Maybe they do.
Cops and apes
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Joined: Aug 2012
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From: Utah
Some cops power go straight to their heads. Waste of tax payers money. Go find someone that is actually doing harm to the community!
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From: anacoco, la
oops, didn't read close enough. here in la, it is 15'' from the lowest part of the seat.
I'm a LEO, (my handle may have given that away) and I, nor any of the LEO's I know give a rats @$$ about bikers. I don't even give them a second look (after I see what their riding that is). Clearly I am a biker myself, and even if I wasn't I still wouldn't care. Its my experience that aside from the occasional fecal bird on a crotch rocket, bikers (1% or otherwise), are mostly (traffic) law abiding, and safer motorists than 80% of the drones on 4 wheels. Bikers are just out for a good ride, and want to get from A-B without road rash and broken bones or worse. Granted if I witnessed a biker do something dangerous, i.e. blow through a red light, stop sign, etc, causing an accident, that would be a different story. But I haven't run into that scenario once yet in 8 years.
This is not to say that there aren't jerks in my line of work. There are in any given vocation. You know that old line, one bad apple CAN spoil the whole bushel. Well I say don't let this guy get you down. I haven't me another cop yet that carries a DB meter, or even a damn tape measure aside from the State Troopers assigned to the DOT squad. (they are only concerned with truckers here in the north east). Look up the M/C laws in your state/providence, know them, and know your rights as well. Ride safe.
This is not to say that there aren't jerks in my line of work. There are in any given vocation. You know that old line, one bad apple CAN spoil the whole bushel. Well I say don't let this guy get you down. I haven't me another cop yet that carries a DB meter, or even a damn tape measure aside from the State Troopers assigned to the DOT squad. (they are only concerned with truckers here in the north east). Look up the M/C laws in your state/providence, know them, and know your rights as well. Ride safe.
Road Master
Joined: May 2006
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I'm a LEO, (my handle may have given that away) and I, nor any of the LEO's I know give a rats @$$ about bikers. I don't even give them a second look (after I see what their riding that is). Clearly I am a biker myself, and even if I wasn't I still wouldn't care. Its my experience that aside from the occasional fecal bird on a crotch rocket, bikers (1% or otherwise), are mostly (traffic) law abiding, and safer motorists than 80% of the drones on 4 wheels. Bikers are just out for a good ride, and want to get from A-B without road rash and broken bones or worse. Granted if I witnessed a biker do something dangerous, i.e. blow through a red light, stop sign, etc, causing an accident, that would be a different story. But I haven't run into that scenario once yet in 8 years.
This is not to say that there aren't jerks in my line of work. There are in any given vocation. You know that old line, one bad apple CAN spoil the whole bushel. Well I say don't let this guy get you down. I haven't me another cop yet that carries a DB meter, or even a damn tape measure aside from the State Troopers assigned to the DOT squad. (they are only concerned with truckers here in the north east). Look up the M/C laws in your state/providence, know them, and know your rights as well. Ride safe.
This is not to say that there aren't jerks in my line of work. There are in any given vocation. You know that old line, one bad apple CAN spoil the whole bushel. Well I say don't let this guy get you down. I haven't me another cop yet that carries a DB meter, or even a damn tape measure aside from the State Troopers assigned to the DOT squad. (they are only concerned with truckers here in the north east). Look up the M/C laws in your state/providence, know them, and know your rights as well. Ride safe.
Actually, we don't. (aside from the agency & "police," just a US flag). But thanks for that. It's always nice to hear, as rare as it happens.
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Tourer
Joined: Oct 2010
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Ontario canada. Think i just get the "bad apple" in every county i go through. Im a proffesional driver and i act that way on my bike. I think its just mild profiling because i look slightly "rough around the edges". This was outside of a town called Barrie on the side of Horseshoe valley road. NOT changing bars. NOT changing pipes. 9 out of 10 LEO's give me thumbs up. 1 out of 10 thinks i should "learn a lesson". Always seems to be the short LEO's thAt i have a problem with. Coincidence?
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From: Ontario, Canada
And In Canada cops are just starting to ticket for loud pipes in some towns, with noise by-laws, but mostley worry about caggers in my experience, but i drive a Ultra with Rineharts, big bore, mild cam, and HD helmet so i blend in.
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Cruiser
Joined: Oct 2009
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From: Beamsville Ont
Just outside Barrie? That would be OPP then, they are usually pretty good except when assigned to traffic detail, usually a focussed effort based on some sort of flavour of the day. Take it in stride and if you check the traffic regs closely and do your own measurements you can go to court and contest the ticket. The issue is only about the height of the bar, not the other things, they are extraneous. Not enough people contest the tickets, generally the cop doesn't show up, or at least it inconveniences the system a bit.
The other thing they hate is letters of complaint. They have to be answered, and they go on their file.
Interesting link to the maximum height link across the US, not sure if it is current or not but it really points out the inconsistencies you would run into if you were driving across the country!
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2006/rpt/2006-R-0537.htm
The other thing they hate is letters of complaint. They have to be answered, and they go on their file.
Interesting link to the maximum height link across the US, not sure if it is current or not but it really points out the inconsistencies you would run into if you were driving across the country!
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2006/rpt/2006-R-0537.htm
Last edited by Sandy Mike; Sep 2, 2012 at 08:56 AM. Reason: Added Info Link
