SirIsaac
My mind is going, Dave
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When was the last time you had an encounter with the police while on your bike? What was it for? What was the outcome?
I have yet to be pulled over while on my bike. Only time while on a bike was a long time ago. A friend wanted to borrow my car to take out his girlfriend, so I borrowed his bike for a little pleasure ride. It was relatively new and still had the temporary tag. It was kind of cold out, so I put on my bright orange insulated jump suit and headed out. I went down one of my favorite curvy roads, when I got near the end I saw the lights come on behind me. I pulled over thinking maybe I had been a little too spirited through the turns. I got off the bike as the officer approached, and then saw that the stupid cardboard temporary tag, which my buddy was keeping as long as possible, had fallen off. The officer did not say anything about my speed, but he did write me up for not having a tag on the bike, about which I could not really argue. He told me to take the bike straight home and pulled away. After he left, I found that the side of the road where I had pulled over dipped down and was muddy and slippery. I could not get the bike out of there. After twenty minutes or so of pushing and cussing and sweating in the darn suit, a couple of people from a nearby house came out and helped me push it out. I was covered in mud, but happy to be un-stuck and headed for home. When I was about 2 miles from home, sure enough, I see the lights come on behind me and a different cop pulls me over due to the lack of the tag. I explained that I had already been cited and showed him the ticket. He said something like, “this was a half hour ago, you should have gone home...” I explained what had happened, but he made me sit in the back seat of his cruiser, (mind you, covered in mud) while he radioed the other officer. He was kind of d**k, but he didn’t give me another ticket.
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