We were introduced to the audience and the announcer then asked the police officer, who was apparently a member of the road safety bureau in the traffic branch, if he had ever ridden a motorcycle himself.
"If I had my way, those things would be banned from the roads," he curtly replied, to our great dismay, the while glaring at me as though daring me to answer his unwarranted reply. The announcer was clearly taken aback, but bugger him, I thought.
"And why would you make such as suggestion, Sergeant?" I asked him politely. "Have you never ridden a motorcycle yourself?"
He stuffed his credibility immediately by his haughty reply. "No, I have not," he trumpeted, "and I have no desire to ever do so."
"Then you don't know what you're missing," I assured him. "I have ridden hundreds of motorcycles during my career in the trade, as well as professionally road testing many machines for a variety of specialist publications. It could thus be argued that I might know a whole lot more of what I am talking about than you do. I say that with the greatest respect, of course, sir."
"Those things are dangerous," he countered. "Everyone knows that."
"Well, I never knew that, so I thank you for the information," I replied, with what I trust was well concealed sarcasm. "But there are many salient features about a motorcycle which makes the vehicle clearly less dangerous than a motorcar. I will list them if you like."
Vintage Morris Vol 2 Lester Morris p59