[Red Herring]

I wouldn't say the system or coppers (well maybe a few) have anything against bikers in particular, it's just the red tape attitude and complete lack of common sense or personal touch that has crept into the regime. As you say, anybody worth their salt would have looked at the file, realised you must have come into the station to have given in the rectification form, checked the computer for your license and insurance (why were you required to produce them in the first place, this info is readily available at the time they stopped you) and just filed the papers in the corner basket. It just needed someone to make a decision....and that is the problem.