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"Fair enough to him, he admitted it straight away," PC Ace later told the BBC. "The excuse was that he was on an emergency phone call because his mum was poorly. "But obviously, that in itself is not an emergency. It takes no more than 20 seconds to pull over to be able to have that opportunity to take that phone call. "In a moped, you're already vulnerable, so much more vulnerable than if you were driving a car. So, you're only using one hand to ride the motorbike, and then you're distracted at the same time. "You don't have access to both your brakes. So, taking a phone call because someone's poorly - it's not an emergency, it's not an excuse." PC Ace explained that the rider claimed he was struggling with his mental health, but when he offered to help him by assisting him with referrals, he declined, adding he was saying things out of frustration. "We do find that some people play on our compassion as police officers," he added. "And while we have a degree of understanding, by taking that phone call he puts himself at risk. "What use is he going to be to his mum if he has a car crash? He's a father, he has responsibilities. "It was a difficult conversation because I'm obviously a human being and I try to deal with people, not just the offence that's in front of me. "There are some people who try to play on our empathy and compassion, but in reality their regret is that they got caught, not that they had been doing something wrong."
