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luke37

Original Poster:

32 posts

260 months

Monday 7th June 2004
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do the police in England obey the road rules on duty?

Tonyrec

3,984 posts

277 months

Monday 7th June 2004
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Of course!

mcflurry

9,184 posts

275 months

Monday 7th June 2004
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I would hope so, their livelihoods are at stake if they don't...

There should be no speed limit to catching criminals

Pies

13,116 posts

278 months

Monday 7th June 2004
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Tonyrec said:
Of course!


No they dont,ive just followed a Panda doing 35mph in a 30 and failed to indicate a two junctions

jeffreyarcher

675 posts

270 months

Monday 7th June 2004
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What do you think?

Tonyrec

3,984 posts

277 months

Monday 7th June 2004
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Theres always the exception to the rule

stackmonkey

5,083 posts

271 months

Monday 7th June 2004
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Based on observation, seems to be: the faster the car, the better the driving (generally); reflecting the extra training involved for Class 1?

Tonyrec

3,984 posts

277 months

Monday 7th June 2004
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jeffreyarcher said:
What do you think?


Obviously driving a Panda car.

Pies

13,116 posts

278 months

Monday 7th June 2004
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Tonyrec said:
Theres always the exception to the rule


The funny bit is the area they were exiting used to be area traffic division,now its the area CID (or similar)

WildCat

8,369 posts

265 months

Monday 7th June 2004
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You do not always drive to book - I have been behind some of you off duty! Have seen you use Handy (tut!), know you are above speed limit - cos of ever increasing distance - and above 35mph too! (TUT!)!

And what about those who got off speeding ticket because sign was wrong colour? Whatever the colour - still a sign warning of scam and they still trigged it - so they were still breaking the law!

Read letters in papers from BiBs who have points on licence - one has six points!

And - few weeks back - watched one of thos Traffic Cop shows: South Yorks Plod - aka talivan twit - zapping cars and had little gleam in eye whenver he copped one being a bit naughty! Actually admitted he had 3 points for .... 38mph in 30mph zone and numpty got copped by yellow box!

He should have bought a b2

And now -- BiB lives locally - and had England flag attached to his car. Nowt wrong with that -- but damned thing blew off his car and across my husband's windscreen. (He was drivin' his prized Stag as it was nice sunny day - and was not amused at all.! ) Right numpty! He should know better than this! Twazak!

What is view of these darned things attached willy nilly to cars - wingmirrors - aerials, rear windows -fluttering away and being ruddy great distraction when I am driving at respectable speed down M6! And how the hell do we know if numpty has fixed it firmly?

And this BiB should know better - horse riders in area! See flag in their faces and they will spook - no matter what darned space you give!

Surely - there are safer ways of showing support to footy team? Seems a bit bizarre to me - when as far as I am aware - yu are not supposed to have clutter obstructing your view! And these flags dangling from car windows -- clutter!

luke37

Original Poster:

32 posts

260 months

Monday 7th June 2004
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Forgive my ignorance but am i correct in asuming that a policeman is reading and contributing to this forum?

Mr2Mike

20,143 posts

277 months

Monday 7th June 2004
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luke37 said:
Forgive my ignorance but am i correct in asuming that a policeman is reading and contributing to this forum?


Yes, there are several police officers on the forum, Tonyrec being one of them.

Dibble

13,253 posts

262 months

Monday 7th June 2004
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Me too. And yes I obey the rules.

BiB also have an extra set of local rules they must follow, eg response and pursuit guidelines (although these vary from force to force, and according to which class of driver they apply to).

We do have certain exemptions in law for some things like speed limits, red lights etc. But if it goes wrong for us while we are using these exemptions, we are still liable to be prosecuted for offences eg due care, etc.

Nightmare

5,277 posts

306 months

Monday 7th June 2004
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have seen one really bad piece of driving in a police car...when no lights/anything on. but then it was bad enough that I thought it may well have been nicked!

Aside from that....never seen a marked cop car breaking the law. Been stopped by an unmarked who was doing quite a high speed (and I was tucked in behind him abdout 200 yards back for quiet some while), and we hd a polite chat....but that's all really.