Just been pulled by cumbria police
Discussion
Jand said that it appears you have been drinking sir what have you had to drink?
they said my driving is borderline on reckless as was swerving over the road.. My reply was there was glass in the road and i did not want to drive over it. I knew it was there (I only live 200m away from where i was pulled over...
I was driving at 20 in a 20 as i saw them behind me.
I later find out they were on there way to stabbing and that they pulled me over as they first thought i was drunk. secondly they put me in the back of there car interogated me some more. then proceded to to a vehicle check wasting 20 minuted of my time (i also had my wife and 2 kids in the back who are under 2). Then thay said to me that the car is not register to you who does it belong to etc etc....
After 20minutes get back to my wifes car and she was laughing. I aint bothered about being pulled over but it was only a clio i manouvered around glass that was in the road to avoid possible damage to the car...
1) i was not pi55ed
2) was not driving in a dangerous manner
3) the car aint nicked
Its just wound me up that they could waste 20minutes pulling me over rather than attend a stabbing that had happened during a burglary.
Steve
they said my driving is borderline on reckless as was swerving over the road.. My reply was there was glass in the road and i did not want to drive over it. I knew it was there (I only live 200m away from where i was pulled over...
I was driving at 20 in a 20 as i saw them behind me.
I later find out they were on there way to stabbing and that they pulled me over as they first thought i was drunk. secondly they put me in the back of there car interogated me some more. then proceded to to a vehicle check wasting 20 minuted of my time (i also had my wife and 2 kids in the back who are under 2). Then thay said to me that the car is not register to you who does it belong to etc etc....
After 20minutes get back to my wifes car and she was laughing. I aint bothered about being pulled over but it was only a clio i manouvered around glass that was in the road to avoid possible damage to the car...
1) i was not pi55ed
2) was not driving in a dangerous manner
3) the car aint nicked
Its just wound me up that they could waste 20minutes pulling me over rather than attend a stabbing that had happened during a burglary.
Steve
and there you have it, in a nutshell....is it brainwashing against all the drivers that does it? or are all the good cops (
tonyrec etc) scattered so sparsely we hardly ever come across them? why should it be that it is newsworthy on PH that we meet or experience a "good" cop? I know there will always be gimps in all walks of life, but...oh f*** it, I'm too annoyed.
makes me mad
tonyrec etc) scattered so sparsely we hardly ever come across them? why should it be that it is newsworthy on PH that we meet or experience a "good" cop? I know there will always be gimps in all walks of life, but...oh f*** it, I'm too annoyed. makes me mad
mungo said:
There was probably more than one car sent to that call... Probably someone else got there before them - If they thought you were possibly pissed and the other car was enroute to the stabbing then they did right in my opinion.
No offense but if they did think you were drunk then they may also have thought you were involved in the stabbing. I was pulled over in my youth by a police car looking for a similar car involved in an assault. Nowt to do with me but I can see why they pulled me and to be honest it's exactly what I'd expect them to do.
20 mins wasted time is a fair price to pay if they can catch the scrotes.
mungo said:
stevieb said:
Its just wound me up that they could waste 20minutes pulling me over rather than attend a stabbing that had happened during a burglary.
Steve
There was probably more than one car sent to that call... Probably someone else got there before them - If they thought you were possibly pissed and the other car was enroute to the stabbing then they did right in my opinion.
Mungo I know for a fact that they were the only car to attend i admit there was an ambulance outside the house in question but no cop car to be seen.
The house was on the same estate as mine but different road had a drive round and waited for the copper to arrive at the scene. And i made dam sure he saw me and that i knwo he was on route to this but stopped me
They only thought i was pissed as was in on the middle of the road to avoid loads of broken glass. Clear road well lit no other obsticals
>> Edited by stevieb on Friday 30th January 00:03
MickC said:
There was probably more than one car sent to that call... Probably someone else got there before them - If they thought you were possibly pissed and the other car was enroute to the stabbing then they did right in my opinion.
No offense but if they did think you were drunk then they may also have thought you were involved in the stabbing. I was pulled over in my youth by a police car looking for a similar car involved in an assault. Nowt to do with me but I can see why they pulled me and to be honest it's exactly what I'd expect them to do.
20 mins wasted time is a fair price to pay if they can catch the scrotes.
Assuming i was involved in tht stabbing is ridiculos they saw that i came from a different dirrection. and there is only one way into the estate 1 road ends in culdesac and 3 other culdesacs so one way in one way out..
I may complain of why i was seen as a priority over the buglary and stabbing
Steve
go for a complaint!
does anyone remember the female friend of a friend of mine who was sexually attacked whilst walking her dogs?
well that was a few months ago now and she has still not had a visit from the Police despite finding out the attackers address(and reporting the fact to the Police!), I just cannot believe that she has not been able to work since this incedent and the bib have shown absolutely NO interest in her!, he could after all be a potential rapist!
does anyone remember the female friend of a friend of mine who was sexually attacked whilst walking her dogs?
well that was a few months ago now and she has still not had a visit from the Police despite finding out the attackers address(and reporting the fact to the Police!), I just cannot believe that she has not been able to work since this incedent and the bib have shown absolutely NO interest in her!, he could after all be a potential rapist!
DanH said:
Not worth pissing them off over something like this. They can make your life a lot harder than you can make theirs.
what they going to do keep pulling me over..
Thats harassment.. and abuse of power.. oh i forgot it ok to abuse the power that you have isnt it Tony Blair does it thats a good role model..
mungo said:
There was probably more than one car sent to that call... Probably someone else got there before them - If they thought you were possibly pissed and the other car was enroute to the stabbing then they did right in my opinion.
Mungo, it doesn't take 20 minutes to find out if someone is drunk or not. They were obviously not wanting to get to the stabbing, in my opinion.
They can make life real difficult for you (if they want to). Every time they pull you over they'll find your hand break isn't adequate (or something else). You can't argue, If you take it straight to an MOT station for them to check, they'll still say you adjusted it. (It happend to my bro!).
It's not new this. 22 years ago I was pulled over on my RD50 because I had 2 number plates on the rear (don't ask, it was a 'mod' thing). The cop actually said it was a toss up between pulling me over (flat out a 30mph and all legal) and a rusty Ford Escort with no front or rear offside lights working (and it was pouring with rain at night).
So, ask yourself, which was the easiest thing to do? Hassle me for 10 minutes or stop a beat up Escort and fill out all the associated paperwork for the (then) court appearance and endorsement.
So, ask yourself, which was the easiest thing to do? Hassle me for 10 minutes or stop a beat up Escort and fill out all the associated paperwork for the (then) court appearance and endorsement.
AlpineAndy said:
They can make life real difficult for you (if they want to). Every time they pull you over they'll find your hand break isn't adequate (or something else). You can't argue, If you take it straight to an MOT station for them to check, they'll still say you adjusted it. (It happend to my bro!).
its a newish car dont need MOT.. FFFFFing w*nkers
A bit of anal-retentive policing going on there i think.
Given the wife and kids in the car would on balance of all probabilities be enough to convince most that the car was not stolen or involved in a crime, that the explanation for swerving was one that could be demonstrated by walking down the street and seeing the glass, and that a quick smell of breath of even breathalyser would settle the drunk issue, it would appear bloody unnecessary for the cops to take so much time.
In any case driver crimes are obviously more important than street crimes to this government, local councils and the cops.
Given the wife and kids in the car would on balance of all probabilities be enough to convince most that the car was not stolen or involved in a crime, that the explanation for swerving was one that could be demonstrated by walking down the street and seeing the glass, and that a quick smell of breath of even breathalyser would settle the drunk issue, it would appear bloody unnecessary for the cops to take so much time.
In any case driver crimes are obviously more important than street crimes to this government, local councils and the cops.
andyps said:
Cynical view this perhaps, but if they could get stevieb for something then they have solved one crime, probably not likely to catch the burglar/stabber so at least they have a 50% clean up rate rather than 0%.
But what crime did i commit?? None other than Drive on the Road..
exactly, the one and only time i was pulled over the guy spent 15 minutes harrassing me but then sent me on my way (where i couldn't keep up with him as he was going best part of 40 in a 30 and i wasn't comfortable doing that speed with people/parked cars around)
the thing is, he never accused me of anything, he never checked my license, never checked the car... he was probably just lonely come to think of it!!!
i mean, it was 10:30, i had just come out of Sainsbury's car park, me and my passenger were both clearly in Sainsbury's uniform yet he thought it was better to spend 15 mins harrassing me than catching the knobs dealing drugs and whatever else they do at the top of sainsbury's car park...
although my incident was pretty minor, it doesn't give you faith in the police (know some coppers... not all bad!) when they do this sort of thing...
the thing is, he never accused me of anything, he never checked my license, never checked the car... he was probably just lonely come to think of it!!!
i mean, it was 10:30, i had just come out of Sainsbury's car park, me and my passenger were both clearly in Sainsbury's uniform yet he thought it was better to spend 15 mins harrassing me than catching the knobs dealing drugs and whatever else they do at the top of sainsbury's car park...
although my incident was pretty minor, it doesn't give you faith in the police (know some coppers... not all bad!) when they do this sort of thing...
stevieb said:
Cynical view this perhaps, but if they could get stevieb for something then they have solved one crime, probably not likely to catch the burglar/stabber so at least they have a 50% clean up rate rather than 0%.
But what crime did i commit?? None other than Drive on the Road..
Sorry - I know you didn't commit a crime, just that if they could have pinned anything at all on you it would heve been a "result". That is the great thing about all speeding offences - they are all 100% clear up. It is not like someone reports a speeding driver, the police record the report and then do very little about it as seems to be the case with too many real crimes.
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