Fake Police Bikers

[Stuuk1]

I've seen 3 different riders this week wearing a lookalike police hi-viz but instead of "Police" on the back it says "Polite".

Tossers.

[Sir Trev]

Erm... I have black leather trousers, wear a hi-viz and have a white lid. I just want to be seen and I'm not pretending to be something I'm not. The plain white lid was actually cheaper than the patterned ones too so the tightwad accountant in me took part of that decision. Does this make me a bad person?

[Bibio]

i have seen a few around Edinburgh but the riders were not hanging around. i see no problem with people making things safer for themselves.

[carelesschucca]

I've got no issue with it. Wouldn't do it myself I'm not a hi vis kinda guy. Only time ive grudgingly worn it is leading rideouts...

[Red ones]

I once asked someone why they chose a white lid. They said, "So car drivers can see my head when it's lying in the middle lane at night. The serious head injuries aren't from falling off, they're from getting hit by the next 10 cars"


Clearly I forgot when I bought the next lid. Black.


I come across a fake cop fairly often. White lid, white Pan European. Hi-viz stripes on the bike. Vander suit. The works.
To be fair he rides like a cop too - bolt upright but have you tried doing that at speed round corners and keep up with those guys???

[sputnik]

Riding around looking a bit like a police officer is one thing, but if you notice any of these people shooting pimps in leopardskin bedecked limos, or similar questionable behaviour, please be sure to inform Inspector Harry Callahan of the San Francisco Police Department. That sort of stuff makes him quite cross.

[NTECUK]

I had a white lid.
But after seeing the bike instructor with a hi viz lid I bought one as it realy "Pops".
For my commute I have a jacket with hi vis arms.
It does have hi viz on the body but you don't see that with head down, arze up ridding position of a sports bike.

[JulesW]

I wear black leather pants, black jacket and a hi-vis sash if urban riding. To think I'm dressing as a traffic cop is feckin absurd.

I bear a black 2 piece set, with a white helmet. I'd have gone Hi Viz with the helmet, but they didn't do the one i wanted in that colour. Then again, what i ride doesn't exactly scream "police"

Can usually spot em a mile off so always good to go past em near the red line