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     Coldwthrrider |
So this just happened today a few miles from my house. I can't wait for the cops to be tailing all local bikes more closely on the freeway. The pictures on the news showed a crashed Gixxer with a helmet strapped to the back. The witnesses said "I can't believe he wasn't hurt more because he wasn't even wearing a helmet." Article here. | ||
| Ginzero |
"Smith says it is likely the motorcyclist, believed to be in his 20's, will be the first charged under a new state law that says anyone traveling in excess of 100 mph, will automatically lose their license for six months." He should lose his licence for WAYYYYY longer than that.. | ||
| Koz5150 |
He shouldn't loose his license, he should just be restricted to driving old Yugo's and Ford Festiva's | ||
| Cataract2 |
Wow, 6 months. How about 10 years? Sigh, as I always say, I've got a better chance getting out of a ticket by stopping than by running. Even though I know all the back roads in my area where I can lose them it just isn't worth it because of all of the what if's? | ||
| Yahooboy |
Here in Tennessee the State Troopers have brought all of their part-timers on full-time for a 30 day ticket blitz. There are suppose to be 57 troopers on duty at all times, and each trooper is supposed to write a ticket every 10 minutes! It's not specifically targeted toward bikes, but I've already seen a couple of bikes pulled over, which is a couple more than I have seen in the past two or three years. | ||
| Tomd |
Hi, My first day at the Academy, one of the training officers talked to the recruits about high speed pursuits. One of the things that always stuck in my head was his hard and fast rule about bikes. "Never, ever chase a motorcycle, they are too fast, you'll never catch them in a car. You'll kill either the rider or a bystander." I remembered those words every time I got in a cruiser. Tom | ||
| Patrickh |
I'm not too quick to advocate a law that that takes away someones license for traveling over 100mph. Personally I think that police should issue more traffic violations for failure to signal and driving 45 in the left lane of the highway, like they do in Germany. That guy should lose is license for weaving in and out of traffic and endangering peoples lives, not for exceeding 100mph. I have exceeded 100 on a motorcycle, and each time it was done safely in conditions that permitted it. I would hate to think that I could lose my privlage to drive for speeding on a deserted highway at 7am on a sunday morning. If anyone feels they need to jump on me for that so be it, I am comfortable with my judgement. I think the biggest problem in America is the ability for young people (hold back now I'm only 29) to buy and insure superbikes. I for one would welcome restrictions on the ability of someone to insure a 60+ HP motorbike without proof of the ability to actually drive that vehicle safely. There is no substitute for education in developing good judgement. This law seems like another case of treating the symptom and not the disease. | ||
| Bomber |
I agree that there are way more greivous assaults on common sense than simply doin the ton or more -- cell phones, lack of signals, left-lane bandits, the list goes on for ever, just like the road not sure if the biggest problem in America is trouble insure bikes, though {insert smiley here} -- worrisome, for sure, but there's one or two other things I'd address first, were I so empowered runnin from a squadroller is stupid -- you can't outrun motorola | ||
| Cmm213 |
I would say 6 out of every 10 times I go ride I break 100, I know my riding ability. Hell years back on my old bike the majority of my time over 100 was on one wheel. I live in Indiana and there a lot of places to ride fast, the only people in any real danger were me and my riding buddys. O and some corn and cows. I have this kinda bike to ride fast and have fun. I know the right and wrong places to do it though, and running from the cops is down right stupid. I have been stopped many times and just gotten a lecture, so it is always better to stop. Most of the time the people that run have no endorsement anyways | ||
| Joele |
The trouble with criminals, like the one in the report, is that they invite the police to treat all riders of sport bikes like "turds". I've been cuffed and stuffed for riding my Buell in the wake of a gang of bikers fleeing police. Was going less than the posted speed limit too. | ||
| Kevyn |
...just the other day I was hunkered down at a ton through a nice wide open curve when one of our cities finest pulled up beside me with a very hard look...I nodded, gave him a thumbs up, backed off the throttle and we went our separate ways! Luck. | ||
| Monorad |
Pulled over and handcuffed at gunpoint two nights ago. Why? Cause a gang of NinjaGixxers had just ditched the cops and I happened to be riding a sportbike in the area. It was still pretty damn scary. The police ran a background check and also read the VIN off the frame and ran it to see if it was stolen. Once they figured out I was clean they let me go, but they still warned me: "don't run from us again!" The more I denied knowing what they were talking about the angrier they got. I understand they have a stressful job, but not everyone that rides a sportbike is a criminal. WTF!??? | ||
| Newxb9er |
Monorad...That sucks. Guilty by reason of "Association". Just because you drive a "SportBike" you must have been on of them. Check out what it takes to get your Motorcycle license over seas. Someone chime in here. I think in Europe they have to gradually make it up to a high cc bike like a liter bike. There, you can't just go jump on a Busa at 18 years old, and have it be your first bike. Maybe we should think about that here. That way it pleases the anti-motorcycle people, and it keeps these young kids safe from there own fearless nature. | ||
| Gonen60 |
monorad...contact the ACLU and Bill Oreilly and Rev al sharpton...LOL | ||
| Joele |
Monorad - same thing happened to me except one of the amped up cops was actually trying to punch me in the face, or pulling punches. Afterwards, I could relate to stories of abuse I had heard in the past, I had always thought the person probably deserved it, but now I know better from my own experience. |
