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steveincowtown wrote:

bci21984 wrote: The runners, trick riders, lane splitters, stunters, and so on, have created a negative image for you in the eyes of the police. So you get stopped, he's fishing, you get attitude as you have stated and the cycle is continued. You are now part of the group that draws the negative attention. Try this next time you get stopped, realize that you are on a sport bike and are being perceived as the negative group of the sportbike crowd, if the officer fishes, dont get your attitude. Answer the questions and engage in a pleasant conversation and prove that you are not part of the negative crowd.

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Second, the statement above amounts to nothing short of profiling. If an LEO has preconceived perceptions before they pull me over, that is their problem, not mine.

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No disrespect intended, but people, LEOs included, profile every single day. And they do it because it works. If I see a pair of tattoo-covered teens/young folk coming toward me, pants half way to their ankles, and hats on backwards, I'm jumping to high alert, considering escape routes, determining what I think I need to do next to keep myself safe. If instead the folks are a pair of well-groomed, sharply dressed (thinking suits here) folks that I would likely trust to handle my money in a bank, I'll watch them but won't cross to the other side of the street and so forth. Why? Because a disproportionately high number of (personal injury type) crimes are committed by the first group when compared to the second group, specifically. Yes, some folks wearing suits do commit murder and other mayhem. But it is much more likely to come from the gansta/wannabe than from the local stand-up professional-looking type.