Prince
Banned
I've been thinking about this a lot lately. It's quite obvious that this law is never going to go away. So how do you beat it? It's quite obvious that true "racing" or "stunting" charges are few and far between. How many times have you seen two tuner cars on a flat-bed? The law has worked its purpose and scared tuner car road-racers off fhe HWY's and onto the backroads. Cops are thus turning to us sportbike riders (not cruisers) to fill their quotas for this law. I ride with cops. They tell me about the "pricks" (their wording) they work with that hunt sportbikes.
So how do you beat HTA172?
Psychology.
You mess with cop's heads.
"Everyone" drive 30 over max. If it's an 80, don't go over 110. 70, like Hockley Valley, don't go over 100.
The psychology is this:
Cop sees sportbike
Cop wants HTA172 charge
Cop sees you doing 30 over
Cop either gives you a 29 over (3 points) or leaves you alone altogether (he knows the 30 will get reduced)
Take the high speeds to the "extreme" back roads.
What this will do is force cruisers off high ticket score areas to sit...and sit...and sit for maybe...possibly...one sportbike to do a fly-by. Are they going to miss out on twenty tickets and hour to get one HTA172 charge? Not likely as their Staff Sergeant will wonder what's happened to their quotas. And, "Sgt, I spent the entire shift on Concession Road 5 waiting for a sportbike" is not going to fly. Traffic cops get reprimanded if they don't make statistical quotas.
Do 30 over in 80's. Do 30 over on the HWY. Rethink your thinking. Think "30 over, under 150." I've been making it my mantra as of late, and it's working. There's been more sportbikes taken this year than any year prior. Most riders are afraid (admitt it or not). Believe me when I tell you it's a game for cops.
30 over, under 150
30 over, under 150
30 over, under 150
Make it your mantra. If you want to change something, you outsmart your enemy. Watch the frustration from the cops and seagulls (tow trucks) as they have no more bikes to take and this predatory law begins to go all wrong for them!
If you want to mess with their heads even further and piss them off, slow right down to 50 in the transition zones. While cars are speeding, you on your 300 KPH + SS bike are doing 50.
Take the focus off sportbikes!
30 over, under 150
30 over, under 150
30 over, under 150
...yes, I'm trying to hypnotize you...
So how do you beat HTA172?
Psychology.
You mess with cop's heads.
"Everyone" drive 30 over max. If it's an 80, don't go over 110. 70, like Hockley Valley, don't go over 100.
The psychology is this:
Cop sees sportbike
Cop wants HTA172 charge
Cop sees you doing 30 over
Cop either gives you a 29 over (3 points) or leaves you alone altogether (he knows the 30 will get reduced)
Take the high speeds to the "extreme" back roads.
What this will do is force cruisers off high ticket score areas to sit...and sit...and sit for maybe...possibly...one sportbike to do a fly-by. Are they going to miss out on twenty tickets and hour to get one HTA172 charge? Not likely as their Staff Sergeant will wonder what's happened to their quotas. And, "Sgt, I spent the entire shift on Concession Road 5 waiting for a sportbike" is not going to fly. Traffic cops get reprimanded if they don't make statistical quotas.
Do 30 over in 80's. Do 30 over on the HWY. Rethink your thinking. Think "30 over, under 150." I've been making it my mantra as of late, and it's working. There's been more sportbikes taken this year than any year prior. Most riders are afraid (admitt it or not). Believe me when I tell you it's a game for cops.
30 over, under 150
30 over, under 150
30 over, under 150
Make it your mantra. If you want to change something, you outsmart your enemy. Watch the frustration from the cops and seagulls (tow trucks) as they have no more bikes to take and this predatory law begins to go all wrong for them!
If you want to mess with their heads even further and piss them off, slow right down to 50 in the transition zones. While cars are speeding, you on your 300 KPH + SS bike are doing 50.
Take the focus off sportbikes!
30 over, under 150
30 over, under 150
30 over, under 150
...yes, I'm trying to hypnotize you...
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