Sorry for the long post in advance but you guys need to hear this if you even filter once in a blue moon like i do..
I just got home a little while ago, went out for 5mins on one of the winter bikes, and instead spent one hour trying to get out of trouble.
This is what happened; I left home, first traffic light outside the neighborhood im waiting to make a left. light turns green for me, the green arrow is there, but im waiting for one car, two car, three car..."like come ON!", but I didn't care since there was no one behind me, I was relaxed no need to get upset.
Anyways now I made the left turn, and now another redlight “these are very close traffic lights”, there are three cars to my left and right, no one is moving and the light is red, I filter through them at crawling speed, and look back and gesture to the first cars, sorry its cold just want to be on my way, they gesture back it's all good.
Light turns green im on my way straight and again in a few meters make a left into the left lane “this lane angles at a wide angle” I wait in line behind 5 cars, as soon as the light turns red, I slowly filter from the right, but this time there is only cars in the turning lane onto my left so it’s not even filtering it’s just entering a left lane, nothing on the right no lane on the right it’s a separate left turn with just huge gap in-between the normal road and its self. I look over at the person in the van who is first and same thing guy lets me go in front.
Light turns green im making the left turn, everything is great, cruising at 55kmh and suddenly a crazy old guy pulls up from behind - beside me to my right out of nowhere, yelling, throwing vulgar gestures, swerving left and right, I look at him and gesture wtf whats going on? He then cuts in front of me slams on his breaks, I slow down, turn into the slower lane, and he cuts me off again, and again he slams on his breaks, I don’t know where he came from or what got to him but I was loosing my cool fast, at the same time i was trying to think, does this guy know me or something, who is this person what do they want? can’t call the cops because im on my bike so I calm myself down and just go to where I was going, as im going he is in front but goes to the same plaza im going to go eat, he erratically pulls into a parking spot, I go on my way to the other end, get off, and this guy drives like a maniac comes to me and has a cop on his Bluetooth in his car, and is telling to the cop second by second what im doing “sir he’s looking me right now, staring me down, sir he just swore at me “when I didn’t”, sir….then he gets interrupted, and then the cop says to him don’t go close to him get away while i can hear all this im standing right there etc.
I turn and am like F this im not sticking around for this guys bs, I get on my bike and slowly stop at a stop sign and cruisers blocking and swerving come by and stop around me, one guy tells me turn the bike around, quickly starts typing my number plate in his computer, gets out, with a rude voice tells me to stand right there, goes to the other driver, I watch the other drivers persona has changed like a chameleon, I hear some what and the guy is telling the officer how I was speeding, cutting through cars, and how I almost crashed into him etc…
cop comes up to me demanding my license, I respond politely with “yes you may have it sir but first may I know what is even going on?” He stutters for as econd, because I guess he thought I knew what was going on and wasn't expecting such a respone.
I didn’t want to let the other guy get any truth out of his fake story so I just opened my wallet and gave the cop my license, while he was saying “just give me your license and I’ll tell you” at the same time, I even offered my reg/insurance, and he was still rude and jesters after.
Gets in his car, does some more computer research and gets out, asks me you have been in trouble before right, I reply excuse me? For what? , you know why, I reply I don’t know what you’re on about, he says that guy said you were driving like a mad man recklessly and endangering other drivers, at this point I was shocked and replied “what the hell? what going on here? sir I don’t even know where this guy came from, all I did was filter through two-three cars and that’s it, if I was driving fast and like a mad man do you think his vehicle could catch up to me? Im sorry officer but after this is overwith and done im going press charges against him for almost causing me harm, almost trying to kill me on my bike and slurring racist comments to me for no reason that i know of", when I said this the cop kind of backed off and said in a less authoritative voice, well It would be me showing up again...
The cop earlier even tried to convince me that I was bad or something by saying stuff liek you've been charged with careless driving before you know you have, while I replied, seriously sir what are you trying to prove i'm still trying to grasp onto what going on here why that guy is so mad and violent for? I also know I have not been convicted of a careless charge regardless if I was charged with it according to some officer, it’s called conviction in court and i was never charged with anything like that in court, I know my record is clean and that is all that is lawful that which the court oders, do you want to get proof from a court justice of the peace? he then quickly changed the subject to my bad riding again...
I think at this point in time the cop realized im not some dumb person or someone who doesn’t know his rights or the law, and that I was being polite and mature and that I didn’t cave into anger even when he was provoking me.
At this point he goes to the other driver, and another short cop shows up, im sitting and then I get up, the cop demands I sit down (because I know short cop got intimidated by my side), when I reply politely I’d rather stand, the cop says I rather you sit, in a mean voice… so while sitting back down I just laugh and say wow, I wouldn’t even harm a bird, Im a lover and maybe that other guy needs to get some loving too, if you know what mean! ... The cop won’t admit it but I saw from the corner of my eye the cop smirking when I said that.
At this point the other cop comes back gives me my paperwork and says, you know I can charge you with this and that …blah blah blah, at this point I know he can’t do anything, once I quickly get my paperwork from his hands, I tell him simply..."sir for what? i haven't done anything wrong do you have proof that i have done wrong?” he continues to try and scare me, but im the type of person if someone tries to use this strategy I just show hem im not afraid, do what you can i won't be afraid.
So while the cop going back into his car saying he could have this or that on me, I say, "no sir you can’t!" while he gets in his car, he gives me a remark, “see you again” and thats where I reply “no you won’t” , because i know what that means "that means he thinks im a trouble maker and that he's going to be harrasing me from now on" lmao, as he sits in his car he watched me put on my gloves and start the bike, and I knew it he was going to find another excuse to threaten me to see how far he canttry to get me to be afraid of him, so he rolls down his window and says once more, what color is your bike and I give him the correct color stated in my registration, and then he says you know I can charge you with a different color bike, again I reply "no you can’t sir, because the Vin number is the same and the color is only of parts that have been replaced due to damage and have not been painted over yet and the bike need only have one spot of that colour to be considered that coloer since the couler is based on the fairing parts only the tail fairing is on, all the other parts at home are the original colour" .
Then he says but your bike is this color and so on, this is where I just say to him bluntly, hey man why you giving me a hard time, is it because im a bad guy, is it because im a criminal, he replies no no I don’t think you’re a bad guy…I interrupt him and continue to say, you know if that is the case, then I don’t see why im being treated as such, I can understand at first you would present yourself in such a manner because you don’t know who I am or who I could be, but even after the fact, epecially when i have been nothing but kind and the only one diffusing the situation and trying to ignore it and the only agressors were you and that guy against me, when I haven’t even done anything wrong, all I did was filter through cars, so what if i have a ticket or two on my record as you claim does that determine all of one mans lifes work, i could be a priest for all you know, and trying to say im reckless or careless driver while im telling you that i just filtered and you don’t even care about what I did, does that make sense to you?
so what are we here for? obviously that guy is ****** at me for no reason, and him being the aggressor if I knew what I did wrong I’d apologize for what I did, like im saying sorry to you now for if I caused any problem to you…he interruptsand says, no no you didn't do anything to me its cool, but you know a guy like that is not going to listen (and from his face I could tell he was feeling like crap just about now, even though that wasn’t my intent to make him feel that way, I was just being straight up honest with him) I look at him in the eye and he’s looking left and right feeling sorry, and I continue to say, you know I live around - im a local, I probably know 1/3 of the guys in your department and they never give me a hard time they see me around and I see them around some even hang out with me and talk to me once a while because they ride bikes too, and to be honest im sorry man like I mean you no harm or anyone else infact im still shocked and trying to understand what just happened, just because im a biker dosen't mean im bad.
He looks at me and all this time he is agreeing with me and shaking his head in agreement and saying I know, I know what you mean. Before I leave I ask him his name and move my hand forward and he is already moving his towards mine to shake my hand, we say take care to each other and are on our way.
I think I always handle police situations smart, because I know how they think and what they look for, and as a human being I can treat them like I would like to be treated, if for any reason I ever got beat or harassed for God knows what reason I know that I got lawyers that would tear apart anyone like that incourt. But even though everything worked in my favor, and even the cop realizeda nd became a friend I still felt sick to my gut that people in the GTA are so evil.
Im sorry but I don’t understand why this only happens in the GTA, why are the people so evil here, and so corrupt and deceiving? I know there are many nice people but the number of crazy sick people out here is definitely more. What did that guy get out of trying to get me into trouble when instead the cops ended by shaking my hand and respecting me when they came to pile drive me from the first encounter. Im not saying that’s not the way to do it, but I’ve never had a cop try to kill me in Europe for even doing a wheelie, just a simple dude take it easy, im giving you a warning or a fine and everyone on their way. And how the hell can someone on a winter bike be of any threat to anyone?
