Police roadblock,but why only stop riders aside?

[sfowner]

I am totally supportive of road blocks. Time to get those drunks off the road. I've encountered many roadblocks on my bike and in my car, never once had to pull over. Maybe speaking too soon..hahaha

[DeusExMachina]

 

anyway to answer the root of your question, yes riders are lower class than drivers in their eyes.. in many pple's eyes as well.

 

 

 

And that's the reason why there are NO Traffic Police campaigns telling cars to look out for bikes.

[aixin]

anyway to answer the root of your question, yes riders are lower class than drivers in their eyes.. in many pple's eyes as well.

Some pple wiped off their eyes dirts when woke up in the morning more thoroughly, while some may not as clean

[charmander]

y u must complain...dun u tink wen ur bike lost...u report to who...and wad if de police found ur bike...if they nvr stop car...normaly...car rarely been stolen...bike are de easier to be stolen...tats y they check motorbike instead...and some ppl no lincence ride bike...that y they do road block...i ans ur question already because im also do road block some tym..hahaz...

[choke]

I do see them stopping cars as well and went through road blocks without getting stop

[cheongsteron]

well its all for deterrence....we are riders on proper channel...we sure do not want ppl whos not abiding the law riding with us

[Iori Yamagi]

Heng or suai de la i feel..i riding sp kena road block..the police oso nvr ask mi anything jus ask mi move on...den when i go..saw 1 whole group of bikers kena including Sp,Super 4 etc...all staring at mi den i zoom off lor hee hee

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

They do judge you by appearance and how you react to the roadblock.

 

If you look the friendly/cooperative sort and see your face as "nothing to hide" they'd just let you off.

 

Yes, even if you're on a loud 2-stroke and trying to hit that sweet spot each gearchange on the preceding stretch of road.

[welly]

nw u noe where your taxdollars go to....

[Snoek]

policeman also pay taxes as well. haha

[rhema83]

I think tax dollars spent on road blocks are money well-spent. I don't think the TP officers are free enough to set up a road block just to annoy road user. Nobody likes to be out there late at night and face unhappy road users, right?

 

If each road block removes one drunk driver or road bully from the road, I think its worth it.

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

Yishun Dam on sunday morning (12mn-3am) was strangely quiet. When I left at 2+ I saw a roadblock on the main road leading to the dam being packed up.

 

Not sure if the secondary roads were given similar treatment but there was a total absence of your usual souped up cars and race-modded bikes.

[Metaphor]

I think Bike is easier to get stolen than cars?

[Kuro_Tenshi]

Hi guys im not sure if i write this in a correct thread.

I just wanna share,within this 2 weeks ive got into roadblock for 2 times while riding at 2 different places. The first one was a random roadblock..no barrier,police stop 4-5 bikes but no other four wheel vehicles was stop..i asked the police officer..why only bikes??he answer..because tat area got alot of bikes theft and thats the reason why they only stop bikes.And i really understand what they doing and i even said thats a good job.

 

The second roadblock i face last few days really pissed me off..a complete roadblock this time with barrier.Upon reaching the officer at the barrier.he asked me to park aside where i can see a few bike n riders already there being screen. So i parked aside and the other officer ask for my license.While waiting for them to screen my particular which took about 5 mins,i look back at the first stop which the officer with the barrier,he didnt stop any four wheels vehicles,alot of cars,taxi drivers,the sad thing is the officer didnt even ask them to wind down their window..he just see n ask to go..in my mind i was thinking..how are they going to catch drunk drivers if thats the only check they do. And i even saw cars like fully modded evo n wrx pass the roadblock freely.

 

So im asking myself..do we riders really a second class peoples in their eyes of view?So after the screening completed i asked the officer with my angry and sarcastic face...why only bikes???the officer reply..we already stop a few cars earlier on...i was like wth..i replied sarcasticl,ohok..i tot u guys oni stop bikes..if yes i will just drive next time...as he can see i got class 3 in the driving license.

 

i really got pissed on what happened,i hope they will do their job fairly next time.They shoud do a proper check on drivers too..especially a drunk one which has killed alot of riders.

 

So guys what do u think of those scenario..any tips what can i say to them next time if im happened to get into roadblock again and this scenario happen again?

 

Simple... recently there's a trend of ppl stealing m/cycle for joyride.. If you had read the case of several youths were arrested last month.

 

My honda hornet always kena checked becoz the exhaust so high they tot illegal mod..

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

Still remember going over 100 on Eng Neo but I didn't get pulled over.

 

The lime green Merc E200 (modified) got it cos he got so jealous of my Yamaha's surprising speed, he floored it all the way, overtook me and

 

OOPS, roadblock in the next valley!

 

Angry looks from the car as I slowly rode off like Ah Pek on kub.

 

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More recently was testing Phantom @ full throttle @ Kranji Dam. Ambushed by 2 hidden TP Diversions coming out of side road at point blank range. They saw a Phantom and duly looked the other way.

 

I was like, yep, my top speed is 90, thanks for checking

[mahzse]

Like what many have said, officers doing roadblock have specific objectives, not only targeting bike thefts or illegal mods whatever. It is also a deterrence to potential crimes that may otherwise take place around the vicinity.

 

Whether we are 2nd class citizens in terms of what we ride or drive, it is simply a perception..shrug it off and you have nothing to worry about..

 

Safe motoring all...