Another totally reasonable cop...

[HenryDorsetCase]

even the cop that gave me a ticket a couple weeks back (122 in a 100) 35 demerits and $170 to pay was a really nice guy.

[raftn]

The cop waved....................mmmmmmmmmmmm............s o i wonder ........perhaps i should start a waving thread...........

[madbikeboy]

The Ginga cunt you speak of is a Myth...a vision of beauty to some and holigram to others, not seen by many, and those that do happen upon this mythical character, make nosie about it to keep the ledgend alive.

Maha, no, no no. GingaCunt is real. I have seen his visage in meat space. He was busy fucking a guy in leathers. The only thing imaginary was the speed of which he wrote on the infringement notice (even his sarge didn't believe the GingaCunt).

It is no hollow myth, but truth. I have seen wonderous things in my life, a woman who could hide her own fist, a Goldwing with front wheel three feet in the air, I've seen the light at 299 with 1500 RPM to go. With these experiences there was a shadow of increduality - much like seeing Ginga Cunt in real life.

In case Ginga is reading this, my name is Dave, and I'm fucking your wife whenever you're out on patrol.

[scumdog]

Wave?

Hey, I've got an idea.........

PM idb, he may be able to assist you with getting this idea off the ground..

[CookMySock]

Many, of not most cops are good fellas. I got booked a few months back for 119k on the open road - I ran clean into his microwave unit.. oh well.. The look of glee on his face when I said I didn't see him wasn't very funny though - it reminded me just how much it's a cat-and-mouse game for him just as much as for for us, and not really a serious thing at all. He said he used to be a biker until he was in a serious crash some years back.

I just wish they would jump to attention for once when I call THEM. It always seems to be the other way around.

Steve

[racefactory]

this is the kinda shit i want to hear! Decent pigs!

[Gremlin]

I nodded to a bike cop in the afternoon, he nodded back... I think the last bike cop was ready to fall off his bike when I nodded at him

Do I need to start a nodding thread? We haven't had one for a while...

[jrandom]

I would quite like to be pulled over on the bicycle some time before I get my licence back. I will request to be allowed to pose for a photo in handcuffs over the bonnet of the patrol car, in my lycra, etc. Kinky!

Running a red light downtown is probably my best option, although I do regularly exceed the speed limit by 20kph or so on Great North Road. But they never seem to take much notice of that. I bet I'd get hammered if I did it on a motorbike.

[Gremlin]

I bet I'd get hammered if I did it on a motorbike.

I'd think you know the effects of speeding on a motorbike well enough by now, wouldn't you say?

[Ixion]

Actually, that makes me think of a very interesting point.

As you all know, if you get speeding demerits on your bike, and lose your licence, you also lose your 'car licence' (ie you only have "a" licence).

Now, what if you did get a speeding ticket on a pushbike? In theory there's no reason why a cop couldn't give you one. And , if you did also have a current driver's licence , would the push-bike speeding ticket attract demerit points on your drivers licence. Even though you don't need a licence for a push bike.

I bet it would.

[samgab]

Often the old "attitude test" can be important...

[Gremlin]

Now, what if you did get a speeding ticket on a pushbike? In theory there's no reason why a cop couldn't give you one.

A bicycle is a vehicle, ergo, its subject to the laws re speed. As you say, you don't need a license for one, but the cop can still request your identity, and by law, you have to provide it.

Then you have the argument of whether or not you know you were speeding. Not all pushies have speedos.

[Ixion]

But speeding is an absolute offence. Even if you don't know you are speeeding you can still get the ticket. Cars and motorbikes before 1950 don't have to have a speedo either, but that doesn't get them off speeding tickets. DAMHIK.

[Ixion]

What would be even more interesting, would be if you could push a MTB or something such up to 80kph in a 30kph speed limit area (probably doable for one of the lycra-loonies) , would you lose your licence for 28 days? And what if you were disqualified ? The law says 28 day suspension, but you can't suspend a disqualified licence. But it's not an offence to ride a push bike when disqualified.

[eelracing]

But it's not an offence to ride a push bike when disqualified.

What about riding a pushy while drunk,is that an offence?

Last time i did it i forgot to put my foot down at a stop sign and proceeded to fall flat on my side.Hav'nt done it again since tho.

Personally i think you should be arrested for wearing lycra in public at any time.