Mine would be last year at Sturgis I got pulled over by a South Dakota State Troopers off of Lazelle Street as you head out of town right at the intersection in front of Buffalo Chip Camp Grounds, and County line road. The red, and blue was behind me so I pull over keep my hands on the handle bar so my girl friend, and myself did not get our ass shot. Both Cops got out of the car one down in the ditch, and the other straight up behind me. He ask me to get off the bike so I did. He told me I was being pulled over for going through a red light. I let him finish speaking, and followed him up with I disagree with you officer. I told him I was in the middle of the intersection when the light turn yellow, and I was going to turn but this guy in a car acted like he did not want to stop so I did not want to pull in front of him, and ruin my vacation. The Cops asked me to come back to his car, and set in the passenger set which I did. The other Cop meet me at the door, and opened it for me, and I got in. The one Officer was in the Drivers seat, and myself in the passenger seat. It was like I was there for 5 minutes with out a word being said. Then he ask me again what happened. I told him, and he followed me up with I am giving you a written wrong . I got that paper work, and I was never so happy to get the hell out of that car. Honestly I was right, and telling the truth.
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What is your favorite involment with the Police
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Pulled over at 05:45 going home from work one morning. First thing cop said was "Nice bike!" then: do you know how fast you were going? Why Lie? I said yes, 60mph (in 40mph zone). Gave him license and reg. He let me sit there a few minutes in the cold morning air and came back and said. "I'm a biker too. Your license is good. Do me a favor and slow down. There is a bad accident a mile ahead." I graciously said thank you and gently left.
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
Hard to select on this one. Most have come in cars, like driving my 62 Chevy II with the straight axle and 425 hp big block Chevy, complete with fenderwell headers, down the highway circa 1968, and getting pulled over by the Michigan State police. Never even offered an excuse except "We just want to look at your gasser. Hope you don't mind"
Best one on a bike was when I first got my Honda CB92R Super Sport Racer. First Honda over-the-counter race bike. I tried to ride it on the street by sticking tomato soup cans over the megaphones, and punching holes in them. Still loud with the rudimentary baffles. Going down the street when a cop pulls in behind me. I coasted as far as I could, but got stopped at a traffic light, with him stopped right behind. Trying very hard to keep the rpm and noise down, I pulled away from the light, only to suddenly hear a loud BOOM, followed by a rumble. I had blown off one of the soup cans. Needless to say, I got pulled over. Cop takes me back to his car, and points to the headlight that broke when my soup can hit it. The ensuing ticket was inevitable.
-Scotty
Best one on a bike was when I first got my Honda CB92R Super Sport Racer. First Honda over-the-counter race bike. I tried to ride it on the street by sticking tomato soup cans over the megaphones, and punching holes in them. Still loud with the rudimentary baffles. Going down the street when a cop pulls in behind me. I coasted as far as I could, but got stopped at a traffic light, with him stopped right behind. Trying very hard to keep the rpm and noise down, I pulled away from the light, only to suddenly hear a loud BOOM, followed by a rumble. I had blown off one of the soup cans. Needless to say, I got pulled over. Cop takes me back to his car, and points to the headlight that broke when my soup can hit it. The ensuing ticket was inevitable.
-Scotty
ataDude
Mod Maniac
... Trying very hard to keep the rpm and noise down, I pulled away from the light, only to suddenly hear a loud BOOM, followed by a rumble. I had blown off one of the soup cans. Needless to say, I got pulled over. Cop takes me back to his car, and points to the headlight that broke when my soup can hit it. The ensuing ticket was inevitable.
-Scotty
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Now, that is funny, Scotty.
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Firefly
Active member
Learned long ago there are basically three things you say when being pulled over: Yes sir, No sir and Yes sir.
Never been pulled over on a bike, but have in the car. Honesty is the best policy, along with common sense things they like to see:
Pull over, Engine off, Radio Off, Dome light on if at night, both hands on wheel until the cop asks you to get your ID or insurance card. They really hate it when you dig for the stuff before they approach the car.
Show them respect and they'll generally be pretty nice to you. If you were breaking some law - you have no reason to complain at all - you get caught - take your medicine.
Never been pulled over on a bike, but have in the car. Honesty is the best policy, along with common sense things they like to see:
Pull over, Engine off, Radio Off, Dome light on if at night, both hands on wheel until the cop asks you to get your ID or insurance card. They really hate it when you dig for the stuff before they approach the car.
Show them respect and they'll generally be pretty nice to you. If you were breaking some law - you have no reason to complain at all - you get caught - take your medicine.
My favorite was in a car in high School. I got home from summer camp and my parents were still gone on a mini vacation. I got in my step dad's truck and was on my way to drop my film off to get developed.
The neighbor (police reserve) though someone was stealing the truck and called the police. Before I knew it, 3 police cars were boxing me in. I pulled into the store parking lot which kinda confused them because they pulled one car in front of me, one to the side and one behind. Once I pulled in, they only had the car behind me in position. After the usual keep your hands up and exit the vehicle, I was able to straighten it out because the dispatcher is a family friend and was able to descibe me. Thank God for small towns!
On the Spyder I love going from 0 mph to fast on the freeway on ramps. Something about the power and raw speed. I was quick to get on the freeway and was going around 75 when I merged right in front of two motorcycle cops. They increased speed turned on the siren then got next to me and made the gesture to slow it down as they continued past me. :lecturef_smilie: Did not get pulled over but I sure slowed down for the rest of the ride.
The neighbor (police reserve) though someone was stealing the truck and called the police. Before I knew it, 3 police cars were boxing me in. I pulled into the store parking lot which kinda confused them because they pulled one car in front of me, one to the side and one behind. Once I pulled in, they only had the car behind me in position. After the usual keep your hands up and exit the vehicle, I was able to straighten it out because the dispatcher is a family friend and was able to descibe me. Thank God for small towns!
On the Spyder I love going from 0 mph to fast on the freeway on ramps. Something about the power and raw speed. I was quick to get on the freeway and was going around 75 when I merged right in front of two motorcycle cops. They increased speed turned on the siren then got next to me and made the gesture to slow it down as they continued past me. :lecturef_smilie: Did not get pulled over but I sure slowed down for the rest of the ride.
fastfraser
Blazing Member
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recworldlv
New member
He said punch it ! I said what ?
I am a spyder dealer out in the wild west ( las vegas). Six months ago I was out with a potential new owner on a demo ride. A police cruiser pulls up along my side just after going through a school zone and I am like "crap" what did I do now ? My demo rider was a couple bike lengths behind me too. The officer rolls down his window and ask me how fast it was ? I paused because I wasn't sure what he said. I lifted up my visor and yelled what . Then he said punch it, I want to see what she's got. I thought to myself this guys nuts. He cant be serious, I thought to myself he's got a camera on the dash, and he wants me to run so he can chase me down and beat me like Rodney King. ( ok, I know thats very paranoid but you never know with these guys right !) He ask me three times to roll back the throttle but I declined and said come down to Rec world power sports and take a demo ride but to this day I haven't seen him.:dontknow:true story.
I am a spyder dealer out in the wild west ( las vegas). Six months ago I was out with a potential new owner on a demo ride. A police cruiser pulls up along my side just after going through a school zone and I am like "crap" what did I do now ? My demo rider was a couple bike lengths behind me too. The officer rolls down his window and ask me how fast it was ? I paused because I wasn't sure what he said. I lifted up my visor and yelled what . Then he said punch it, I want to see what she's got. I thought to myself this guys nuts. He cant be serious, I thought to myself he's got a camera on the dash, and he wants me to run so he can chase me down and beat me like Rodney King. ( ok, I know thats very paranoid but you never know with these guys right !) He ask me three times to roll back the throttle but I declined and said come down to Rec world power sports and take a demo ride but to this day I haven't seen him.:dontknow:true story.
Trickie Dick
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welcome Nice to have you. Ride safe:2thumbs:
My favorite police story happened to my wife. She was driving a van with our two daughters in it aged 9 and 13. While exiting the freeway this little old stops suddenly in front of her so they kiss bumpers. The Arkansas state police come to fill out the accident form. The officer looks in the van and says, "ma'am, are your daughters male or female?" :shocked:
My only encounter with the Spyder and police happened at a gas station earlier this year. I finished filling the Spyder up and started to drive off. Two state troopers were chatting at the station and they waved me over to them. They had not seen a Spyder up close and wanted to check it out. We visited and I told them all about the Spyder features like the VSS. As in the Vehicle Stop Speeding system that prevents the Spyder from speeding. So they will never need to put a speed gun on any that they see on the road. :joke:
My only encounter with the Spyder and police happened at a gas station earlier this year. I finished filling the Spyder up and started to drive off. Two state troopers were chatting at the station and they waved me over to them. They had not seen a Spyder up close and wanted to check it out. We visited and I told them all about the Spyder features like the VSS. As in the Vehicle Stop Speeding system that prevents the Spyder from speeding. So they will never need to put a speed gun on any that they see on the road. :joke:
WackyDan
New member
On a hot Mid summer day in 1998 I was on 81 south in PA heading back to D.C. when I blew a tranny line. Transmission fluid all over the back of the truck and truck cap window. I used to work telcom construction in the field, and still had 3 orange road cones and orange flags, so I had pulled the truck over as far as I could and placed the cones out along with the flags to make sure people saw me. Walked 1 mile to the weigh station and used a pay phone to constact the PA turnpike folks to ask for a tow. (no cell phone back then.)
While I was waiting and sweating in the heat, a PA State cop showed up and asked what happened. Showed him the source of the leak, and he called a local tow service for me. He casually suggested we walk over to his car so I could get out of the heat and into some air conditioning.
He put me in the back.
Once there he started asking more personal questions, and then casually asked for my license. I gave it to him and asked why.... He told me he was checking for open warrants. :yikes:
Freaked me out, but I was more concerned he's see all my speeding tickets.
He was just being careful about who he was dealing with. My best friend is now a county sherriff and he tells me all the time about the mind games they play on people they pull over in order to trip them up or to get them to dig their hole deeper.
I've been pulled over A LOT. I've had mostly good experiences in most cases. They are just doing their job, and I was most of the time doing something stupid.
While I was waiting and sweating in the heat, a PA State cop showed up and asked what happened. Showed him the source of the leak, and he called a local tow service for me. He casually suggested we walk over to his car so I could get out of the heat and into some air conditioning.
He put me in the back.
Once there he started asking more personal questions, and then casually asked for my license. I gave it to him and asked why.... He told me he was checking for open warrants. :yikes:
Freaked me out, but I was more concerned he's see all my speeding tickets.
He was just being careful about who he was dealing with. My best friend is now a county sherriff and he tells me all the time about the mind games they play on people they pull over in order to trip them up or to get them to dig their hole deeper.I've been pulled over A LOT. I've had mostly good experiences in most cases. They are just doing their job, and I was most of the time doing something stupid.
I got pulled over on the spyder returning from my brother's house. It was night time, and the officer asked me if my headlights were on while I was riding. I explained that the machine would only operate with the lights on, and he admitted that they were indeed functioning. I think he only pulled me over because my spyder was one of the first in the county, and he probably thought it was a four-wheeler or something. Finally, he let me be on my way.
This is the reason I refuse to answer most questions LEO's ask. Even if you are innocent many will twist your answers to allow them to do waste more of your time or set you up for something you didn't do.
About the only question i'll answer is the "Do you know why i pulled you over" and the answer is always the same "No Sir" Even if you have feeling you know its best to say no so they don't stack on something you just confessed to when they just pulled you over to let you know you were leaking water or your gas cap was off.
Mo Lee
MOgang Member
Several years ago I had been stationed in Az. well the time had came to move back to Germany for another tour. We were traveling across New Mexico, me leading in the pickup and the wife following in the car, of course we were communicating over the CB, and I should point out that on the pickup the antenna was could be seen and on the car not. Well the wife came on the CB and told me to speed up because she had some idiot following too close. As soon as she finished her statement that vehicle passed her and pulled in behind me and turned on his lights. While I was pulling over I told the wife to continue to the next gas station where I would catch up. The officer checked my license and registration and inquired why and where I was headed. I explained my military status and reason for travel and found out he was a Vet. himself. He then ask if that was my wife in the red car that went on ahead and I said yes, and he stated that he was listening to us on the CB and to drive slow because they were working that road heavy that night.
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
OK, I hate to add another one, and it's going to be hard to top my tomato soup can story, but there was one other notable incident. This one should liven thing up, too.
A number of years ago, when we attended Vintage Motorcycle Days at Mid-Ohio for the first time, I brought down a couple of bikes, plus my motorized tricycle to use as a pit bike. Many of you are familiar with the trike, which has a 3 1/2 hp Briggs. After we got settled in the campground near dusk, I rode off on the trike to look for a source of water. After one circuit of the large campground, I approached the campground entrance to ask the attendant. As I pulled up, a cop car pulled in front of me, and another pulled up behind. A third patrol car went up to the gate attendant and the cop talked with him a while. Meanwhile, I had the seachlights on me, and was told not to move!
The attendant came over and said I had to park the tricycle because no unlicensed vehicles were permitted (this is a race track :dontknow. I told him I had a license back at the trailer I would be glad to put on. Then he said it had to have lights, to which I replied I'd rig some. Getting frustrated, he explained it had to be street legal, to which I jokingly replied it had ridden on the street many times. By this time the police are standing behind the doors of their cruisers with their hands on their batons. Uneasy feeling comes over me! The third officer walks up and unbuttons his holster, puts his hand on his gun, and reads me the riot act. He said "I'll have you know we've had three patrol cars chasing you all over this place." I replied that now I knew how many Ohio police it took to catch one kid on a tricycle. He was not amused! I was personally escorted back to my tent - pushing the tricycle.
We had trouble with our will-call tickets, and had to purchase new tickets that night. The next morning, I straightened out the tickets and went to security, where they told me I could get my refund. Across the office, I spy the officer from the night before, just as he sees me. He then points directly at me and hollers across the room, "I should have shot you last night when I had the chance!" I cracked up. He never cracked a smile. I'm beginning to think he was serious.
-Scotty
A number of years ago, when we attended Vintage Motorcycle Days at Mid-Ohio for the first time, I brought down a couple of bikes, plus my motorized tricycle to use as a pit bike. Many of you are familiar with the trike, which has a 3 1/2 hp Briggs. After we got settled in the campground near dusk, I rode off on the trike to look for a source of water. After one circuit of the large campground, I approached the campground entrance to ask the attendant. As I pulled up, a cop car pulled in front of me, and another pulled up behind. A third patrol car went up to the gate attendant and the cop talked with him a while. Meanwhile, I had the seachlights on me, and was told not to move!
The attendant came over and said I had to park the tricycle because no unlicensed vehicles were permitted (this is a race track :dontknow
. I told him I had a license back at the trailer I would be glad to put on. Then he said it had to have lights, to which I replied I'd rig some. Getting frustrated, he explained it had to be street legal, to which I jokingly replied it had ridden on the street many times. By this time the police are standing behind the doors of their cruisers with their hands on their batons. Uneasy feeling comes over me! The third officer walks up and unbuttons his holster, puts his hand on his gun, and reads me the riot act. He said "I'll have you know we've had three patrol cars chasing you all over this place." I replied that now I knew how many Ohio police it took to catch one kid on a tricycle. He was not amused! I was personally escorted back to my tent - pushing the tricycle.We had trouble with our will-call tickets, and had to purchase new tickets that night. The next morning, I straightened out the tickets and went to security, where they told me I could get my refund. Across the office, I spy the officer from the night before, just as he sees me. He then points directly at me and hollers across the room, "I should have shot you last night when I had the chance!" I cracked up. He never cracked a smile. I'm beginning to think he was serious.
-Scotty
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