Another One Bites the Dust
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:52 pm
6pm tonight I took the long way home as usual. Was at a set of lights minding my
business waiting for the lights to turn green when a pig walks up to the front
of the bike & asks me to pull over so I roll the bike to the side of the road & dismount.
(Knox City Traffic Management Unit). I turn around & theres a black car behind me with
lights flashing on top of the dashboard.
Usual license/rego check etc. They both get out (unmarked black car, black windows)
& one of em tells me they were parked on the side of road & I zoomed past em. Show
me the radar which clocked me 60.5m in front of em doing 113 in a residential 50 zone.
One of them was actually a bike rider so we had a good chat. He told me that they could
immediately impound my bike & issue summons for me to go to Court. I'd also qualified
to have my license taken away for 12mths.
Because of our chat & my attitude they decided to drop my speed to 99 then they changed
their mind again & made it 96 & alleged speed to 94km/h; loss of license for 6mths instead
of 12. He said they'd write up their report in a way so they dont get their asses kicked
for not confiscating my bike eg. no traffic, not outside a school zone etc.
There wasent a single vehicle on the roads so I asked em where the hell were they. When
they told me where & why I remembered seeing the car parked but I would never have
known they were police, let alone that the car was occupied.
Cop shared a smoke & a bit of a laugh because I was told em that its probably a good thing
I dont have mirrors because if I did & saw them behind me there is no way
known I'd ave stopped. We talked more about the bike, other ninjas (he has a ZX-7R) & bikes
at the Spur whilst the other pig wrote up the ticket.
There was mention about me not displaying my reg label and not having a rear plate light,
but nothing more was made of it. I simply told em my lable is kept under the pillion seat.
I didnt say nothing about the lack of tag light. They had a bit of a laugh at my license because
the expiry date is 31/12/9999.
I shook hands with both of em, told em it was a job well done & thanked em for giving me
a break and I was off on my way again.
Spewing because I only decided at the last moment to hit some back roads & they told me
they were only there for a few more minutes to see if they could catch anyone on the way
home from work so I made their time worthwhile I guess.
I'll do my time hard & walk the 3km to work or get missus to drive me in because I've already
appeared before the courts for driving whilst suspended & dont want to get caught for that
again.
Will be especially hard on the w/ends because thats when I do all the runs with my brothers.
Looks like I'll be spending a bit more time with the four kids.
