Police using kids at the roadside.

[anonymous-user]

Are we sure this isn't just a case of policemen getting younger?

[TerryThomas]

I pulled into the village hall car park, got out asked why and he said it was random and would I listen to the children's concerns about speed and road safety? With a class full of kids 5 feet away it's hard to say no. So the guilt trip started there. And as it progressed and the pre prepped questions were obviously loaded against me, I took my leave.

[The Mad Monk]

egor110 said:

Did you query why you'd have to listen to the kids and answer there questions?

The children would probably have picked you up on your spelling.

[egor110]

The Mad Monk said:

egor110 said:

Did you query why you'd have to listen to the kids and answer there questions?

The children would probably have picked you up on your spelling.

Doubtful as i once i'd established they had no reason to hold me i wouldn't of stayed there.

[SVTRick]

Nothing new.

The clergy have been using young boys for years.

[Jasandjules]

Would it be wrong to suggest the children learn the green cross code....

[The Mad Monk]

egor110 said:

The Mad Monk said:

egor110 said:

Did you query why you'd have to listen to the kids and answer there questions?

The children would probably have picked you up on your spelling.

Doubtful as i once i'd established they had no reason to hold me i wouldn't of stayed there.

I very much doubt that the children would allow you to depart until you had capitalised the personal pronouns, and corrected other grammatical errors.

[egor110]

The Mad Monk said:

egor110 said:

The Mad Monk said:

egor110 said:

Did you query why you'd have to listen to the kids and answer there questions?

The children would probably have picked you up on your spelling.

Doubtful as i once i'd established they had no reason to hold me i wouldn't of stayed there.

I very much doubt that the children would allow you to depart until you had capitalised the personal pronouns, and corrected other grammatical errors.

Capitalised or Capitalized ?

[singlecoil]

egor110 said:

Capitalised or Capitalized ?

Your profile says United Kingdom.

[Cold]

singlecoil said:

egor110 said:

Capitalised or Capitalized ?

Your profile says United Kingdom.

In that case the answer would be London.

[Riley Blue]

singlecoil said:

egor110 said:

Capitalised or Capitalized ?

Your profile says United Kingdom.

I suspect the significance of that may of (sic) escaped him.

[mbcx4jrh]

Riley Blue said:

I suspect the significance of that may of (sic) escaped him.

may have

[caelite]

It's a shame it's a police supported movement now. They tried to do a similar thing up my way a while ago, posting a bunch of kids in hi-viz jackets waving guilt trip signs at people, funny thing was they where using one of those '30mph' happy/sad face signs to determine whether folks where speeding or not. It was run by 'community volunteers' which I think was just old biddys from the church next to the school.

Long story short the happy/sad sign didnt even give a readout if you hit it going over 50ish , think they eventually stopped doing it simply due to lack of interest, it was a village road previously a 40 (and an nsl a couple of decades back) which was recently made a 30 to account for a new housing estate.

[brrapp]

mbcx4jrh said:

Riley Blue said:

I suspect the significance of that may of (sic) escaped him.

may have

I may be due a parrot here, but do you know the meaning of (sic) ?

[jith]

caelite said:

It's a shame it's a police supported movement now. They tried to do a similar thing up my way a while ago, posting a bunch of kids in hi-viz jackets waving guilt trip signs at people, funny thing was they where using one of those '30mph' happy/sad face signs to determine whether folks where speeding or not. It was run by 'community volunteers' which I think was just old biddys from the church next to the school.

Long story short the happy/sad sign didnt even give a readout if you hit it going over 50ish , think they eventually stopped doing it simply due to lack of interest, it was a village road previously a 40 (and an nsl a couple of decades back) which was recently made a 30 to account for a new housing estate.

When I was at school, a traffic cop in a big black Jag came to visit us every month and taught us about the insanity of walking onto the road in front of oncoming vehicles, and how to cross in safety.

A much more productive use of police and school time.

J

[PAULJ5555]

I hope they are also educating these kids to keep of the road and how to Stop, Look, Listen.

[brrapp]

Our local TV news station ran a story about a school in Cumbria which was running a proper Speed Awareness Course using primary school kids and teachers to get the points across. I wouldn't mind getting sent on that course just to have my say and hopefully reverse some of the brainwashing getting done on the kids.

[mel]

"I'm sorry Officer but there's a Court Order preventing me from talking to children, it's all on the register you know"

[TooMany2cvs]

mel said:

"I'm sorry Officer but there's a Court Order preventing me from talking to children, it's all on the register you know"

"Ooh, hello, Doreen from two doors away - didn't notice you there..."
<few hours later>
<return from work to "paedo" graffiti on still-smouldering remains of house, with a tooled-up welcoming committee waiting for you...>

[Devil2575]

TooMany2cvs said:

KungFuPanda said:

What would happen if you stopped (you had to stop as it would be a Police officer flagging you down), you sat silently whilst the kid admonished you and then went into a diatribe about how Santa Claus isn't real, the tooth fairy isn't real, they aren't going to get their Xmas presents this year because they've been bad, their dad is having an affair etc, etc until the kid breaks down and hates the Police for putting them in that situation. An offence won't have been committed would it?

I suspect you'd get shut down fairly bloody quickly, and told that not only were you about to be prosecuted for the speeding that got you stopped in the first place.
It'd be nice to think that they'd skip the FPN, and just go straight to a court date, with your rant presented to the magistrate along with the details of the offence...

As a father also I'd be hunting you down and kicking the living st out of you, for being a complete tt and deliberatly trying to upset my child because you're upset that you got caught being a tt and also for being a complete bellend and not keeping your speed down when going past a school.