If I get stopped for...

[rac3r]

Quick question. What happens if you get stopped for wearing a tinted visor? Has it happened to anyone?
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[Finglonga]

If you do get stopped chances are they will confiscate it. Only ever known it happen once though but that was down to the idiot rider giving the police backchat at the Cat & Fiddle.
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[McJamweasel]

You can also get a £30 fine.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

A fine is probably the most likely result if they decide to do anything. Only way the police can confiscate it is as evidence.

All the best

Keith
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[rac3r]

Thanks for the replies

Does it happen often and does carrying a clear one help?

Sorry for the questions but I don't wont to ruin my new clean license
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Doesn't really happen that often, but gives the police one more thing to do you for if they want to be difficult.

Carrying a clear one as well is legally irrelevant, but might help to humour the copper.

All the best

Keith
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[DMan]

Bike copper told me whilst having friendly chat that if bike copper they dont worry too much as they know why you are wearing it (they know we are perving girlies!!) so unless you riding at night or thru tunnels (in which case you probably be dead soon anyway) you should be fine, if car coppers see you generally they are thick and dont know the law anyway nice to see mutual respect for cagers carries thru in all professions

So if do knick you for it then probably on the back of other reasons, bit like failing MOT, one silly ok, but 10 sillies then do you for them all.
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[nick606]

You wouldn't get points for it so your license is fine anyway you know that points makes Prizes !

[Gazdaman]

I've only seen it done once, and that's because the bloke was being a twat.

Gaz

[rac3r]

Thanks for the help guys much appreciated
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[riichy]

I think as long as its not dark/ night you wont have a problem
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[The Tot]

I've been pulled when i was speeding in scotland, cops done nothing with regards to my visor and I wasn't particularly the poster boy for good riding.

Ear splittingly loud "legal can" (BSAU etc on a full race system - just don't ask me how)
8x6 plate
No tax displayed - I had a photocopy which got nicked since I had the genuine one under my seat
Riding with dark visor
And when pulled over, all that was coming out of my headphones was trivium!

Fair play to them, i just bent over and took it up the arse and got nothing other than 3 points and 60 quid, which was fair play. Rule of thumb is that if you get stopped, try to be polite and courteous, they're not all bellends! To be fair, i got caught doing 42 in a 30 zone, which i thought was NSL but I wasn't familiar with the surroundings. I had ALL the ingredients that would have resulted in a raping, but I didn't. It's much to do with your attitude too. I always ride with a dark visor - even in the dull, gloomy weather - why? Because the contrast filters out the reflections from the roads more, meaning that i can TRY to figure out where rainbows are at junctions, lights and roundabouts - i AM NOT having another spill attributed to diesel!
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[Knacker]

Iv always used a tinted visor because it cost me £20 to have the pinlock put on it and not the clear, But now i got the clear 1 done too so i just carry both

Just incase PC Shitface wants to be picky.
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[Mr.Everready]

I was stopped once, specifically for wearing a dark visor. So it does happen.

I was doing 38 in a 30, smallish plate and has a race can and all he warned me about was the visor.
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