MHS
Junior Member
Last year, I went up to Chicago for the weekend (~300 miles from here). About 80 miles from home on the way back I got pulled over.
I had the bike off, kickstand down, modular helmet up, and earplugs out before he got to me. He told me he pulled me over for speeding, asked for my license and walked back to his cruiser.
He came back, handed me the ticket, and then started talking to me. He said I was probably accelerated to a lot faster than he clocked me given how long it took him to catch up, but that he was only giving me a ticket for what radar said.
I was asked if I saw him in the median, which I didn't. When I told him that he ranted about it being deer country and if I didn't see a white car in the median what chance would I have seeing a deer.
There was no sense in arguing. I didn't see him, but I'd bet I was passing a semi and keeping my eye on it where the cop was parked.
I got a ticket for 79 in a 70, on an expressway. I wasn't thrilled about that, but the entire ticket was cheaper than the court cost alone in my county, so I didn't have much to complain about.
Besides, that wasn't the worst of the drive. The worst was the 20s (F) weather I rode in on the way up, the hour+ in rain at a 20 degree angle against the wind to stay on the road, and the hour+ after that in the same wind sans rain.
Ticket sucked, some of the ride home sucked, but it was an experience, and the trip was more than worth it.
I had the bike off, kickstand down, modular helmet up, and earplugs out before he got to me. He told me he pulled me over for speeding, asked for my license and walked back to his cruiser.
He came back, handed me the ticket, and then started talking to me. He said I was probably accelerated to a lot faster than he clocked me given how long it took him to catch up, but that he was only giving me a ticket for what radar said.
I was asked if I saw him in the median, which I didn't. When I told him that he ranted about it being deer country and if I didn't see a white car in the median what chance would I have seeing a deer.
There was no sense in arguing. I didn't see him, but I'd bet I was passing a semi and keeping my eye on it where the cop was parked.
I got a ticket for 79 in a 70, on an expressway. I wasn't thrilled about that, but the entire ticket was cheaper than the court cost alone in my county, so I didn't have much to complain about.
Besides, that wasn't the worst of the drive. The worst was the 20s (F) weather I rode in on the way up, the hour+ in rain at a 20 degree angle against the wind to stay on the road, and the hour+ after that in the same wind sans rain.
Ticket sucked, some of the ride home sucked, but it was an experience, and the trip was more than worth it.