PhilDawson8270
Veteran
Tbf I have never been stopped and not given a reason.
In fact it usually starts with "do you know why I stopped you sir?"
Police pulling me over.........
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Tbf I have never been stopped and not given a reason.
In fact it usually starts with "do you know why I stopped you sir?"
Profpointy
Legendary Member
I got the line "you're strangers in town". And just to be clear, I'm not Sydney Poitier in a scene from "In the heat of the night". I was on the A40 in Carmarthenshire in a Carmarthenshire reg'd car. To be fair I think the officier immediately realised he'd said something a bit silly
Dec66
A gentlemanly pootler, these days
- Location
- West Wickham
The last time I was stopped, it was because the officer rather aggressively asserted that I'd gone through a red light. I hadn't; it had turned to amber about a second and a half before I reached it, and as the road surface was damp I figured it'd be safer to carry on than to slam on.
He was all set to breathalyse me, until he noticed I had two witnesses in the back to corroborate me. So, he let me go, with a face like a slapped arse.
T.M.H.N.E.T
Rainbows aren't just for world champions
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Extreme of examples. It's possible to restrict some impressive bikes
Firestorm
Veteran
- Location
- Southend on Sea
bu
is the difference down to the value of the vfr compared to the CBR ?
TPFT may be a better reflection
Vapin' Joe
Formerly known as Smokin Joe
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- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
Must be a Welsh thing. I was stopped just outside Cardigan a few years ago with the same reason given. And as I visit Cardigan twice a week every week in the course of my work...
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Long time ago back in the 70's when I was a spotty 16 year old, I rode a moped, I passed my test on it so would regularly get pulled for no t having any L plates & riding 2 up by the local Police. This went on for about a month until I think all the local coppers knew me & then ignored me, but as soon as I went out of the local area we would get stopped, I now suspect there's not a great deal you can do I'm afraid other than as suggested go speak to the local Sargent if you can find a 'local' one.
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
A while ago while driving I came across a police car stopped in lane one of a dual carriageway, obviously blocking that lane due to some incident.
Most drivers moved over to lane two in good time, which I should have done, but for some reason did not.
As I approached the rear of the police car, a rather harassed copper flagged me down and demanded: "Haven't you seen my ruddy great police car?"
To which I replied: "Well, have a think officer, did you have it with you when you left the house this morning?"
He swore, and bellowed something like: "You idiot, I haven't lost the effing thing."
Making clever remarks to coppers is not big, clever, or a good idea.
But on this occasion, I thought the copper deserved it.
To be fair to him, he stomped off and didn't try to ruin my day.
Most drivers moved over to lane two in good time, which I should have done, but for some reason did not.
As I approached the rear of the police car, a rather harassed copper flagged me down and demanded: "Haven't you seen my ruddy great police car?"
To which I replied: "Well, have a think officer, did you have it with you when you left the house this morning?"
He swore, and bellowed something like: "You idiot, I haven't lost the effing thing."
Making clever remarks to coppers is not big, clever, or a good idea.
But on this occasion, I thought the copper deserved it.
To be fair to him, he stomped off and didn't try to ruin my day.
Dec66
A gentlemanly pootler, these days
- Location
- West Wickham
Does it matter?
The reason for having the 125 was to save money on fuel, insurance, and indeed the purchase price.
I was then told it cost more to insure a 125 than a bigger bike. Which isn't true.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
How do you know? With all the incentives for people to ride smaller engined bikes, it may well be becoming less and less true, too.
Government statistics table VEH0306 says there was 379'000ish sub-150cc motorcycles licensed in 2015, while table DRT0403 tells us that about 50'000 motorcycle tests are taken each year of which 37'000ish pass, and table INS0503 tells us about 190'000 people get CBT certificates each year. The unknowns are how many of the 190'000/year have their own motorcycle and how many of the 379'000 are 126-150cc (thereby useless to learners) and how many are mopeds (rideable by older car licence-holders), but I think that claim looks a bit shaky.
PhilDawson8270
Veteran
i read those numbers to be in favour of my argument tbh.
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
The old ones are the best...
As Miss Goodbody said, sampling the Vicar's vintage Spumante.
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
I've been dragged off by the bolsheviks too, that smarts!
NorthernDave
Never used Über Member
- Location
- The real Northern Powerhouse
To which the appropriate answer must be "Why, don't you know why you've stopped me?"
To be honest, I do a lot of miles and it's rare to even see a police car, let alone one that's stopped someone. The only ones I do see are almost always either attending some incident on the motorway or racing to the next job on blue lights. And in this neck of the woods, coppers on motorbikes (TdY excepted) are rarer than hens teeth.
Profpointy
Legendary Member
To which the appropriate answer must be "Why, don't you know why you've stopped me?"
To be honest, I do a lot of miles and it's rare to even see a police car, let alone one that's stopped someone. The only ones I do see are almost always either attending some incident on the motorway or racing to the next job on blue lights. And in this neck of the woods, coppers on motorbikes (TdY excepted) are rarer than hens teeth.
Again that's fine and dandy as (I guess) a middle aged white bloke in a moderately new car, but having had the weekly stop for a few years in my youth, and a record 6 stops in 5 days, it does get very tiresome. If I'd been a young working class black lad back in the day I could easily have picked up a bit of a "attitude" about the police - and I also suspect I'd have been hassled considerably more.
