DoktorMandrake wrote:
Btw did you mention the hypocrisy?
Indeed I did Dok, argued with him about it on several occasions, his positions was basically .... I'm a highly qualified Police pursuit driver and have been trained to drive safely at high speeds!!! which is why I said he can't see the hypocrisy ... oh yes and his face would go a funny bright red colour if you wondered if his old cronies would charge him if they caught him speeding
A few years back was out for a bike run with a few pals, pal in front of me (going a bit quicker than I was) got pinged at 67mph by a hand held laser from a traffic car (nice dry day, wide road, little traffic, huge long straight). When my friend went past them they pulled out of their hiding place and gave chase. I was sitting pretty much bang on 60mph, they disappeared after my pal at some rate. They pulled my pal in a layby .. and stopped me also. I got a lecture on the dangers of speeding, the conversation went something like this.
Policeman - lecture on dangers of speeding.
Me - I wasn't speeding.
Policeman - your pal was.
Me - I'm not my pal, however fast he was going I still wasn't speeding.
Policeman - I'm just trying to give you some advice on staying safe.
Me - Ok then lets go with that, as far as I can see there was two people speeding, my pal and you, and you were going much faster than my pal.
Policeman - we are highly trained in safe high speed pursuit, we have to catch up with folks to stop them.
Me - but you've just told me speeding is always highly dangerous, are you now telling me there are circumstances when its not?
Policeman - speeding is always dangerous.
Me - so you've just been driving dangerously then?
Policeman - no, we are trained to drive safely at high speed.
Me - but you just said speeding is always highly dangerous.
Policeman - I think you have a very bad attitude, you'd be better just listening to what I'm telling you.
Me - I am listening, but so far you've told me speeding is always dangerous, then you told me it isn't always dangerous, make up your mind
Policeman - we will now do a safety check on your bike ...............
A very detailed examination of my bike followed ..... no faults were found