Bit of a strange one this ............
About 17:30 last Wednesday while driving home from a nice little job, I had a little exchange of views with a scooter rider while creeping forward in stop start traffic.
I saw Mr Scooter rider weaving in and out of traffic through my rear view mirror.
One minute, he was in the nearside cycle lane, the next he was sat on my and probably others rear corner blind spot and imho, was riding like a complete cock
Eventually, Mr Cock managed to pull past me and plonked his hairdryer about 5 foot in front of my car.
So there we all was, staring through the windscreen, sat in traffic and pissed off with the commute home when Mr Cock starts pulling faces at me and looking at the back end of his nice 16 plate scooter.
Well I looked over the bonnet and they must have been a good 5 or 6 foot separation there so I ignored him and got on with my life
The traffic was stop / start and every time I got anywhere near his scooter, the face pulling started
Eventually, I got a little pissed off and wound the window down and (politely for me) ask him what his problem is ? Well out came his dummy and he had little rant complete with arm waving about how close I was to his hairdryer
Well personally, I don't think 5 or 6 foot (I could see the bottom of his back wheel from the drivers seat) is too close so with engine off and handbrake applied, I jumped out and walked over the hairdryer rider.
Straight away, he was in my face telling me that he was a police officer and I was committing a offence by been too close to his bike and if I didn't back off, his was going to "nick" me
Well I managed not to t@at him or laugh and politely asked him if I could see his warrant card. He refused to show me it and again threatened me with "getting nicked" if I went near his bike
Well by this time, the traffic was crawling again so I jumped back in and followed him for a few hundred yards keeping to about a cars length wile moving and about the same 5 or 6 foot distance when stopped.
As we was stopped at some traffic lights which I know would be on red for a few minutes, I jumped out and again politely asked him if I could see his warrant card.
Well this time, I was threatened with arrest because I was threatening him
so I walked back to my car and we parted ways and the road junction.
To be honest, I had forgotten all about the nob but last night I saw him again along side my car at the same traffic lights.
Me been me, down came the window and I introduced myself again and again asked him why he refused to show me his card
Well this time he told me that he didn't have to show me his card and then he told me he had my registration number and if I harassed him anymore, he would "do" me
As he said that, he rode off into the sunset on his hairdryer
Well 3 questions really ...........
I don't think he is plod so thought of popping into the local station and having a word but at the end of the day, its my word against his
Is it worth it ?
What would our plod / ex plod think is a safe distance to follow / stop behind in traffic
Also I find it hard to believe that he doesn't have to show me his card
As for the threat of "he has my registration number", I also have his
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