VMX12C

If a burglar knows that you are home, he won't break into your house. If he thinks everyone is gone, he'll try. Same with speeding. If you see a cop sitting on the side of the road, you slow down. Then once he's out of site, you speed up to whatever you want. The threat of having a cop sitting in a location that you aren't prepared for is a deterrent to speeding. If all of a sudden Barney is right behind you with his happy little lights on, it's too late. I don't say that it's right to hide the cruiser behind bushes or signs or such, but sitting along side the road with my lights off, having reflective markings all over the car is not hiding. You people need to grow up. If you don't want tickets....follow the law. Don't do so and risk making your insurance go up, money being taken from your wallet that you could buy some nice new trinket for you bike with or possibly losing your license. Everybody hates cops until they need one. Talk about a thankless job. Well thank you all for opening my eyes to what bikers REALLY think about us boys in blue. It'll be remembered next time I have to deal with a SQUID rolling down the road at 50 in a 25. To all my brothers in blue in here, Stay Safe and good luck with this crowd. I'm out. I've got better things to do than to listen to drivel from young punk kids who don't have any respect for themselves, let alone the law. And don't deny it, if you had respect for yourselves, you'd drive that machine in a safe manner, following the law. I got one of you asses negative rep me with "I did 170 on 270 yesterday". I really don't care. You know what we call people like that in this business? Organ donors. Just make sure that you have positive ID on your body so we can notify next of kin. What you put out there comes back at you. No wonder so many of you have difficulties with law enforcement. You act like an ass, then it's the cops fault for you getting pulled over. Bullshit. Your act is the reason you got pulled over.....not the cop being a dick. Well enjoy. You can talk about me now. Mods, please deactivate this account.....I won't be using it any more. Oh, and by the way, while I tried to be polite and answer questions honestly here, I can see that you don't want honesty. You want someone to take out your rage on. I'm not the one. You in your infinite wisdom have shown me the light. I will no longer be lenient with bikers.....because I can see that you stereotype all of us anyway. Remember your words the next time you get pulled over.....and it will happen. Remember them, and think to yourself.....is that VMX. You'll never know. I hear that towing a bike is kind of cool to watch. Hope your plastics makes it.

I'm sorry. I wasn't intending to feed the trolls.......I was troll hunting.

Nope, he drew first blood. He hates cops. Wants me to leave the site just because of that. F him. Don't attack me and tell me that you hate me, then expect me to be all peaches-n-cream. I still have much farther down to go in order to reach his level. He looks up at pond scum. For any of you other cop haters.......I could be the very next cop that you meet. Think about that a little. And for Max.....I changed my sig, is that better? It's meant to be funny.

Oh, that's okay Jack. We know that you get lonely being stuck in home detention. Better watch out though, words like you posted before might make it to your parole office. They then have to take away your Television, Telephone and internet. Wouldn't want that now would we. Must get awfully lonely being stuck at home all day wishing you could go to the school park. Make sure you hide all that kiddy porn on your PC before your PO's next visit.

I for one will NEVER arrest for this. Women fought long and hard to get the right to walk around topless. I even voted for it. Now, you don't see any women walking around topless. We were robbed.

R1L, I agree wholeheartedly. This will be the third time such a law has been before Ohio's Senate. Hopefully it will pass this time. Problem is, Our elected officials are some of the worst offenders of this.

Ditto what DB said. Technically it is driving without a license. I don't normally pop a biker for that. I'll tell them that I'm going to give them a warning, but it isn't legal for them to drive away.....but I have an errand at the other side of town.....How they get the bike out of there is completely up to them. I warn them that if they drive away and get caught down the road, I'll say that I told them not to drive. Most people understand what I'm telling them and take off after I go down the road. I did have one guy in a car stay for an hour one time. Guess he was trying to do the right thing. He finally did catch on and boogied on down the road. Some hints when dealing with law enforcement: 1. Be respectful at all times. The minute you show your ass is the minute the ticket is a guarantee. 9 times out of 10 if you're straight with me, polite and show respect you'll get a warning. That 1 time out of 10 is the guy who thought it'd be okay to talk about donuts, lie their ass off or become a prick. I've done this a long time. Don't lie, we know. 2. You may be cited even if you are respectful. Don't get upset about it. Some violations, once aired, become an obligation on the officer. For example, you get caught speeding and you have a suspension on your license. The officer cannot give you a warning at that time. He'd get in trouble for negligence of duty. Not all cops will give warnings. Some departments require cites rather than warnings. Know where you are. There are a lot of little New Rome's out there. 3. Have all your information on you. Don't leave home without your License and your proof of insurance. This causes more paperwork for the officer and makes the likelyhood of you getting cited more apt. 4. Make sure that all your stuff works. Don't give the cop a "give-me" like license plate lights or headlights out. Make sure you have your registration sticker on the plate and that it is properly applied. 5. The attitude that you put out there will be returned in kind. There are some cops with the holier than thou attitude. But there are also some TV repairmen with an attitude, Carpet cleaning workers with an attitude......every job has it's asshats. Law Enforcement is no different. These kinds of cops normally don't make it very long. 6. Know the speed limit in the area you're driving in. There are signs posted all along the road. If you miss the sign, that won't be a reason to get out of the cite. If you're stopped, confess that you didn't see the sign and apologize. That will make the cop not such a prick. You may still get a cite for it, but he won't be on the lookout for other things to tag you with. If you lie or cop an attitude, he will.

Hey thanks for the compliment Jack. I bet you make your mother so proud. No, I won't leave the site because you say to. Bite down hard on the appendage of your choice. You're just mad because you can't be a cop with the record that you have. I'm not the one who said to screw that 10 year old. It's all you. Bye now, hope your next encounter with the law isn't so time consuming for you.

That's why I told Max "Love you too". I don't take offense at where the conversation goes, just when I get attacked. I still like all of you......except maybe Nick.......Nah Nick's okay too.....LOL

While I know that many cops get upset by this behavior, it is not illegal. A prick cop "could" try to make the obstruction charge, but it'd be kicked by most judges that I'd been before. So what, I miss a speeder because they got warned that I was there. At least they slowed down. That's my whole purpose anyway. If I don't have to interact with them and they modified their mis-behavior so much the better. Personally I don't have a problem with it. Other cops may. But they'd have to "stretch" a law to get you for it. More likely they'd follow you and find something else that is an infraction to get you for. Either way, if you get a cite for this the cop is a prick. At my department, I'd seriously frown on one of my officers writing a cite for this. There are many more serious infractions that they should be dealing with. I also frown on front license plate and rear license plate light cites. They are okay to use for a PC stop, but not okay to write a cite for. If used for PC, you can normally find a much larger infraction such as Driving while suspended or DUI. These are stuff that I would cite for. Happy motoring.

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Again, refer back to my other post. This is in regard to going through RED Fricken Lights!!!! Not sitting on the side of the road running radar. Have you EVER seen a cop sitting on the side of the road with his beacons on running radar? NO. If what you are trying to prove was true, then we'd have to drive around ALL DAY with our overheads on. What kind of havok would that cause? Not gonna argue it any more because you internet lawyers know so much. Enjoy.

Hey Max. Are you proud of your job? I am proud of the fact that I pin on a badge and don a uniform to go out an protect the citizens from the anarchy that would rule if cops weren't there. I trained hard to do this job. I train even harder to stay in this job. I don't really care if others on the board are proud of their badges or not. If they want to hide in the shadows, so be it. No, I don't see others pointing to their jobs in their sigs. The sig was meant to be funny. To show that I have a sense of humor. If it offends you, sorry. I chime in on cop related threads when people ask questions. If I know the answer, I do. Then get nailed to a cross for it. Well piss on it. I'd figure most of the people on here......being sport bikers.....would want to have a friend who is a cop who could be a sounding board for issue that came up. Well, I was wrong. Forget it. Take your chances.

Justin thanks for chiming in. You can actually read the "Driving" part there that you highlighted. It's in reference to going through red lights. That's where the Due Regard comes in. Emergency vehicles can go through red lights with Due Regard. That means, lights, sirens, and slowing down or stopping to make sure other drivers see you. Has nothing to do with sitting off the side of the road with your lights off to catch a speeder.

Love you too Max.