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How come people who drive those "sport" bikes are always missing license, insurance, or registration? |
My friend is a cop, and he says he always pulls them over whenever he sees them, because their documents are always illegit. They are always missing something. Knowing this, why are the people that ride them turning them into cop magnets? It's not just sport bike riders. I've stopped quite a few cruiser style bikes for riding stupid only to find the rider didn't have a motorcycle license. However, I would say the majority, though not by a whole lot, were sport bike kids who didn't have a Class M license. I had one just three days ago put his feet on the back pegs, crouch behind the windscreen and open it up through traffic. I stopped him to find, surprise, no motorcycle license. His response was, "I didn't know I needed to get one". What I liked the most was his surprise and reaction when I pulled my Police HARLEY in front of his Gixxer 600 and pointed him to the shoulder. He just hung his head. Sorry sport bike folks, I just had to twist that one in a little bit :) Oh, and for the record, I didn't even give him a ticket for the license, weaving through traffic, or the speeding. I simply gave him a warning, seeing as how my ticket book happened to be empty. Moral of the story, don't ride like a fool and you won't attract unwanted attention. They aren't. And if your cop 'friend' is pulling over vehicles of a certain kind without probable cause, that is called "Profiling" and it will get him into big trouble some day. They don't even know they're supposed to have them. Well i know from personal experience that most motorcycles you dont have a place to carry all of your information theres no glovecomparment or visor to put the things in n a bike In my experience, as a licensed long time rider, I have to agree with you for the most part. The trouble is that those bikes - flashy, fast, relatively inexpensive and easy to handle - attract mainly young, inexperienced guys. They're testosterone rockets (both the bikes and the guys) not good for much else than riding at full throttle for short distances. Far too many of those kids don't bother getting licensed - they just hop on, so sure they can handle it. I have seen way too many crotch-rockets smashed up on the road, along with their smashed up drivers. But, that being said.... they are fun to ride! They're mostly riders who are young and interested in a flashy bike and speed. They don't think about the legal issues. Their only concern is how fast they can go. Some probably think they could just out run the cop. It's just immature riders. As far as the argument that there is no room to store license, insurance and registration on a bike, that's just not true. Are these guys riding naked? I keep my license, insurance card and registration card in my wallet in my pocket. There's no excuse for not having these items. I keep all my documents under the seat. I think some of you are stereotyping just a little bit. There is more to sportbikes than just going fast. 9 out of 10 bikes you see on the road are driven responsibly, but you don't see us. Those few idiots that go untagged, no license, no insurance, ride drunk, and so on are the ones that stick out in your mind. Those are the same idiots that drive their cars in the same condition. You cannot define a persons character or level of responsibility by how much plastic is on their bike. |
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