Yo all
Had a crap start to a day at work today. Rolled up and grabbed the bike keys, and hit the road. In the rain. Bollocks.
Staked out an intersection, waiting for some miscreant to blow the lights. Took maybe 5 minutes, before a bloke on a GN125 cruised through a red arrow, turning left toward me. Anyway, flashing lights etc later, there we wuz, chatting at the roadside. Turned out he was running late for work, blew the light intentionally. At least he was honest.
Thing is, he produced a full car licence, and apologized profusely for not having a bike licence. Tickets later, away to work he walked. If he shows me evidence of the new bike learners within 3 weeks, I'll cancel that ticket. I'd rather he spent dosh on getting a licence, than paying senseless fines.
Next dude wasn't wearing his seatbelt, straightforward tickety wickety, he even thanked me for it. Full time professional drivers, we get so many of them forgetting to put their seatbelts on coz they don't wear one at work.
Next bloke, red light, as red as Rudolphs nose. I was expecting at least token resistance from him, but he fully fessed up. He didn't agree when checks showed him to be disqualified, and I then spent the next 45 minutes sorting out the paperwork for impounding his car, and sorting out his court appearance.
Man, when will folk just have the bloody licences for the vehicles they use?
Harumph.
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