Best ....."I got pulled over " stories....

[mz_rider]

All I can find is that his request was denied by the court (no surprise) and he was given another fine for not paying the original fine.

Correction: DVLA = Driver and Vehicle Licensing AGENCY

[mz_rider]

Moving even further away from the thread, the DVLA in the UK is, in my experience, very efficient and easy to deal with.

The DMV in the US is portrayed in sitcoms etc as a bureaucratic nightmare with officious staff - is this fair? 

[Dads_FJ]

It's worse than that

[TexasDave]

Looks like Texas DMV. Worked in Arizona 8 years ago and had to renew my license. Took a book to read because I thought it would be like Texas. Gave them my info and did'nt get a chance to open the book before they called my name. Walked in and out in less than 15 minutes. License good for 12 years and cost $5.70. Still got it, good for 4 more years. Saved at least 10 hours of waiting over the years. Piss on Texas.   Dave

[rktmanfj]

Moving even further away from the thread, the DVLA in the UK is, in my experience, very efficient and easy to deal with.

The DMV in the US is portrayed in sitcoms etc as a bureaucratic nightmare with officious staff - is this fair? 

Depends on the state. 

Indiana's BMV used to look a lot like that picture... but massive changes in the system here changed it dramatically.  We can now do a lot of transactions online that we couldn't before, like renew registrations, etc.  I've yet, since the changes, spent over 30 minutes in one of their offices.

Recently I tried one of the newer services: scheduled appointments.  I scheduled online, checked-in upon arrival, and the next available clerk did the work for me.   

I've also had to deal with the Missouri BMV on a lost title issue.  Theirs is run by a private contractor, and they were very good, too.

[Bozo]

About 30+ years ago, my two brothers and I decided to vist my forth brother in Barry's Beach Victoria Australia. I was riding a Z900, the other a suzuki 750 waterbottle and the third a Mach111 kawasaki with a three into one exhaust. On the way back home (it was starting to get dark) the Mach111 front lights went out after a few minutes of riding, after a short time for some reason the baffle from the exhaust decided to spit itself onto the road (these things were very load with the baffle).
Being in the middle of no-where we kept on going with the Mach111 between the Z900 and the bottle when all of a sudden we noticed blue lights flashing behind us. Anyway Andy on the Mach111 quickly switches off his motor just as the cop flies past gets in front and coasts to a stop. The cop gets out of the patrol car with his hand on his gun ( bush cops were allowed to carry guns when alone in pursuit cars in those days) and proceeds to yell all sorts of abuse about the load noise as we rode past.
Because the Mach11 had his engine off before stopping his radar pointed direct at the waterbottle (with standard exhausts - very quiet), he asks (demanded) my brother to start the kettle and proceeded to rev the shit out of the motor, after a few seconds he yelled at the top of his voice"TURN THE BLOODY THING OF I CAN'T HEAR MYSELF THINK" and started to write a ticket BUT we then convince him to check the exhausts which were ADR approved etc. After a while he gave us a warning, told us to be on our way. He stood beside his car waiting for us to take off.
Andy on the Mach111 put on his kill switch which prevented the bike from starting. After what seemed like 20minutes the cop got tired and drove off.
We then went the the 250kms through dirt roads to avoid the now aggro cop.
Having three brothers means we had tons of stories but this is always mentioned for a laugh

[carey]

I just remembered another event from way back.

I was 8 years old riding a Honda Z50 and my cousin had a Fox mini bike powered by a Briggs and Stratton engine.

My Honda is really beat.  The OEM headlight and taillight were long gone, casualties of too much unsupervised riding adventures.  The muffler was replaced with a piece of straight pipe scavenged from a bicycle handlebar.  If you rev'ed the engine in the dark, flames would shoot out the pipe.  The only shiny piece on the bike was the chrome finished rear fender.  It was recently replaced after the original fender was destroyed during the same incident that took out the taillight.
 
Directly across the street from my parent's house was Woolrich woolen mills.  I had to ride two blocks thru their parking lots to reach the fields behind the mill, all private property.

One sunny afternoon my cousin and I went for a ride.  After leaving my parent's driveway, we head for the fields.  As we rounded the corner of a warehouse building there was a state police cruiser sitting in middle of the road, blocking our path.   After a brief interrogation, my cousin's bike and mine were put in the trunk of the cruiser and we were driven to my parents (two blocks away).
 
As we pulled into my parent's driveway, my dad was standing on the front porch to greet us.  I thought I was dead, or at least grounded for life.
 
My dad asks "What the problem officer?"  The officer replies "Your son was riding an unregistered motorcycle without a license on public roads".  My father was a surveyor and very knowledgeable about the property boundaries in our neighborhood.  He replied "That's private property".  The officer replied" The parking lot is open to the public".  My father replied," last week there was an accident in the parking lot and you couldn't respond because it was private property and today you can, you can't have it both ways". 

The officer didn't know what to say.  As the officer was pulling my bike out of the trunk, he put a small scratch on the rear fender of my bike (the only shiny piece on it).  My dad says to the officer, "you just scratched my son's bike, who's going to pay for the damage?  "
The officer mumbled something under his breath and made a hasty retreat into his car.  He couldn't get out of my parent driveway fast enough.

When I think about incidents like this, I'm reminded about how much I miss my dad.

[rusjel]

Ha! brilliant stories!

I've got a couple, but the one I like best wasn't me. A friend of my brother's, Bill, ran the local wreckers and Kawasaki dealership in Townsville North Queensland. Having a Kawasaki dealer and wreckers co-located is kinda appropriate, but I digress.

Bill was out picking up bits on his bright green outfit when he was pulled over by the fuzz. After a long chat where he failed to ping Bill for doing anything wrong or find anything wrong with the bike.

Finally, after checking the paperwork, inspiration! He fixed Bill with a steely stare and enquired " how come your outfit has a big Kawasaki sing on it when it's a Honda?"

"well", Bill replied, "Your car has a big Pohleece sign on it and it's a Ford!"

Guess it could have gone either way from there but he was allowed to go. Tops!   

[RT70]

We've all got a couple of stories but mine has nothing to do with a cop.I"m a city boy,and my riding partner a farmer.We were riding in Glastonbury,Hebron CT on dirt bikes thru fields,streams,powerlines,hillclimbs,with rhythm and not paying attention to the terrane that changed to a freshly plowed 4 ft high half acre flat field,I picked up the front wheel to get a good launch,at speed ,but the front wheel never picked up,it just went straight ,20 ft into freshly plowed cow maneure. "I GOT PULLED OVER" the handle bars to my knees, I did a face plant that I still get reminded of today.NOone would help me get the bike out of the hot maneure cause they were laughing soo hard they couldn't stand up.I also road home by myself(new nobbies)

[Klavdy]

How would you explain this one?

[movenon]

That's funny,  Karma for running that stop sign.. 
George

[Flynt]

Funny how he tries to "dive and catch"...  so he could get dragged along by the trailer I guess.  Good thing he put the tractor is a safe condition before jumping off the damned thing.

Frank

PS - where DO you find this stuff sir?

[Bminder]

I bet that tractor had no brakes.

[Klavdy]

Sometimes all you need is a lucky break,,,



Things aren't always as they seem though,,,