Light of Aria wrote:

"pk" wrote:
"David Hansen" wrote:

http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Cyclist-fined-after-three-hours.4747444.jp.

Rough translation:
"the cyclist got lippy and tried to be clever by shining the "light"
in the officer's face" so they nicked him.
pk

That sounds like what may have happened. If you show Police disrespect
they will go to town on you.

Being a sociology lecturer he's the sort of person who might be a bit
bolshie.

Not necessarily.

I used to know several sociology lecturers - one or two of them (OK, maybe
three) were as you describe, buut at least as many were ordinary,
semi-detached, suburban, pipe-and-slippers, Audi or Volvo-driving men.