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My friend got pulled over on the way to work today.
Apparently the policeman chased him a good three miles with the lights and sirens before he realised .The policeman said he himself was doing 85mph and my friend was actually pulling away from him,and this was on a 50mph dual c/way and a 40mph road!

Anyway the policeman then starts going on about his zx10r hes just been riding around donnington,tells my mate to take it easy and lets him know it was a good thing the other lazy b****rd (i.e. a fellow police car!)didnt take up chase!
Off he pootles without giving him any points/fine/ban,which by all rights,he shouldve got for that episode.

Jammy,jammy bugger .

Must be a pretty bad rider not to look in his mirrors for 3 miles...or does he not have mirrors ?

Pretty lucky anyway, the policeman must have been having a REALLY good day !

Yep he has mirrors....he says he was too busy looking where he was going

The copper must have got his legover lastnight

85? in a 40?

was he really?

Lucky? definitely!

Stupid? quite quite possibly...

repeat 85 in a 40....and not seeing a flashing car behind him..for 3 miles.??????????????
methinks ya mate oughta got done and told to do a refresher course in how to ride safely...
either that or hes got a good wind up going..

The 85mph+ was on the 50 mph way...which still doesnt make it any better

Yeah my friend is the clueless,happy go lucky type.He's been riding not a mph over the limit since yesterday

This the same one who had the flat tyre?
Pretty lucky to get away with it, the law is gay, ride to the conditions, could be perfectly safe to do them speeds just law says otherwise.

Nah this is the one who couldnt come out on saturday.

Yeah after the d/cway its a loooong clear straight which for some reason is 40mph.

Ah well

so the copper who stopped your mate and did nothing about it had the cheek to say that the copper in the other car was the lazy b*stard ?????

well just shows they cant all be bad then !!

Your mate is so lucky! I got 3 points for going less over on the motorway

Though i did get pulled the other week and talked to, nice policeman.

I think its all down to attitude when you get pulled, play ball and apologise works wonders, nothing too creepy but a straightforward 'sorry m8 wasn't thinking' and if he or she is in a good mood you get a slapped wrist and a producer........

On my way to work in Yeovil a couple weeks ago, I was going a 'little' over the speed limit on the Ilminster By-pass...

I was determined to catch the black car I could see in the distance before 2 lanes became 1... Laid on the tank screaming my baby in top gear I just made it...

Immediately I saw flashing lights in the car I'd just passed... I stopped on a sixpence and pulled over fearing the worst...

Mr Plod asks just how fast I was going, to which I replied 'I'm not sure'...

'Well, we were doing well over 90 just giving up a pursuit of a suspected stolen car when you caught and passed us, which would mean you had to be travelling at around 130+MPH'... ?

'No, I never go that fast' I pleaded...

After much deliberating and more 'Sad eyes' from me... He gives me that 'Knowing look' and says... 'Go on, bugger off, and slow down...

'Thank you Sir'... and off I go... Slowly, 'till he turned off for Taunton...

Johnnyb wrote:I think its all down to attitude when you get pulled, play ball and apologise works wonders, nothing too creepy but a straightforward 'sorry m8 wasn't thinking' and if he or she is in a good mood you get a slapped wrist and a producer........

Yeah thats exactly what my friend did....admitted he may have been going a 'little bit faster' and just didnt answer back or be cheeky.
obviously worked!

i like chris rocks advice - "if you get pulled over, make sure you do this one simple thing - Shut the F*ck up" I never understand why people start having a go.