Angry Biker Cop

**Despatch** · 8th February 2009, 15:58

There was a traffic jam along Customhouse Quay and Jervois Quay this morning, as traffic was stopped to make way for the Chinese New Year Parade. Some people had climbed out of their cars and were wandering around over the road.

The beauty of being on a bike is that you can work your way through traffic instead of adding to the congestion. The cop directing the traffic gave me an earful for being "rude" and not queuing behind the cars. They stretched blocks back. He directed me to the side until the the backlog of cars were cleared.

If I wanted to get caught in a traffic jam and add to the congestion, I would have brought my car into town.

Has anyone else had similar experiences of cops singling you out as a biker? This guy was one angry fellow. The only rudeness was his shouting at me.

**Maki** · 8th February 2009, 16:07

Maybe the cop didn't like the fact that you can filter through traffic on a normal bike while his fat police cruiser has big panniers that prevent this....

Filtering has no effect on cars so I fail to see how it can be rude. It's the same as saying that walking past a line of stationary cars is rude... Would the cop have stopped someone who had walked past the cars and made them wait till the cars were all gone?

What the cop did was rude and stupid and unbecoming of someone who is PAYED by you to serve you. What he did was probably illegal too.

**portokiwi** · 8th February 2009, 16:08

He must have been having a very bad day

**MSTRS:Me** · 8th February 2009, 16:10

Totally over the top. If you were doing nothing wrong, he is not within his rights to detain you in that manner. I hope you got his badge number and will make a formal complaint. It is this sort of shit that gives all cops a bad name, and it needs to be stamped on. Fast.

**cheshirecat** · 8th February 2009, 16:11

Did you get his number?
We can ask his boss for an explanation.

**Swoop** · 8th February 2009, 16:14

Originally Posted by Maki

Maybe the cop didn't like the fact that you can filter through traffic on a normal bike while his fat police cruiser has big panniers that prevent this....

Rubbish.
You have never followed one then?
A group of about six bikes were happily led along the motorway, by a filtering bike cop, a while back.

**Despatch** · 8th February 2009, 16:20

I regret not getting his badge number.

**Maki** · 8th February 2009, 16:26

Originally Posted by Swoop

Rubbish.
You have never followed one then?
A group of about six bikes were happily led along the motorway, by a filtering bike cop, a while back.

Lucky another cop didn't stop you, accuse you of being rude and make you wait by the side of the road!

**Despatch** · 8th February 2009, 16:31

Its one of those things you think about afterwards. I would definitely get a badge number and seek an explanation next time.

Hopefully, this is isolated.

**ajturbo** · 8th February 2009, 16:55

you stopped??? hahahahaha....

sorry i just had to laugh

**R6_kid:Me** · 8th February 2009, 17:17

Originally Posted by Swoop

Rubbish.
You have never followed one then?
A group of about six bikes were happily led along the motorway, by a filtering bike cop, a while back.

The only time i've ever been 'caught' by a biker cop when filtering was when they went up the outside in the bus lane - to tell me to slow down. Bike cops only filter quickly with their lights and sirens on.

**davereid** · 8th February 2009, 17:44

Ignore him, he's a wanker, and far to busy to chase you. Give him a friendly two fingered wave, and move on.

**Despatch** · 8th February 2009, 17:47

Lets be clear about this... filtering is not something to be "caught" about. It is the appropriate way for a motorcyclist to make his/her way through congested traffic.

Being discourteous of "rude" is always going to be open to interpretation, but filtering is not.

**twotyred** · 8th February 2009, 17:54

Originally Posted by Despatch

There was a traffic jam along Customhouse Quay and Jervois Quay this morning, as traffic was stopped to make way for the Chinese New Year Parade. Some people had climbed out of their cars and were wandering around over the road.

The beauty of being on a bike is that you can work your way through traffic instead of adding to the congestion. The cop directing the traffic gave me an earful for being "rude" and not queuing behind the cars. They stretched blocks back. He directed me to the side until the the backlog of cars were cleared.

If I wanted to get caught in a traffic jam and add to the congestion, I would have brought my car into town.

Has anyone else had similar experiences of cops singling you out as a biker? This guy was one angry fellow. The only rudeness was his shouting at me.

unless he states that he's arresting you,he can't detain you for more than 15 minutes,to ascertain your identity....

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