Originally Posted by
SassyLady
Riding in back of pickups.
No helmets.
No seat belts.
No car seats for kids.
For starters. ....
At age 19 I always rode my motorcycle without helmet, but kept one for any(girls) that rode with me.
I thought its my life- I'll risk death or injury as is my right to do. Small town I lived in did not enforce the helmet law -so all was good until
coming through town one day a state trooper flipped blue lights on me riding without a helmet. I decided fffkk him- crossed the bridge cut down side of the levy, shot under the bridge into the woods on opposite side. as he went around to loop off the levy I watched , hidden from his view. lol
Then cut back up the levy on the opposite side, raced backed through town and parked my motorcycle at home. That was the 2nd time I had got away from him by the same trick.. All was well.
Until.
About 6 weeks later same trooper caught me again riding without a helmet.-but this time there was about 7 foot of water on each side of the levy as it had rained the day before and river had flooded that area..
I could not pull the same trick again. So I pulled over. He walked up to me and first thing he said was-- yep I got you this time.
You and that motorcycle decided not to get wet. I denied knowing what he was talking about and he said yes it was you on that same gold colored motorcycle. I shot back-- so according to you nobody else has a gold colored motorcycle around here. Which pissed him off even more. lol.
Asshole cited me, cost my 45 bucks(as I paid ticket rather than go to court, thus avoiding the added court costs ), this was in July of 1973. Just two days before July 4th. And 47 years ago- 45 bucks was a nice chunk of change to be shelling out back then and it certainly cramped my planned time
to be spending with my girlfriend on the coming holiday.
I had always hoped to meet that trooper many years later and slap hell out of him but lucky for me such chance never came- as at that young age I would have done it and likely went to prison.
Of course if he is alive now and retired- if I ever meet him- all bets are likely to be off.
As the asshole could have given me just a warning as that was the norm back then on the first time being stopped for no helmet....--Tyr
Last edited by Tyr-Ziu Saxnot; 05-27-2020 at 06:48 AM.
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