getting pulled by the feds
 

hello, i'm quite new here.

but today out for a blast stirling, lochearn head, comrie, creiff, back to stirling and then home. got pulled just after comrie by a panda car. saying they were out pulling everything over if they suspected dark visors loud cans number plates etc.....

i got £30 fixed notice for a tinted visor. just a wee word of warning to anyone heading out that way.

malks

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They were litterally pulling everyone over.. I got pulled 2 in cupar just at the police staion 200 yards before cupar motorcycles. and also spoke to others that were all also pulled over when I got to the bike shop. they just wanted to check that my bike was taxed and not stolen, they didn't really bother about my tinted visor or my can (although they are both road legal, you cant really tell without checking the e marks).

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According to ACPO guidelines......
Common sense on dark visors...The stategy says If used durring daylight hours, advise only. If used during the hours of darkness or conditions of reduced visibillity then consider prosecution.

It's a bummer to get fined.

pete

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thankfully we managed to avoid them all day!

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That strategy (according to this weeks MCN *not that I read such garbage*) is for England Ireland and Wales only, in Scotland it is all in the officer's discretion.

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The peelers don't bother us over here about visors as peterco says common sense should prevail and as for number plates they do pull some people over but they have to be really small

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Tail end of last year i had a plod wander over to speak to me in a car park, wanted to bust me for my tinted visor.. was really annoyed when i pointed out the stamp of approval on the side of it :smt016
Not bothered getting one for my new helmet.. just bought a comfy pair of sun glasses instead.

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I was up that neck of the woods the day. Other lads at Cupar said they were getting pulled for vehicle checks. By the time I got there they were gone. Some guys said they got a fine for small plates. Loud cans were getting attention too...

Welcome to start of the Nazi police state summer blitz folks..it's only gonna get worse. Stay away from the west coast (Oban, Loch Lomond,Tyndrum, etc) as they'll be up there in force every Saturday and Sunday this summertime. Expect the money grabbing speed camera vans, mobile bikers, marked and unmarked patrol cars and plenty of stop checks. They've got to spend the taxpayers money somehow.

If you're gonna wear a dark visor (not naming names here for obvious reasons) then carry a clear one so you can argue your corner with the coppers. It's a safety aid for bright sunshine - car drivers use sunglasses for the same reason. Dark visors are just the same idea only safer for a biker. To hell with what the cops say. They're just out to ruin your day.

Re: getting pulled by the feds
 

I was up that neck of the woods the day. Other lads at Cupar said they were getting pulled for vehicle checks. By the time I got there they were gone. Some guys said they got a fine for small plates. Loud cans were getting attention too...

Welcome to start of the Nazi police state summer blitz folks..it's only gonna get worse. Stay away from the west coast (Oban, Loch Lomond,Tyndrum, etc) as they'll be up there in force every Saturday and Sunday this summertime. Expect the money grabbing speed camera vans, mobile bikers, marked and unmarked patrol cars and plenty of stop checks. They've got to spend the taxpayers money somehow.

If you're gonna wear a dark visor (not naming names here for obvious reasons) then carry a clear one so you can argue your corner with the coppers. It's a safety aid for bright sunshine - car drivers use sunglasses for the same reason. Dark visors are just the same idea only safer for a biker. To hell with what the cops say. They're just out to ruin your day.

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How depressing is this thread? Me and Mrs Tiger were burgled a few years back and the cops were there mob handed in minutes. Huckled one at the scene and caught up with other after a bit of your actual detetctive work!

Been a champion of the overworked under-resourced polis ever since but things like this make it hard.