New unmarked police motorbike
Discussion
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Has anyone seen these UNMARKED police bikes with digital recording facilities?
Has the rider need to use the yellow reflective vest?
Has anyone seen these UNMARKED police bikes with digital recording facilities?
Has the rider need to use the yellow reflective vest?
I was stopped by an unmarked bike a few weeks back just past the Green Welly. I had spotted it some time previously near the turn off to the ski lifts at Glencoe and noted how fast he was closing on me. Over the next few miles it closed to an extended following position and held station. When he ` de-cloaked` and I pulled over the rider was a really genuine guy. He asked me a few questions about my bike and was complimentary about my riding and my bike too.
He had a double check of my number plate as the makers marks are debossed into the plastic rather than printed or stickered so are not immediately apparent, and as he was happy they complied, fair enough, no complaints at all.
I had decided early on when I first noticed the rapidly closing dark bike behind that it was most likely to be a Police rider so went into total IAM mode and wasn`t really surprised to eventually see the strobes coming on. But wow, it sure makes you focus ultra hard on your style and speed!
Unmarked bikes, I believe, are a fair use of resource and if the officer I met was in any way typical of how they treat other bikers I wouldn`t have any complaints at all.
On the other hand I was pulled over in the car yesterday by a marked van. I was just off Byres Rd having just moved off from the traffic lights. Laid back, roof down and just cruising back home. I was stunned when the blues came on and my first reaction was to just slow down and create more room for them to blitz past. However I quickly reviewed that notion as the passenger motioned for me to pull over.
Having stopped I was given the full identity check and also the vin number of the car was checked against their database. This seemed to take an age and the younger of the two officers seemed to be very uninvolved and apologising for the delay where the (much) older officer seemed to be particularly gruff and formal.
In the end the younger officer said they had a report of a car matching mine reported stolen during a house break in that morning, which might have been true. But his colleagues attitude just sucked and it felt like there was another agenda going on.
Marked or unmarked is probably neither here nor there, in my opinion, its how you behave and how they treat you that matters.
He had a double check of my number plate as the makers marks are debossed into the plastic rather than printed or stickered so are not immediately apparent, and as he was happy they complied, fair enough, no complaints at all.
I had decided early on when I first noticed the rapidly closing dark bike behind that it was most likely to be a Police rider so went into total IAM mode and wasn`t really surprised to eventually see the strobes coming on. But wow, it sure makes you focus ultra hard on your style and speed!
Unmarked bikes, I believe, are a fair use of resource and if the officer I met was in any way typical of how they treat other bikers I wouldn`t have any complaints at all.
On the other hand I was pulled over in the car yesterday by a marked van. I was just off Byres Rd having just moved off from the traffic lights. Laid back, roof down and just cruising back home. I was stunned when the blues came on and my first reaction was to just slow down and create more room for them to blitz past. However I quickly reviewed that notion as the passenger motioned for me to pull over.
Having stopped I was given the full identity check and also the vin number of the car was checked against their database. This seemed to take an age and the younger of the two officers seemed to be very uninvolved and apologising for the delay where the (much) older officer seemed to be particularly gruff and formal.
In the end the younger officer said they had a report of a car matching mine reported stolen during a house break in that morning, which might have been true. But his colleagues attitude just sucked and it felt like there was another agenda going on.
Marked or unmarked is probably neither here nor there, in my opinion, its how you behave and how they treat you that matters.
Just about every "campaign" Policescotland have done since the merge has been targeting the motorists, a traffic cop mate of mine is thinking of packing it in as they are not doing any education events including bikesafe or attending road safety events, they are being pressured on enforcement instead, bad craic!
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