I'm normally pretty good about [strike]stopping[/strike] slowing down at stop signs.

One day about 6 months after getting clipless pedals, I'm approaching a stop sign and notice a car coming from the left. It's far enough off that I'd be able to clear the intersection before they get there so I speed up a bit. I look again and see that it's a cop, so I squeeze the brakes hard, - and fall over.

The looks on the cops faces, were umm, unsympathetic.