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I understand where you are coming from. there are cases on this forum where I have recommended certain courses of action to avoid the ticket even though it may theoritically be legal ( such as plate placement). I have to take a day off to fight a ticket too.
What I am saying really is that we can't accurately predict what is going to happen in a cop's head, taking a hand off your handlebars is a very reasonable thing to do and I will not (and will not advocate) not doing something that is perfectly reasonable based on a threat of a misapplied law (because i feel the threat is remote for one thing).
I don't like HTA 172, but i am not going to let it stop me from doing something I know isn't wrong, thats what I am saying.
There is a balance between avoiding hassle and not being paranoid. I am saying that not taking a hand off your handlebars because of 172 is on the paranoid side, not the prudent side.
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lol!!
You may not be guilty, but the point is you could be charged!!! There are cases of cops ticketing HTA172 for standing on pegs while going over train tracks. Was taken to court and thrown out as it was not what the law was intended for.
Again, the person was ticketed and charged, but was not convicted.
What exactly are the infractions by the other motorists, there? "Kicking up rocks by pulling over on a soft shoulder"? "Left turn too close to motorcycle"?
I am not the one spreading falsehoods about tickets you can't get for taking a hand off your bars.
the standing on pegs was a myth by the way, so this is pretty much on the same level.
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wteff had no idea it was "illegal" to ride with one hand . . . will keep that in mind and cut down on resting my left arm my leg lmfao
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re: ticket for standing on pegs...
http://www.gtamotorcycle.com/vbforum...se-you-license
You just proved my point.
Lots of wannabe lawyers but no ticket.
This kind of garbage rumor milling is the reason why a bunch of people on this board cry all the time about how reasonable some laws are.
no facts, just tons of awful arguments and rallying against problems that don't exist.
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I don't think the cops ticket you hoping to land a conviction. You may declare victory after the trial, but that cop just got paid overtime for sitting around in a court room all day long. Win or lose, they win. That's the point. This is why you see cops making 100k a year. I'd love to see any other profession that doesnt require anything more than a high school education pay an easy 100k a year with pension and benefits. Pigs.
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