what powers to locals have when holding speed gun?
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Red Devil said:
Most of the people they 'catch' live in the same village or the next one down the road.
A mate who's a copper up in the midlands got sent out to a village where the locals had been complaining about speeding, he said virtually all the people he nabbed lived in the village 
boobles said:
jesta1865 said:
sorry fella all their jackets and things say speedwatch, never mention plod.
But can you clearly see that whilst approaching them in the car?Regardless, they have zero power other than reporting motorists to the police who are more likely to ignore them anyway. If that stretch of road was that important to the police they would stand there with speed guns & make lots of money.
Edited by boobles on Wednesday 17th September 12:06
Our parish (briefly) got involved in the Essex scheme. We've got a couple of roads where excessive speed is an issue, mainly locals, but also tourists using the camp site in the village. Police would love to enforce there more, but our local area of 12 villages is covered by 4 officers and 2 PCSOs with 1 'official' speed gun between them. They use the data from CSW to try and determine patterns of speeding to work out which times/areas are most worthwhile properly enforcing.
A small group of them regularly do it on the way into our village, I don't mind them as to be fair a lot of people do drive into the village at knobhead speeds after they come out of the NSL (our village is on a rat run from the A5 into the nearest town). I have in the past taken a slightly perverse pleasure by - as long as there's no-one behind me - slowing down to 15mph when I see them and trundling past with a cheery wave though. They don't like that at all.
boobles said:
Approach them & ask them what they are doing. If they say monitoring people's speed etc kindly remind that impersonating a police officer is a criminal offence.
I bet that most, if not all have the support of the police, so don't think that will do anything other than make you look like a bit of a plonker!boobles said:
Jon1967x said:
Come on, get real... impersonating a copper because they have a yellow jacket and holding something in the air... The zimmer frame they are leaning against gives it away anyway.
If you are not speeding you have nothing to worry about either way
Hey I don't give a sIf you are not speeding you have nothing to worry about either way
t if they stand there or not, just asking the question thats all.Knickers/twist.
I do not see that they are doing any harm to anybody and in fact do have some sympathy.
The house where I live is at the bottom of a hill leading out of a small village. My driveway gate is at least 100 meters inside the 30 limit and I have nearly been wiped out many times by people doing at least 60mph way before they hit the NSL.
Where can I get some of these special pensioners? They may stop the habitual speeders who mostlty live in the village racing past my house.
I have resorted to jumping out in front of some of the speeders waving my arms...some pensioners would be much less effort and very useful!
The house where I live is at the bottom of a hill leading out of a small village. My driveway gate is at least 100 meters inside the 30 limit and I have nearly been wiped out many times by people doing at least 60mph way before they hit the NSL.
Where can I get some of these special pensioners? They may stop the habitual speeders who mostlty live in the village racing past my house.
I have resorted to jumping out in front of some of the speeders waving my arms...some pensioners would be much less effort and very useful!
sim72 said:
delmatt said:
Where can I get some of these special pensioners? They may stop the habitual speeders who mostlty live in the village racing past my house!
Ours are part of the parish council. That might be a good place to see if you can find some.I had a go at this a few years ago. I'm probably not typical, being 40 and driving a lancia Integrale and an Audi quattro at the time,
It was interesting and the highest speed I "caught" was 57mph just past our local Primary School.
It's only a little village where the vast majority of traffic is local- but that didn't seem to worry the "perps" to much.
It was interesting and the highest speed I "caught" was 57mph just past our local Primary School.
It's only a little village where the vast majority of traffic is local- but that didn't seem to worry the "perps" to much.
Variomatic said:
delmatt][... said:
I have nearly been wiped out many times by people doing at least 60mph way before they hit the NSL.
[...]
I have resorted to jumping out in front of some of the speeders waving my arms[...]
You may find there's a cause / effect relationship at work there....[...]
I have resorted to jumping out in front of some of the speeders waving my arms[...]
What was most disconcerting was the Audi A8 that must have driven past at 80 and the thing was virtually silent as it went past.
I did stop when 3 yooofs in a VW Golf reversed back up the road and wanted to discuss the virtues of the 30 limit in more detail.
Jon1967x said:
You asked - fair enough - you then asked again - at that point you became a cock. If you read my response it included a light hearted reference to a zimmer frame - that far from knickers in a twist. Take your Y fronts and twist them with someone else.
Thanks for the name calling.
Having a debate is fine but name calling is really big & hard isn't it?
Edited by boobles on Thursday 18th September 07:24
boobles said:
Jon1967x said:
You asked - fair enough - you then asked again - at that point you became a cock. If you read my response it included a light hearted reference to a zimmer frame - that far from knickers in a twist. Take your Y fronts and twist them with someone else.
Thanks for the name calling.
Having a debate is fine but name calling is really big & hard isn't it?
Edited by boobles on Thursday 18th September 07:24
Johnnytheboy said:
I've been studying this for a while and come to the conclusion that there are only three templates for community speed watch volunteers:
1. Old woman that looks like a librarian
2. Old man, a bit on the plump side with full white beard
3. Old man who looks somewhat cadaverous and has no beard
I assume they are cloned somewhere.
1. Old woman that looks like a librarian
2. Old man, a bit on the plump side with full white beard
3. Old man who looks somewhat cadaverous and has no beard
I assume they are cloned somewhere.
S'CUSE ME!
May I remind our younger contributors that unless you have already got wiped out due to an accident, or illness, YOU - YES YOU, will become that clone as you cruise into your twilight years, and moreover, it is possible, nay PROBABLE that despite your inevitable denial, your thoughts and behaviour will have radically changed by then and it will be YOU
holding that speed-gun and wearing that hi-vis jacket! How do I know? ...just ask!
SHOCK - HORROR! ...but inescapable!
Johnnytheboy said:
Oh well, at least you've got a hobby.
Actually, no I don't but, I am aware that I am at that end of the spectrum, and I have to give myself a good talking to each morning to make sure I don't....I do however pee off the locals when I troddle down the village with a rather loud 7 litres and 640bhp burbling away behind me!
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