Re: Stopped by police!!!!
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 11:27 am
SportsterKing wrote:I'm a fairly new rider, learned in NY with some hardcore riders, white lining like a manic, non-DOT helmet, illegal pipes, I always dress in "bad "O Ring"" attire, etc. Amazingly not pulled over yet. Some of the stuff I do on the bike I'm surprised I haven't been nailed but like I said, I rode with some hardcore people who could spot cops well over the years. A quick tap of the hand on the helmet and you know to back off whatever you're doing. I did have to stop at a road block once and knew my pipes were too loud. I saw the road block as I was going onto the parkway and just clutched in and let off the throttle to quiet the bike down and then started to break, thankfully they waved me on.
My question, though, what's the best procedures for when you get stopped while on a bike? I know in a car it's turn off the engine, even remove the keys and put them on the dash and keep your hands in sight. I'm assuming turning off the bike as well but do you stay on the bike? Get off? Put your hands to the side or keep them on the handlebars?
Jude
The one time I got pulled over (guy was trying to catch me without an endorsement/insurance) I just turned the bike off pulled the keys then took my helmet off set it on the ground. Told him where my insurance etc papers were and he never said a word until after I handed him the stuff about move here or move there. I guess it depends on if he things you are going to be a threat or not.
. Tried to tell me the law stated something it did not and when I asked him to prove it to me he spent the next hour trying to find the answer he thought should be but never could 
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Sometimes its nice when your dad is a cop, sometimes its just more humiliating