FlyerPhil wrote:Thing is...they actually seem to be targeting sportbikes.
I was outside my mechanic's shop yesterday when another guy there got a ticket for the license plate on a gixxer...while the mechanic was working on it. Guy wasn't riding, bike wasn't parked on the street, it was on the sidewalk of the mechanic's shop, he was looking at it and the cops just came up and ticketed him.
The cops said they were a special detail...just looking for bikes.
Think that stories tops mine. That's just plain wrong.
Mag7C wrote:It's ridiculous there are laws like that and still nothing against people driving with cellphones or driving while eating.
Is there somewhere the average person even find all these laws listed?
Here in New York, we do have a cell phone law. Can only talk on the phone while driving if using a handsfree device or earpiece. I've got my $90 ticket with complimentary 2pts on my license to prove it. And get this. The ticket itself was $40, but there's a $50
surcharge.
There is a helpful site that lists each state's motorcycle laws provided by rider friendly AMA.
http://www.amadirectlink.com/legisltn/laws.asp
My favorite one (which will probably be the next bogus ticket I get) is the law about the muffler. I'll be writing telling you guys about the cop who pulled me over and took out his high-tech sound measuring device.
Muffler - Muffler required; no straight pipes; no removal of baffles; no modification of exhaust system that increases noise beyond exhaust system originally installed. Ref: NYS Vehicle & Traffic Law, Article 9, Section 381
Maximum Sound Level - Maximum Allowable A-Weighted Sound Levels at Speed: 35 mph or less, 82 dB(A); over 35 mph, 86 dB(A), measured at, or adjusted to, a distance of fifty feet from the center of the lane in which the motorcycle is traveling. Ref: NYS Vehicle & Traffic Law, Article 10, Section 386.[b]"Do not go where the path leads you...Go where there is no path and leave a trail."[/b]
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