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RPBrown wrote:Its because you ride a Triumph and not a Harley. LEO's like Harleys

This guy was a bike cop. Told me during the stop he had to drive the car that day b/c his bike wouldn't start that morning. Gotta love HD tech. And for the myth that bike cops let riders off easy.. about as true as CHLs get you out of tickets.

AFCop wrote:Here is my two cents, take it for what it is worth......$0.02.

FIrst the Cop asked you a question where he believed (or should have believed) who could have incriminated yourself. He did not advise you of your miranda rights so any action based upon your "admission" would have been illegal and therefor thrown out.

Second, the Cop has the burden of proof that both your speed and your lane change were unsafe. (You should review the elements of the offense and if you didn't mean ALL of them, you did not commit the offense). What were the conditions... Was there heavy traffic, you were weaving in and out of traffic, etc or was there noone on the road or was the closest car 100, 200 feet away, etc.
Same for the unsafe speed, first, he doesn't know how fast you were going and as mentioned in point 1, he is not supposed to use what you told him (different story if you would have been mirandized). If he cited you on the unsafe speed based on your "admission", again see point 1

Bryan

He didn't base it on the admission - he explicitly told me so. He based it on this lovely catch-all ticket they have that if the cop believes my speed was unsafe, he can cite me. FWIW, traffic was light (11:45 on a Tuesday). I wasn't weaving. There was not enough cars on the road to really be weaving.

And to address your later post - it is much easier to take the 90 day probation, 12 hours of defensive driving, and pay the $400. Both tickets get off my record. A lawyer would cost too much and I'm not comfortable risking a guilty judgment resulting in my insurance premiums on 3 vehicles to skyrocket. Gotta love being 22.

I guess the real answer is not to bring your 955 on the highway - b/c it's impossible to go 60. Or I could just take the cop's advice and run (sarcasm).

anygunanywhere wrote:I wonder why they keep pulling you over?

Good question.

I've found it's mostly because I keep on getting caught breaking the law.

But of course.. not this time.

Pulled over coming home from school on my Triumph. Cop saw me traveling down highway from overpass. No radar but he thought I was speeding and changing lanes unsafely so he got on the highway, caught up, and pulled me over. Told me he couldn't cite me for speeding b/c he didn't get me on radar. He got friendly and asked about how fast I was going, 90ish? I said about. He said he appreciated my honesty.

Then he wrote me two tickets: one for "unsafe speed" and one for "unsafe lane change". Then he told me I could've been arrested for wreckless driving and my bike impounded for my "admission" of going 90 in a 60. Then said I could've easily gotten away if I would've pinned it when I saw him. Oh well. Probably going to fight these.

Twice pulled over w/ CHL. Three tickets. Both times did not have my firearm on me.