Black Monster got pulled over just before the Bay Bridge toll plaza this morning

[ducleaner]

I gave a nod for a hello but really wanted to put a screen name to the face/bike and also ask what he got ya for. I was the guy on the red 696.

I've had the worst stretch of my life over the last 6 months. The cops are really making money these days. No wonder after learning that it cost $660,000/mo for the additional Bay Bridge enforcement alone. Supposedly they're backing off the extra enforcement but I suspect the cops you do see will have much itchier trigger fingers when it comes to writing tickets for the foreseeable future.

[Spidey]

Evan?

[johnc]

The cops are really making money these days. No wonder after learning that it cost $660,000/mo for the additional Bay Bridge enforcement alone.

feck ... just how much are they paying those cops per month? 

[mostrobelle]

Evan?

No, fortunately.  It's unusual for them to pull anyone over in the morning heading westbound for anything other than HOV lane violations.  It's even more unusual for them to pull anyone over *before* the toll plaza, especially motos.  The guy must have run over a baby with a beer in his hand and been tossing molotov cocktails at the cop to get lit up.  Or maybe he was having a mechanical, but the CHP rarely stops to help out stranded vehicles as far as I can tell.  Maybe they just call it in instead?

The Eastbound trip in the evenings is a different story.  Every day they've had multiple cars and bikes pulled over nearly every time I've crossed.  I heartily suggest sticking very closely to the 50 mph limit and the 40 through the curve for a while.  The 40 isn't a recommended speed as it is on most corners--it's the limit--and apparently doing 30 over that is troublesome to the boys in beige.

edit:  IBTL.  3...2...1  

[PhoenixS4R]

I don't run from the cops......but how in the world are they pulling you over? Crossing that bridge is like navigating a parking lot.

[mostrobelle]

I don't run from the cops......but how in the world are they pulling you over? Crossing that bridge is like navigating a parking lot.

It doesn't really seem that busy most of the time to me.  I probably do over 2,000 miles a year just on that bridge and I've been crossing it for 6 years now.  I might be getting too used to riding it. 

[Michael Moore]

 The 40 isn't a recommended speed as it is on most corners--it's the limit--and apparently doing 30 over that is troublesome to the boys in beige.

Ask her how she knows.

Oh, and getting a knee down in that corner is definitely a red flag! 

[mattv]

It was me.   

Traffic was backed up and I went around a semi on the shoulder to get into the carpool lane.  I didn't see the cop who was sitting right in front of the semi.  Pretty embarrassing.

Luckily no ticket.

[Spidey]

Luckily no ticket.

Sweet!     You shouldn't give a shit about being embarassed if you didn't get a ticket.

[Itsasickness]

Sweet!     You shouldn't give a shit about being embarassed if you didn't get a ticket.

+1 no ticket means nice move 

[ducleaner]

It was me.   

Traffic was backed up and I went around a semi on the shoulder to get into the carpool lane.  I didn't see the cop who was sitting right in front of the semi.  Pretty embarrassing.

Luckily no ticket.

OMG. I do that all the time. I always wondered if I'd get pulled over for it. I started to do it right in front of him and decided I've got too many points to risk it. Since he was right there and I was stopped, I considered just asking him if I could go around but decided yelling over my uncapped Termis might cause other problems.

Glad you didn't get a ticket.

[Drunken Monkey]

Sweet!     You shouldn't give a shit about being embarassed if you didn't get a ticket.

Remember, it's okay to pretend to be embarrassed / sorry when you get pulled over 

Still, good on ya for not getting a ticket.