Jazzscot wrote:Good stuff Ginger man. They are decent blokes actually but I guess they have a job to do when required. Great to hear that you have still got it my man!
LOL!
There's you coming back with the
"good stuff". (I always hear it as "get stuffed!) And when people ask me "are you for coffee?" I say "But I've only just got here...." (thinking they've said: "you f**k off eh?")
Anyhoo - you make a point that I tell myself a lot too - that the Scottish plod are a good bunch (usually), and up here, a lot of them are into their bikes. But, do something wrong and they'll throw the book at you, or pin you to the ground with the cuffs and pepper spray if they need to. Like you say, they have a job to do. And some in that job can be very "forgiving"....
Boring story No. 226
I was playing "chase" with a copper quite a few months ago. I saw him coming up behind me, (so pulled over a bit). He overtook me with the blue lights and sirens going, and then I thought
"Hmmmm...I wonder if I can keep up with him...after all, he can't pull me over cos he's in front..." Never thought of the legalities of the situation.
So, as he was belting along at almost the ton in places, I was right behind him (safe distance), having fun cutting corners and as other cars pulled out of the way for him, I sailed past as if attached with string! Getting a trouble free and fast run home.
He was about 3 miles out of Banff when the blue lights went off and the siren switched off. He dropped back to 55-60. As did I. I assumed his call was cancelled.
End result was I headed up the street to my house, and he was in front, heading to the police station (not even 100 yards from my front door). He got there the same time as me, and as he was reversing the car into the station, he waved at me as I passed, knowing it was me behind him all that way.
Was half expecting a knock at the door, or the van to pull up later with "words of advice", but nothing happened.
I don't know how that would sit in Court, getting pulled over for something stupid, or riding like an butt. They'd be well within their rights to say "You should know better, and are a disgrace to everything the Advance Motorist and Blue Riband stand for". It
would be a shame to lose it or have it "stripped away" via my own stupidity. Although I do have my "silly moments", I
do drive sensibly (85/15), and take a bit of pride in my riding.
Having the Firestorm probably doesn't help promote biking to non riders. All they hear as I pass are bl00dy loud cans. So, they will automatically think: "look at this...another noisy bl00dy biker tearing up the road...yarking it into corners, crossing the white line and overtaking everything in sight etc.... But, they're not to know it's being done properly and legally. I'm just another Organ Donor as far as they're concerned.
