Smoking Dope whilst driving, how fking stupid!
Discussion
This morning i had a near miss on the A12, on the way into London, whilst riding the bike.
The traffic was alreay bumper to bumper, due to another incident earlier on, so i was filtering between lanes 2 and 3.
Whilst filtering a Smart Car pulled across from lane 2 to lane 3 wthout indication. I was able to stop in time, but i was angry, and so rode around to the passenger side of the car, when i told the drive to drop the window. I saw red and wanted to shout at the guy for being a SMIDSY.
On doing so i could then see and then smell that he was smoking a joint!
I would have probably had shouted at him to vent and the carried on to work, if he wasn't in the process of smoking one, but i felt compled to call the police. Did i do tghe right thing? I'm under the impression that his awareness was diminised to due smoking.
I told him that i what i was going to do, and becase the traffice was not mmoving, he coudln't drive away.
We pulled over to the hard shoulder and i grab a picture of him and his car/reg then called the police. The guy was begging me not to do this and was offering me money, so he could leave.
On speaking to the operator, i gave them his details and then said they would send a unit. After waiting for 45mins with this guy on the side of the road, no one turned up.
He left the scene and i then spoke to the operator again to find that the Police could be another 2 hours!
So whats the liklyhood that the police will actully follow this one up? Given that he "sobered" up whilst waiting for them. Can they still do anything? I'm guessing he's a lucky lad and gotten away with driving under the influence of drugs?
The traffic was alreay bumper to bumper, due to another incident earlier on, so i was filtering between lanes 2 and 3.
Whilst filtering a Smart Car pulled across from lane 2 to lane 3 wthout indication. I was able to stop in time, but i was angry, and so rode around to the passenger side of the car, when i told the drive to drop the window. I saw red and wanted to shout at the guy for being a SMIDSY.
On doing so i could then see and then smell that he was smoking a joint!
I would have probably had shouted at him to vent and the carried on to work, if he wasn't in the process of smoking one, but i felt compled to call the police. Did i do tghe right thing? I'm under the impression that his awareness was diminised to due smoking.
I told him that i what i was going to do, and becase the traffice was not mmoving, he coudln't drive away.
We pulled over to the hard shoulder and i grab a picture of him and his car/reg then called the police. The guy was begging me not to do this and was offering me money, so he could leave.
On speaking to the operator, i gave them his details and then said they would send a unit. After waiting for 45mins with this guy on the side of the road, no one turned up.
He left the scene and i then spoke to the operator again to find that the Police could be another 2 hours!
So whats the liklyhood that the police will actully follow this one up? Given that he "sobered" up whilst waiting for them. Can they still do anything? I'm guessing he's a lucky lad and gotten away with driving under the influence of drugs?
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