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| #1  27-May-2005, 11:14 | ||||
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| Police Victimisation Last night my son, who is 17 and had a licence for 6 months, was on his way home when he was stopped by the police for no apparent reason. He had just left a filling station and on rounding the bend 100 yds up the road he spotted 2 police bikes a couple of hundred yds ahead. He checked his speed on the digital speedo which I fitted and since it read 28mph he thought no worries and continued on. Needless to say the cops flagged him down, claimed he was doing at least 40 and asked to see his documents which of course like everyone else he doesn't carry around with him. They then told him he was being charged with careless driving and gave him a producer for his documents. My son was in tears when he got home. These pigs are stitching him up for no good reason other than the fact that he is a youngster on a bike. Now I know that my son is paranoid about speeding in built up areas and didn't trust the speedo on the VFR which is why he got the digi speedo and I beleive him when he says he was only doing 28mph but it's his word against 2 cops so I don't see what he can do. No doubt they will claim that they are "experts" at judging the speed of vehicles and in their opinion he was exceeding the speed limit. However at 9.50 pm it was dusk and accident investigation research has shown that judging the speed of an oncoming motorcycle is very difficult. Any ideas how I can help him with this? I really thought that this sort of harrassment was a thing of the past and from bike cops - even worse. I had previously been thinking of doing a Bikesafe course - stuff that now. All coppers are barstewards right enough   |
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