Police checking gloves?

**sunhuntin** · 4th December 2006, 11:25

he shouldnt have pulled you up for it and made you later for work. thats for sure. id be royally pissed off if i got stopped for wearing no gloves or similar.
in saying that, i want a cop like him stationed at the bike parks of every high school in this country...the number of girls i see on scooters wearing almost nothing more than a helmet is astounding! i always think, you may look good now, honey, but you wont when you come off!
ive come off, wearing no gloves and no jacket and it was only by pure luck that i came off 99% unhurt. i dont remember what hit the ground first.

as for where to keep gloves, i keep them in my helmet like the others, and also keep my sunglasses and often my keys in the same place. saves me hunting for stuff.

**F5 Dave** · 4th December 2006, 11:42

I was once pulled over on my RG50; the reason was: "my full leathers on a small bike didn’t match".

??
I felt victimised, picked on for no good reason. Even being responsible
The guy was a tit wasting my time when he would have been better spent catching real criminals.

. . .or pulling over fools without seatbelts or proper protective gear.

SO I side with the Cop, Good job, Good Policing isn’t always just giving out tickets for infringements. If I were a cop I'd do the same, even if I wasn't thanked. I made up some pamphlets I wanted to give out to bike cops (back in the 80s when there were a few) many who rode around in short sleeves. Never had opportunity or courage to. . .

Let’s get all American:
Am I my brothers keeper? Do I have the right to tell someone to wear a helmet? [Warble Waffle etc].

Bollocks! If you are stupid enough to ride without protection gear maybe you do need a rev up.

So why didn’t you wear the other glove? Style?

**Bend-it** · 4th December 2006, 14:08

Originally Posted by sunhuntin

in saying that, i want a cop like him stationed at the bike parks of every high school in this country...the number of girls i see on scooters wearing almost nothing more than a helmet is astounding!

Which one?? I'll go tell them...

Saw a guy on a flash new zx7 (I think) on cuba st on Saturday... shorts and tshirt... hmmm...

**scumdog** · 4th December 2006, 14:30

Originally Posted by Insanity_rules

While I agree in principle with the cop, I can't help but think the cop probably talked to you in a way that upset you and that can kill the lesson. The police have got to realise that many a good lesson goes by the wayside when they talk down to us or treat us like twats!

Yeah I agree with putting your gloves in your helmet too, best place for em.

True, maybe the cop COULD have been more tactful.

But I bet that message will NEVER be forgotten.

But will he act on it and always wear gloves though?

**boomer** · 4th December 2006, 14:37

I got silver foil on ma heeed, never can be too careful.

If only the coppers would give you words of advice when speeding and other law breaking/money loosing activities.

Tui?

**Spyked** · 4th December 2006, 20:27

Mate, the guy was trying to do you a favour.
Give a thought as to how many kids the guy has probably scraped off the roads, it's the right of each of as to whether or not we wear protective gear, but when it all goes pear shaped, some poor sod has has to clean up the mess.

**0arbreaka** · 4th December 2006, 23:41

id say the cop had your safety at mind but probably came across as a prick when he talked to you, cops can be like that..

**Viddy** · 4th December 2006, 23:46

Just after I told my folks that I'd bought a bike, my dear mother explained to me in detail as how as an ICU (Intensive Care Unit) nurse, she'd lost count of the times she had to scrub gravel and dust out of bikers muscle and sinew tissue because they hadn't worn proper protective gear.

She explained that they doped them up with a local anesthetic, then got a soft bristled scrubbing brush, impregnated with a betadine iodine solution, and scrubed the gravel out, with the same type of force that you'd use to scrub out a pot.

The reason that they do that is because any microscopic dust particles that are left in the wound cause massive amounts of infection, and the person will end up loosing the leg or arm to try to stop the infection.

Its utterly horrific, but so easily avoidable.

**crack** · 5th December 2006, 03:55

It hurts like mad:

I left the details out, I could add the injections into the open wounds, (Plays more with the mind)

This is exactly what they did to me 30 odd years ago! I was horrified by the extent of the action, and the duration there of, as in the quote below.

QUOTE VIDDY:
She explained that they doped them up with a local anesthetic, then got a soft bristled scrubbing brush, impregnated with a betadine iodine solution, and scrubed the gravel out, with the same type of force that you'd use to scrub out a pot.

Now please don't take this the wrong way, but think for just a second, what would the fellow comrades this forum has just lost say?

If you want to act like a dip sh-t, then go ahead. The END.

**TCT** · 5th December 2006, 10:08

Hmmmmmmm........I just came back from Brisbane. Weather was scorching and glorious. I can say that a high percentage of the bikers on the road that I noticed were just wearing short sleeve shirts and shorts.....some sandals too. And they were not smallish bikes!! There is no way that they can wear leathers in those weather conditions.