(DC TONY @ Mar. 16 2007,14:54) THAT'S SO SICK TO READ WHAT THE PO-PO THINKS. IT'S SO SAD WE HAVE SO MANY DIRTY PO-PO AROUND.
ALRIGHT, I'M COMING OUT ON THIS ONE.....
Leave the rant switch "ON" until the end of the thread, and don't give me any of that SHID about "dirty"Law Enforcement, with that Holy-er-than-thou-crap.........
I read that entire forum page from the disposition of an objecitve interloper.....What I found was that Law Enforcement have similar positions to what many of us here have. In several instances I felt like I was reading "this" forum in a way. What I found was that the "PO-PO" as you refer to them have preconcieved notions of their own, much like many of us do. They have similar concerns about public safety, and who generally does most of the offending.
I was interested to find out that the chap from England who now patrols Southern Cal, states that you're not allowed "near" a big bike until you've passed several qualifications, certifications, and plenty of time on smaller displacement rides. That means that a whole lot of "us" that love the sport as much as our beloved Busa's wouldn't get the off-the-showroom shot if we lived "there". He disertates to a great extent on where, and when he challenges himself noting anyone can triple-digit in a straight line. One of his quotes I liked was, " it's not about speed, it's about control".
Now I'm not sure how many squids are in the crowd here, but "I'm not one of them". I also know that a whole lot of riders get killed every damn year due to excessive speed in an unsafe environment, i.e. neighborhood streets, freeways, local strips, city streets....not to mention "unskilled" stunters doing unpracticed stunts in these very same environments.
This is as much Law Enforcement's workplace is at is "our" asphalt and concrete to commute and play on. They spend as much time, if not more, out there as we do. You'd piss me off too if you told me, "OK here's your Busa, but you can't take it past half-throttle EVER, because legislation has provided you with a throttle-linkage-limiter". There are plenty of riders, and we jest about it all the time, that intentionally move our license plates so they're harder to read. DON'T WE
?..... So give the working stiffs with the badges a break here.
As I get older I realize that people are people in any job description. So don't give me any of that kid-crap about "PO-PO with bad attitudes" and the likes. That just degrades the atmosphere here. I haven't been a member of this forum half as long as many here, but I certainly wouldn't stick around if I had to read that sort of ignorance.
If you want some interesting reading, read the whole post and all the directions it went in. It certainly wasn't, "Boy I hate anyone on a sportbike", "Boy I hate sportbikers", "Man I wished they'd outlaw those sportbikes".....one of the most poignant lines was this, "we can't lay out the strips". Know what that means ?, that means they have no desire to take out the tires of a sportbike doing triple digits running from a cop as they'll probably "kill" the rider in the process. For all I care about "runners", they could pull out the strips ALL the dang time. They do it once or twice, and squids will think twice about endangering some innocent mom who's now paralyzed, and has to raise kids. Read the whole forum post, for Pete's sake.
I'm not a saint around here, and please don't take that EVER as a sign of disrespect to the org or it's members, directly or indirectly, but if I get stopped for a triple-digit run out in the middle of BFE-Nevada, "I'm pulling over". You're not ever going to catch me doing it in freeway traffic because freeway traffic "ISN'T" a Moto-GP closed course.
Law Enforcement has a job to do, so do I, not getting run over by SUV's, and not getting into it with a kid who probably broke the bank to buy the ride, skipped the schooling and licensing, hasn't the money for gear, and hasn't got insurance to boot. I have ALL the above.
There are plenty of "dirty" people out there irregardless of their profession.
"IGNORANCE" is like pi$$ing on my food, and unlike some, "I come here to get fed".
Someone can flip the switch to the "OFF" position now. My apologies to the Admin folks, if any of this is over the top. I like it here, very much.