Patriot
Isabella is Lazarus
email I just sent to DealsGap.com and TailoftheDragon.com
Saturday April 25, 2009
I just wanted to comment on the great experience I had with a TN HP officer on 129 after the overlook and the Dragon along the lake. I was going along the lake and doing, I guess 60 in a 40 while my riding buddy was caught in traffic behind me. Looking in my mirror, I was not studying my speed and looking ahead for police interceptors. I was listening to my tunes and had turned off my radar detector audio headset speaker <edit>. As I came upon a brown vehicle parked on the right at the end of that really long straightaway, I glanced at my radar detector which was visually going crazy, then the police vehicle's brake lights started to flash and as I got closer and alongside, a hand reached out the driver's window and pointed to the side of the road. I warned and informed my riding buddys behind me over the CB and pulled over in front of the police cruiser. The policeman got out and walked slowly toward me to my rear, right. I sat silently and kept my hands in plane sight after raising my flip up helmet. He looked at my license plate (Louisiana) and my American flag, POW/MIA flag, and Patriot Guard Riders flag on the rear, walked up to my right, and looked at my PGR stickers.
He quietly said I needed to slow down, and for my and other's safety's sake, be very careful on his local roads. I agreed and apologized. "Yes, Sir, I certainly will. Thank you and be safe out here, OK?", I said. He nodded, looked at all my electronics, smiled, and turned to walk back to his vehicle. I said, "Wait" and he stopped a step away and I removed my glove and reached out my hand. He sheepishly shook my hand, ryely smiled, and walked back toward his vehicle. All my six buddies had ridden by, by then, and I said in my CB that he was very nice and had let me off with a warning. "He let me go, I can't believe it after reading about the horror stories for years now."
I am motivated to do the right thing in the future, be more careful and aware, and grateful for the attitude and professionalism of this officer and the TN HP in general.
Best to all
let's ride safe and be careful out there,
Mike
Michael H. Oliver
Metairie, Louisiana
suburb of New Orleans
Saturday April 25, 2009
I just wanted to comment on the great experience I had with a TN HP officer on 129 after the overlook and the Dragon along the lake. I was going along the lake and doing, I guess 60 in a 40 while my riding buddy was caught in traffic behind me. Looking in my mirror, I was not studying my speed and looking ahead for police interceptors. I was listening to my tunes and had turned off my radar detector audio headset speaker <edit>. As I came upon a brown vehicle parked on the right at the end of that really long straightaway, I glanced at my radar detector which was visually going crazy, then the police vehicle's brake lights started to flash and as I got closer and alongside, a hand reached out the driver's window and pointed to the side of the road. I warned and informed my riding buddys behind me over the CB and pulled over in front of the police cruiser. The policeman got out and walked slowly toward me to my rear, right. I sat silently and kept my hands in plane sight after raising my flip up helmet. He looked at my license plate (Louisiana) and my American flag, POW/MIA flag, and Patriot Guard Riders flag on the rear, walked up to my right, and looked at my PGR stickers.
He quietly said I needed to slow down, and for my and other's safety's sake, be very careful on his local roads. I agreed and apologized. "Yes, Sir, I certainly will. Thank you and be safe out here, OK?", I said. He nodded, looked at all my electronics, smiled, and turned to walk back to his vehicle. I said, "Wait" and he stopped a step away and I removed my glove and reached out my hand. He sheepishly shook my hand, ryely smiled, and walked back toward his vehicle. All my six buddies had ridden by, by then, and I said in my CB that he was very nice and had let me off with a warning. "He let me go, I can't believe it after reading about the horror stories for years now."
I am motivated to do the right thing in the future, be more careful and aware, and grateful for the attitude and professionalism of this officer and the TN HP in general.
Best to all
let's ride safe and be careful out there,
Mike
Michael H. Oliver
Metairie, Louisiana
suburb of New Orleans
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