Gotta share this one!

There was five of us just riding on down the road, me and four of my COP mates. This female in a (Sorry) Volvo starts to pass us, no problem as we are on a quiet back road and no traffic.
Out of a driveway comes Mr 4Wd at great haste, sees the Volvo passing five riders and starts flashing his lights and pulling to the centre of the road. Volvo driver starts pulling left and we sart panick stopping.
Volvo driver realises we have nowhere to go and stops in the middle of the road.4Wd drives right up to her and starts abusing the lady driver.
(Who had slowed before overtaking) Five of us walk up and the COPS ask him for his licence. He takes a swing at one of them, claiming not to realise they were COPS. (They were riding in their POLICE shirts!)
4Wd misses with his swing so I pops me head up and catches one right on me snooter. Cops pounce on him and "subdue" him (JEEZ that musta hurt!!)
Cuff him and place him under arrest.
He has now lost his licence for a year and has to pay me for dental work $800 That I have needed for many years, seems when he hit me snorer, I fell and hurt me teeth somehow, according to the POLICE report.The lady driver has to get an official apology and "remuneration for trauma caused by your actions" of $200.
Good day really. I felt I just had to share it.
Moral to this is: Ride with Cops.
Ro

"ro" == ro writes:

ro Moral to this is: Ride with Cops.

Where can I get one :-)
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Euan

wrote in message ...
ro Moral to this is: Ride with Cops.
Where can I get one :-)

Yeah.. where can I get some??

Hey.. how often to they blow red lights? ;-)

hippy rode with a cool cop bunch on ATB last year

"Ro" wrote in message ...

Cuff him and place him under arrest.

they carry cuffs with 'em on training rides in NZ? Sheesh! I find it hard
enough just carrying the toolkit, spare tube, phone, jellybeans etc in my
jersey pockets let alone half a kilo of handcuffs! 'spose you never know
when they might come in handy.... maybe I should get some. Do they come in
Cromoly or C-fibre?

Flaps.

wrote:
"ro" == ro writes:


ro Moral to this is: Ride with Cops.

Where can I get one :-)

You can have mine

"Flaps" wrote:

"Ro" wrote in message ...

Cuff him and place him under arrest.

they carry cuffs with 'em on training rides in NZ? Sheesh! I find it hard
enough just carrying the toolkit, spare tube, phone, jellybeans etc in my
jersey pockets let alone half a kilo of handcuffs! 'spose you never know
when they might come in handy.... maybe I should get some. Do they come in
Cromoly or C-fibre?
Flaps.
The guys were riding home after work in their full work uniforms.
I was just tagging along with them till they turned off when it all went down.
Ro

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wrote:
"ro" == ro writes:


ro Moral to this is: Ride with Cops.

Where can I get one :-)

You can have mine

Oh come on Dave - you're supposed to be over that now! Just think
"Nurse" instead. :-)

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Sara

Ro Wrote:
There was five of us just riding on down the road, me and four of my CO
mates. This female in a (Sorry) Volvo starts to pass us, no problem a
we are on a quiet back road and no traffic
Out of a driveway comes Mr 4Wd at great haste, sees the Volvo passin
five riders and starts flashing his lights and pulling to the centre o
the road. Volvo driver starts pulling left and we sart panick stopping
Volvo driver realises we have nowhere to go and stops in the middle o
the road.4Wd drives right up to her and starts abusing the lady driver
(Who had slowed before overtaking) Five of us walk up and the COPS as
him for his licence. He takes a swing at one of them, claiming not t
realise they were COPS. (They were riding in their POLICE shirts!
4Wd misses with his swing so I pops me head up and catches one right o
me snooter. Cops pounce on him and "subdue" him (JEEZ that musta hurt!!
Cuff him and place him under arrest
He has now lost his licence for a year and has to pay me for denta
work $800 That I have needed for many years, seems when he hit m
snorer, I fell and hurt me teeth somehow, according to the POLIC
report.The lady driver has to get an official apology and "remuneratio
for trauma caused by your actions" of $200
Good day really. I felt I just had to share it
Moral to this is: Ride with Cops
Ro
Nothery about our cycling law-enforcement personnel:

A few years ago I used to ride in a Beach Rd. bunch right on dawn/earl
in the morning that were getting repeatedly sprayed with dye from
squirty bottle out of the window of an anonymous grey panelvan (with n
light on the rear numberplate), ruining the ride and several hundre
dollars worth of gear. One police rider persuaded a TOG car to wait i
readiness near site of squirting, which, sure enough, happened agai
after a few no-shows, much to the bunch's relief. The van, driver'
and passenger's history were combed in minute detail by the attendan
TOG, and were revealed to have several undischarged traffic offence
against them, the van is pronounced unroadworthy, the driver throws
punch at one of the (now laughing) bunch, and is bundled into the bac
of the car and driven off. Charged, it was later revealed, wit
assault, conduct endangering life, malicious damage, all his ol
traffic offences and driving whilst disqualified, driving a
unregistered vehicle, and a few more which I forget.

The bummer was, I wasn't there on the morning they got thei
comeuppance! I only got a few splashes of squirt on one sleeve on
previous morning, but I still feel good that at least one cocknocker i
thinking twice about harrassing cyclists again.

M "had the police on my side on more than one occasion"

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