Title: Fair Cop !!!!
Post by: stevie43_uk on June 21, 2006, 01:14:10 pm
Hi All,
Just arrived back from a super Le Mans weekend.
Had a bit of a run in with the local Gendarmarie, twice !!
First occassion was on the Rouen to Le Mans N road just before Sees.
It was a bit ironic really coz I was sticking to the speed limit when 3 guys
in an A4 convertible with jesters hats on went flying past about 3 cars at
warp factor 1. A few miles up the road they were pulled in by the old bill....
As me and my mate were laughing at their misfortune.....we got pulled too
Fortunately it was just a check of the licence, and a friendly wave off.
Second occasion was a bit more serious....We were on a camp site in the French
section of the forest at Indianapolis, having lunch and a couple of beers before
the start of the race, when we had a call from a friend who was trying to find us.
He had his Dad and friend with him who were in the throes of the start of heatstroke.
So as a good Samaritan, we popped out for the short 2 mile drive through the forest
to pick them up. Coming back - two local motorbike cops decided to pull us and read the riot act
One was seriously p****d off and breathlyser came out. I was not sure what the result was
but after some frantic gesticulation between good cop and bad cop and my french host, they agreed on a 90 euro fine. Those words ' you may go ' sounded so sweet !!
According to my french mate....the p****d off cop was so annoyed because he was
trying to chase me along the dirt track and fell off his bike !!!
I soon became a local hero with our French hosts.....
Personally there were a few things I didn't like this year :
1. They closed Indianapolis to the public for the duration of Mad Friday
2. Didn't like the new village.....it's lost it's character
3. Too many cops spoiling the fun.
Apart from that.....I will be there next year for the 15th year on the trot !!!
Cheers
Steve
Just arrived back from a super Le Mans weekend.
Had a bit of a run in with the local Gendarmarie, twice !!
First occassion was on the Rouen to Le Mans N road just before Sees.
It was a bit ironic really coz I was sticking to the speed limit when 3 guys
in an A4 convertible with jesters hats on went flying past about 3 cars at
warp factor 1. A few miles up the road they were pulled in by the old bill....
As me and my mate were laughing at their misfortune.....we got pulled too
Fortunately it was just a check of the licence, and a friendly wave off.
Second occasion was a bit more serious....We were on a camp site in the French
section of the forest at Indianapolis, having lunch and a couple of beers before
the start of the race, when we had a call from a friend who was trying to find us.
He had his Dad and friend with him who were in the throes of the start of heatstroke.
So as a good Samaritan, we popped out for the short 2 mile drive through the forest
to pick them up. Coming back - two local motorbike cops decided to pull us and read the riot act
One was seriously p****d off and breathlyser came out. I was not sure what the result was
but after some frantic gesticulation between good cop and bad cop and my french host, they agreed on a 90 euro fine. Those words ' you may go ' sounded so sweet !!
According to my french mate....the p****d off cop was so annoyed because he was
trying to chase me along the dirt track and fell off his bike !!!
I soon became a local hero with our French hosts.....
Personally there were a few things I didn't like this year :
1. They closed Indianapolis to the public for the duration of Mad Friday
2. Didn't like the new village.....it's lost it's character
3. Too many cops spoiling the fun.
Apart from that.....I will be there next year for the 15th year on the trot !!!
Cheers
Steve
Title: Re: Fair Cop !!!!
Post by: Robbo SPS on June 23, 2006, 12:14:01 am
Personally there were a few things I didn't like this year :
1. They closed Indianapolis to the public for the duration of Mad Friday
Steve
SHame really, but less resources required to close road than Police it.
Title: Re: Fair Cop !!!!
Post by: neilsie on June 25, 2006, 03:06:23 am
the road was open until about 2.30pm, reopened for a bit around 4pm, and was closed again by 5pm when we had to go back and see the cops about an earlier incident. had a discussion why and it was because of "bad driving"
