sup guys don't know if anybody remembers me
got my GTI back in 2010 (gawd seems a while ago now). not logged into the forum for a while.
not really had any problems with it. still running fine.
indicentally i was stopped by the police recently. let off with a warning. i didn't feel i was going particularly fast. i was going down a regular road i take, houses on one side, one side of the road marked off for parked cars with a cycle lane also marked. it was around 11pm at night, sunset had long gone, it was pure street lighting.
going downhill, i didn't feel i was going down with any gusto, maybe about 40 something along this 30 road (i honestly don't know exactly as i wasn't really looking at the speedo). i don't have the pedal to the floor or anything. actually my foot might have been off the gas. was going downhill so the car kind of went down by itself. can't remember.
going round a little bend i immediately see 2 electric mobility scooter type things in the cycle lane.
i'm thinking wtf scooters? they got lights on but it didn't seem right they should be on the road. why can't they just drive on the pavement?
there is enough room to pass if i stay to the left of the centre road marking dividing the 2 sides of the road as the cycle lane has its own marking, but as it was quiet with no oncoming traffic, i move out a bit into the middle of the road to give extra space to the scooters.
after overtaking these 2 scooters which i considered i did quite safely, the car behind me that i was not consciously aware of started flashing blue lights.
oh gawd it's the police!
totally caught me by surprise. it sounds insane but i was honestly not consciously aware of it. the car is one of those transit connect vans, marked with the usual high visibility squares. wtf how did i not notice a police car behind me?
pulled over where it was safe and i got out of the car.
i only had my photocard driving licence with me. all my other stuff relating to the car is at home or on the computer.
the officer told me something about it was an offence not to be able to produce documentation on demand when requested. this was news to me that i was supposed to be carrying all the stuff relating to my car.
he then seems to chill out a bit and says he understands that people are not going to be carrying all the docs with them in case their car gets stolen and whatever. i presume technically it is an offense not to carry docs but the practicalities of doing so don't really make sense.
he radioed in the details of my car to check it out.
in my own head i'm thinking all sorts of crap.
i'm thinking omfg what if something doesn't check out? what if it looks like i'm not insured?! i know in my own head i've insured it and i think i'm fully legit, but it was all done online, the last time i renewed i didn't even get stuff through the post, it's all electronic certificates now and it could have been some elaborate hoax insurance!
car checks out fine in the end. phew! police officer apparently thinks that things like the lights and tyres are all fine. i don't remember him walking round to look, maybe he wasn't bothered about that. officer just lets me off with a warning. i was driving faster than the speed limit, there is no doubt there.
officer tells me to take it easy future. also he says the scooters shouldn't have really been on the road. they were nowhere to be seen though. they might have turned off into a side street after overtaking them.
i've not really been driving any different since. i don't feel i drive it crazy, although obviously the potential is there. i just know if i did do it, the petrol money would go insane! i was just peed off at those frigging scooters that were in the road. and maybe there was a bit of hunch from the policeman thinking GTI at 11pm at night driving a bit fast, maybe it's been nicked?
