IS THERE any excuse a copper hasn't heard after nabbing someone for a traffic offence?
A Castlemaine local caught speeding the other day told the boy in blue it was because he had a cake in the oven.
Funny thing, it was true.
The poor chap had bunged a banana cake in the oven before popping down to the local cafe for a quick coffee with his partner and her grandmother.
Time got away and so he raced home on his motorbike only to be caught doing 20km/hour over the limit.
Not only that. The copper wanted to ping him for failing to indicate when he pulled into the cafe on the way down.
On hearing his excuse for the speeding, the copper smugly invited the offender to take him home and show him the evidence.
The biker gladly obliged and pulled his fresh, hot cake - luckily unharmed - from the oven for the copper to try.
Unfortunately, it was not enough to get him off the hook.
The only concession the copper would give was to invite his victim to choose between the speeding fine and the fail-to-indicate.
The cake baker opted for the cheaper fail-to-indicate offence but at $100 for the fine, it turned out to be an expensive cake.
