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So I made the 1.5 hr ride last nite to have my new tires put on the bike. went riding and went to dinner with a buddy afterwards. Had 1 16oz Blue Moon with dinnerand jumped back on the bike to head home. it was about 54deg last night here in MA/NH and I was wearing my leather (no liner) gloves helm boots and jeans. it was pretty damn chilly and the whole ride is highway. I just wanted to get home and warm up in my bed and my speed averaged between 80-95. about an hr into the ride home i blasted by 2 Staties in the median at about 90ish. Radar detector never went off... hmm
i dropped the speed back to 75 (traffic speed) and the first cruiser, unmmarked no lights on, came up behind me and passed me on the left. Probably grabbing my plate in case i tried to run. the 2nd cruiser came up behind me and pulled me over. had my helm off by the time the officer came over and asked me if i knew why. now anyone who has ridden a rocket or any bike for an extended period of time on a cold night knows ur knees get really stiff ur nose is running and you are shivering etc.. this officer right from the start thought i was seriously messed up. he kept drilling me asking me time and again how much i had to drink where i was coming from, how long i had been on the road etc.
So this is where he asks me to get of the bike and take the test. Upon getting off the bike i inform him that i have my knife clipped to my right pocket and he asks if he can take it and i allow him to. first up... follow the pen with you eyes. so with a runny nose shivering, stiff joints etc i follow his pen with just my eyes for ever!! literally 4-5 mins barely wanting to blink or even breathe. just trying not to shiver and send the wrong signal. once thats done he tells me that my eyes are telling him that i am blasted!! WTF!!! there is no way. asks me if i have done any drugs etc... AGAIN! i politely (in my head) explain to him that i repair and maintain medical equipment for a living and drugs are the last thing i do and he thinks im getting fresh with him... so on to walking the line 9 steps heel to toe then turn on the planted foot and then 9 steps, counting out loud, heel to toe back. now I am getting nervous and the adrenaline is flowing and im still cold. the planted foot turn was a bit shakey and unnatural feeliing but all in all that went without a hitch. Again he drills me about what i had to drink etc.
Now on to the stand on one foot looking at the raised toe and counting out loud 1-1thousand until he says to stop. by now i am so nervous and worried that he just thinks im messed up so bad that im goin in cuffs nomatter what... my mind is racing. im thinking so much that i went ahead and started before he told me to... Im fucked i think. I reset, clear my head and start when he says go... all they way to 22-1 thousand. didnt waver didnt put my foot down. and i think this is it if he still thinks im blasted after that then he was just out to get someone.
He pulls my license and reg outta his pocket, hands it back to me confirms with the other statie that was watching the whole time that i am clear and tells me that i am free to go and that he didnt have his radar on but if he had i would probably be getting a ticket!!
i thank him, shake his hand and ask for my knife back. i took my time gearing back up on the bike to let my nerves settle put my signal on and got outta there. got home and went to bed just like i had wanted to.
Had i tried to run they woulda been waiting at home and god knows what woulda happened. while writing this and thinking back had i been as messed up as he was trying to tell me i was i dont believe that i coulve put this much detail into remembering what happened. how was your thursday night? lol