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Today's lesson: Just because you have a vehicle that can drive between the lanes, doesn't mean you can.
My wife had our vehicle for her daily errands yesterday, so when she picked me up from work we were going to grab a bite to eat at the local Pizza Hut. After we ate, it was getting into rush hour and the road towards home from Pizza Hut unfortunately gets rather backed up. The cause is a road where cars have to cross a lane to turn in to it, there's no stop signs or lights, and thus no one stops to let these people turn. Since it's a two lane road with no turn lane, traffic backs up behind the people waiting to turn.
Enter two motorcycle riders who startle me as they drive past my window, between the lanes, and along the line of stopped cars. First thought through my mind was, "Where's a cop when you need one."
No more than 15 seconds later, Karma was bestowed upon these two, as I see a state trooper's lights flick on and go after them! YES! He was in the line of stopped cars with us.
The cop pulled them over into a car dealership just up the road, and we could see him out lecturing one of the riders, the other up above on his bike listening, and most likely giving him a ticket, as I do recall seeing his ticket book in hand. The look on that rider's face was priceless, a look that just seemed to say 'Oh f***'.
Motorcycle gear: $150
Motorcycle: $20,000
Motorcyclist busted for reckless driving: Priceless.
ETA: In talking with a co-worker, he witnessed this pull-over while driving the other direction. Since he had to come back that way about an hour later, he saw the guy's motorcycle being loaded into a trailer. It seems Mr. Daredevil didn't get to ride it away from the traffic stop. I'm guessing his license got suspended/revoked, especially if he had a history of it, but this just adds to the Karma factor.
My wife had our vehicle for her daily errands yesterday, so when she picked me up from work we were going to grab a bite to eat at the local Pizza Hut. After we ate, it was getting into rush hour and the road towards home from Pizza Hut unfortunately gets rather backed up. The cause is a road where cars have to cross a lane to turn in to it, there's no stop signs or lights, and thus no one stops to let these people turn. Since it's a two lane road with no turn lane, traffic backs up behind the people waiting to turn.
Enter two motorcycle riders who startle me as they drive past my window, between the lanes, and along the line of stopped cars. First thought through my mind was, "Where's a cop when you need one."
No more than 15 seconds later, Karma was bestowed upon these two, as I see a state trooper's lights flick on and go after them! YES! He was in the line of stopped cars with us.
The cop pulled them over into a car dealership just up the road, and we could see him out lecturing one of the riders, the other up above on his bike listening, and most likely giving him a ticket, as I do recall seeing his ticket book in hand. The look on that rider's face was priceless, a look that just seemed to say 'Oh f***'.
Motorcycle gear: $150
Motorcycle: $20,000
Motorcyclist busted for reckless driving: Priceless.
ETA: In talking with a co-worker, he witnessed this pull-over while driving the other direction. Since he had to come back that way about an hour later, he saw the guy's motorcycle being loaded into a trailer. It seems Mr. Daredevil didn't get to ride it away from the traffic stop.
I'm guessing his license got suspended/revoked, especially if he had a history of it, but this just adds to the Karma factor.
). But through her windows I saw the sedan jog a bit. Lady didn't stop, didn't look, nuthin. So I tore a page out of my notebook, wrote a note to the owner of the sedan telling them what I watched happen and the license number of ol' blue hair. And my name and phone number if they need a witness.
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