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matthew5656 · Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:29 pm

Anyone ever get pulled over while riding? I once asked a cop if he ever pulled over any bikes and he told me, "They're normally going too fast for me to catch them even if I tried." I know it's not a good idea to speed but I normally see bikers going 15 to 20 miles over, if not more. . . .

jmillheiser · Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:31 pm

most bikers around here just ride at the pace of the cage traffic. Usually only the squids get pulled over, and then its usually for doing something stupid

Seetrout · #3 Unread post by **Seetrout** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 1:24 pm

"They're normally going too fast for me to catch them even if I tried."

Hard to outrun the radio!

skinnyjoint · Fri Apr 07, 2006 1:55 pm

i usually do 10 - 15 over and cops pass me all the time ive havent gotten pulled over yet

Icarus · #5 Unread post by **Icarus** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 5:37 pm

haha yep I got pulled over by a motor cop from the dept. I work for

He didn't know it was me since I had just started riding, but I don't think he was going to give me a ticket anyway. He was just going to talk to me for a bit about the dumb-@$$ move I had just pulled (unsafe turn next to a truck). Once I took my helmet off and he recognized me, we shot the dodo for a little bit. Best traffic stop I've ever had lol. Every time I've gotten pulled over in my cage, I've gotten a ticket.

shawnhpi · #6 Unread post by **shawnhpi** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 5:46 am

i was pulled over on the parkway once.. I was doing 80 on a 55 they only clocked me @ 75 (so lucky).. parkway was empty of no cars so i was just cruising to get to place. cop radioed in to the state park and they got me..

All in all got away with a warning..

Shawn..

but now i stick close to the speed limit.. sometimes goin a bit extra but not to much..

ejshotgun · #7 Unread post by **ejshotgun** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 6:29 am

Yep here in OK and AR they usually ignore you unless your doing stupid crap or more than 10 over the speed limit.

liablemtl · #8 Unread post by **liablemtl** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:11 am

I've been pulled over many times on my motorcycle... especially when I was young and dumb. I used to speed like a mad man everywhere I rode.

These days I keep it 10 or less over the posted on the freeway and 5 or less over on city streets. I did get nabbed last January doin' 26 over... that was a stupid move on my part. I wasn't paying attention to my speed and waltzed right into the ever-loving lazer of a local motorcop. He was the first cop I ever asked for leniency from... he cut me off mid sentence and just said "no way".

Oh well... I tried.

I plead guilty, explained my stupidity to the judge and paid my fine. Since then I've really tried to be good an more importantly, set a good example. I only ever speed excessively when I'm runnin' up the freeway on ramp... gotta get up to freeway speed before you run outta room, you know.

#9 Unread post by **zarakand** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:12 am

Never been pulled over, but most of my friends who are sports bike riders have been several times. Most of the time there's been a rash of immature riders in the area, and they're doing random checks. If insurance, license, and registration checks out they're all good.

Locopez · #10 Unread post by **Locopez** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 3:35 pm

have been pulled over once....on my motorcycle...for lane splitting in Nevada. Had no idea it was not legal. The cop scares the crap out of me...pulled up behind me...and put on the loudest siren I have ever heard. Pulled over and turned off the bike...and my wife got off...as he approached she yelled at him "YOU SCRAED ME"...I was like "shhh" honey. Well got really lucky...he checked my license and asked if I knew what a ticket like this would look like on my commerical drivers license....?? I said "I would not want to know". He gave a message to pass onto my fellow riders...."Lane splitting in Nevada is ill-legal. Wow....I felt lucky....no ticket...just a little conversation.....