Originally Posted by
elkootcho
Have you ever been pulled over on your bike?
Twice. One ticket.
Back in the mid 90s I got a ticket for running a stop sign. I was doing a right hand turn while climbing a hill. I did my signal but didn't want to stop or slow down. (I was just being lazy.) Motorcycle cop (who I had just seen go through the intersection going to my left) saw me do it in his rear view mirror. He turns around with his flashing lights on and pulled me over. Since I was a teenager with no licence he gave me a lecture and a $30 fine.
A couple years ago I was "lectured" (more like yelled at) by an off duty officer in his SUV. I was in a hurry and filtered between two lanes of cars stopped at a red on a fast 6 lane arterial road. I didn't want to admit it at the time but in hindsight the officer had a point. If the light had turned green before I had gotten to the front I would have been trapped in between two lanes of 80kph traffic!