06-28-2006, 11:51 AM
Your tin foil hat is on too tight.
If you're not doing anything wrong, then its not worth worrying about.... I got busted for dead plates on one of the checkpoints once, but I'll take that (well desevered anyways) over keeping drunks off the roads if we can.
I would rather get pulled over and my tags run if there had been a string of bike thefts in the area and take whatever inconvenience it may cause, over the cops not doing anything at all.
If you want to sit an debate the principle of intrusion of your rights and freedoms and all that bullshit, go well ahead, but you're not going to take your case of getting busted for having a blinker light out if you got pulled over for a routine check to the supreme court. Pay the fine, replace your bulb, and be thankful that the cops are looking out for those of us on 2 wheels.
If you're not doing anything wrong, then its not worth worrying about.... I got busted for dead plates on one of the checkpoints once, but I'll take that (well desevered anyways) over keeping drunks off the roads if we can.
I would rather get pulled over and my tags run if there had been a string of bike thefts in the area and take whatever inconvenience it may cause, over the cops not doing anything at all.
If you want to sit an debate the principle of intrusion of your rights and freedoms and all that bullshit, go well ahead, but you're not going to take your case of getting busted for having a blinker light out if you got pulled over for a routine check to the supreme court. Pay the fine, replace your bulb, and be thankful that the cops are looking out for those of us on 2 wheels.