motorcycles not stopping and getting away from us". Is it not obvious, that if motorcycles can indeed outrun the Man, then if they try to stop on who IS carrying drugs, he will simply speed off, and by their own statement they can't catch him.

And I doubt this was a STU or HP vehicle, or even a proper copper cop, probably a defective. So he could hardly stop very many , try as he might. And the chances of him actually stopping a carrier , out of those few on a random basis, would be a number closely approximateing zero.

Well if I was a cop, with a radio, ( he did admit his was not working B S )
And I was on a ""catch the drug trafficing biker" assignment
I would have at least two other cages parked ahead of me by say 2 k's, so that when I found said " drug trafficing Gang member on a bike"
Who promptly speed off into the distance, laughing at my feeble attempts of persuit,
A simple radio call to my "buddies" 2k up the track, out with the road spikes,
Down goes the egotistical Gang Biker, drugs and all. One collar thank you very much!
Simple really.
So dont think the cops are that stupid, if a dumb fuck like me can think of a senario that would catch said drug runner, bassed on the info of this thread.
Im sure Helens Finest are more edumacated than me

On the other side of the coin,
In the late 80's I knew of several riders that did the Christchurch West Coast ride late at night, very quickly, carried up to a kilo of Bush Weed each run.
Triumph Daytona's were the rides,
The new ones, not the old 60's bangers, when they were first new. Fact

[Ixion]

Personally, I would imagine that the copper in question suspected Mr Anubis of being someone other than he was, presumably someone known to be of less than law-abiding character, and was intent on a quick catch-up.

Upon helmet removal and confirmation that his suspicion was unfounded, he trotted out a soothing "we're looking after y'all here" story to sooth the mind of the prole before departure and allay any potential annoyance at being singled out for attention.

Occasional such incidents are an unavoidable result of a proactive policing mandate. I would have no quarrel with an officer who pulled me over for a similar reason.

Quite so. And I would have no gripe with an officer who stopped me and then told me something along the lines of "Oh, sorry, Sir. We've been looking for a chap riding a motorcycle, description rather like yours. Thought you might have been him, hard to tell what with the helmet and all , but I see you are not he. Apologies ". (passing over the fact that NOBODY looks like me)

But it is a bit different to say "Well, we are stopping all bikers because we reckon that there's a good chance that we'll find that a random biker is running drugs". As someone said, would they use the same logic to stop all cars?

[jrandom]

In the late 80's I knew of several riders that did the Christchurch West Coast ride late at night, very quickly, carried up to a kilo of Bush Weed each run...

The rufty tufty biker carrying a large stash of weed at high speed through the midnight countryside is a bit of a modern romantic pop-culture antihero, really, wouldn't you say?

[Ixion]

Well if I was a cop, with a radio, ( he did admit his was not working B S )
And I was on a ""catch the drug trafficing biker" assignment
I would have at least two other cages parked ahead of me by say 2 k's, so that when I found said " drug trafficing Gang member on a bike"
Who promptly speed off into the distance, laughing at my feeble attempts of persuit,
A simple radio call to my "buddies" 2k up the track, out with the road spikes,
Down goes the egotistical Gang Biker, drugs and all. One collar thank you very much!
Simple really.
So dont think the cops are that stupid, if a dumb fuck like me can think of a senario that would catch said drug runner, bassed on the info of this thread.
Im sure Helens Finest are more edumacated than me

On the other side of the coin,
In the late 80's I knew of several riders that did the Christchurch West Coast ride late at night, very quickly, carried up to a kilo of Bush Weed each run.
Triumph Daytona's were the rides,
The new ones, not the old 60's bangers, when they were first new. Fact

Given that the OPs situation concerned a stop in traffic, not a road block, your scenario would require the cop to have a crystal ball to know that he was going to pull over a bike in a specific location. And a very great deal of rearranging of buddies and spikes throughout the day (incidentally, theya re not permitted to use spikes to stop motorcycles).

A road block type scenario might have greater legitimacy. "Sorry to stop you, Sir, but we have information that someone on a motorcycle is going to be running a consignment of drugs along this road, this morning. We don't have any more details, so we're stopping all bikes. I see you are not the man we want, apologies for the delay". Fair enough . I think. Probably. But that wasn't the picture painted. The picture there was : Cop sees a bike in traffic. "Hey look, a motorbike. Bet you anything he's carrying drugs, I'll stop him". The implicit assumption , motorcyclist=drug dealer IS objectionable. And I would object if stopped on that basis.

[Ixion]

The rufty tufty biker carrying a large stash of weed at high speed through the midnight countryside is a bit of a modern romantic pop-culture antihero, really, wouldn't you say?

If one were going to carry a stash of illegal drugs from A to B, common sense would indicate that one would NOT do so at high speed! What fool would thus risk drawing needless attention to himself.

[jrandom]

What fool would thus risk drawing needless attention to himself.

I did say 'modern romantic pop-culture antihero', not 'sensible mitigator of risks'...

[Subike]

The rufty tufty biker carrying a large stash of weed at high speed through the midnight countryside is a bit of a modern romantic pop-culture antihero, really, wouldn't you say?

no
Fact pure and simple.

[MIXONE]

If one were going to carry a stash of illegal drugs from A to B, common sense would indicate that one would NOT do so at high speed! What fool would thus risk drawing needless attention to himself.

A white toyota corolla at 100 clicks and nobody would notice you

[Anubis]

Well I see this has been moved to rants and raves so obviously noone particularly sees my experience this morning as a legitimate concern.
I admit the reason for the stoppage is probably complete BS - but i was doing nothing that warranted being stopped so still felt there may be a legitimate crackdown on checking licenses/rego/warrants for bikes and felt I should share/warn people.

Should i not bother in the future?