Pulled over for???

[Detroit Diesel Man]

So after my 250mile little jaunt today I am less than 1 mile from home..stopped and got coffee and a 12 pack of pop strapped on the seat..put my helmet on and gloves and my jacket as I ALWAYS do..I pull out of the lot and whammo...get pulled over..for get this..my face shield on my helmet was "up"..are you frickin kidding me???? I have all the gear on and i get pulled over for my face shield not being down...I cant count how many idiots I saw today with no helmet or gear on shorts and a t-shirt and no glasses...sorry for the rant but that just really really burns me...rant over.


DDM

 

[blowerbike]

i haven't wore glasses on my last few rides....
but i do have a windshield

 

[dwvoss]

Did you get a ticket for that?

 

[makenzie71]

According to the state of Minnesota, eye protection is required by law at all times.

 

[Allie]

Somebody was obviously looking for reasons to pull someone over .

 

[Guest]

According to the state of Minnesota, eye protection is required by law at all times.

I do believe thats the way it is here in ohio too.

 

[DanTheMan]

So after my 250mile little jaunt today I am less than 1 mile from home..stopped and got coffee and a 12 pack of pop strapped on the seat..put my helmet on and gloves and my jacket as I ALWAYS do..I pull out of the lot and whammo...get pulled over..for get this..my face shield on my helmet was "up"..are you frickin kidding me???? I have all the gear on and i get pulled over for my face shield not being down...I cant count how many idiots I saw today with no helmet or gear on shorts and a t-shirt and no glasses...sorry for the rant but that just really really burns me...rant over.


DDM

Hey, I was warned by another guy that the St. Cloud cops really look for that eye protection. They pull lots of m/c riders over for that. Did you just get a warning? (it is the law in MN too, even though you don't need to protect any other body parts).

 

[850 Combat]

I got a ticket for that in Anchorage in 1990.

 

[Buffalo Bill]

Who da deputy?

Who da deputy?

Deputy Barny Fife?

 

[Allie]

It's a law here too, and I think with good reason. But I think most motorcyclists keep their shield up whenever they're at a stop and put it down once they're underway - I know I do.

 

[Guest]

I sometimes leave mine up if I'm just putting around town. But I also wear glasses.

 

[wkmpt]

What a D-nozzle. Sorry you had to put up with that.

It's probably not the Cop's fault though, they're not trained with the ability to use discretion these days...

 

[Detroit Diesel Man]

Didnt get a ticket just a warning....and its not the ticket/warning that gets me..its I'm in all my gear and STILL got pulled over..I wasnt even 100 ft from the gas station where I left...I even told the cop I said "are you serious"...also told him I rode over 200 miles today and saw countless people with no eye protection..let alone anything else..just ticks me off...I preach about headware and gear for riding to guys at work..3 of wich dont wear a helmet...and yet I am the one who gets pulled over...a bunch of BS..next time i'll just ride a wheelie at 30mph through town WITH my safety glasses on!!

 

[Guest]

That is just insane! In Colorado I guess things are quite as tightly regulated. I've even seen a stupid kid riding a late model sport bike, wearing nothing but tennis shoes and shorts. Talk about pain if he falls. Ray

 

[bonanzadave]

Ive been pulled over twice by MNs finest for too dark a window tint in my car. ????

 

[wkmpt]

Didnt get a ticket just a warning....and its not the ticket/warning that gets me..its I'm in all my gear and STILL got pulled over..I wasnt even 100 ft from the gas station where I left...I even told the cop I said "are you serious"...also told him I rode over 200 miles today and saw countless people with no eye protection..let alone anything else..just ticks me off...I preach about headware and gear for riding to guys at work..3 of wich dont wear a helmet...and yet I am the one who gets pulled over...a bunch of BS..next time i'll just ride a wheelie at 30mph through town WITH my safety glasses on!!

As long as you're wearing only shorts and flip-flops with the safety glasses, you'll probably be left alone...

 

[Macguyver]

Ive been pulled over twice by MNs finest for too dark a window tint in my car. ????

Same here. When I asked the officer what level of tint was acceptable, he could not give me a definite answer.

When I pointed out that the vehicle was safetied with the tinted windows, he said that the shop that did the safety inspection should be held responsible for passing an unsafe vehicle.

When I also pointed out that the tint was stock from factory, he did a walk around of my truck looking for anything else he could get me on. When he found nothing, he tried to feed me a line about fining me for having an unsafe amount of snow build-up of the top of the rear bumper that could cause a traffic accident if it came off on the highway.

Yeah, right. The 2" of snow that had accumulated since the morning when I completely brushed off my truck could cause an accident, but the idiots driving around in minivans with foot tall frozen mohawks on their vehicles because they are too lazy to clean off the center of the roof are perfectly safe?

I told him if he decided to write the ticket, I would be fighting it, and I would make sure I would be compensated for the time I had to take off of work to go to court. He was not happy. Not at all.

End result, no ticket.

I support our law enforcement professionals, and admire them for doing a thankless job. Yet, when the less than admirable ones try and pull crap like that, I just want to tell them they are besmirching the uniform and what it stands for, but I am pretty sure that would get me a ticket.

 

[tas850g]

That reminds me, i need to look up the surrounding states i ride in to see if there are any odd laws like that.

 

[Charlie G]

I never heard of laws requiring eye protection or even considered that there were such laws considering how much resistance there has been over the years to helmet laws.

The only time when my sheild is up is at low speeds (10 mph) when its real hot or when the sheild is fogging up. I would think that he just wanted to get a closer look at you, the bike or had a (maybe anal ?) moment which he felt he needed to educate the public. I've seen a few idiot, unsafe riders with ATGATT, which seems to be more of a uniform than saftey equipment. Don't be to hard on him. He may have thought you to be one of those idiots and was quickly re-informed.

cg

 

[Carter Turk]

I've been ticketed for every possible driving/riding offense there is. Even speeding in a Volkswagen Vanagon. I've been pulled over for the visor thing and ticketed. However, I've never received drug or alcohol related tickets which is a good thing. On my recent 5400 mile ride through 9 states I was ticket free. The county just south of where I live seems to have me honed in by satellite.