Long ago I rode carefully, as usual, through a 4-way stop and got lights and siren. I was annoyed; said, pompously: "I've been riding in urban traffic for over 30 years (I think I was 35 at the time and I was 11 when my parents first let me ride to school downtown -- but in sleepy if crowded Bangalore of the mid 1960s); but I can't blame the cop, who wouldn't be as aware of how safe this is on a bike, compared to a car, as a cyclist.
A pretty woman cop used her radar gun on me and yelled, "19!" ... but I was married at the time. I have to say that I've been let off enough times by cops with warnings after Idaho stops or crashing yellows in cars to have gotten away with more than I paid for. On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 5:43 PM Joel <jrster...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was out today riding one of my usual routes. I had just gotten back on > the bike (my Bleriot) after stopping to adjust the angle of my Albatross > bars. I was pedaling and all of a sudden out of my mirror I saw some lights > flashing and I pulled over. I got off the bike as a very young officer > walked over to me. I asked him if I had done something wrong, maybe riding > to fast (yeah I know being a wiseass is not really a good things). He asked > me if I had just come from a street which was one I was actually heading > towards.. I told him no and explained where I had ridden. It seems some guy > asked a lady for directions, there mush have been more to it, he was on a > bike, and I fit the description I was told. I was wearing a short sleeve > gray sweat shirts as it was an unusually chilly day today and a Rivendell > cycling cap from years ago. Another officer arrived smiling, he was the > officer in charge. I put up my hands and said it wasn't me and he started > to laugh.He explained to me they were looking for a guy in a gray members > only jacket and a baseball cap with dark hair, my hair is silver/white. > > We talked for a few minutes, they apologized and I said no need. I went > back on my ride and now was on that street wondering if a woman would come > out of her house chasing me. > > In a way I had a good laugh but I wonder what this guy did to make this > woman call the police. This was not my town but 2 towns away in CT while I > live in MA. So something was up. > > So I wonder if any of you have ever been pulled over on your bike? > > Joel > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/421a751c-f458-41b5-a27a-03ac91cb0391n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/421a751c-f458-41b5-a27a-03ac91cb0391n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfguQeWD09Y%3Dv820PCz4Mxq2aqOFf_XGsHFdwmkSFjH63hw%40mail.gmail.com.
