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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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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 - This FML is from back in 2009 but it's good stuff - 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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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.

Comments

calmagal 0

Monday 1 November 2010 15:42

awe poor kid. it's not your fault though, you have a job to do.

persimmon 0

Saturday 2 April 2011 5:31

wait, no bikes on sidewalks? you make children ride their bikes out in the road???

Mcmanjam 0

Monday 4 April 2011 16:20

Surprised you even cared pos pig

astriofou 0

Tuesday 17 May 2011 11:17

its ok policeman just keep up the good work and respect the law. :)

maddy8991 0

Tuesday 21 June 2011 21:06

bikes should be on sidewalks...we don't want to get a ticket because they think they're a car and slow us down when we have to "share the road"

AvikC818 8

Thursday 10 November 2011 6:36

Douchebag pig

LittleOwl11 3

Sunday 17 June 2012 14:55

Where the hell do you live? Why is it illegal to ride your bike on the freaking path? Would you rather we rode in the middle of the road? Then you would have to deal with multiple car crashes, and dead cyclists. **** the police. No one likes you.

kgspaz 2

Monday 4 November 2013 6:29

why would a boy with down syndrome be riding his bike alone?

Joshuayake 4

Monday 14 July 2014 23:20

Exactly!

xxreikoxx 31

Sunday 23 November 2014 23:02

You make it sound like people with Down Syndrome are completely dependent on caregivers. They're not. Just because they have a developmental disability doesn't mean they're not capable of doing simple things, such as riding their bike on the sidewalk by themselves. Besides, how do we know the poor dude was alone? His parent or guardian could have been nearby and handled it as soon as he started to cry.