Oh, you can do it, and you can win. It's just that he actually has to do something wrong.
Yes, we all know traffic cops are infallible; the very cream of society; mere scum like us bikers are unfit to walk the earth with them.
Yet oddly, a friend I used to ride with who was a former CHP motor officer has admitted having ... concerns ... with some practices. How can this be?
I'm not trying to get into some anti-police pissing contest with you. I made a light-hearted comment and you seem to be taking it way to seriously. If on the other hand you want to take this there then here goes:
Yes, I do happen to have some concerns about the constitutionality of some police practices such as biker-only check points. They have implemented such things here in the bay area, even getting special funding from the state for the program. I'm not sure how that can NOT be considered singling out a particular group. What if I were to implement a Hispanic-only checkpoint, pulling over anybody who appeared to be Hispanic simply to verify they were abiding by all laws? The collective heads of the ACLU members would explode if that were to happen, yet when the exact same policies are applied to common citizens who happen to be on motorcycles the response is a deafening ... 'meh'.
Why should I be concerned? Must I have something to 'hide' if I don't like these checkpoints? The truth is I've never actually been caught in one; they aren't typically done in my towns/cities. But I don't like it on principal. I don't like the inconsistency of it. The fact that it's alright to do to one group but not the other. By the same token I don't drink and drive, nor would I ever condone such behavior yet I don't like the idea of DUI checkpoints. At least the justification for those has been that they pull over every vehicle that passes that way, so they aren't singling out individuals. But simply pulling over every biker that passes through a given stretch of road because they are riding a bike? Under the premise of 'educating the public'? No, that sounds more like an attempt to drive out an 'unsavory' segment of society and maybe pick up a few extra bucks for the town coffers at the same time. Again I ask, how is this OK when deployed against motorcyclists but a crime when used against a given race or color of individual, and is it not cause for concern? At what point do we the people become worried about power grabs from those that are sworn to protect us? We give these people power over us, and in return we should - must - demand great restraint in the use of that power. However in some instances that restraint is anything but; it may in fact be seen more as an attempt to extend that power even further. Why should that not concern me? Or you?