B****r

[UpTheIron]

15 years and hundreds of thousands of miles by car, including some very, very, silly behaviour in my teens. But no points despite "making progress" more often than not.

3 months and six thousand miles of commuting by bike, not once riding for pleasure. No points.

One ride. One piddly 350 mile trip. One speed trap. 3 points

Fair play to Lincolnshires finest though for dealing with things in a sensible manner (well, other than not letting me off!)

Grrrr.

[m3psm]

Recently got my first 3 points in years. Also in Lincolnshire

[RizzoTheRat]

Apparently they have an unmarked black and white 2008 Fireblade, and a one of the unfared K1200's operating in Lincolnshire.

[UpTheIron]

No such stealth required...it was a good old fashioned bike cop with bright yellow jacket and hairdryer!

I dare say I'd spot a unmarked sports bike on the open road - it would be the only one sitting behind me rather than leaving me for dead

[sprinter885]

What part of Lincolnshire's wonderful roads were you on at the time?
(with a name like Uptheiron I''d assume close to Scunny?? )

[UpTheIron]

A159 between Scotter & Gainsborough if you know it?

[sprinter885]

Home ground for me -when I were a lad. Not that lovely bit of straight where Laughton Forest Rest Home is/used to be before the right hander down into Scotter. Very tempting that...

[UpTheIron]

sprinter885 said:

Home ground for me -when I were a lad. Not that lovely bit of straight where Laughton Forest Rest Home is/used to be before the right hander down into Scotter. Very tempting that...

Do we know each other? I grew up in Scotter.

Exactly that spot, but coming from Scotter. Waited for two cars to overtake a third (doing around 35/40) having decided not to pick off one or two of them before the bend...waited for the other two to complete their overtake before taking all three in one go in the dip after the bend...only for the nice man to stop me at the brow of the hill.

No excuse, but it's annoying because if I had gone past the first two cars (or even all 3) coming out of Scotter before the bend then I'd almost certainly have seen him rather than being focussed on the overtake.

[sprinter885]

Unlucky-especially going out of Scotter. I'd have thought plod would be focussed on people coming down the straight from G'borough.
Doubtful we know each other-I'm an old git that actually grew up (sort of) in Scunny & went to Fred Gough G.S. In fact an old pal of mine was John Fardell (son of Messingham garage owner) who lived on Messingham Rd Scotter for years. I also worked with Dave King (Northmoor Garage) when we were both at Kennings.

p.s. ..and as I recall Scotter was the home of Rob McElnea (maybe still is?)

Edited by sprinter885 on Monday 16th June 11:33