Must be time for a rant....Hold onto your butts
Warning...Not for the faint hearted.
Just got pulled over for failing to stop at an amber light.
Rule is, "Stop if it is safe to do so".
You be the judge...
Just going past a car that was in the left lane. I normally stay to the left of the right lane...closest to the centre of the road. Speed up slightly to get past the blind spot, while moving away slightly to give myself more time (just in case). Light goes amber. I continue through, with loads of time to spare. The reasons for this are twofold. 1. When I'd moved across to give a wide berth to the car, I had aligned myself with the white arrow in the middle of the lane, and reflecting nicely in the light is a patch of oil/diesel or something else that is gonna pose a potential risk to stopping. I could have waited until I was past it and nailed the picks, and done a very nice stoppie, but apparently that is frowned upon. 2. I could easily make it safely through the intersection.
Anyhow. This cop parked on the cross road at the lights decides that I'm doing way over the limit and had plenty of time to stop, so he comes after me, and hits the flashing red and blues. I acknowledge him with a nod and a thumb, indicate to move into the left lane, and look for a side street, to pull off onto (the main road not being a place I like to park). Just at the approach to the side street this Einsteinian c*** flashes his high beams as I check my mirrors, and I misjudged the turn or maybe hit a manhole cover (not sure...couldn't freaking see properly), and locked up the rear as I turned in (and no I wasn't using the rear brake
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I've pulled up going, "F*** me", and these morons have taken offense. They nearly had me sliding down the road, and they're upset?.......turned that around pretty quickly. I explain that I was just looking for somewhere safe to pull over, and get told, "I have to pull over when directed to by the police." I quickly put him in his place:rtfm:, and he decides to give me the "Thousand yard stare", so I stare straight back, and start smirking. He asks what I'm smirking about, and I tell him I've thought of a nice way to waste a bucket of petrol. (I don't really care, you may have noticed). He drops the thousand yard stare:scared:.
Anyhow, to cut a long story short....I've got a ticket (covered in boogers, and scrunched up in my seat bag - I don't think they cared for that much either- need to HTFU if you ask me), and I'll be off to court or the first ever ticket fighting adventure. Always just paid them and got on with it, but not this drivel.
Dip sh**s tried to tell me they ride too. Whatever
. The staring dude tried telling me his partner's bike was bigger....so he got himself a "Who cares? I didn't stop here to compare *****es." If you want to compare bikes, I'll see you at Mallala....chuckle chuckle
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They even tell me they heard me "Roaring" through the lights....I was in first gear, but it's still a stock exhaust system.
They asked me at one point if I have a problem with the police. I tell them flat out, that traffic cops are wasting tax payers money with pointless BS like this.....and worse still a cop near took me out in the city the other night, as I went around his 30km/h under the limit dawdling @$$, but before I overtook I lined up myself with his mirror, and left my indicator flash 6 times before I went...sure enough the retard moved over on me without turning his head:Flip:.
I hate that holier than thou attitude.
Cop : "I'm just trying to do my job".
Me : "Tonight this is part of your job. If you don't like it, get another job. Don't blame me for your troubles." Mumble to self "way over paid anyhow".
People probably think I'm a little hard on them, but stop pulling people over for pointless BS like that...what a screaming joke. If everyone went off like that, eventually they'd go back to doing the right thing.
After all......I didn't break the law, and have a ticket...WTF? POS with a badge:Flip:
I think that might have been one of my better rants:thumbup:
