So my son and I left home before sunrise yesterday, got to the FSR while still dark, got the bikes off the trailer, got the pack's sorted and rifle in its rack, Our bikes Honda xr's have no Headlights..... Breakfast was served (bacon rolls and coffee) just as dawn cracked.
We took a leisurely ride up the FSR and over the mountains, away from the Sunday rat race, known as the Chilliwack bench road. Bridal falls our intended destination was a good ride off in the distance, along the way we stoped and glased numerous cut blocks saw a number of dear, but a 4 pointer or nothing - was the call for the day.
Having spent a really great day out, hunting, riding and just really enjoying the country and scenery, we headed back towards our SUV around 4 pm.
About 400 meters from the car, a cop comes riding up on a quad and indicates for us to pull over.
Not really to bothered, we slow down and stop, Josh hits the brakes a little hard and skids maybe 12 - 18 inches - then stalls, he is nervous of-course.
The cop walks up and asks for our third party insurance - I just pull my BCWF Card out, and explain that if he wants to see the actual documentation he can accompany us to the car - which I point out as it is clearly visible from where we are.
He took one look at the card, he had of course noticed the rifle on its rack and simply nodded that the card was fine.
Then he started having a go at Josh - accusing him of reckless behavior, and all types of crap. The kid just sat and took it all in, apologised for skidding on the wet mud surface and said he would not do it again.
The cop then goes off to his quad, to get a book of some sort - I guessed a ticket book, to write us up for something or another.
He comes back with a book and starts writing a ticket, reckless driving seems to be the main contention, when he asks Josh for his BC driving licence - Josh replies that does not have one - the cop starts writing him up for that too.
I tell josh to take his helmet off and show the cop that he is only fifteen.
The cop is now staring at the kid realising that he is probably up shit-creek without a paddle - I then ofcourse ask the dumb question about licence requirements for riding on FSR'S.
The cop realising that we were about 350 meters from the start of the paved road, and still clearly on a FSR just looked dumbley at me
You could see the penny dropping in the cops expression, but not wanting to look like a complete blithering Idiot still wagged a finger at Josh and told him to be careful.
Seeing that we were heading towards our car, he put the ticket book into his jacket pocket and rode down the road, off the FSR and parked in front of the Car, waiting for us to ride onto the paved road ........
Giving the twat a cautious wave, josh an I turned around and just rode up the road, leaving him watching us, and most-likely tearing that ticket up.
So what did we learn?
The cops in Chilliwack know and understand the BCWF insurance rules, having a rifle on the bikes showed we were hunting, and they accepted it as much.
Josh needs to keep calm, and stop gently when confronted by the law.
And there are not a lot of deer along that FSR or in the cut-blocks.
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Originally Posted by Mtn Wonderer
