Re: [ST] Cruising at 95 mph??

[Bil Swartz <bil@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Heya J.G.,

We have our problem areas that are being enforced stronger than others 
down here as well, but my point was more about the sensitizing to mc's 
thanks to certain known bad influences ;)

I gotta say though, in my experience dealings with the state boys have 
been nothing but polite and professional.  It's the county sheriff's 
deputies that I've met that seem to have bad attitudes and complexes, and 
I've been told by more than one source that those guys are the ones that 
couldn't get aboard the better orgs like state or city pd's...

But in your buddies case, that citation and paperwork had to be filed 
since I assume he was transported to the hospital and the bike towed.  So 
failure to control is the norm for a single mva in that case.  If he'd had 
ridden away it'd been different, even if it happened right in front of a 
trooper or troopers...don't ask me how I know! ;)  So don't get too mad at 
'em, he was just doing what had to be done to file the appropriate 
paperwork for the expenditure of tax dollars, not being inhumane.

But that's not to say they bad attitudes aren't out there, on both sides 
of the fence.


On Thu, 19 Apr 2007, John Ulizzi wrote:

> What you say about the Starboys holds true for mc
> riders up here, BUT, this really isnt about MCs, but
> rather speed(of any type of vehicle) in general. I
> gotta imagine its no different in Columbi, if not
> worse since it is the state capital. It is widely
> known that State Troopers in this state ( Ohio )are
> the absolute worst in the country, with the reputation
> of giving their own mother a ticket. A few years ago,
> a friend of mine crashed and crashed bad. We followed
> to the hospital. This poor guy was laying on a gurney
> in emergency in agony with a broken arm, double
> fractured hip, and at that time unknown internal
> injuries, and these pricks from the state patrol were
> in there serving him a citation for failure to
> maintain control. I mean, WTF ? It was a single
> vehicle accident, the only damage he did was to the
> inside of a ditch....What kind of animal do you have
> to be to be able to serve somebody a citation under
> those circumstances ? I completely lost it and
> proceeded to get up, go in the room and raise some
> hell with them regarding their sense of humanity.
> Fortunatley two other friends who knew me all to well
> were sitting there as well, flanking me. As I tried to
> get up, I felt a hand on each shoulder. The harder I
> tried to get up, the harder they pulled me back in my
> seat. It's a good thing, too, because I probably would
> have ended up in jail....
>
> Last year, another friend ( in fact, one of the hands
> on my shoulder above), crashed in WV. Once the
> ambulance took him away , I stayed on sight with WV
> state troopers to deal with the bike, etc. Once we
> dispatched the bike, I asked the troopers how i could
> get to the hospital. They said, "Oh, just follow us,
> we need to talk to him anyway". I said " Please tell
> me you arent gonna cite him", to which they responded
> " Cite him? What for? Dont you think he has had a bad
> enough day ? No, we just need to know what happened,
> but we wont be citing him. It's not necessary". Geez,
> what a different attitude...
>
> Sorry for the rant....
>
> John
>
>
> --- Bil Swartz <bil@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 19 Apr 2007, Kevin Byram wrote:
>>
>>> Just reading the threads where my fellow Trumpet
>> thrashers are reporting
>>> "cruising" at 95mph :0 If you blokes tried that
>> around NE Ohio you'd
>>> wind up behind bars! Too many highway patrol,
>> sheriffs, and local
>>> constabulary to get away with it. A quick burst
>> into triple digit
>>> territory perhaps, but no extended riding at those
>> speeds.  You can tell
>>> I'm a bit jealous.
>>
>> Heya Kevin,
>>
>> Yeah man, your local enforcement is painfully
>> sensitized to mc's by those
>> StarBoys twits.  We have a small group of wannabes
>> down here around
>> Klumbis but sightings dwindled off last year, maybe
>> Darwin helped us out?
>> What a pity and a PITA.
>>
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