Pulled by the bacon last night!

[The_Dover]

I was riding home from the Kaiua chip shop with my lovely young pillion on the back last night, it was about 9.30 and we were trying to get home in time for Sports Cafe.

So, here I was cranking it up the southern between Pokeno and Papakura at a fairly brisk pace, bare in mind it's absolutely fuckin empty, when as I approach the Takanini off ramp I see the bacon up ahead. (Easy to tell the cop bikes cos they light up like a napalmed vietcong village as you approach them.) So I slows it down a good distance back and sneeks up on him like a priest on an altarboy. He slows down to about 80~90 so I pop out and pass him.

Lights come on, oh fuck says I, pulled over, lid off. "Evening h'officer!"

Mr Plod was real nice and polite and advised me that an ambulance I had passed way back before Papakura had radioed in and reported that I was moving rather rapidly. "Furry muff" I says and he reminded me "Time and place sunshine"

I've got problem with the fuzz doing his job on this occasion but this cunt driving the ambulance???? What the fuck is he on? It was an empty motorway, I was not doing ridiculous speeds as I was carrying a pillion and keeping my eyes peeled for cops anyway and it's not like I was carving through traffic like a twat.

I understand these guys in the ambulance see some rather pretty human collages but if you know this guy SpeedMedic give him a fuckin bitchslap from me! It really wasn't necessary to get on the radio like that.

Rant over.

to the cop for being a good cunt.

[marty]

ambos do this all the time in rural areas. for all you know they had just finished dealing with an MVA, and were a little tired of putting crashed riders/drivers back together. didn't your mother ever tell you 'someone always sees you....'?

[Zed]

I understand these guys in the ambulance see some rather pretty human collages but if you know this guy SpeedMedic give him a fuckin bitchslap from me! It really wasn't necessary to get on the radio like that.

Dover, surely you knew when you bought that K5 that you would attract attention!!

Speedmedic's a good guy btw, he wouldn't have called you in, he would have probably watched you pass him with excitement and given you a toot of confidence!

[ManDownUnder]

I can't imagine why an ambo might get pissed off about someone setting themselves up to be their next job...

*555 isn't hard to remember and I've used it a couple of times myself (gotta admit an empty road with a bike out enjoying itself isn't going to get MY attention).

It might be that Ambo driver has seen too many accident - scraped up too many dead people... my uncle was like that. 50 year as a volunteer in the fire service - HATES my bike with a passion but he and I get on REALLY well - especially over a beer.

I asked him about it and it's a simple as that - the blood he's washed off the road would fill the Tasman.

[The_Dover]

Zed: Yeah mate, I knew it would get attention but I was kinda hoping it would be from chicks that wanted a root!! (Just kidding for those not smart enough to decipher face value)

As for SM, yeah, I knew it wouldn't be him. Not with his record anyway!!

MDU: I understand these guys frustrations, my old man is a SAR pilot on the North Sea so I've heard my fair share of stories, but can't they let us adults take responsibility for ourselves and just do their fuckin jobs? Them grassing us to the cops for going a little quick on an empty motorway really isn't going to alter any statistics whatsoever.

[Riff Raff]

I can't imagine why an ambo might get pissed off about someone setting themselves up to be their next job....

Oh yeah cos we love picking up the bits!

I would imagine that if you weren't doing anything dangerous, he wouldn't have called it in. Don't do stupid stuff round emergency services vehicles - simple really. You may not think you had, but think about this... when we have a patient in the back of the ambulance, our partner is usually unrestrained and moving about doing things for the patient. If we have a really sick person in the back, we may have two ambos looking after the patient. Now think about this - you pull out in front of the ambulance and the driver has to apply the brakes - doesn't need much braking to have someone fall over in the back. In fact any dumbarse maneouvre you make could affect the safety of ambos or the patients. Don't be a dick and learn from this.

[DMNTD:Me]

...Them grassing us to the cops for going a little quick on an empty motorway really isn't going to alter any statistics whatsoever.

Nothing wrong with the empty open road squirting (within reason) at all I reckon. I know I'm guilty of it

[Lou Girardin]

If people stopped killing themselves on the road, guess what happens to half the ambo jobs?
He should be encouraging you.
Anyway, what happened to the 'don't be a narc' school of thought.
Goddamn busybodies.

[Marmoot]

Anyway, what happened to the 'don't be a narc' school of thought.

all is good until your child disappears and noone bothers telling you what happened......

[The_Dover]

Oh yeah cos we love picking up the bits!

I would imagine that if you weren't doing anything dangerous, he wouldn't have called it in. Don't do stupid stuff round emergency services vehicles - simple really. You may not think you had, but think about this... when we have a patient in the back of the ambulance, our partner is usually unrestrained and moving about doing things for the patient. If we have a really sick person in the back, we may have two ambos looking after the patient. Now think about this - you pull out in front of the ambulance and the driver has to apply the brakes - doesn't need much braking to have someone fall over in the back. In fact any dumbarse maneouvre you make could affect the safety of ambos or the patients. Don't be a dick and learn from this.

Read my words for fucks sake.

I was driving in a straight line on an empty north bound carriageway, not passing anything other than the lamp posts and livestock in the darkened fields.

The Ambo was heading south, lights on.

I full understand the job you have to do, plenty of respect there, and I don't drive like a cunt around any road users to the best of my knowledge. I like to give them the space and respect that I expect.

I wasn't being a dick, I had a pillion to look after. My only crime was doing a little over the pathetic motorway speed limit.

Don't fucken assume I was riding like a twat.

[ManDownUnder]

MDU: I understand these guys frustrations, my old man is a SAR pilot on the North Sea so I've heard my fair share of stories, but can't they let us adults take responsibility for ourselves and just do their fuckin jobs? Them grassing us to the cops for going a little quick on an empty motorway really isn't going to alter any statistics whatsoever.

All good - I can see that one from both sides, but talking to my uncle about it (and he's a good bastard)... I wouldn't want to do and see some of the stuff he cleaned up. It'd be upsetting enough.

See Ruiff Raff's first comment. Getting called to something that reminds you of your own mortality has got to be sobering...

[Riff Raff]

I wasn't being a dick, I had a pillion to look after. My only crime was doing a little over the pathetic motorway speed limit.

Don't fucken assume I was riding like a twat.

Well I'll ask around and find out why it was called in. We don't usually bother with this sort of stuff unless it's obvious that someone is a danger to themselves or other road users.

[Sniper]

Bugger mate, maybe the ambo was really a wanna be 4x4 driver........

[The_Dover]

See Riff Raff's first comment. Getting called to something that reminds you of your own mortality has got to be sobering...

You don't need to tell me that. Ask some of the others about the ride to PHG's bbq when we passed a biker down. I minced around like a Ponsonby socialite for the rest of that ride, I'm not a maniac just cos I ride a gixxer.

[crashe]

The_Dover - I'm not gonna say a comment about your ridin skills or ability.

But last night there was 2 serious accidents that I know of.
One in Williamson Ave, Ponsonby - Pedestrian died after being hit by a car.
The other in Dominion Rd. Dont now details, but serious.

Now just maybe this ambo had just been at the scene of one these serious accidents... and was wanting to prevent being called to another so damn soon... who knows.... but maybe fate was lending you and your pillion a lending hand at that moment.

These guys and gals see so much on the roads.... and they need time to cope between each situation.