Cop tried to green sticker my bike because of my plate

[Morcs]

Absolutely ludicrous.

This morning got pulled over for being a loon etc...

He wanted to put a green sticker on my bike and immediately deem it not road worthy because of the angle of my plate.

On my DRZ i have an edge tail light unit, its very nice, the plate is no where near an offensive angle - apparently has to be 90 degrees! He told me to bend it - it would block my exhaust, so he said offset it heaps to one side.

WTF.

now him and his mates on the NW are going to be keeping an eye out to make sure ive fixed it - do I have grounds to not change it? what is the official law on them?

attached are pics of the same bracket on a drz. mine is no different.

[The Pastor]

might help of an actual pic of the plate.

[Morcs]

My tinternet isnt working at home, and cant transfer phone pics to pc at work, so no pics. seriously, the angle is fine and absolutely readable.

cop took a photo though and almost insisted I bend the bracket (which is farking solid) on the side of the road before hed let me ride off.

[ManDownUnder]

My tinternet isnt working at home, and cant transfer phone pics to pc at work, so no pics. seriously, the angle is fine and absolutely readable.

cop took a photo though and almost insisted I bend the bracket (which is farking solid) on the side of the road before hed let me ride off.

Go check with a warrant station. If it's ok with them you have good grounds to contest it.

[CookMySock]

Just look at him and say "write the ticket out, mate." Don't flinch! Then give him your details and say nothing more. Give him 20 seconds to start writing and if he doesnt, then start putting your gear back on, and ride off.

DB

[avgas]

there are no numbers on that plate - thats your problem lol

[slimjim]

yup as all have advised get it checked via warrant garages

[Morcs]

I cant bend the bracket either as It has big welds on the current bend. it will f**k it.

does anyone know the actual law?

no new bikes have the plate at exactly 90 degrees, all of them are at least 20 degrees outwards. mine is 35 degrees approx.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Just look at him and say "write the ticket out, mate." Don't flinch! Then give him your details and say nothing more. Give him 20 seconds to start writing and if he doesnt, then start putting your gear back on, and ride off.

DB

I think thats good advice. I think they were just fucking with you because they thought you might have been riding like a twat: were you?

If the vehicle has a WOF, and received that wof in its present state, then their opinion needs to be tested in court.

[Roki_nz]

Just look at him and say "write the ticket out, mate." Don't flinch! Then give him your details and say nothing more. Give him 20 seconds to start writing and if he doesnt, then start putting your gear back on, and ride off.

DB

Works when they come to your home and accuse you of doing 147km. If they are going to ticket you they will do so right away if not they won't.

[Devil]

That looks a lot closer to 45 degrees to me. Which is a pretty big angle. Put the standard plate holder back on.

[vifferman]

If the vehicle has a WOF, and received that wof in its present state, then their opinion needs to be tested in court.

Perhaps.
It's the law/statutes/regulations that are absolute - a WOF sticker doesn't prove that at any time your vehicle is of a standard that meets the law/statutes/regulations for that vehicle in every regard.
F'rinstance, my bike has a new WOF, and I'm fairly sure that with the possible exception of the front indicators and maybe the muffler, it is up to WOF standard, but in fact the WOF was basically written out without any checks being done at all.

[CookMySock]

yup as all have advised get it checked via warrant garages

I would suggest that you didn't. This might put pressure on the garage to "see things differently." You don't want that to happen.

DB

[Storm]

So um, where do you go for WOF's mr Viffy?

[Morcs]

That looks a lot closer to 45 degrees to me. Which is a pretty big angle. Put the standard plate holder back on.

It went in the bin. Its huge and ugly.

I will get a few washers so the plate is tilted downwards about 5 degrees without bending the bracket.

On the other hand, the plate on my thou is angled the opposite way about 10 degrees. wonder if thats legal...