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A BITTER PILL

I am 81 years old. I was riding in lane one of a dual carriageway on my MV Agusta Brutale when I suddenly spotted road cones to my right and a broken-down lorry ahead. Realising I needed to avoid the lorry, I weaved through the cones into lane two to pass by it. The next thing I saw was a policeman signalling me to stop. I duly pulled in front of the lorry, whereupon he asked what the heck I was doing. He said he’d put out a sign telling motorists that

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