I are an unobservsant twat

On the ride to work this morning, passed a marked up 4x4 (X5?) through
the traffic to Chiswick roundabout. (The one with the brewery, whatever
it's called). Trundled along, just over the limit, backed off a tad for
the camera), then carried on up over Hammersmith flyover. I kept looking
out for the car but lost sight of it and assumed he'd gone.

Hammersmith flyover was empty. Nothing on it at all. I was late for
work. Towards the next set of lights I hear the twos and see the blues.
Assuming he's off on a shout I move over to left and slow down. He pulls
in behind me. Oh *arse*. Waves me in. Engine off, flip the lid up. Wait.

He gave me a good talking to, and mentioned several times I was in
license losing territory. (70 in a 30).

He asked what my excuse was.
Mumble-late-for-work-mumble-empty-road-mumble-I-don't-have-an-excuse.

He asked why I didn't see him. "The mirrors on those bikes are good, I
used to ride one, I'm an advanced Police rider". (I'm pretty sure he
knew *exactly* where to drive to make himself as hard as possible to
see, though still mea culpa for not looking more thoroughly.) He asked
me a bit about the bike - is it ex police, why's it got a police radio
fascia fitted. etc.

Long story short, he let me go.

I think the only reasons he did were a) It was an empty road b) I was on
a Pan Euro. c) He must have been in a good mood.

I rode lot slower for the rest of the way in, rather wobbly too.

 

^^^^^^^^^^

Jammy, with added jam.

 

What I thought. And there's me collecting three points for 42 in a 30,
on a feckin' GN250, FFS. I'd rather be pulled by Traffic Plod than
ordinary (mine was City of London police) any day.

 

It doesn't sound like the officer in this case had an easy way to prove
the offence.

 

Simon Wilson wrote:

8 lives left, then.

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*ding*

 

I was once in a violently-light-blue Mini doing just over an indicated
90mph[1] in a 30 zone, with me as the "instructing driver" with my
not-past-his-test mate driving, both of us way over the alcohol limit.
A police car was going the other way, and we just had time to register
their "what the fucking ****?" faces, but they didn't turn around.

Then we crashed into the shrubery/traffic island that seperates the
Donaghadee and Groomsport roads. Both laughing our tits off. We had to
get out, push the car off the island, and then drove it with one flat
front tyre back to his gaff in central Bangor.

God, the shit you can get away with if you're lucky.

[1] I was looking, because specifically we were seeing how fast it was
possible to get the Mini to go on this stretch road.

 

I think that may have been the case too. But, he probably had enough
video evidence to at least cause me some agro/cash/points.

 

More like 0. I think that one was about 7 lives. Got away with that one
in Cambs from a couple of weeks back it seems.

 

I knew that was the likely outcome a few years ago when he said "I
didn't think I was going to catch you, I'm only in a diesel Astra...."

a) got of with a 10 minute talking to
b) don't know where he came from but he clocked me on a long (4 mile
stretch) dual carriageway
c) got praised for finding somewhere safe to park up rather than just
stopping on the DC
d) slightly embarrassed he caught me in a diesel Astra, knew I should
have nailed it

cheers

SS

 

Good show.

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My first car was a 1.3 Fiesta Mk3 - slow by most 1.3 standards though.

I remember caning it home from somewhere round some residential roads, to have
a panda car pull up soon aftewards.

"I couldn't even catch you so I don't know how fast you were going."

What a tit I was.

 

Drum brakes?

 

Two cops and a radar gun.

 

By 'this case' I meant the OP.

 

I once got a bollocking from an off-duty plod in an unmarked MkIII
Cortina. I'd been heading home from work on the CB175. It was dark,
so it must have been late '78/early '79. He reckoned he'd picked me
up at the bottom of the Newtownards Road, followed me up to the ring
road and flagged me down after I turned off into the Clandeboye Road.
Bearing in mind that there was a fair bit of traffic around, and I was
riding like a ****, lashing in and out of the cars, redlining it
through the gears on the ring road etc, he must have been seriously
nailing it to keep up.

 

OIC

 

Heh, I had similar on my FJ1200. Older rider, older bike, I think you
got the benefit of the doubt that you weren't putting anyone at risk.

Bit daft though hooning off within seconds of passing a marked car
though

Paul.

 

With hindsight, it was. It felt more like sneaking than hooning at the time.

 

They obviously had **** all else worthwhile to be doing, dumb nut cunts