Regency had a laugh some years ago when I took my bike there (Suzuki TL1000R). Got defected for the distance apart of my indicators. Bike cop reckoned the law was 24cm minimum. I said it was 27cm and my indicators were 32cm apart ... he wouldn't have a bar of it ... me knowing my own bike better than him, how silly of me Cops were (and still are) picking on bikes for rear mudguards. I had a stock rear guard and he didn't like not having that to defect me for. The cop clearly had no idea what he was looking for, so did me for stock indicators at the rear ... even tho I had the aftermarket ones on the front! As Regency said: "You're kidding right?".
Cop gave me plenty of attitude. Don't know what his problem was. I reported his conduct anyway ... considering he almost caused an accident also. I was nice and polite right up to the end, until he said "I know your type. Riders like you don't learn nothing until you're killed." Thats when I went off. "You don't know me! I've been riding 18 years (at the time) and NEVER had any traffic offences or defects until you came along, on your Government funded scooter, you wannabe!". My friend had to walk me away and try to reason with the cop before I got into trouble I'm polite to cops, but I also hate people being disrespectful, especially those who must behave in a professional manner!
I respect the law. But I'm no saint ... but nor am I a hoon. I pick the right time and place to have a little squirt of fun, and I'd like to think that after 20 years, I've been picking those moments well and safely. If I get busted misbehaving, I'll cop it sweet. I rarely get pinged in my car (a minor ticket 0-15 over every 2 years or so) and never nicked on any of my bikes. So I respect the law, but expect the law to respect me back ... and that one cop, that one time, really did nick me off ... but I know they're not all like that.