Yeah, on my Ultra I'm usually doin that as well as I'm cruise mode. On my sport bike or in my Mustang GT convertible it's a different story so I run detectors andpay a lot of attention to signals as well as to terrain and were they can getyou. Unfortunately, I live near and work in a city that's strapped for cashand uses court costs (nothing hits your record) as a revenue source. Several of the sorrounding communities are legendary for the same and some have even been taken to court and lost over the number of tickets being written. Don't stop them though, it's just too easy to generate revenue with traffic tickets, all in the name of safety of course.

 

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I’m a Firefighter & First Responder of 15 years. Any firefighter will know what this term means: ACCOUNTABILTY. That’s what we pound into our new guys. Regardless of being on duty or off duty, firefighters must maintain a level of standards higher then what most civilians live by. We made the choice to put our lives in harms way & risk the chance that we may not come home because of the choices we take everyday. However, that doesn’t mean we are above the law or deserve special treatment that others won’t get. If you speed, be prepared to get a ticket. It’s only a matter of time.

Does special treatment happen – of course it does. Consider it a perk or a free pass at times. I’ve been given that chance twice in my career. It was early-on when I was young & thought I was better then most because I was a firefighter. Unless you have red lights flashing & sirens sounding – you’re breaking the law if you speed. It sucks sometimes getting tickets – we all speed & sooner or later you will get caught if you repeatedly do it. My point is, no-one is above the law, not even Leo’s. Their job is to enforce the laws, not play favoritism. Don’t you wish that was always the case?

I respect my job & my fellow brothers (firefighters). I feel your pain & understand your feeling on this. I think you got the ticket because 15 over is a lot. Just my opinion but to me that’s why you weren’t just given a verbal warning & sent on your way. The Leo’s in my area do a great job of enforcing the law & understanding that sometimes it’s ok to warn the person versus ticket them, but when it calls for a ticket, they write you up. We’ve had a few firefighters get tickets responding to the scene of an accident & in their personal marked vehicles. You wanna see a sad sight, watch a firefighter get handed a ticket in front of his fellow firefighters & bystanders & news media on scene.

Don’t take this the wrong way, I’m not against you or your complaint. I just feel that no-one should think like they deserve any special treatment or the right to not be given a ticket because of a job they perform.

Just my 2 cents!


Stay safe.

Im a bike cop. I give special consideration to anyone who rides a bike (any bike). I usually write 15 over the limit with regards to cars, but a bike Ill give up to 22 or 23 over. Most of the time I will let the bike go with an equipment violation(all of this depends on the attitude) instead of a speeding ticket. Sometimes Illjust tell him to slow down.

Just dont be like the guy who saw the Ducati sticker on my cop bike and said, "Oh yea man, you ride a jap piece of crap." I told him Ducatis were made in Italy and he replied, "still f*****g Asia!!!!. For the record, I ride bikes made in America, Italy, and Japan. If it has two wheels and a motor I love it.