Police

Like the majority of drivers, i tend to feel guilty when cops are in close proximity and do all i can to have them go past me. It's different as a biker.

There was a traffic cop on a bike riding behind me most of the way home this evening. I don't think i've ever felt quite so safe on the road with the cop on his big motorbike trundling easily a car length away. It felt like he was on my side - however gross a delusion the idea was - 2 motorbikes in a sea of oblivious cages.

If nothing else, it meant the people in cars were keeping an eye out, and away from me like i was avian flu incarnate.