well what an interesting story!
Firstly in defence of the boys in blue on here!
They can never win
First people you call when your in trouble
First people you **** off when it suites you
My own dealings with 2 bent coppers was two years ago!
you all have gathered by now that i have spent most of my life "ON THE ROAD"
and with more catagories on my licence HGV, PSV, BIKE, and a member of Rospa, Iam, etc etc
joking apart i take my Driving/riding very seriously
so anyway, one sunny sunday morning i was out with my missus on my brand new R1 (Running it in) we headed of to a local bike cafe for breaky! on route we were bimbleing along at about 55 in a nice country lane when , 5/6 sports bikes went past us at 100 plus mph (estimated) they were on a mission
about a third of a mile further on i looked in my mirror and coming up behind me was a squad car with blues/two's blaring away.
it was a realy tight section of road with a blind crest and the road was divided with Double whites!!!
I indicated to the left and tooked in real tight,as it was obviouse he was after the said bikes that has just left me in their wash
well was i supprised when he pulled me in the next layby and started reading the riot act to me and explaining that i must tell him who the other riders were!
and that he had clocked me at 98mph and he had done speeds in excess of 140mph to catch me and my Friends of which i knew none of them!
anyway after a 1hr roadside heated discusion , which resulted in them actualy telling me to accept the £60 fine and 3 points as it would be a lot worse if i went to court!
I took the ticket(Bad move) and made a note of the officers colar no's and went home
monday morning i was in my solicitors office Pronto
Ok up shot for me!!!!
I now carry with me a Dictaphone
and whenever i'm stoped i simply ask nicely for the officer to speak into it,explaing that i'm thick and have a attention deficiency
and that he/she will need to talk into the machine and tell me why/what i have been stoped for? and what if any charges i will be faceing
also explaining that i will be handing the recording to my solicitor and they will be hearing directly from him
so far in 2005 i have been stoped eight times in about 80.000 miles car/bike for one thing or another
so far no officers have taken me up on my Karaokee machine
and i have been told the error of my ways,and sent on my way
"Works for me":P
so the moral of the story is Dont knock the coppers you never no when you will need one
just play the game there's good and bad in all walks of
life
Andy and rushjob etc do a real hard job! as most of us do !
their bit of fun is the same as ours being part of a great club and avid motorcycleist's
just my 10p worth...................mav
ps dereck hope your boys ok