wow, im comin in late on this thread, but its an interesting one.
I remember clearly, a few years back i was cruising along in a BMW i had built up over the years and i decided, stupidly at the time, id lay a few stripes for everyone to see. Not surprisingly, i was flagged down at the end of the street by an undercover and the fine tooth comb came out.
While i was caught with my hand up the skirt and didnt mind copping the rap for what it was that i did, the cop decided to "test" the zorst for loudness...with his ears and a lead foot and subsequently "stepped over the line that cops should not cross".
He turned the BM on and gave it a right booting. Redline, 7500RPM. Then he switches it off and goes, " Sorry mate, your zorst is too loud. Im gonna have to give ya a yella canary."
Im like, " Im about to give you a broken eye."
I copped the canary but this cop was all fat and attitude - so was his spooning cop buddy, with a handlebar mo the gay guy in black latex from the Village People wouldve been proud of.
Suffice to say it didnt end there and i almost got into a blue with the oinkoink for him being such a wanker..but hey i guess the same couldve been said for me, right?
Still, the law is the law and this snoutnose, was clearly riding it while flashing the badge. I was having none of it.
Went to regency, got the zorst tested and hey presto, it was well under 80. i was laughing to the guy who was giving it the test.
No shit the guy wanted to give me a hard time, sure i was being a jerk trying to impress people, yet still, id wished at the time he didnt have a badge cause i was so hot under the collar, things would have been different...very different. I would have redlined his ______ ( insert colourful noun here )
Now ive been in Japan for 3 years and i have not been hassled ONCE by ANY police and life is a lot more peaceful... Go figure...
end of story!