Last night,weather was sweet.65 degrees out.2:00 am....took a nice little 80 mile ride to one of my little relax spots.Well,along the way...there's a stretch of road,winding,but open.Marked 55.No one behind me,no one approaching.Okay,eased er up to well...apparently 91.Then I see it.FLASHING LIGHTS behind me.OOOPPS.Geez.A perfect ride and season without a ticket...now dashed to pieces.
Okay,stop my baby.Get off,remove helmet.Sheriff comes up...ya..."you're brave aren't you?"he asks."What?" I says.
"yer brave aren't you...you know how fast you were going there?"
"Well sir,no,actually I didn't"(which was the truth)(I wasn't watching my speedo.I was watching for deer)."what do you mean by brave?I'm not"
"you know if you hit a deer at those speeds,it's gonna be a serious mess for you"....Okay....now what...so I says" well sir,I've not ever had any deer run out in front of me...honestly,I don't worry much about it...they all seem to just stay where they are when I see em"....lame....but true.
"Do you have your license?".....uhm...uh oh.
"No sir,I don't.I need to get a replacement.Sorry"
"Okay,name...birthdate,what kind of bike is that?...and what year?"
"Where you headed?"
"I'm just goin on up to Rollins up here,it's my little "getaway spot" kinda".He nods..."okay,just a minute"
So I give him all that.Strange thing was...I wasn't even concerned that I was about to get a serious ticket.I tried to feel "bad",standing there.But for some reason,I just couldn't.
Within about 3 minutes...enough time for me to light up a cigar...he comes walkin back...here we go.
"I'm not gonna give you a ticket".WTF I'm thinkin.But glad,yes.
"Well,thank you sir.That's really nice of ya.I promise,I'll slow down"..."have you ever ridden one of these?"I asked.
"yeah,I have.100 mph in second gear...I know how easy that is"
"You should ride one of THESE"...I say."she's so smooth that it's way easy to break the limit without even realizing it"...I could have left that observation OUT of the conversation.Dumb.
"ya,I know" he says.
"I'll slow up...sorry about that...thanks again"
"Okay,take it easy"
And just like that...it was all over and he was pulling a u-turn outta there.I had a strange feeling as I watched him drive away....kinda like..."This just doesn't happen to YOU Monty"
Now THAT'S a first...and virtually UNHEARD OF.91 in a 55...that's a SWEET FAT FINE.
I kept my promise to him and drove the speed limit the rest of my ride.
* Last updated by: blue07 on 10/2/2010 @ 3:25 PM *