WTF. Is Officer Mikey loose again?

[Ixion]

Pootling home from werk tonight, around 7:30. Swung onto the Soufn at Te Irangawhatsit, and a couple of k norfbound, spotted a single tail light stationary on the shoulder. Oh, methinks, a biker in trouble maybe. So, I pulled across and came in behind him, to stop and check.

Then when I got a few bike lengths behind him, and took a closer look (until then I was mainly watching my mirrors in case some dork decides to rear end me), I see written (quite big) across the back of the bike "POLICE" and some stripes n stuff, and panniers. Oops, it's just a bikey cop lying in wait to ping BadMens speeding (not me, I never speed, speed kills, this I know , the gubbermint tells me so).

One of my general policies is never to hang around in the presence of the plod longer than absolutely unavoidable. So figuring he didnt need any help from me, I kicked into first, and pulled back into traffic (gave him a wee wave as I did so, just to be sociable, like - nuthin against them ).

Minute or so later , my little voice started shrieking "Dude, wake up, what's wrong with this picture"

Well, what was wrong was, first the rider was wearing a red hi-vis (not green-yellow). Second he was wearing a dark helmet, not white.

Third, didn't really take a lot of notice of the bike, being more concerned about watching traffic, like, but, although big and tourier-like (ie not a sprots bike) I don't think it was one of the late BMWs.

So, what gives? Has Officer Mikey of illustrious memory broken loose? or does he have an emulator? Or have the plod changed their livery ? Or what?

Yes' I'm absolutely sure aboute the "POLICE" Quite big letters, reflective, I saw it very clearly. And stripes.

[Mom]

Intersting and worrying

[JimO]

it may have said POULTICE

[Big Dave]

A Mechanic on a ST1300.

[Laxi]

cops are getting funny in their ways, about a month ago I was coming off the rimutakas in toward wellington and passed a biker in complete police safety gear, nothing unusual exept he was riding a red zxr, maybe they swapped bikes for a bit of a change

[Howsie]

Maybe they ran out of the normal green/yellow hi vis vests and he was last in line to grab that scummy black helmet that all biker cops despise with wind noise so loud you have to stop to use the comms and a slightly musty smell??

Or.... the rider of the bike that he had pulled over that was parked next to the behemoth BMW so you didnt see it?

[Howsie]

cops are getting funny in their ways, about a month ago I was coming off the rimutakas in toward wellington and passed a biker in complete police safety gear, nothing unusual exept he was riding a red zxr, maybe they swapped bikes for a bit of a change

it is possible that his car had broken down that day or the trains were not running, or maybe the missus told him off and he rode his own bike to work that day?

[tigertim20]

it is possible that his car had broken down that day or the trains were not running, or maybe the missus told him off and he rode his own bike to work that day?

haha beat me to it!!

[VasalineWarrior]

Couple of things:

1: Mikey wouldn't be seen dead in a high vis vest on a bike
2: Panniers? Equally unlikely
3: I haven't heard any sirens for hours. Can't be him

Bout time he did get another bike though its been too boring around here lately

[Howsie]

haha beat me to it!!

yea gotta be quick!

[nico]

cops are getting funny in their ways, about a month ago I was coming off the rimutakas in toward wellington and passed a biker in complete police safety gear, nothing unusual exept he was riding a red zxr, maybe they swapped bikes for a bit of a change

somebody you might know told me the fuzz in welly have a couple mufty bikes one i know fore sure is a yellow tl or sv one of the two

sneeky bastards

[Blackshear]

somebody you might know told me the fuzz in welly have a couple mufty bikes one i know fore sure is a yellow tl or sv one of the two

sneeky bastards

MUFTI BIKE COPS?!
Right that's it.
Where's my pushbike.

[Boob Johnson]

Who's Mikey? What I miss?

[pritch]

MUFTI BIKE COPS?!

There's nothing new under the sun. I saw one in 1973 riding up the Ngauranga Gorge and heading out toward Porirua. I was riding to New Plymouth and would have passed him but for the boots he was wearing.
Nobody but a cop would wear those...

Bike had no markings, he was wearing a one pice mufti rain suit and a non-standard helmet, but he had the correct badge on the front of his hat. This I saw as he pulled over a truck.

All in all a nasty idea, wouldn't like it to catch on at all.

[Patch]

only something to worry if you're stupid enough to get caught doing something illegal


Nothing new that they change their tactics from time to time