Cop tried to green sticker my bike because of my plate

[toebug]

Go here for all your rules and regs.

http://landtransport.govt.nz/certifi...ml#motorcycles

[HRT]

Its Not A Warrant Thing!

[westie]

Lol there really are some geeks/martys sorry martyrs on here.

Sounds like in ixions post the plate just needs to be clearly seen which of course means fuck all cos the nice porice man can say what he likes in that regard. Yep gay.

Morcs
Thats twice in one week you've almost lost your licence you've had for almost as many weeks. Lol

Whens the next chance coming up?

[Max Preload]

Go here for all your rules and regs.

http://landtransport.govt.nz/certifi...ml#motorcycles

That's just the VIRM and has nothing about registration plates.

[AllanB]

Ah why not just take it as a warning and bend the bracket. From what I can see of it this should be easy - even 10-15 degrees down will make a big difference.
90 degrees is crap as stock mounts are rarely that (HD the exception on most models).

Face it if you ride like a 'loon' and get caught then the next step is usually based on your attitude - if you suck it in and quietly accept the fine they are less likely to give the bike a once over.

Concentrate your efforts on important things for a young man - like getting laid

[sAsLEX]

Face it if you ride like a 'loon' and get caught then the next step is usually based on your attitude - if you suck it in and quietly accept the fine they are less likely to give the bike a once over.

I got pulled Sun night for a semi obscured plate, straight to his window license in hand, polite and answered his questions directly and honestly and after a wee radio check got sent on my way.

Going to have to replace my whole plate as it is about to snap off! Useless thing its only a month or three old and has a big crack between the two mounting holes

[Boob Johnson]

I got pulled Sun night for a semi obscured plate, straight to his window license in hand, polite and answered his questions directly and honestly and after a wee radio check got sent on my way.

Spot on mate

If I had a $1 for everytime ive been pulled up over the years & NOT got a ticket when he/she could of then id have a shit load of coins. My dad knew from an early age I was into "things that go fast" etc & taught me to be polite & make their job easy if ever in possible trouble with the 5...0. It takes them by surprise as they are used to dealing with fuckwits, dont be that FW & you will find yourself with a lot less trouble. It goes as far as body language, the way you are speaking to them, just the general way you conduct yourself. Treat them with the respect they deserve & you will be surprised what happens.

I went to court 11 years ago for doing 170km/h on the open road & got let off with a warning, a fine LESS than the maximum instant fine in those days & all I had to do was re-sit the theory of my licence, no loss at all! That is almost unheard of from what I understand. Reason? Aside from the fact I chose the right time & place to do it served me well (apart from the cop comin the other way of course lol) & because I was very polite, all these things go back to the judge.

It's a game, play it smartly.

[Max Preload]

I went to court 11 years ago for doing 170km/h on the open road & got let off with a warning, a fine LESS than the maximum instant fine in those day... because I was very polite, all these things go back to the judge.

I've had one of them, but it was 180km/h and I was charged with "driving at what might be a dangerous speed". On a learners. On a 750. Two up. Got off very lightly - the fine was less than the maximum instant infringement at the time too. I'm a little more reserved these days... just a little...

[kevin-chow]

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.

Lol wait until they see my plate!

[barty5]

just bend the plate if the bracket wont

[Fub@r]

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.

I'm a bit late on this one but sounds like you got pulled by the same KB'er copper that got me last Tuesday night.

Result was a $150 fine for not adequately indicating my lane changes, apparently running the indicator whilst splitting is not allowed.

Also I'm meant to be greatful I wasn't ticketed for "slipping behind an ambo going through the traffic" even though I wasn't, Last place I want to be on the motorway is slipping along behind a ambo with its lights running having cars swerve back in to the lanes in case someone goes past them.

Also I was to be greatful I didn't get a ticket for my number plate not being 90 deg to the road surface, so I gave it a slight nudge to make it more vertical, to only be told my bike can't be up to warrant standard seeing I could nudge it.

Then I'm meant to be greatful I didn't get a ticket for nipping the two top corners of my number plate off so my indicators were more visible, as tampering with your plate is a ticketable offense. But slightly obscured indicators isn't?

I was also meant to be greatful that he wasn't going to put a pink sticker on my bike and have it towed away.

The one thing I'm truely grateful for out of this entire incident is the fact I wasn't crushed by the Nissan Patrol that swerved towards me to make way for said police officer to come along beside the barrier to pull me over!!!!!!!!!!! Dopey Nissan Patrol driver didn't notice me on the inside splitting but noticed the red and blue disco's on the cop!

I was not impressed to say the least, and wasn't going to mention the ticket seeing the cop was a KB'er but sounds like people need to look out as bikes seem to be flavor of the month

[popelli]

really? if you know so much, you obviously know how case law is created. please enlighten us.......

case law is basically that any judgement made by a judge is binding on all other judges given the same set of circumstances - untill over turned by another judges decision or by a later statute law passed by the govt


As for the case that was thrown out of court details as follows:

crn # 4004056614

infringement notice # 776557

look it up in the court records if you don't believe me

[Chickenlegs]

Some of you people are over PC. We are bikers and are supposed to be rebelious. Why start obeying the law now...

If the copper in Fubars post is indeed a KB'er, he's an absolute Fuckwit! He would probably be a boring codger too, since anything other than original would be against the law. Also, he's probably only ever had sex in the missionary position, since anything other than that, would be way too extreme for his narrow-minded brain to comprehend.

I don't have anything against cops, when they have good cause and it's safety related. Otherwise, it's just revenue gathering...

[limbimtimwim]

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

The OE holder is bullshit. I broke two. I didn't even crash for the second one, all I did was ride it off on gravel.

[westie]

Ah why not just take it as a warning and bend the bracket. From what I can see of it this should be easy - even 10-15 degrees down will make a big difference.
90 degrees is crap as stock mounts are rarely that (HD the exception on most models).

Face it if you ride like a 'loon' and get caught then the next step is usually based on your attitude - if you suck it in and quietly accept the fine they are less likely to give the bike a once over.

Concentrate your efforts on important things for a young man - like getting laid

Thats the reason why cops think they can get away with bogus tickets. Cos no ones gonna complain or fight it.
Fight it morcs