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By Anonymous - 12/05/2009 18:29 - United States

Today, my boss in my police department told me to start enforcing the "No bikes on sidewalks" law, which we usually ignore. I pulled up behind the first person I saw riding a bike on a sidewalk and flashed my lights. It turned out to be a boy with Down's syndrome, who was so upset he cried and peed. FML

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By Andrew - 28/08/2011 22:37 - Ireland

Today, I started my shift as a cop, patrolling the streets on a bicycle. Everywhere I went, gangs of youths yelled stuff out at me, like "Bike twat", "Pig on wheels", "That's a girl's bike you muppet" and "Go on wanker, do a wheelie." FML

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By Anonymous - 24/12/2010 14:13 - United States

Today, as I was riding my bike, I saw a bunch of cute guys checking me out. Not paying attention, I then ran into a parked police car. Besides getting laughed at, I got a ticket for damaging police property. FML

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You deserved it 31 035

By kodijack - 25/01/2010 18:13 - United States

Today, I got stuck behind a guy riding his bike 20 mph below the speed limit. I honked, cursed, screamed, and yelled, before finally managing to overtake him. Once I got home, I went outside to get the paper, and discovered that the biker lives just two doors down from me. FML

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By Mick - 20/02/2009 08:29 - United States

Today, I saw an elderly man fall in a crosswalk, so I jumped off my bike to help. As I helped him across, the light turned green. I then watched across a 6 lane street as someone stole my bike. FML

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By TooFast - 21/07/2019 02:00 - Australia - Mount Druitt

Today, after being promised a job and attending five full days of training and induction for a job as a bicycle delivery officer, I was denied the job at the very end of the last day for, "riding my bicycle too quickly on the road." FML

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By Chelsea - 27/02/2013 22:39 - United States - Aurora

Today, I walked outside to this guy attempting to steal my bike. When I asked him what he was doing he calmly replied, "I'm a bike inspector. You hooked your chain all wrong! This time is a warning; next time it'll be a ticket!" He then threw his full, opened Pepsi can at me. FML

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By Anonymous - 23/12/2016 09:19

Today, I saw a bike locked to a short bollard, making it very easy to steal. Being as nice as I am, I stayed, hoping the owner would come soon and no one else would take it. Then the guy who bullied me in highschool showed up, asked me what I was doing, laughed at me, took the bike, and left. FML

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You deserved it 1 240

By TheIrony - 19/07/2016 21:50 - United States

Today, while driving I saw a police car riding along next to me. Thinking about the news recently, I decided to give him a quick thumbs up and a smile to lighten up his day. He looks back, smiles, flips on his siren, and pulls me over for not paying attention to the road. FML

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By cwell88 - 21/06/2015 13:29

Today, my bike was stolen. These things happen, so I went to work. On my walk to work, a girl pulls up on my bike and says I needed to fix the brakes, someone could kill themselves. She hands the bike to me and runs off. Not even 3 minutes pass before police surrounded me and accused me of stealing my own bike. FML

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By Liz - 01/07/2009 17:41 - United States

Today, I took a bike ride to enjoy the weather and stopped for a break on the sidewalk of an overpass, taking in the view of the beautiful hills. I was approached by a cop, who said to me: "Ma'am, I know your life is crap right now, but I'm sure it'll get better. Please don't jump." FML

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Wednesday 13 May 2009 1:10

wow, that really sucks. its not your fault at all, how were you to know that the kid had down syndrome? You were just doing your job. Don't worry about it man

betsymonty 0

Wednesday 13 May 2009 1:07

You shouldn't feel bad about enforcing the law, and you should definitely tell your boss what happened.

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youfailatlife 0

Wednesday 13 May 2009 1:42

You know that you and your boys had a good laugh back at the station. ******* pigs.

sawdy 0

Wednesday 13 May 2009 1:47

#15 The OP Never said that he wasn't lenient with the kid... he just pulled him over like his boss told him too. #32, You're an asshole

taylor_xo 0

Wednesday 13 May 2009 1:48

I'm curious as to why a boy with down syndrome was riding around near a street unsupervised. If his down syndrome was so bad that that caused him to cry and pee, shouldn't someone be there with him?

24788 6

Wednesday 13 May 2009 1:49

... wow, some cops have nothing better to do.

Aristai 0

Wednesday 13 May 2009 1:49

You were only doing your job, nothing to worry about.

qwertyuiop8989 0

Wednesday 13 May 2009 1:50

#32 being an immature lonely child with no friends is no excuse to talk shit on the internet about people who were born with mental challenges.

dg72592_fml 0

Wednesday 13 May 2009 1:51

why would a place have a "no bikes on sidewalks" law? where else are you supposed to ride your bike, in the middle of the street?

jdw17 13

Sunday 31 January 2016 21:24

Yes. With traffic you are obliged to follow the traffic laws like a motorist if you are on a bike

Waabishkii_ikwe 0

Wednesday 13 May 2009 1:53

All of these assholes who are yelling at you for "being a tyrant" and whatnot are, well, assholes. I completely agree with the law about bikes on sidewalks (even though I often ride mine on the sidewalk, ha ha), as long as it's only enforced on people above a certain age. That must have been a horrible experience for both you and the kid!

Alkron 0

Wednesday 13 May 2009 1:53

What's funny is most of these people are like "Why not on the sidewalk?" I don't know if you guys/gals realize bikes are vehicle and can would be treated as a vehicle to an extent on the road, like car drivers have to treat them like another vehicle