Driving Without Due Care & Attention?

Originally Posted by Ceri JC

At least with dangerous driving, you're paying attention and really having to focus on your speeding (or in your case, probably wheelie ). It's just deemed dangerous by people who aren't as aware of (or perhaps have lower acceptable thresholds for) risk than you. DWDC implies you aren't paying attention- not checking mirrors, engrossed in playing with the radio, etc.

Really I was drunk at the time I could barely make out the road in front of me.

Originally Posted by BigApe

Really I was drunk at the time I could barely make out the road in front of me.

Ah. Probably not in that case, no.

[flymo]

Now THE funniest thing I ever saw involving a bike and the police was one bike meet night at the Scotch Piper near Formby. It was the typical bike meet, except that its on a straight stretch of country road.

We had wheelies galore, people zooming past at warp 10 and all sorts. The famous stunt rider Craig Jones lives nearby and he was there this night performing stunts up and down the road. So, as he finishes this monster burnout and the smoke began to clear there was this cop car that had stopped with lights flashing....only to see Craig sat there red handed on the offending Bandit 1200

So the copper started to book him at the side of the road and one of Craigs pals leaned into the police car that had been left unattended, took the keys and lobbed them as far as he could into a dark ploughed field over the hedge.

There was about 300 people laughing their tits off for about 30 mins while this copper tries to find his keys. Eventually he said "I'll keep the ticket if you find 'em" and so the 300 strong crowd launched into this field to find the keys, got em in the end.

Totally classic. And not a word of a lie.

Originally Posted by flymo_racer

Now THE funniest thing I ever saw involving a bike and the police was one bike meet night at the Scotch Piper near Formby. It was the typical bike meet, except that its on a straight stretch of country road.

We had wheelies galore, people zooming past at warp 10 and all sorts. The famous stunt rider Craig Jones lives nearby and he was there this night performing stunts up and down the road. So, as he finishes this monster burnout and the smoke began to clear there was this cop car that had stopped with lights flashing....only to see Craig sat there red handed on the offending Bandit 1200

So the copper started to book him at the side of the road and one of Craigs pals leaned into the police car that had been left unattended, took the keys and lobbed them as far as he could into a dark ploughed field over the hedge.

There was about 300 people laughing their tits off for about 30 mins while this copper tries to find his keys. Eventually he said "I'll keep the ticket if you find 'em" and so the 300 strong crowd launched into this field to find the keys, got em in the end.

Totally classic. And not a word of a lie.

Bbrilliant!

Originally Posted by rubberduckofdeath

I'm not sure whether to laugh or not!!!

It was a joke, please do laugh.

In 1993 a woman who pulled out on me from a side road got 6 points and ?600 fine for due care and attention. The guy behind me witnessed, and he just through co-incidence was the owner of a local bike dealership and had a birds eye view from the dealerships transit van, the copper who turned up on the scene was a bike cop and wasn't happy at all and went to town on her. Cager didn't really stand a chance at the roadside or in court, serves her right!

Originally Posted by flymo_racer

Now THE funniest thing I ever saw involving a bike and the police was one bike meet night at the Scotch Piper near Formby. It was the typical bike meet, except that its on a straight stretch of country road.

We had wheelies galore, people zooming past at warp 10 and all sorts. The famous stunt rider Craig Jones lives nearby and he was there this night performing stunts up and down the road. So, as he finishes this monster burnout and the smoke began to clear there was this cop car that had stopped with lights flashing....only to see Craig sat there red handed on the offending Bandit 1200

So the copper started to book him at the side of the road and one of Craigs pals leaned into the police car that had been left unattended, took the keys and lobbed them as far as he could into a dark ploughed field over the hedge.

There was about 300 people laughing their tits off for about 30 mins while this copper tries to find his keys. Eventually he said "I'll keep the ticket if you find 'em" and so the 300 strong crowd launched into this field to find the keys, got em in the end.

Totally classic. And not a word of a lie.

Great. Exactly what I've wanted to do a million times when somebody does something stupid and nearly knocks you off in traffic, but never done it 'cos I was worried if I could get charged with theft or something.

[Bluepete]

Originally Posted by flymo_racer

Now THE funniest thing I ever saw involving a bike and the police was one bike meet night at the Scotch Piper near Formby. It was the typical bike meet, except that its on a straight stretch of country road.

We had wheelies galore, people zooming past at warp 10 and all sorts. The famous stunt rider Craig Jones lives nearby and he was there this night performing stunts up and down the road. So, as he finishes this monster burnout and the smoke began to clear there was this cop car that had stopped with lights flashing....only to see Craig sat there red handed on the offending Bandit 1200

So the copper started to book him at the side of the road and one of Craigs pals leaned into the police car that had been left unattended, took the keys and lobbed them as far as he could into a dark ploughed field over the hedge.

There was about 300 people laughing their tits off for about 30 mins while this copper tries to find his keys. Eventually he said "I'll keep the ticket if you find 'em" and so the 300 strong crowd launched into this field to find the keys, got em in the end.

Totally classic. And not a word of a lie.

Love it! I've never lost my keys yet! Now other peoples keys........

[yorkie_chris]

Hmm possibly the amusement value would get you a lighter penalty than assault though