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Question on 'cop warning'

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newrider2

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Driving Skyline in my car yesterday an ambo and sheriff passed me in the other direction hauling ass. A moment later a couple guys on sportbikes came along going around 80. I thought copaheadfastbikes and flicked my lights a few times.

They waved and slowed way down and then I thought damn did I just screw with their ride for nothing? The cops were a little busy to be running radar and while whipping around a corner into an accident scene would certainly be worse than a ticket, I don't have any idea where the accident was.

So this is a longwinded way of asking, would you have given a rider a warning in the same instance? What's your reaction when you get a caution from a driver/rider and the threat never materializes?
 
always give warning. Worst thing that could happen is nothing, best thing that could happen is you saved them from a ticket, or possibly worse. I've slowed down for helmet taps, and there were turkeys in the road around the turn, so it's always a welcomed gesture in my book. :thumbup
 
When there's a higher chance that something up ahead needs more attention, its a good wake-up call. The fact that they slowed down is a good sign too. :thumbup
 
Some guy in a corvette waved my down in the opposite lane telling me to slow down on my way to Moraga, Turned out there was a cop about a mile down the road. Ty for who ever that was!
 
i grew up in the mid-west & the flash your brights the LEO are ahead is the norm & always welcome. i wish more cali folks did it. however the LEO's are way cooler out here, than back east, & are a lot more understanding of folks that have all their shit (tile, reg, smog, dl) in order than the midwest. out there they'll mess with you even if you're all up to date, but they don't like the way you look. say what you want about cali, but its got a lot of pluses.....for me anyway :teeth
 
You did the right thing. You can't tell how things will go, but you did what you could do, and the bikes responded.
 
Traq said:
I would have let them eat the ticket...80 on Skyline is at minimum double the speed limit. There is no excuse for that speed on public roads.
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Thats funny. I ride up there all the time. Almost the entire length is 50 to 55 mph. If they were doing "mimimum double" they would be doing well over 100mph. For you to say that you would have "let them eat the ticket", it just shows how much of a douche you really are. We dont need you on this forum or the road. :ride
 
Traq said:
I would have let them eat the ticket...80 on Skyline is at minimum double the speed limit. There is no excuse for that speed on public roads.
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Do unto others...
 
Traq said:
I would have let them eat the ticket...80 on Skyline is at minimum double the speed limit. There is no excuse for that speed on public roads.
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he lives in La Honda, for some reason I suspect 35 not east bay
 
OP, you did the right thing. Better safe than sorry. They could have gone mobbing around a corner, and ended up as part of the accident. Good job! :thumbup

Now if you would just be so good as to make sure you're out driving on the roads I'm on, when I'm on them.... :laughing
 
panthera said:
Thats funny. I ride up there all the time. Almost the entire length is 50 to 55 mph. If they were doing "mimimum double" they would be doing well over 100mph. For you to say that you would have "let them eat the ticket", it just shows how much of a douche you really are. We dont need you on this forum or the road. :ride
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The message was quite effective without the name-calling, i.e. "douche" which is in violation of our Terms of Service. Chill out, eh?

To the OP, headlight flicks are sometimes tough for me to see--those xenon headlights tend to look like they're blinking when you hit the slightest bump. Also some people run headlight modulators that flash. A helmet tap is a sure sign that cops are around for me. Lots of times I'll get a tap and a hand movement to slow down together. I always appreciate that and get it a lot on the hill. It's nice to have riders looking out for one another.
 
Traq said:
I would have let them eat the ticket...80 on Skyline is at minimum double the speed limit. There is no excuse for that speed on public roads.
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80 on Skyline CAN be pretty chill for some parts. Other parts no way..everything isn't so black and white
 
newrider2 said:
Driving Skyline in my car yesterday an ambo and sheriff passed me in the other direction hauling ass. A moment later a couple guys on sportbikes came along going around 80. I thought copaheadfastbikes and flicked my lights a few times.

They waved and slowed way down and then I thought damn did I just screw with their ride for nothing? The cops were a little busy to be running radar and while whipping around a corner into an accident scene would certainly be worse than a ticket, I don't have any idea where the accident was.

So this is a longwinded way of asking, would you have given a rider a warning in the same instance? What's your reaction when you get a caution from a driver/rider and the threat never materializes?
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Probably would have done the same. And if they were really going that fast, it's too fast for that road. Too many cars and driveways and the like.
 
One time someone gave me the signal and I avoided a ticket. Now I always do it for others too
 
You don't know why the ambo and sheriff were hauling ass. Perhaps an accident blew up 1/2 mile behind you and they were responding. It wouldn't be very fun to come around a corner at 80 into an accident scene and blocked traffic. I also don't know how fast the sheriff was going, but catching up to a LEO with lights and sirens would not make him/her happy.

Either way, if I were them I would have appreciated the warning.

I often wish we had more elaborate hand signals so people could signal more detail, like 'slow ass RV ahead' or 'the road sucks ahead, after the last rainstorm' or, more importantly 'watch out for the farking deer all over the road'.

Just waving at me to slow down has the intended effect, but I have no idea what to watch out for, you know?
 
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