03-04-13, 09:21 AM
(02-04-13, 05:39 PM)BBROWN1664 link Wrote:Quote:I frequently see police using excessive speed without any emergency lights
They don't actually have to have the lights and sirens on. They are there for warning people and sometimes they need to be "silent"
The first one sounds like a fair nick. You crossed a white line and they did you for it. You said you were doing 70mph too but didn't mention if it was on a dual carriageway so they may have been after you before the white line incident.
As for Bikesafe. I did the course a few years ago and it was great. The plod on the bikes are bikers and understand how bikes should be ridden. One thing you will learn from them. No matter what they ride, they will out ride you. I thought ST1100 Pan Europeans were lardy tourers before I saw one in the hands of a police rider!
If you want some fun, ask them on their view on "off-siding" whilst out riding. The response I got was to go for it but they wouldn't as they were on marked bikes and the "public" don't understand how much safer off-siding is on left hand bends and just phone in with a complaint about police bikes being ridden dangerously.
Off-siding seems insane. I wouldn't ever do it. :eek
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