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14-01-2008, 09:11am
I got done on Tuesday, 74 in a 60 zone. I was overtaking a scooter and suddenly there was a bloke standing in the middle of the road. Pulled over and he said, 'hello sir, how fast do you think you were going?'. I took off the helmet and said, 'not sure, I was overtaking that damn scooter'.
He asked if I had a reason for speeding and I said yes, but you must be sick to death of excuses, I think he was still feeling guilty about the 'hello sir', and he said try me. I told him that I had been following that damn scooter for about five minutes and watched him use both wheel tracks, not look into roads that t-boned us, not look at round-a-bouts and generally rely on that magic safety bubble that protects scooter riders. I said I'd sat in the right hand wheel track trying to make sure he could at least see me, but I'd seen the MOMENT the idiot saw me, and that was a LOONG time after I appeared there. I hadn't had a chance to overtake him as we were on tiny but busy suburban roads and he was such a nob I figured if I flashed past he'd probably fall off into the on-coming traffic and take off his skin as he was wearing a t-shirt, shorts and thongs.
I told the cop that the first chance I'd had to get past safely was exactly where he got me for speeding. He looked at the bike, looked at me and said, 'scooter riders shit me too, they really can't ride can they. Let's get this next car!'
He stepped out, pulled over the next car, laughed and waved me off. Nice bloke!
He asked if I had a reason for speeding and I said yes, but you must be sick to death of excuses, I think he was still feeling guilty about the 'hello sir', and he said try me. I told him that I had been following that damn scooter for about five minutes and watched him use both wheel tracks, not look into roads that t-boned us, not look at round-a-bouts and generally rely on that magic safety bubble that protects scooter riders. I said I'd sat in the right hand wheel track trying to make sure he could at least see me, but I'd seen the MOMENT the idiot saw me, and that was a LOONG time after I appeared there. I hadn't had a chance to overtake him as we were on tiny but busy suburban roads and he was such a nob I figured if I flashed past he'd probably fall off into the on-coming traffic and take off his skin as he was wearing a t-shirt, shorts and thongs.
I told the cop that the first chance I'd had to get past safely was exactly where he got me for speeding. He looked at the bike, looked at me and said, 'scooter riders shit me too, they really can't ride can they. Let's get this next car!'
He stepped out, pulled over the next car, laughed and waved me off. Nice bloke!