You have a valid point. Never apologize for expressing your opinion. No one here is disagreeing with your point of view.Wow, I certainly opened a can of worms there. Say whatever you want, It really doesn't bother me at all. I personally try to avoid it myself in respect for others. I was stating my opinion and nothing else. Not asking for moderators to sensor. :surrender:
Oh god Kevin what have you done:wav:Hey once again sorry for hijacking your thread. My bad.
On topic, sucks when one rotten apple spoils the bunch. Personally I would fight or at least mitigate it if I were you. Hope that works out.
Good advice here:steve:fight the ticket... cop could not have paced 6 bikes... he can only pace one bike, can only vouch that one bike was speeding, which one of you was it??? He probably can't even remember which bike was in the back of the pack....
Fight the ticket....
and to the squid... after the first offense we dump people... it's our riding group and we tell people in the pre-ride speech, F*K up once, and you will be asked to leave. It's not a democracy, it's about the safety of the other riders in the group. F*K up on a second ride, and you are banned from future rides.
Very good points there. I too was going to suggest that the "squid" pay the ticket for the rest of the guys who got charged too but as stated above by Detrich....... Lauriesorry to hear this happened. i would've been pissed too.
i hear about this sorta thing happening a lot, unfortunately... cops sometimes react too slow, and ppl get nailed for the driving/ riding behavior of someone else on the road simply due to mistaken identity... cops are ppl too, and they make mistakes. sometimes they write these kinda tickets just to save face after realizing they probably messed up..
i dunno if u can really make the squid pay for everyone's tickets. yes- he caused the problem. but, u guys did, after all, allow him to ride along with you when u very well could've pulled off the road or separated yourselves... and, even by ur own admission u were riding faster than the speed limit. it's really just a combination of bad luck...
try to fight the ticket by written declaration, if that's allowed in your state. or, go to court and fight it.
Wait... He was riding an R6S, with an underinflated, bald tire. And his girlfriend was wearing flip-flops? None of this jumped out and said "irresponsible"?At this point I see every other rider shaking their head, even the guy who brought him along (who apologized, said he had no idea he rode like that),
Maybe a little too strong of a sentiment?CENSORED
Oh. Dear. God.He said he saw it on the meetup site and just figured it was a welcome home for a fellow Marine and he figured we'd be honored to have another Marine there.