Trundling into work this morning in the wind and the rain, traffic is fairly normal. I get to one of those bits we all know on our commutes where you think "Right, am I going to have someone be a dick to me here?". I need to transition from a cycle lane on the left of two lanes of traffic into a bus lane in the middle of those two lanes of traffic. Cars have the opportunity to 'not see' my signal and bully past me if they think I'm going to slow them down by a nano-second or two.
Check behind me, there's traffic coming but it's a way back and I'm safe to move over into the bus lane which I do. WHOOOSH. A black Merc doing over the speed limit cuts across the bus lane in front of me. Dick. It's not a particularly bad example of driving as things go but provokes some mild chuntering.
SIRENS. "Eeek, OK stay straight and level and they'll come round you as they see fit".
WHOOOSH. Police car comes flying past, lights and sirens on. Black Merc pulls over helpfully to let the Police through. Oh no not today my luvver! I ride past as the young man driving the Merc is exiting his car under the watchful eye of a young officer.
Oh, how I laughed!
On checking my footage turns out I don't think he got pulled for the dubious overtake of me. Looks like he'd been going over the speed limit and switching in and out of lanes to make progress, it was coincidence that the lights and siren went on the second after he'd gone past me. That also explains how when I checked behind me he was nowhere in sight.
I'm painfully aware that it's probably not healthy to take such pleasure from someone else's misfortune, but hey it's not often the police turn up exactly when you need them to and administer some instant road justice : ).