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All coppers are barstewards right enough |
Not wishing to condone thew police in this particular incedent however i do dissagree with the above comment.
Having flown into stansted airport at 11.00 oclock at night, hired a car for the trip up to lincolnshire, and traveling between the A1 and lincoln was caught behind a stupid driver in a white van who at my every attempt to overtake would pull slowly over to the right causing me to brake and drop back, going through the small village of Ruskington i took my chance on a small stright part of the road to overtake, not noticing that a car in front of the van that had just pulled out of a side street was a police car, on go the blues and i dully pull over, knowing full well one, i had been speeding , and two i had overtaken on a solid white line.
I pulled up behind the police car and got out ready to face the inevitable however after explaing the situation to the officer to my supprise he suggested that i continue my jorney at a more sedate speed and wished me good night.
2 miles further on at a particular sharp left hander i saw the tail lights of the van i had passed which had continued ahead after i was stopped, however they were 5 foot higher in the air than they should have been and not moving ? as i drew closer i could see he had continued in a straight line and now had his bonnet burried in the ditch with his back wheels a good 4 foot off the ground, fortunatly as the police car was not 100 meters behind me help was at hand for the unfortunate driver and after stoping and waiting for the police car to catch up the officer simply waved me on my way while he no doubt took charge of the situation.
Ok a long winded post i know, but i just wanted to make a point that not everyone should be tared with the same brush, there is too much of that going on and not just with the police, as bike riders we suffer from attitudes that go back to the 60s of mod and rockers, we live with the stigma from thouse days that all who ride bikes are mindless law breaking hooligans, so we have enough to contend with as it is, without making similar comments towards the police.