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Hi, given the amount of cop/police "bashing" that goes on on this forum, I thought it would be good to tell what happenned to me this morning.

I was sitting in a line of traffic and the police were on the side of the road (including a bike and car) just up ahead, one of the police pointed at me, basically telling me to pull over, so obviously I did. He was close enough to see that my front tyre wasn't quite legal.

Instead of fining me, he looked at it and said that the bike couldn't have been much fun to ride witht he tyre worn as it was and he said that he reckoned I should get a new one, and that was that, no fine, no details taken, just some good advice.

Thanks, Mr Policeman!

BTW, have booked in to have a new tyre fitted on Saturday!

Good to hear! A bit like when I supposedly got caught doing 24 over and lane splitting, and he did me for the lane splitting only He was a gsxr1000 rider who frequents the creek. Told me to go up the putty and kill myself, don't speed on the way to work

MrFaulty wrote:Hi, given the amount of cop/police "bashing" that goes on on this forum, I thought it would be good to tell what happenned to me this morning.

It's only the stupid decisions that the minority (usually HWY) come up with that people usually complain about. It's good to hear you came accross one of the many good cops who use common sense, which resulted in a positive outcome ie. you getting the message and fixing the problem without needing to be fined.

Ive had my fair share of good cop bad cop, as im sure most of us have, (and its good to acknolwedge the good ones) but i find it 'interesting' that out of all the traffic passing he 'chooses' to pull over the bike..

Don't read into it too much Possum, after all he helped Sir Faulty be safer, plus soon his bike will actually steer again

Yes, more chance of catching you speeding with good rubber

Possum wrote:Ive had my fair share of good cop bad cop, as im sure most of us have, (and its good to acknolwedge the good ones) but i find it 'interesting' that out of all the traffic passing he 'chooses' to pull over the bike..

Your as bad as my ex wife, I'd buy her flowers and she asked what Id done wrong lol!

He pulled me over as he said he could see there was a problem with my front tyre - and I was close enough for that to be true; that combined with the fact that as I pulled up he immediately explained why he called me over sort of says it all.

I wasnt so lucky on Sunday.... got fined $211 and 3 points for 15+ ... no one in the group of 15 realised we were in a 60 zone doing nearly 80... neither did i

Where was that Brian? oh & bad luck dude

somewhere in the blue mountains Rob... near springwood... we ended the ride there coz we lost our riding mood... we ended up at a place called Oriental Hotel or something n then went home thru wisemans ferry..... funny how the officer only picks out the L and P plater out of the 15 hey?

Tis nice to see them being discretionary.Rather than booking for every nit pick,which drives everyone up the wall and does F.A for police/rest of us relations.
Was with my daughter doing her L's in the cage when we momentarily pulled over into a no stopping zone in Homebush Bay on a Sunday,we stopped because she'd just stuffed up the turn a bit and i wanted to explain what she'd done wrong so we stopped you could have fired a shotgun in any direction and not hit a soul,place was totally deserted.Stopped for like 3 seconds and WoooWoooWoo behind us.Booked with a ticket written up (For me!!Damn it !!! ) for not supervising.I wore it because,im in the wrong , but gee i though just a caution would have been a fair cop for the situation,wasn't exactly holding up or impeding traffic Instead its a fine and points.Aw well

webcase wrote:Tis nice to see them being discretionary.Rather than booking for every nit pick,which drives everyone up the wall and does F.A for police/rest of us relations.
Was with my daughter doing her L's in the cage when we momentarily pulled over into a no stopping zone in Homebush Bay on a Sunday,we stopped because she'd just stuffed up the turn a bit and i wanted to explain what she'd done wrong so we stopped you could have fired a shotgun in any direction and not hit a soul,place was totally deserted.Stopped for like 3 seconds and WoooWoooWoo behind us.Booked with a ticket written up (For me!!Damn it !!! ) for not supervising.I wore it because,im in the wrong , but gee i though just a caution would have been a fair cop for the situation,wasn't exactly holding up or impeding traffic Instead its a fine and points.Aw well

My impression was that even with Ls, the person behind the wheel is responsible for the car. End of story. Unless they've changed it.

yeh I got done back in december on my way home the day after buying my leathers.. went for an overtake on the fwy.. gassed it a bit... later down the way I see lights flashing behind me.. doh! 127 slightly expensive overtake

naughty corner time starts march 7th :/

In reality guys they are only doing what they are paid to do and like us some do it better than others but like every workplace you get your dickheads that are not worth feeding