this a f'in pt?
k, so riding home tonight from work. Normally I walk unless there's a danger of rain, in which case I ride the 5kms to work. Today as I step foot outside, looking for an excuse to ride, a bigass rainbow is ahead. K, sure sign of rain, grab the lid n gear, and I'm off.
No rain all day, but blue skys. So wanna go out and cruise, but don't. Feelin ok tho..
End of the working day comes (hurrah), and the gear is don'd for the 5 minute ride home.
Pull into Northcote road and filter thru about 5 cars to the front. Oh look, Mr Plod is at the front in the right side lane. Really not fussed about it, but know I can't gun it off the lights like I'd like to, I sit and wait for the green light. Glance around a few times to check my parimeter (sp?) and see that he's on the radio. Probably a bike check, no worries. On the radio a couple of times after, not paranoid. Nope. Anyway, yellow lights on the other side, my go next. Knock into gear, green light, then a car shoots past me, obvisouly running a red. Glance back, and the cop is starting off without even looking.
I cruise at a steady 48-50kph (not giving this guy anything) and stick to the left lane. The cop pulls into the left lane behind me. Traffic builds up ahead, so I move to the right lane, and I'll be turning right onto Barrys Point road anyway. Get round the corner to the junction, and flick the right indicator on. The copper pull infront of a following car into the right lane. 'kin bring it mate.. Calm as a coma, I see what's going on now.. I turn right and still take it steady. Get all the way to the lights on Esmond Road, the one just before Lake Road, and the lights go yellow ahead, so I (still calm as a coma) pull up to stop. Then 2 cars fly past me in the other lane, blaightenly (sp?) running a red light. Oh look. Cop still behind. Light goes green, and I see he's on the radio again.. So I'm ready for the disco lights, when I see the traffic is stopped at Lake Road. So, still comatised, filter to the front, as I did before (a change of attitude would surely show discomfort and guilt), then the lights went green so I merge and carry on. I can see the cop jumping from one lane to the other to catch up. I pull off the road chuckling to myself.
Then after putting the bike away and taking off my lid and jacket, I went to check the mail, to see the same cop trawling the streets!!!!!! WTF!!!!
What have I done wrong? If he wanted to have a word, or there was a call on an 'orange bike' (even tho he had checked my plate), then why not pull me when he had the chance? Instead of following me for the whole journey, cutting up other drivers and ignoring 3 cars that run reds, just to follow me to see if I fuck up? Didn't even get a wheelie in for fek sake..
sorry, rant over. But this just pissed me off. There was no reason for what he did, over other people breaking the law (and speeding past me. Bet if I got to 55 he would have pulled me) etc, and me riding like I normally do.
I expect I'll see him again, and I wouldn't be surprised if he pulled me when he gets the next chance....
grrrrrrrrrrrrr just fukin winds me up
/rant.
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Originally Posted by sixpackback
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