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hey rob, next time you should ask the Honda Rider about being tailgated...

he managed to slide the ute sideways away from a 4WD onto whitegates rd from northern rd and disappear at great speed. It was only when they backed up & put on the blue lights he realised they were cops. So he pulled up and waited for them. They let him go

Lucky day for the HR

Just to put it into perspective, sportsbike 1-100 times are in league with supercars - these big beefy Holden/Food V8s will be a good 2 seconds behind you by 100kph. Next time just look over and laugh without racing.

Oh, and they better not try the tailgate technique with me - I have a habbit of braketesting tailgaters. I think the law stands that the vehice behind needs to keep a safe enough distance so as not to hit the car in front in an emergency stop situation.

Yeah, but if I'm in hospital, in traction (or worse) because I got run over from behind when I brake tested a tailgater, I'm not sure it'll be much consolation that I was legally in the right...

Cath wrote:Yeah, but if I'm in hospital, in traction (or worse) because I got run over from behind when I brake tested a tailgater, I'm not sure it'll be much consolation that I was legally in the right...

I wouldn't do it on the bike; On the bike I tend to lane change.

6maniac wrote:How come a cop has your mobile number ?

all they realy need is the plate number of your bike and cops will be able to access all your personal details. What does sound dodgy is the actual phone call instead of a "in person" visit to your address

If they got anything on ya, if it was serious they wouldnt be like "oh lets talk later...." Have to wait out on that one... Doesnt sound too serious to me!

umm yeah, if you guys read on you'd see what happened.

neg driving.

I say good stuff insane, sucks you get a fine and all, but your attitude is to be applauded, and is what is sorely lacking nowadays, cop it on the chin...... You admit to doing the wrong thing, this whole "deny deny deny" shit is why i pay so bloody much in my insurance, and i don't just mean car/bike......

insane wrote:Just got off so so lightly. Neg driving ticket coming in the mail. The hsv I dragged wasn't a cop the cop was in an unmarked camry behind us. Could have taken both our vehicles charged with street racing speedin and dangerous driving so yeah i just fessed up straight away and copped it. Don't mind as long as I keep license.

That copper should be charged for driving a Camry How ripped off " i drive an undercover Camry"

Wattie wrote:

kevindinho wrote:

insane wrote:not helping. just been reading about HWY patrol in undercover hotted up cars enticing you to drag and then getting you with video after the fact.

and it just fked my mood for the weekend and saturday night :/

Entrapment? i dont think they are allowed to entice you to break the law.

no one makes you speed...

its a choice you make.

But how fun is it
So ive been told

DaBigfella wrote:I say good stuff insane, sucks you get a fine and all, but your attitude is to be applauded, and is what is sorely lacking nowadays, cop it on the chin...... You admit to doing the wrong thing, this whole "deny deny deny" shit is why i pay so bloody much in my insurance, and i don't just mean car/bike......

yeah, thinking about it more, I reckon he didn't have us on video just what they saw. a good lawyer could probably have argued his way out of it for me, but really, totally not worth the hassle/expense. got the ticket the other day and it was $344. about what a lawyer would charge for an hour of their time. And the cop was a pretty nice bloke.

Have refrained from conducting hoon activity around newcastle now (mostly) really really hard to stop myself though especially on such a machine as the 6, with its 8k+ power surge. It's seriously addictive to just hit that powerband every time you ride, but even in first your talking 80km/h +, unless you clutch it up, and that presents its own cop problems

I always thought the registration number was not enough to prove you are riding. A simple "I left the bike with the guys at work so they could all have a ride" puts enough doubt into who was riding at the time. After all, you were not pulled over and identified.

Yeah but they make you do a stat dec if you say it wasn't you, and you have to identify who was riding. I don't think the boys at work would be too happy if the cops started hassling them.

I think there is something about 'you are responsible regardless who is riding', unless it's reported stolen.

in the end there is no getting out of it..