Biking Bush collides with policeman

[kpete]

THE GUARDIAN Thu 7 Jul 2005

The police officers guarding the G8 summit in Gleneagles have been trained to expect anything from aggressive demonstrators to devious terrorists.

What they probably have not been briefed on, though, is how to react when the most powerful man on earth comes hurtling towards you on a push bike. [Is ‘push bike’ a shot? — Jim, FL]
Such was the fate of one Scottish police officer who suffered a bruised ankle yesterday evening after being involved in a collision that also left George Bush nursing a few grazes.
A White House spokesman said Mr Bush had been pedalling along for about an hour at what he termed a “pretty good speed” when he hit the officer, who was on foot. […]
Mr Bush became a devotee of cycling a couple of years ago after a knee injury forced him to give up running. But his leisure pursuits are not without their periIs. In May last year he fell off his mountain bike, grazing his chin, top lip, nose, knees and his right hand while riding on his ranch. He also came to grief on a motorised scooter in June 2003. On that occasion, however, neither vehicle nor rider was damaged.

In January 2002, he survived a potentially fatal encounter with a pretzel.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jul/07/g8.georgebush

[GoCubsGo]

1. This is the same guy who fell off of a Segway.

Those things are built so it's really hard to fall off of them.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

2. I remember this and at the time I posted a gif about it.

Someone else here (mopaul) made the gif of Bush on the tricycle and I broke it open to add the flying bobby.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

3. Sounds like he's trying to take up...

Gerald Ford's mantle.