On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Laurence Payne wrote:

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:29:08 +0000, Ian Jelf
wrote:

When Oxford's traffic system changed a couple (?) of years ago, I saw a
cyclist cycling the wrong way alongside Balliol. A policeman on duty
stopped her and gave her a pretty stern warning. The woman was
absolutely astounded - and I *mean* **astounded** - at being pulled
over for a traffic violation as she was "only on a bike". She simply
could not believe that the rules of the road applied to her.

Ah, but is that her being a demon cyclist, or a stereotypical Oxford
student with an overactive sense of entitlement?

We lived in Colchester, an army town. Public roads went through the
barracks area. A military policeman was directing traffic. My mother
ignored him, as she was not a soldier. He was very nice to her about it
:-)

Ah yes - one of the few times a Colchester teenager on the lash in town is
glad to see a policeman while drunk is when they're an MP, since you can
be quite sure they're only going to arrest *other* drunks!

And before anyone asks, i speak from experience on both counts here!

tom

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