Tuesday, June 22, 2004
This morning was another crazy day out. When I say morning, I mean 12 plus am. I met Kok for a night cycling session. It was a good night, no strong winds, no traffic, no people, BUT loads of police patrol cars. Kok and I was heading down Thompson Road in front of Novena Square, Kok thought we were turning right to Newton, but I told him to go straight. So there we were, me on the left most lane, Kok on the 2 lane. Since there wasn't a single bit of traffic, Kok decided the let go of the handle bar and just cruise down the junction. But sway-est of all sway things happened. There was a "Kampong Java" Police patrol car on the other side of the road watching Kok. Kok and the police man in the car had some eye contact, Kok knew he was in deep shit, but we still cycled on, into this small lane. We heard screaming tires coming from the back, and then came blue and red flashes. Oh shit! We stopped.
Once the police officer stepped out of the car, he started scolding kok like there was no tmr. "Why were cycling like that?!" "Why your bicycle don't have front and back lights?!" Why are you wearing a dark colored shirt?!" Kok's a police officer too, he kinda know the law also, and he knew there wasn't a real offence in what the officer was scolding him about. The officer also said: "There isn't a real criminal offense but still it's the safety of all road users we're talking about... ya da ya da..." So Kok was booked, as he flashed his police 11B, the officer lowered his tone. They are technically colleagues afterall. There was no face given when it came to the booking of names. He was warned not to ride recklessly and told to get lights. I hope the issue will not go further than where it was left at. But talking about reckless, is there a need to burn rubber (of the tires) while driving in a one lane road with cars parked on both sides?
Posted by NuhC at 1:21 PM
