hevnbound
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I'm guilty more often than I would like to admit: speeding, passing on double-yellow, etc. I can come up with all legitimate (at least to me) reasons to do so. Cagers get crazy sometimes around bikers and do unexpected things. I've been following cars going under the speed limit and a four-wheeler will get right on my tail. I'm going to get out of the way. If I get caught I'm going to do and say everything I can to get me out of the ticket. However, bottom line is that if I get the ticket - so be it!
The situation at Deals Gap, Shady Valley and ... add to your list ... North Georgia around hwy 60, 80 etcl, this is selective harrassment. It is unbelievable the amount of resources and man power that is being devoted to keeping us rogue bikers in line! At the Gap, they are stopping and ticketing bikers that have relocated their tags, .... for not having their inspection sticker in the correct location. Bikers have been harrassed because of loud pipes (in the leo's opinion) and the list goes on and on!! As I said earlier, if I get a ticket --- that's life. If I get a ticket in Deals Gap, Shady Valley or any other location where law enforcement is practicing selective enforcement (read ... TRAPS) I will spend some more money to make my points known.
Back to the Georgia situation. Two years ago, a friend and I were traveling the North Ga mountains. GREAT RIDING. Speed limit however in most areas is 30mph which is ridiculous. IMHO the reason for the low limit - to trap bikers. This particular day, we counted over 14 patrol cars in the area and one helicopter. YES, a helicopter! I can't imagine the cost involved. At one point, the cops had a stop set up at the bottom of one of the best twisty areas. Coming off of the mountain at this particular point, every bike had already slowed because of the terrain - so, no speeding was involved. We were all checked for documents, etc. In the woods I spotted seven patrol cars parked in a single file line. Most of them were out of their cars working the biker criminals because of out-of-date sticker or ... whatever they could find. From that point there was a 3/4 mile straight-a-way. The temptation to peg the throttle was overwhelming. Unfortunately, way too many bikers did this. You guessed it - at the far end on a hill was Smoky with his gun and around the bend was another covey of patrol cars. Later on that day, on a loooong straight, a trooper actually jumped out of the bushes with his radar gun. It was comical. fortunately I had spotted an observor sitting on a ridge on his ATV watching the activity. I knew there had to be something he was looking at and ... sure enough, he was watching the the show!!
Rider Magazine published the letter my friend wrote to them about the debacle in Georgia. Perhaps we should get a grass roots movement going to let the Motorcycle magazines know about what is going on in Deals Gap and Shady Valley??? Has anyone contacted AMA?
They (cops, do-gooders, bike haters, etc.) can come up with their own spin on why they are doing this but it still gets back to selective enforcement and I don't think thats right!!!
The situation at Deals Gap, Shady Valley and ... add to your list ... North Georgia around hwy 60, 80 etcl, this is selective harrassment. It is unbelievable the amount of resources and man power that is being devoted to keeping us rogue bikers in line! At the Gap, they are stopping and ticketing bikers that have relocated their tags, .... for not having their inspection sticker in the correct location. Bikers have been harrassed because of loud pipes (in the leo's opinion) and the list goes on and on!! As I said earlier, if I get a ticket --- that's life. If I get a ticket in Deals Gap, Shady Valley or any other location where law enforcement is practicing selective enforcement (read ... TRAPS) I will spend some more money to make my points known.
Back to the Georgia situation. Two years ago, a friend and I were traveling the North Ga mountains. GREAT RIDING. Speed limit however in most areas is 30mph which is ridiculous. IMHO the reason for the low limit - to trap bikers. This particular day, we counted over 14 patrol cars in the area and one helicopter. YES, a helicopter! I can't imagine the cost involved. At one point, the cops had a stop set up at the bottom of one of the best twisty areas. Coming off of the mountain at this particular point, every bike had already slowed because of the terrain - so, no speeding was involved. We were all checked for documents, etc. In the woods I spotted seven patrol cars parked in a single file line. Most of them were out of their cars working the biker criminals because of out-of-date sticker or ... whatever they could find. From that point there was a 3/4 mile straight-a-way. The temptation to peg the throttle was overwhelming. Unfortunately, way too many bikers did this. You guessed it - at the far end on a hill was Smoky with his gun and around the bend was another covey of patrol cars. Later on that day, on a loooong straight, a trooper actually jumped out of the bushes with his radar gun. It was comical. fortunately I had spotted an observor sitting on a ridge on his ATV watching the activity. I knew there had to be something he was looking at and ... sure enough, he was watching the the show!!
Rider Magazine published the letter my friend wrote to them about the debacle in Georgia. Perhaps we should get a grass roots movement going to let the Motorcycle magazines know about what is going on in Deals Gap and Shady Valley??? Has anyone contacted AMA?
They (cops, do-gooders, bike haters, etc.) can come up with their own spin on why they are doing this but it still gets back to selective enforcement and I don't think thats right!!!
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Do they not have anything better to do with their time? I travel a lot and usually drive 10 to 15 miles over the speed limit (in an SUV) and I have NEVER gotten a speeding ticket since i started driving. I've been in fender benders but that has been because I've backed into someone in a parking lot (I have a BIG SUV). The only major accident I've been in was when all traffic was stopped on major highway and some f:cus:er slammed into my car with me and my babies in it. Then managed to drive away and leave us for dead. After multiple calls to the police station to follow up with the investigation, I soon realized that they weren't even trying to find the a:cus:holes. I respect the local law enforcement cause i couldn't imagine doing their job but i do think their priorities are screwed up. If they are going to write someone a ticket they need to focus on people driving 50mph through a school zone or something, not someone riding on a deserted road.:chill:
