i suspect deep down i’m just grumpy that i didn’t stand up for myself and tell him where to get off, so i’m doing it online instead…
spineless bastard. :rolleyes:
Fair point, I was not there, I’m just going by how you described it.
Have to agree with Bang2Rights though, coppers are not perfect (but many expect them to be) and need a bit of slack now and again. Important thing is he didn’t really go to town on you and you did the right thing with a meek 'Sorry Officer". Absolutely the worse thing you can do in moments like that is get smart!
J
I’ve long since learnt to swallow my pride for the sake of my wallet. 
Half of the coppers in London this week are from all over the country. I’d be grumpy if I had to travel 3 hours from my house in the countryside to ride slowly around central London on the hottest day of the year in my leathers for no real reason other than to provide a show of (the) force. Having said all that, he sounds like a knob.
Could be worse, you could be stuck on train in derby, already 1 hour delayed, with the prospect of a bus from Bedford to London because some scumbag tied the signalling cable to his car last night and ended up nicking off with half a mile of it.
Here is a little tip for you. If you ever get stopped again and they start giving it large, ask them when did they obtain their class 1 qualification? Police motorcyclists or any traffic cop for that matter, do not like their riding credibility brought into question
The reason for this, is that very few are any better qualified than joe public simply because many forces don’t do the advanced courses anymore just a standard basic course, and most civvy riders will have probably had training of a similar standard during their riding careers.
If they hold a class 1, then fair play, but most of the guys who hold that ticket are on the likes of the Special Escort group or other specialist units, and most patrol bods are on a standard license and probably make more mistakes than the average rider, but they can hide behind the uniform. 
If they don’t hold the class 1 ticket, then it could be a wee bit embarrassing for them without the need for you to be seen to be given shall we say “Backchat”?
Just an idea. Worked for me on a couple of occasions, but then I do have the advantage of holding a class 1 ticket for both bike and cars and the instructors ticket :Whistling:
Nice tip TC and good to know, but I think I’ll stick with the ‘sorry officer’ with my technically illegal dark visor and probably louder than is legal exhaust 
Yep, pass the Attitude Test and you’re most of the way there.
wtf they cant do nout about you having tinted visor during the day as its for day use only and they were probably bored moaning at your filtering skills. just dont give attitude else its pen to paper.
As far as I’m aware It’s technically illegal… Tinted visors are for race use only, if they are over a certain % of tint (I think 50%?)
There had been ACPO guidance to say not to fine people but it’s guidance, not law
mines quiet dark and it says for daytime use only but i use it day and night as the headlights of cars dazzle me at night
my visor is not for road use, it’s not tinted, it’s black. if i wore it at night i’d probably crash.
I’ve heard they’re not for road use because the tint prevents them from being shatterproof…
It is rather odd though how you could wear welding goggles beneath your clear visor and still be legal, but a black visor is forbidden…
Be kind ! Some of these police have been brought in from the Provinces.
They probably find the London traffic intimidating and our fancy southern ways strange.
Again it’s a grey area…
The Department of Transport gives simpler guidelines on legal visors: “Visors are to have a trademark or trade name on them and should have the words ‘Daytime Use Only’ if they are unsuitable for night time use. They should also have an international approval mark consisting of a circle surrounding the letter ‘E’ followed by the number of the country. In the UK, BSI Kite Mark BS 4110:1999 applies specifically to visors.”
This ensures that they let enough light through, and a visor that lets through less than 50% light transmission is illegal. Dark tint and iridium visors have particularly low light transmission rates and are normally therefore illegal. On reputable websites that sell visors there’s usually advice on which ones are road legal.
Read more: http://www.access-legal.co.uk/legal-news/tintedark-visors-road-legal-lu-3362.htm#ixzz21k40r2aH
lol.
my helmet visor says " exceeds vesc 8 not warrented shatter proof if tinted for daytime use only " stamped on the right hand side of the visor
and on the left hand side got a small circle with random numbers and in the centre of the circle as a 0 and a small arrow pointing up and a 1 next to it
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I’ve heard they’re not for road use because the tint prevents them from being shatterproof…
If it’s not shatterproof, shouldn’t it just say ‘not for use’? I don’t think having shards of plastic jammed in your eyes is any more fun on track than it is on the road.
I will not lose an argument on the internet… 
at the end of the day, we’re all losers.