What was that Officer?

Now you may not believe me when I tell you this, but I am quite sure the following little tid-bit will make you smile:

Yesterday as I was riding my bicycle through the Sunset Corridor from Echo Park to Silverlake, I arrived at a red light at Sunset Junction.   I was in the bike lane and had thankfully decided to obey the law to the fullest extent by not only stopping for the red light, but stopping behind the pedestrian crosswalk.  I even had one foot down on the ground.

Just then, two motorcycle cops ride up to me in the lane adjacent to the bike lane.  They stop for the still red light.  Then one of the officers literally leans over to me and says,

“Wanna race?”

I’m sorry, what was that Officer?  Do I want to — RACE?

I let out a huge guffaw, laughing heartily at the surprise suggestion.    Has this ever happened to anyone else while riding?  Motorcycle cop pulls up along side you and says, “Hey, wanna race?”

Wanna race?!

I actually have little else to add to this other than –  

RAD.  That cop just asked me to race. WOW. That is so weird.

All I could say after I finally finished laughing was,

“Yeah, if you get on a bike!!”

Adding, as the light turned green and he sped off, 

“I love bike cops!”

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Tags: police, race