# I'm not looking for trouble, but...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-looking-for-trouble-but/130716>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 3, 2002, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-looking-for-trouble-but/130716 "2002-10-03T18:06:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-looking-for-trouble-but/130716/21 "2002-10-06T23:25:59Z")

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Please bear in mind, that in the eyes of the cops, the guy on the cycle is _always_ wrong.

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-looking-for-trouble-but/130716/22 "2002-10-06T23:35:51Z")

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Not too sure of that, Bosda - I’ve gotten away with warnings for riding the tram lane, and for highway speeding. Both on my bike. I can assure you that had I been in my car, two tickets would have been written.

Of course, the fact that both offenses were observed by motorcycle cops may have helped. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Lockfist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@Lockfist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockfist)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-looking-for-trouble-but/130716/23 "2002-10-07T05:39:09Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Coldfire \*  
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> Since the OP has a garage: put it in there. Your car, unless it’s a superb classic, will do fine outside - or maybe both will fit. Put whatever vehicle you use most near the door, and hang a string with a nail from the ceiling so that the nail hits the windshield of the car right before you hit the back wall of the garage. Maximum space efficiency.
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Well, since you asked **Coldfire** , the car in the garage is a 1967 Camaro RS Convertible 😉 I’m going to play with some re-arrangements but bottom line is, the car is way more important than the bike. I’d just die if that car got as much as a speck of dust on it. Of course, to some of you this might add a new twist to the equation since any action by my could potentially be escalated back to this car.

I think at this point my response will be in escalating stages, depending on the outcome of each step.

1. Write a letter protesting the violation. I still don’t understand how anyone can believe that someone would park a motorcycle in front of a garage, especially with so much space directly next to the driveway.

2. Call DPT next time their car is in front of their driveway. Hey, I’m just trying to be a conscientious neighbor.

3. Egg the car (with timing more in line with **voltaire’s** suggestion…nice and cold).

4. Resign myself to defeat and try to remember the times when my luck went the opposite way…

**Gary T** the same thought passed through my mind - the inexplicable possibility that someone kids are just messing with me. However, I just don’t understand why this wouldn’t occur when I park my bike at different locations.

I appreciate the objective responses to this thread, if anything it has allowed me a cooling off period and presented a more democratic method of formulating a response.

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