I work downtown. I have no hair to pull out. The helmet would stop me anyway.
off duty cop tries to run me off the road for lane filtering....
- Thread starter mbroyda
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I work downtown. I have no hair to pull out. The helmet would stop me anyway.
I don't have balls... I'm female... BTW did you know that all men are women until the egg gets fertilized.... so all you guys have all had biological sex changes... Your balls are really ovaries that changed...
Useless funny fact for the day...
invictus43
Well-known member
I love eggs..especially with tabasco..
Well, we certainly know they're scrambled.
What's the consequences for cutting through a public park on your motorcycle? Haven't done it but I've heard of people taking scooters through for shortcuts at night.
I've used closed roads and gone off road a little. Mostly just for exploring though. Often they close the road when it's perfectly passable and there's no one working there so I've gone through a few of those but a couple times I ended up at a bridge that wasn't there anymore. Haven't weaved pylons yet or chosen to ride on the other side to get around traffic.
I've pulled over onto the sidewalk before too on busy roads where there wasn't anywhere good to stop. Once in the GTA a cop passed me while I was checking GPS like this. He didn't seem to mind but I wasn't moving at the time so maybe that's why. What's the penalty for sidewalk riding?
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Haven't done sidewalks yet, but do filter on "occasion". I really fail to see why it's such a big deal here, aside from the legal implications which are more the rider's concern than anyone else's. Filtering and lane splitting are de rigueur in much of the rest of the world, even in California.
I was following a guy down Mount Pleasant the other day on a little 2 stroke bike with bicycle sized tires, the guy was blazing through traffic, puffing blue smoke all along
Vladcanada
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Filter should be legal. Thats what bikes are made for.
Because people here don't expect it. And because of the mentality (especially in the GTA) of 'me first' I have seen cars aim to block a bike that was filtering. I have seen cars nearly take a bike out because they are upset about the biker doing what hes doing. We get it whether we are in the wrong or not but we've given them more reason when we start filtering.
100% agreed. But sadly its not.
Griffin
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I think this is the moral of the story. Cops get road rage too. They also have more options to act on their rage in that they can escalate things with little chance of repercussions on them (some chance, but not high). They're also expected to know better than to lose it in traffic. Most of the ones I know consequently are quite good at controlling their road rage. Better than me by far.
Seems an apt comparison.
To the heroes suggesting assaulting the cop or telling him to bugger off, you do realize that off duty cops still have the power to arrest you don't you?
You never go full retard
LoneRonin
Well-known member
What makes you think my post was specifically directed to you? BUT....if that's your reasoning...
Another funny fact: This is the reason the derogatory use of the word "pussy" came about.
So to the rest of you men...quit being a bunch of policing pussies. Thank you.
My panties are bunched far too much to do this.
kickstartt
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In a moral sense, the off duty cop endangered the OP's life by cutting him off with a 2 ton cage, which I would say not very smart of him.
lane filtering during stopped traffic - wrong but safer than weaving through traffic, atleast the OP didnt endanger no life.
lane filtering during stopped traffic - wrong but safer than weaving through traffic, atleast the OP didnt endanger no life.
Commuting daily, I have yet to see a driver purposely try to block me when filtering. Even if he does, I'm normally going slowly enough that I can brake without issue. A much more important factor is kids trying to race me off the light
I commute also.... and have seen it happen to the bikers around me. Plus have seen it while caging. Biker zooms past only to grind to a halt because two cars down buddy saw the biker in his mirror and inched forward in just the right way to **** the biker over.
Then you are lucky. And I hope for your sake your luck continues
Honestly when I see those cars do that I wanna punch them. But just shows the idiocy in the city.
The Road Warrior
Well-known member
Yeah right. And then you woke up and realised it was just a dream.
For all of the above anything from a simple bylaw violation, to dangerous operation of a vehicle (Criminal Code charge), dependant upon the circumstances and the mood of the officer.
