Stopped after high speed chase
 

After leaving work around 7:30 I was stopped by the law in South Houston. The officer said "I stopped you because your headlight isn't working." I was on my 1975 Suzuki 380.

I had seen the cop car a few minutes earlier, probably before he saw me, and made sure I came to complete stops at the intersections. I said, "well, the headlight works, I switch it on when it gets dark." I showed him the switch. He's too young to remember the days when bikes had a headlight switch.

Then he said, "It took me a while to catch up with you, you were haulin' ass". I paused to consider how to reply. I'm on a motorcycle with 32 HP, dude! But I didn't say that. "Well, I may have been going a little fast," I replied with pride. You never win when you contradict a police officer, so wth, I may as well accept the compliment.

Several times he asked if he knew me, I looked familiar. I get that ALL the time, I don't know what's going on but people are always saying I look like this guy or sound like that guy....weird. Maybe the officer thought I was a city council member....

He asked me to sit tight while he ran my licence. As the denizens of the hood passed by with their borrowed Family Dollar shopping carts, I nodded, "yeah, that's right, I'm an outlaw..."

The officer returned, thanked me for stopping, and admitted that the problem he may have had keeping up with me had something to do with the speed bumps on the ~3/4 mile street we had just traveled down. "You were going through the gap in the bumps, I had to slow down and pass over them." Hmmm... yeah, I hadn't thought about that. Anyway, no ticket! The officer was professional and I have to laugh, a little bamboozled by the headlight switch.

:hmmm:

Not sure if I should laugh or not.... It's a good story though. :D

Was it Neal profiling maybe?:haha:

What happened to all the standard questions a police officer likes to ask?

Are you carrying any drugs, weapons, nuclear bombs?

Mind if I take a look?

So you skated out of a ticket? You benefitted from the public good? He should have drug tested you.

:har::O::O::O::O::O:

Better yet, a roadside strip search.:haha:

I find this story hard to believe. More likely this unrepentant biker sociopath was doing at least 27 in a 25 zone. And rigging his headlight just to mess with some poor public servant's mind? Pure evil!

Not to mention the massive air he was getting by hitting those speed bumps at 27 MPH.:har: Probably jarred that officers' teeth out trying to catch him.

AND stripped searched you to make sure you didn't have any 'contraband' on/in you.:D

I'm guessing you were not wearing a one piece leather suit with knee pucks. Because, that always leads to a fun conversation when pulled over by the police. :har:

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STOOPID COPS!

Guess he was just jealous that his patrol car doesn't match up against a 1975 GT380 :O:

Aren't we all :D

:rotfl2:Between the gaps...naughty Neal naughty!
Guess like most other bikers you're not a great fan of speedbumps.

HunterICX

Wow, if that cop only knew! He had a brush with the infamous "Motodude.":o

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Good thing you weren't in Ore-gone, there's no such thing as a "warning":shifty:, they just write you a ticket.:nope: It hurts their donut fund.

i remember my old Suzuki dirt bike when i was a wee kid had a headlight switch.

:up:

headlights are automatic on so many vehicles today - i hate that.

My fiance's are automatic, mine arent... every time i drive her car she grumbles because i throw it in park and turn off the lights

"Baby dont do that because now they wont come on automatically" :haha:

-wow- sorry about costing you that millisecond it takes to twist the knob:-?

The real reason Neal wa stopped...
 

Kid stuck his tongue out at the cop.
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another way to draw unwanted attention...
 

Stop doing this, Neal.:o
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