Published on: 13 Jul 09:20

In the last four years, I've been pulled over by cops whilst motorbiking, not once but twice, for dancing. Dancing. I'd genuinely thought I'd only been slightly rocking out, but both cops informed me I was swerving everywhere.

The first cop asked me why, and I replied "oh, just general high spirits", then had to seriously bite my tongue to avoid continuing with "and by 'high spirits' I don't mean stoned and drunk." Then he breathalysed me. At 2pm. Can't think why.

The second occurrence was a year or two later, through Plimmerton. The cop in question was a woman in her mid-20s, and I swear I'd never before encountered a police officer attempt to read someone the riot act whilst juuuust succeeding at not cracking up laughing. I'd also never witnessed a cop's eyes shine so much.

Don't get me wrong, both cops had and have a point. Rocking out that hard whilst motorbiking is genuinely a bad idea. God, it was fun though. Got to stay sane somehow.