morning freeway drama

Coming home from the landing this ayem, I can't say I was doing the
"recommended" speed limit of 65mph. I was cruising home between 75 and
80 mph, depending on location of trucks I wished to avoid. Suddenly, I
pick up a green and black sportbike in my peripheral vision...turned to
look, rider nods at me. Dude must be going 90, the way he's shrinking
away from me!

Suddenly I see a CHP come zooming onto the freeway out of nowhere, or an
onramp up ahead. He's flying, zooms across three lanes to plant himself
right behind the sportbike. Eek! sez I. Glad I'm doing the speed limit!
Then I look down...oh, wait. I'm NOT doing the speed limit, but I'm not
doing it as much as the sportbike wasn't doing it. The two bikes
disappear into the future with the Beemer locked onto the Suzuki, no
lights or siren, but a definate shadow. Coming around the curve to my
offramp, I see them both parked on the median. Heh, sez I, cracking the
throttle with silent thanks to the 'zuki for running interferance as cop
bait.

There's almost always someone going an absurd speed, which allows the
rest of us to fudge a bit.

Hell, if you actually went the speed limit on I-5, some idiot would run
up your tailpipe. Speeding...it's self defense, officer!

barbz

 

On fine day on 280 I was, moving along at a good pace flirting with triple
digit speed quite a bit. I blew by a guy in a Viper who has an issue with
the length of his penis. He decided that he needed to show me who was the
man and proceeded to catch up and subsequently pass me (as I was doing 110
or so). He disappears around the upcoming corner and I slowed down to laugh
at him. As I made my way around the corner I see a CHP with his lights on
pulling off the shoulder of the highway and Mr. Viper up ahead diving on the
brakes. God that was so much fun!

 

Heh!

Had exactly the same thing happen to me once when I was on my Victory on
I280. I was doing maybe 90, when this kid in a Mustang decided to play
tag. I pulled over and slowed down, the kid pulled ahead - and there was
the CHP cruiser right behind him with the lights on!

I just love it when there's a sacrificial lamb out there.

Cheers,
Bama Brian
Libertarian
Victory V92C, Triumph Thunderbird

 

<snip -- see also preceding post>

"Proper use of the sacrificial dickhead."

Al Moore
DoD 734

 

I'm just glad neither of us got caught in the sabotage. Apparently
someone poured motor oil on several freeway interchanges yesterday,
which got lifted by rain and caused several (7?) accidents.


R, UB

 

There's nothing quite so surreal as a pair of R1's doing a buck flat
in cruising mode on I-5... and getting passed left and right by
sedans, SUVs, trucks, and even loaded semis. Imagine that, literbike
riders complaining about others speeding

 

OMG! I didn't hear about that! That's insane! Jeez, you could kill
someone that way.
barbz