Northern Virginia Roll Call

Man, what a dick. I've only had to go to court once in my lifetime, and it was in VA Beach. Then ended up getting sentenced to a few days in jail. That dude was a dick too.

 

this sucks.

@Subway4X4 asks me why I drive 5-10mph under.. and this is why. Dont need any extra attention

 

maybe you guys look guilty..

both times I got pulled over on my other bike, 80/55 and 70/45 they were written down to just under reckless. I was thankful, and always stop right away and treat them with respect. *Knocks on wood now*

 

Hold on....you can't just leave that story there.

Next time I'm gonna run over the curb and run...

 

Haha thats exactly it. I roll my windows down so they can see in since i cc and it freaks some of them out and they assume im hiding my window tint...

 

It's a little bit of a read, but here you go.

My time in Jail- A memoir

So growing up in CA riding dirt bikes, I really missed being on two wheels and going fast. I was stationed in Norfolk, VA at the time, and decided I wanted to get a street bike. I already had my motorcycle license endorsement, so I started shopping around. I found a Kawasaki ZX-6R (636cc) that the guy had previously taken on the track, so it was a sweet set-up. It was dropped 2" in the front, steering stabilizer, SS brake lines, power commander, etc. The bike was tuned on the dyno, and put out 126 HP to the rear wheel. Needless to say, it was fast.

Well one day, I decided to go for a ride on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. For anyone unfamiliar, it's a 23 mile bridge that's got tolls on each side, 55 mph speed limit, and costs around $15 to cross it.






I'm cruising along, and think to myself "Hey, I've been 140 mph before. Let's go 150 mph and see how that feels." Traffic was light, and my GoPro was on my gas tank recording. I get up to 150 (that was exhilarating) and slow down to 90-100 and cruise along, because that feels like a normal speed now. I pass a group of bikers on Harleys and give them a wave as I pass, happy that everything went well. At this point, I'm about 8 miles into the bridge, and see a cop going the opposite direction, but don't think anything of it. I'm going a normal speed, right? Wrong.

Fast forward 15 minutes when I get off the bridge portion, but I'm still within the toll stations. There's a cop sitting in the center median, and as soon as I round the corner going ~85 mph, he turns on his lights, flips a U turn in front of me, and signals me to pull over. I do, and immediately turn off my bike and start taking off my helmet to let him know I don't plan on running. He says "You were going mighty fast on the bridge back there! My partner saw you going triple digits!" Well I start shitting bricks, because I knew I was busted. The cop proceeds to tell me how my license will probably be suspended, etc. while we wait for the first cop to show up.

The cop shows up, and at this point there's 4 cop cars there. I'm thinking "Man I'm fucked, because my GoPro was recording everything." He mentions how he saw me going "close to 100" and at that point I knew he saw me AFTER I had already slowed down. Not so bad, right? I readily admit that "Yup, I was only going 90-100mph". I had no idea whether or not they could take my GoPro if I was a dick and claimed to only be going 55 mph, which is why I readily admitted what I did.

After some deliberation, the two cops come back and tell me they're gonna take it easy on me. They could have gotten me with two separate counts of reckless driving (anything over 80 mph is automatic reckless in VA), taken me away in cuffs, and impounded my bike. Instead they gave me one "general reckless driving" and released me on my own recognizance with a court date a month later.

Fast forward to my court date. I'm there in my dress whites, with my Navy representative and my lawyer. We're watching the judge act cool with everyone, and reducing charges on damn near everything. I'm feeling pretty good at this point. We get up in front of the judge and my attorney presents our case. The judge leans back, takes off his glasses and asks the cops, "How fast was he going?" Cop: "He admitted to going 90-100mph" Judge: "100mph?!?! You hit a pebble going that fast and you crash and die!!!!"
The attorney proceeds to try and reason with the judge, but he wasn't having any of it. He says "Right now I'm just deciding how long I want to send you away for." My heart sinks and head drops. I'm so fucked.

I ended up paying $500 for my attorney, $500 in fines and court fees, and spend 3 days in jail. That was terrible, and I don't plan on ever going back there. The food was terrible, and my cellmate had tear drop tattoos. Sold my bike, and haven't been back on one since.

 

TC had spc....just need to find a good tech...this guy looked like he was still in high school. Wish I could just rent the machine for a few hours. I know I could get it right.

 

yea, was going to say go somewhere else. There has to be other options near you. Will it prevent you from making it to Flagpole?

 

What the fuck is authorized emergency lighting then?

 

Two thoughts:
Do you keep that saved somewhere or are you a super fast typer?

I lowered my zx6 and it handled like dick.

 

orange construction hazard lights?

 

I had typed it out in my build thread before, so I just copied and pasted.

And I had the steering stabilizer, so maybe that made the difference?

Here’s my old walk around video from when I sold it. I give it a little rev at the end and man does it sound good.


https://youtu.be/6phzibIAHYQ

 

It was 82-1-6/46.2-1020. This is the first time I've been written a ticket for the light bar and it wasn't pre-payable. Supposedly there are several lighting infractions to pick from

 

Probably the damper...I'm too cheap for 700$ worth of ohlins

Edit: i really want another bike....

 

That is some next level fucked shit right there. VA has some of the most obnoxious traffic laws sometimes.

 

Lazy assholes.

All they have to do is put it on the rack and turn the cams.

 

I'll be there between 730 and 8, with a couple co-workers

 

The past 2 months of driving around in va have change my opinion of cops. Its all a big f'ing money grab

 

July 4th of 2015 I got pulled over in a speeding trap in North Carolina. Didn't get the normal ticket it was some sort of citation. The exact verbiage on that citation was "officer had reason to suspect that driver was going 86 MPH in a 70 MPH". Fun fact if you go 16 over you have a mandatory court date and mine was literally 2 weeks after I got pulled over. Ended up paying 375 dollars for a lawyer and court fees. Lawyer got the charges dropped to a seat belt violation or some shit so I didn't get reckless or and points on my license

 

@TacoCat wants to know if they are female