OK FReepers, get out yer tinfoil ... got a question (VANITY ALERT)

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[Bobby777]

I know this is a silly question (hope I won't get flamed TOO bad, LOL) but I saw something unusual today, thought it was odd, and thought, OK, maybe this is something a lot simpler than it was ...

OK, here we go ... (this is really dumb)

I was on an overpass, preparing to turn onto the on-ramp for the freeway, when I start hearing sirens, and look over to my right to see what looks like a cop on a motorcycle coming up the opposite off-ramp ... so I halt my left turn to let this guy go by and do whatever ...

He goes by ... looks like a regular city cop or highway patrol, but he's all dressed in black, the bike is all black and chrome, had the flashing red light on a pole on the bag, an American flag about a foot high ... so, I'm thinking, "Is there a Presidential limousine coming or something?, did I miss something big?" ...

And there are no markings that I can see on the motorcycle ... no emblem, nothing ...

so this guy gets on the on-ramp (where I was going) and comes to a stop ... so I start to head down the ramp thinking I'll have to pull over and wait for whatever and this guy takes off like crazy down the ramp ... so my passenger and I assume he's going after a semi ... he weaves in and out of traffic, gets off on the next off-ramp ... repeats the process ... gets back on the freeway, weaves in and out like crazy ... until the next off-ramp ...

repeats the process ... gets off, runs through the light, waits on the on-ramp and then drives like crazy getting back on the freeway ... he then took a ramp to an intersecting freeway and that's the last I saw of him ... no other cars, no motorcycles ...

at first we thought he was escorting a truck with some sort of dangerous cargo ... didn't appear so ...

this was in the Kansas City area ... this is the first time I saw this and for the life of me, couldn't figure out what he was doing ... I almost thought it was some guy pretending to be an officer and just clowning around ...

I might have thought he was checking underpasses, but when he stopped, it was always on the on-ramp, not on the off-ramp nor any underpass ...

(dons tinfoil hat ... prepares to take shower ... LOL)

and before somebody says it, black helicopters = black motorcycles ... LOL ... I don't know ... just thought it was strange ... I started to pull over and phone the highway patrol ... never seen anything quite like that ...

[Bobby777]

hence the reason I mentioned it on FR ... yeah, he was kinda dressed like the guy in Clear and Present Danger who intercepted the CIA vehicles (black helmet IIRC) but the bike looked a lot like a regular Harley that the Highway Patrol would ride ...

it was just plain weird ... if he had pulled over a car or a semi, or stuck with a semi, I wouldn't think it that weird ... probably nothing, but thought, raise awareness and have a little fun at the same time ...

[Bobby777]

pod ... hehe ... well, it didn't look like Saddam Hussein, Steven Hatfill, Jimmy Hoffa or Elvis, so I didn't know what to think ... LOL

[jdontom]

Sometimes Funeral processions have unmarked cycles with riders resembeling patrol officers doing traffic control. Here in Calif. we see them all the time, you have to take a second look because there appearence looks just like your local highway patrol officer.

[Bobby777]

well, we thought about that too ... but no hearse ... wouldn't have mattered 'cuz the hearse would have needed a 426 Hemi with a 6-71 supercharger / nitrous oxide to keep up with this guy once he hit the gas ...

[WKB]

Could it be A+ Bert?

[halfdome]

If he was weaving in and out of traffic, and making the drivers slow down with his siren and lights, that's very common here in Southern California. There is a name for it, it may be called splitting traffic but I don't remember exactly what it's called.

[donmeaker]

Funerals in LA typically rent real cops with their real motorcycles for the motorcade. Just another way to supplement the officer's income, increase safety, and it also gives the cops an opportunity to do some training. Yeah, that's it. Training! And if someone tries to bust up the motorcade, you have a real cop with real peace officer authority right there to persuade them.

[Bobby777]

possibly!!! ,,, now this will show up on a conspiracy site!!!

[Bobby777]

possibly, but I've never seen them do that hear ... but there was a lot of traffic ... it was about 3:00 p.m. or so ... then he took off eastbound on I-70, away from the metro area ...

[jdontom]

I'ts the same here in the Northern part of the state, CHP work traffic control from rock concerts to state fairs for extra bucks, traffic control on those funerals can get real harry........

[ILBBACH]

Okay, I live in the KC area (Leawood, KS) and know the interstates well - I WANT DETAILS!!!

Where did all of this take place? I left KC Ballet (16th & Broadway) Wedsnesday about 3:00 pm and took 71 highway south.

I would love to know the details, and did Larry Moore have anything to say about it?

[Bobby777]

I almost never watch the local news ... so I don't know if they commented ... first time I saw the guy was at Lakewood and 470 ... he then got off on the next Lakewood exit, repeated the same thing, then continued to 40 highway, did the same thing, then took I-70 towards Blue Springs ... I was rounding the cloverleaf for I-70 westbound when I last saw him ...

Leawood, eh? ... nice town ... except that red light camera in front of Houlihan's ... I've not paid that much attention, I just noticed when it went in ... Houlihan's used to have a great steak there ... and I miss On the Border's chicken-cheese-pico-red cabbage tacos ... they took 'em off the menu ... there ought be a law! 8) ...

[bobbyd]

Sorry Bobby,

Was just out playin' with my new scooter......

[Bobby777]

hehe ... if I didn't know better, I'd think it was a Candid Camera filming or something ... it was really strange ...

[JoeSixPack1]

OK,, try this on for size:
Maybe he was a funeral escort bike waiting for the funeral procession,he was probably getting nervous about exactly where he was supposed to pick up the procession and finally figured it out.

lizma: Shriner Harley's are white. I can be very sure of that. :-)

[savedbygrace]

My guess is, he was just a nut. A dangerous nut, but a nut nonetheless. Report it to the authorities.