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[Dave G]

I was reading the bit in MCN about the police across the country targetting bikers this summer,with the usual slumping of shoulders etc,...why us? ..have they nothing better to do? and so on......and then I thought,how much of this has been hyped up by the paper trying to emulate the daily redtops( hach!,a plague on all their houses!),you know the sort of thing...invaded by immigrants type stories that are more to do with scaremongering than news and leave everyone feeling insecure.
Is this just an annual police response targetting what they see as traffic problems,including bikes which has been reported in a headline grabbing way or has the paper got it right and we are being singled out unfairly as an easy target?
I'm not so sure now.

[dickieducati]

dont really know the answer but the law and justice system in this country is a joke. FACT

[beancounter]

Could not agree with you more Dickie.

[antonye]

Seems odd that Essex won't be targetting bikes this years as they usually do, although they're not running the BikeSafe campaign this year either (I tried to book up for some DSC Essex members...) so maybe their aims of reducing casualties on the Essex roads to zero was a success last year?

Or maybe I'm just being cynical and it's all about the money.

By the way, if you do live in Essex the best day to go out burgling houses is a tuesday as the coppers are usually far too busy checking bikes at the Dick Turpin pub, which is a well known bike meet. Just thought you'd like to know

[dickieducati]

they were out doing speed checks on the way to burnham on sunday. very visible and in a 30 limit to be fair.

[antonye]

I wonder why they chose Burnham ....

[uncle porry]

i got a ticket for the zorst on my zxr last bank holiday monday, the plod who stopped me reckon they are gonna do routine spot checks in suffolk thro the summer to catch bikers with illegal zorsts, visors and number plates...apparently whistling on a tuesday will soon be an offence as well.....

[swannymere]

Originally posted by Dave G
I was reading the bit in MCN about the police across the country targetting bikers this summer,with the usual slumping of shoulders etc,...why us? ..have they nothing better to do? and so on......and then I thought,how much of this has been hyped up by the paper trying to emulate the daily redtops( hach!,a plague on all their houses!),you know the sort of thing...invaded by immigrants type stories that are more to do with scaremongering than news and leave everyone feeling insecure.
Is this just an annual police response targetting what they see as traffic problems,including bikes which has been reported in a headline grabbing way or has the paper got it right and we are being singled out unfairly as an easy target?
I'm not so sure now.

I think your right,some forces do have a problem with bikes,but on the whole i think we do o.k.I live in Hampshire and i have never had any problems,I used to have a KTM 640 with full race exhaust (louder than my 749 with termi)and i never got pulled once.I think the police in Hants are fairly reasonable and tend to stick to nicking the ****s who speed in built up areas and villages etc.Let's face it these are the people who should be targeted.
It is interesting to note however that bikes which in the main are well maintained and looked after seem to attract more attention than the boy/girl racers in their clapped out,uninsured and non mot'd tin cans.I know who most people would like to see being targetted.

[Rushjob]

It is interesting to note however that bikes which in the main are well maintained and looked after seem to attract more attention than the boy/girl racers in their clapped out,uninsured and non mot'd tin cans.I know who most people would like to see being targetted.

Interesting to see that point of view as to listen to the " Croozin' " fraternity, they think they are the hardest done to section of the community when it comes to Police attention.
Added to that my own experience with only a "hearts and minds" approach to bikes and a fairly organised firm line to 4 wheeled shed gatherings would tend to disagree with the comment, or that's the game plan at least in my area.....

[andyb]

Originally posted by Dseered
I laughed at the Cumbria bit, lets see how far into summer we get without seeing a roadblock aimed at bikers, bet it won't be long, try BH Monday A686, would love to be proven wrong, however I won't know 'cause I won't be using the road !

Youll probably find the roadbloke is necessary for the £1,000,000 investigation into the motorcyclist road death up the road!