Cops

Unistak said:

Ive had my share of being mad at cops for citations that i didnt agree with, but being im young i just assume im wrong . but the other night in the city i was riding with a buddy of mine, he was on a R6. we were on the main drag through town. as we left the lights we both got into the throttle pretty heavy, although i know better than to do this here I proceeded. when i noticed the cop on the side of the road i grabbed a handfull of brake to slow down from 80mph... its a 35mph road. i stopped at the next light only to have the officer tell us both to pull over, over the intercom. so i hand him my license and registration. My buddy didnt have his reg as he just got the bike and was on ther other guys plate. he also didnt have a motorcycle endorsment. so after a half hour of bulls**t on the side of the road the cop tells us "You Should be careful accelerating like that side by side somebody might confuse it for racing". to shorten the rest of the story he let us both ride away without so much as a warning.

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natural275 said:

Yeah, sounds like you guys know the roads and the situation here. It has usually been great riding out there which is why I chose it. And I do think about the many times I didn't get caught. But it's not like I'm stealing anything; I'm not putting anyone at risk or threatening public safety. It's really about revenue enhancement; very little is being done to protect us from bad drivers but they are writing BS tickets in droves. Every day there are people on cell phones paying no attention whatsoever; locally one recently killed a motorcyclist stopped at a traffic signal - just ran right through her and killed her dead. They're swerving all over the road blabbering desperately important meaningless conversations while mindlessly piloting a deadly weapon.... A guy ran a stop sign right in front of my house today, again... You know the score. So getting a BS ticket kinda burns my ass. It was clear what was going on was a ticket writing "factory" for revenue purposes and not any attempt to make the roads safer. And I will fight it; already looked into that. I think what I really want and miss is simple freedom and wide open spaces without the threat of getting screwed for doing what every ounce of my soul wnats to do... ride like the f*cking wind.

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TOMCAT said:

Have said it before, Canberra cops seem to be pretty lenient towards bikes. I hear Queensland a little bit different, TC?

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