bluegoatwoods
Well-Known Member
"But someday, maybe they will."
True enough, Arceeguy. We never really know when the other shoe will drop.
But in this case I doubt if they were trying to deny us the right to ride in a sneaky way. l'll bet that they were afraid of people making monster machines and decided to limit size. They said, "One Horsepower?...Yeah, that sounds about right.." Yup, it was negligent of them to not look into the matter a bit more, but negligence in legislation is a very old problem.
We can, and should, lobby them for a more realistic limit. Just be prepared for it to take forever.
In the meantime there is another strategy that will help us. (I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but I think it bears constant repetition);
Ride like a responsible member of traffic.
This not only gains us the respect of the police (which is useful), it also gains us a measure of respect from the motorists (which is a matter of life and death)
There've been a few members here who detailed their fights with the law. But when I read between the lines I saw people who were just itching for a fight. I can think of one who didn't really seem to hate the police, but he proudly declared himself to be a speed demon. He didn't have the sense (hope I'm not insulting him. he wasn't a bad guy) to "fly below the radar".
Really, that's all we have to do. It won't guarantee that we'll never be hassled by a cop with an attitude. But it plays the odds in our favor.
True enough, Arceeguy. We never really know when the other shoe will drop.
But in this case I doubt if they were trying to deny us the right to ride in a sneaky way. l'll bet that they were afraid of people making monster machines and decided to limit size. They said, "One Horsepower?...Yeah, that sounds about right.." Yup, it was negligent of them to not look into the matter a bit more, but negligence in legislation is a very old problem.
We can, and should, lobby them for a more realistic limit. Just be prepared for it to take forever.
In the meantime there is another strategy that will help us. (I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but I think it bears constant repetition);
Ride like a responsible member of traffic.
This not only gains us the respect of the police (which is useful), it also gains us a measure of respect from the motorists (which is a matter of life and death)
There've been a few members here who detailed their fights with the law. But when I read between the lines I saw people who were just itching for a fight. I can think of one who didn't really seem to hate the police, but he proudly declared himself to be a speed demon. He didn't have the sense (hope I'm not insulting him. he wasn't a bad guy) to "fly below the radar".
Really, that's all we have to do. It won't guarantee that we'll never be hassled by a cop with an attitude. But it plays the odds in our favor.