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Sometimes I (still) Ride Like An Asshole - Feb 2015 edition

Does somebody regularly take one for the team?

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That was awesome.

He pulled in behind me, coming into the parking lot at work, I didn't know what he wanted. I asked. He snarled at me (motorcop), "You were doing 75mph." Yeah, so? And i didn't say another word until I saw he was writing me. "How can you write me a ticket for something you do?" "What?" " I see you and your fellow motors riding like that every day." That didn't seem to help. Against me own judgement, I continued....."There are at least 20,000 unlicensed, uninsured, untrained drivers in this city, we have the highest hit and run statistics in the state, we have the highest rate of car theft and lowest rates of recovery, in the country for a city this size, all related to people that shouldn't be here. But you decide to ding me $400 bucks (I was pretty damn close on my estimate, don't you think?) for something you do, on a daily basis. How the fuck can you do that? " I was starting to foam up, and the owner of the company and several of my co-workers were now standing outside, watching. I seriously thought for just a second, about really making a point, and refusing to sign and getting mysekf arrested, but I quickly did the ixnay on that noise, I work for a defense contractor, I'm not losing my job to make a point.

After I said it twice, he asked what I meant about "riding like they do", and I said, going faster than traffic, staying completely away from other vehicles, riding aggressively and not fucking around. He said, "You were speeding....", and I quit while I still didn't have handcuffs on.

I fired off letters to the Mayor, City Manager and Chief of Police. About how they are targeting legal citizens, going to work (7:30 in the morning, is people going to work), while crime in this city was being ignored. At 7:30am, the drivers are generally legal citizens, insured, registered and licensed, going to work. Why don't they target at 6am, when the people going to work are generally not licensed, uninsured and unregistered? There is a real bias going on around here, that they people that work and live here, legally, are targeted while the illegals get a pass, they won't even tow their cars any more.

I got a reply, then a phone call, from the Chief, asking if I wanted to file a complaint against the officer. And that was it. Chickenshit cocksuckers. How about they apply the laws equally? I was speeding. But I wasn't doing anything unsafe. I wasn't riding any differently from those guys. But they dinged me $418/$485.

And I'm going to put it off, extend it, extend it, schedule, cancel, reschedule, cancel, reschedule, cancel and fuck it off for at least a year, if not longer. Fuck em.
 
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That's some bullshit, how does 75mph = $500 :wtf I thought you were going 125mph or something...

Definitely not in the realm of asshole riding, going to have to try harder corndog
 
That's some bullshit, how does 75mph = $500 :wtf I thought you were going 125mph or something...

Definitely not in the realm of asshole riding, going to have to try harder corndog

I have a felony evading, and 137mph on radar, that cost me $1600 in fines, 180 days, of which I did 77, the rest on home detention, work furlough at $27/day, times 103 days, my true asshole days are in the past. At least they didn't make me stay in Monterey County Jail for the full 180.
 
I have a felony evading, and 137mph on radar, that cost me $1600 in fines, 180 days, of which I did 77, the rest on home detention, work furlough at $27/day, times 103 days, my true asshole days are in the past. At least they didn't make me stay in Monterey County Jail for the full 180.

corndog, is this you ?
 

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There is a real bias going on around here, that they people that work and live here, legally, are targeted while the illegals get a pass, they won't even tow their cars any more.

Don't worry, Mr. President-Elect is going to take care of some of those "illegals" for you. :rolleyes (C'mon man, really? Those "illegals" have nothing to do with your speeding.)


And I'm going to put it off, extend it, extend it, schedule, cancel, reschedule, cancel, reschedule, cancel and fuck it off for at least a year, if not longer. Fuck em.

Good on you. This is exactly what I did because fuck 'em. Case dismissed!
 
Don't worry, Mr. President-Elect is going to take care of some of those "illegals" for you. :rolleyes (C'mon man, really? Those "illegals" have nothing to do with your speeding.)




Good on you. This is exactly what I did because fuck 'em. Case dismissed!

Not that they had anything to do with my speeding, but how about some consistent policing? The former chief, the one they fried when that cop was boinking the Explorer scout, then forced his partner to shoot him, actually told me that they had been instructed to leave the illegals alone, because business interests were making a lot of money off them.
 
I have a felony evading, and 137mph on radar, that cost me $1600 in fines, 180 days, of which I did 77, the rest on home detention, work furlough at $27/day, times 103 days, my true asshole days are in the past. At least they didn't make me stay in Monterey County Jail for the full 180.

At least you know how to be an asshole, maybe consider this an aftershock? :laughing

Traffic school means no points though, right? More of a one-time hit to the wallet.

There are three places I have to watch out for on my commute, it has paid off a few times. You can tell where a good spot is for LEO as I'm sure you're aware. Was he on the side of the road or did he roll up behind you on the freeway?
 
Apparently going 80 on the bay bridge is riding like an asshole, according to a recent discussion with a gentleman from the CHP.

Somehow my utter confusion that he pulled me over for this came across and I got out of a ticket for the first time ever. I looked it up and it would have been $500-$1000, even before the insurance skyrocket, with no option for traffic school, because it's more than 25 over the limit.

WTF. Driving 50 on that bridge would be suicidal.
 
I have a felony evading, and 137mph on radar, that cost me $1600 in fines, 180 days, of which I did 77, the rest on home detention, work furlough at $27/day, times 103 days, my true asshole days are in the past. At least they didn't make me stay in Monterey County Jail for the full 180.

My [bullshit] evasion charge - which was accompanied by 5 other charges - ended up being a single plea of guilty to 100mph+... only after:

- $2,500 bail
- $2,500 "mandatory 30-day impound"
- $3,500 lawyer
- $500 fine

That was an expensive fucking speeding ticket.

While I certainly qualified for driving like an asshole, that cop kid was exponentially more of an asshole that day.
 
My [bullshit] evasion charge - which was accompanied by 5 other charges - ended up being a single plea of guilty to 100mph+... only after:

- $2,500 bail
- $2,500 "mandatory 30-day impound"
- $3,500 lawyer
- $500 fine

That was an expensive fucking speeding ticket.

While I certainly qualified for driving like an asshole, that cop kid was exponentially more of an asshole that day.

They dinged me:
$1600, fine.
$2781 work furlough fees.
$5000 for Tom Worthington, finest criminal lawyer in all of Salinas.
$168 impound. They were supposed to keep it 30 days, I would have lost it for sure. But the tow driver thought my offense was so cool, he let me have it back the next day. I ride it past the Marina Police Dept, Several times the next Day. I got a doubletake each time.
Missed 2 1/2 months of work, I was making about $1400/week then, but my boss signed some papers to get me out. I love that guy. And on work furlough, he let me work 14 hour days, I make a shit load of money, and saved nearly all of it, and bought another bike cash as soon as I got out.
I never got a speeding out of that. Felony evasion, and they also stacked , endangering a peace officer (they didn't find it amusing when I said, "He didn't have to chase me...")., and a couple others
I pled to felony evasion, and the rest were dropped. That was an expensive Dayou. At least they didn't find what was under the seat.
 
I remember stopping in Salinas for lunch once, came out and there are two smashed cars. I'm like that's weird. I see guy in black truck pulling over with smashed front end, guy took off leaking coolant. Surreal experience. I didn't stick around to see what happened, hit and run Salinas edition.
 
:laughing:wtf

Thanks guys; your experiences have cooled any ideas about returning to my "let's see how fast I can go here" days. :laughing
 
one of the reasons after more than 10 years of riding, that I went from 600ccs I-4
CBR600F2 to a 'beginner' ninja 650 with parallel twin. keeps me under 80mph, whereas I always rode the CBR 85-100mph.
 
Yep, still. *sigh*


:laughing
 
This should be split up into yearly threads. :teeth

Yup, me too, completely unnecessary times of pulling the ton (going over 100, for teh noobs), several times a week, on well-traveled highways and byways. Haven't had to discuss the issue with John Law recently, and hope not to do so. :party :teeth :laughing
 
This should be split up into yearly threads. :teeth

Yeah, that would make sense. Leaving it all in one place allows us to see if there's been any change. :dunno It's like that great, early-American literary standard, only in this case we call it The Asshole's Progress. :laughing
 
Yeah, that would make sense. Leaving it all in one place allows us to see if there's been any change. :dunno It's like that great, early-American literary standard, only in this case we call it The Asshole's Progress. :laughing

Do we ever stop. I had a 15 year hiatus from bikes. Told myself I'd ride slower and less aggressive now that I'm older. Not the case at all. Just as much of an asshole as I was back then:rofl
 
In.... :laughing
 

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