RayW
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What the heck. Figure everyone will get a chuckle out of this one...
Was on my way to work a couple weeks ago at about 6:30 AM. I was on a four lane side road with a speed limit of 55. As I was coming up to a light it changed. The cars in front of me made it through but I decided to not take the chance with the yellow and stopped. So here I am, first in line, in the left lane, sitting through the whole red light.
So...the light changes and that little devil on my shoulder said, "Let's have some fun!" :devilsmiley: Well, the road was completely open in front of me so I nailed the throttle.
Yep...this FJR can accelerate!!
When I glanced at the speedometer I saw it was somewhere around 70...or more...and thought, "oh crap...better back off."
So I'm rolling off the throttle and easing up nicely behind the cars waiting at the next light.....when I see blue lights in my mirrors. CRAP!
So I pull over, get my license and such out of the tank bag and take off my helmet. The cop finally comes walking up and asks how I'm feeling. I reply, "Embarrassed." :blush2:
We have a little chat and I was appropriately ashamed of myself and didn't give him a hard time. He went off and wrote me up and came back with a ticket for 60 in a 45 zone. He did put in the notes that he estimated I was doing 70. (told me he estimated it more like 80) :nono:
Oh..one other thing,....he had made a comment that he didn't normally write tickets. Didn't know what he meant by that one at the time...more about that later...
So off I go to work at a much more sedate pace trying to think how I'm gonna tell the wife. At least I got the ticket after she had had a small fender bender with the car so I can always bring that up.
Fast forward to the same time next day...
The bike was on empty and I was running a bit late so I decided to take the car in to work.
As I pull up to the same area I got the ticket (in the right lane) I see a cop car in the left lane. It can't be!?!......yep it's him!! And the traffic at the light is positioned so that I get to pull up right along side of him! This is going to be interesting.
As I pull up I notice that on the fender of his car it says "SWAT". So that's what he meant when he said he normally doesn't write tickets. Anyway, I pull up right next to him and when he looks my way I smile and wave. He reaches over and rolls down his window, and I roll mine down.
"What happened to the bike?", he asks.
"My wife grounded me!" I said.
"Oh man...I'm sorry!" was his reply.
Then the light changed and I wave and pull away. When I see I'm far enough away that he can't see me I start laughing my *** off. He really did look like he was sorry for me! That's the first time I've ever had a cop apologize to me for writing me a ticket! :lol2:
My other fun comment when telling this to folks is that it took a SWAT cop to bring me down!
Oh well....not too bad for my first speeding ticket since 1982. I'll have to remember to have a better look around before I do that kind of thing again. I guess he had been sitting right behind me at that light.
Ray
Was on my way to work a couple weeks ago at about 6:30 AM. I was on a four lane side road with a speed limit of 55. As I was coming up to a light it changed. The cars in front of me made it through but I decided to not take the chance with the yellow and stopped. So here I am, first in line, in the left lane, sitting through the whole red light.
So...the light changes and that little devil on my shoulder said, "Let's have some fun!" :devilsmiley: Well, the road was completely open in front of me so I nailed the throttle.
Yep...this FJR can accelerate!!
When I glanced at the speedometer I saw it was somewhere around 70...or more...and thought, "oh crap...better back off."
So I'm rolling off the throttle and easing up nicely behind the cars waiting at the next light.....when I see blue lights in my mirrors. CRAP!
So I pull over, get my license and such out of the tank bag and take off my helmet. The cop finally comes walking up and asks how I'm feeling. I reply, "Embarrassed." :blush2:
We have a little chat and I was appropriately ashamed of myself and didn't give him a hard time. He went off and wrote me up and came back with a ticket for 60 in a 45 zone. He did put in the notes that he estimated I was doing 70. (told me he estimated it more like 80) :nono:
Oh..one other thing,....he had made a comment that he didn't normally write tickets. Didn't know what he meant by that one at the time...more about that later...
So off I go to work at a much more sedate pace trying to think how I'm gonna tell the wife. At least I got the ticket after she had had a small fender bender with the car so I can always bring that up.
Fast forward to the same time next day...
The bike was on empty and I was running a bit late so I decided to take the car in to work.
As I pull up to the same area I got the ticket (in the right lane) I see a cop car in the left lane. It can't be!?!......yep it's him!! And the traffic at the light is positioned so that I get to pull up right along side of him! This is going to be interesting.
As I pull up I notice that on the fender of his car it says "SWAT". So that's what he meant when he said he normally doesn't write tickets. Anyway, I pull up right next to him and when he looks my way I smile and wave. He reaches over and rolls down his window, and I roll mine down.
"What happened to the bike?", he asks.
"My wife grounded me!" I said.
"Oh man...I'm sorry!" was his reply.
Then the light changed and I wave and pull away. When I see I'm far enough away that he can't see me I start laughing my *** off. He really did look like he was sorry for me! That's the first time I've ever had a cop apologize to me for writing me a ticket! :lol2:
My other fun comment when telling this to folks is that it took a SWAT cop to bring me down!
Oh well....not too bad for my first speeding ticket since 1982. I'll have to remember to have a better look around before I do that kind of thing again. I guess he had been sitting right behind me at that light.
Ray
