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Yes, there are some good cops amongst the bad.
In my many years of riding, I have had my share of stops.
The worst - I was riding into the city one Sunday night to do the loop of the bike stops looking for some buddies. ( This was in the 70's) I got pulled over by a bike cop and he said I got you doing 80 in a 60 zone. That was complete bullshit! I was cruising at about 60ish.
I protested that I had NOT been speeding and he said that he had had enough shit from you young biker dickheads. (I was on my Ps and any ticket would be a suspension).
He visually checked my license and gave it back with the comment that I should do a U turn and piss off home because if I continue into town he is gonna book me!
WHATTHA! - I went home.
The BEST! - I was in the Air Force and commuted weekly from Canberrra back to Newcastle every Friday afternoon on the OLD Hume HWY before we had any freeway sections.
I was approaching BERRIMA on my Laverda SF750 and came up behind about 3 cars being slowed by a caravan. I sat in behind for a minute or two and we came to an uphill stretch near the pine forrest that I knew was clear of any driveways or sideroads. It was double lined but I could see right to the top of the hill.
I gunned it and overtook all the vehicles and carried on at my steady pace of about 140kph. That was my steady speed at the time on the Hume between traffic. ( Those were the Good old days! pre radar).
When I approached Piction I saw a semi trailer that appeared to be jackknifed across all the lanes up ahead. I slowed down and there was a cop waving all the traffic through. As I rolled up to him, he told me to pull over at the side of the road, which I did.
He came over and said that he wanted me to wait there for a minute because someone was trying to catch up to me.
Sure enough a couple of minutes later a highway patrol car pull in behind me.
Out jumps a cop and he comes over and asks me for my license.. I give it to him and he then says where are you going? I said that I am in the Air Force and heading home for the weekend.
Then he says I was behind you back at Berrima when you overtook on double lines. I said yep I thought that I had plenty of room to get through.
He then says well you did, but take it easy and you will live a little longer - Off you go and slow down.
Great bloke!
In my many years of riding, I have had my share of stops.
The worst - I was riding into the city one Sunday night to do the loop of the bike stops looking for some buddies. ( This was in the 70's) I got pulled over by a bike cop and he said I got you doing 80 in a 60 zone. That was complete bullshit! I was cruising at about 60ish.
I protested that I had NOT been speeding and he said that he had had enough shit from you young biker dickheads. (I was on my Ps and any ticket would be a suspension).
He visually checked my license and gave it back with the comment that I should do a U turn and piss off home because if I continue into town he is gonna book me!
WHATTHA! - I went home.
The BEST! - I was in the Air Force and commuted weekly from Canberrra back to Newcastle every Friday afternoon on the OLD Hume HWY before we had any freeway sections.
I was approaching BERRIMA on my Laverda SF750 and came up behind about 3 cars being slowed by a caravan. I sat in behind for a minute or two and we came to an uphill stretch near the pine forrest that I knew was clear of any driveways or sideroads. It was double lined but I could see right to the top of the hill.
I gunned it and overtook all the vehicles and carried on at my steady pace of about 140kph. That was my steady speed at the time on the Hume between traffic. ( Those were the Good old days! pre radar).
When I approached Piction I saw a semi trailer that appeared to be jackknifed across all the lanes up ahead. I slowed down and there was a cop waving all the traffic through. As I rolled up to him, he told me to pull over at the side of the road, which I did.
He came over and said that he wanted me to wait there for a minute because someone was trying to catch up to me.
Sure enough a couple of minutes later a highway patrol car pull in behind me.
Out jumps a cop and he comes over and asks me for my license.. I give it to him and he then says where are you going? I said that I am in the Air Force and heading home for the weekend.
Then he says I was behind you back at Berrima when you overtook on double lines. I said yep I thought that I had plenty of room to get through.
He then says well you did, but take it easy and you will live a little longer - Off you go and slow down.
Great bloke!
"If time catches up with you. You're going too slow!"
Regards BUSGO
Regards BUSGO