| In front of the magis you are GUILTY unless you can prove you are innocent with HARD evidence.
They invariably believe the officer of the law when they state they saw you doing 1001 MPH on the back wheel of your FS1E.
Unless you can produce evidence that said FS1E cannot do 1001 MPH.
The magis don't know any better and as biker you are "known" to be a danger to all and sundry.
The police are under pressure to "do the numbers" much like any other profession and in some circumstances do a VERY difficult job VERY WELL.
Unfortunately IMHO Police officers are in the position where they can in effect "convict" someone on the spot based on their own desire to "do the right thing". They can exercise powers that have been increasingly handed to them by the Nanny state.
Sometimes the consequences are less serious than others. In certain situations they are under enormous pressure to "do the right thing" in a life or death situation so you can expect some things to go wrong from time to time despite extensive training.
Pulling a road user up for "speeding" ain't one of those situations.
Ray  |