Jumped a red light and.....

[quantum30]

....within seconds I saw the blue lights.

Happened 2 nights ago in central London. I was doing around 25-30 mph when i was approaching the lights, saw the green changing to red and instead of stopping, put my foot down and jumped the red light !!!

I have never done something like this before and I still have no idea why i did it 2 night ago.

Anyway, got stopped. The officer got out of the car, asked me why I didn't stop at the red light. I apologized for being an idiot, told him I had no idea why i did something so stupid. Assured him that i don't drive like this, this was just a one off stupidity. We had a brief chat and he let me go. Didn't get a ticket.

1- He was super nice and polite. He told me about an accident he witnessed recently which happened because of a car jumping a red light ! We had a brief chat. The way he spoke to me made me feel so guilty. I wouldn't have felt like that if I had received 1000 points and £100,000 fine ! I apologised again, and left.

2- He didn't ask for any of my details but he must have my number plate recorded. Any possibility that i would still get a ticket ?

Well, it would be a well deserved ticket anyway.

[funkyrobot]

I thought that only cyclists jumped red lights?

[deltashad]

Wow, and I thought all cops had turned into robots... nice

[deltashad]

On another note, last week I went up a one way street the wrong way in Ploiesti-Romania. As soon as I realised I pulled the car to the side of the road.
A police car saw me and came straight for me.

While he was filling out my ticket my passenger told me to come to the car (the other officer was speaking to him). He told me to get out 200ron and give it to the officer.
I did this and received no ticket. They said multomesc and went on their merry way.

This is the first time I've ever bribed an officer and I quite liked it.

[Nightmare]

deltashad said:

This is the first time I've ever bribed an officer and I quite liked it.

its a weirdly positive feeling isnt it? I had to bribe a female PO in Moscow many years ago...she kept hitting me with her truncheon until I finally got the message and gave her some cash. It was great!

[TwigtheWonderkid]

quantum30 said:

....saw the green changing to red

Defective lights...amber not working. Not your fault.

[StottyEvo]

deltashad said:

Wow, and I thought all cops had turned into robots... nice

My experiance with them is that every police officer I have spoken to has been reasonible.

Until 3weeks ago, I met my first robot! No papers from the courts yet so I presume the CPS through the absolute nonsense out.

But yes, finally meeting a robot policeman made me very bitter. Terrible policing.

[InfoRetrieval]

Nightmare said:

its a weirdly positive feeling isnt it? I had to bribe a female PO in Moscow many years ago...she kept hitting me with her truncheon until I finally got the message and gave her some cash. It was great!

Sure she was a PO?

[TwigtheWonderkid]

StottyEvo said:

But yes, finally meeting a robot policeman made me very bitter. Terrible policing.

What did they try and do, surely they didn't insist on applying the law?

[Rovinghawk]

A few years ago I got pulled for 'enthusiastic' driving & got an instruction to calm things down.

I have a great deal more respect for the policeman concerned than if I'd received a ticket without regard to the circumstances, and made a definite point of keeping my speed down by way of acceptance of his words.

[StottyEvo]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

StottyEvo said:

But yes, finally meeting a robot policeman made me very bitter. Terrible policing.

What did they try and do, surely they didn't insist on applying the law?

The law is discretionary. Imagine coming to a set of temporary lights on red, 4am no traffic, perfectly straight road with no turnings nearby or obsticles. After a minute presuming the lights were stuck, cautiously making your way through the lights, hindering nobody or anything in complete safety.

And getting a tug for it and 3points?

That would be a policeman insisting on applying the law. And incorrectly so IMO anyway.

^Made up example btw

[TwigtheWonderkid]

StottyEvo said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

StottyEvo said:

But yes, finally meeting a robot policeman made me very bitter. Terrible policing.

What did they try and do, surely they didn't insist on applying the law?

The law is discretionary. Imagine coming to a set of temporary lights on red, 4am no traffic, perfectly straight road with no turnings nearby or obsticles. After a minute presuming the lights were stuck, cautiously making your way through the lights, hindering nobody or anything in complete safety.

And getting a tug for it and 3points?

That would be a policeman insisting on applying the law. And incorrectly so IMO anyway.

^Made up example btw

The fact that you used a made up example instead of your own situation kind of tells me yours wasn't quite so clear cut.

[SpudLink]

InfoRetrieval said:

Nightmare said:

its a weirdly positive feeling isnt it? I had to bribe a female PO in Moscow many years ago...she kept hitting me with her truncheon until I finally got the message and gave her some cash. It was great!

Sure she was a PO?

Isn’t that the sort of thing M@x M@sley pays for?

[3Dee]

Nightmare said:

its a weirdly positive feeling isnt it? I had to bribe a female PO in Moscow many years ago...she kept hitting me with her truncheon until I finally got the message and gave her some cash. It was great!

You mean you gave her money to...STOP?
Surely it was the other way around?

[StottyEvo]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

StottyEvo said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

StottyEvo said:

But yes, finally meeting a robot policeman made me very bitter. Terrible policing.

What did they try and do, surely they didn't insist on applying the law?

The law is discretionary. Imagine coming to a set of temporary lights on red, 4am no traffic, perfectly straight road with no turnings nearby or obsticles. After a minute presuming the lights were stuck, cautiously making your way through the lights, hindering nobody or anything in complete safety.

And getting a tug for it and 3points?

That would be a policeman insisting on applying the law. And incorrectly so IMO anyway.

^Made up example btw

The fact that you used a made up example instead of your own situation kind of tells me yours wasn't quite so clear cut.

I don't want to share the details of my personal circumstances.

Do you agree or disagree with my example and would you consider it poor policing is the point of discussion?

[Nightmare]

InfoRetrieval said:

Nightmare said:

its a weirdly positive feeling isnt it? I had to bribe a female PO in Moscow many years ago...she kept hitting me with her truncheon until I finally got the message and gave her some cash. It was great!

Sure she was a PO?

well she had a uniform and a stick - im sure that's good enough! i think it was for crossing the road/jaywalking but was never really sure!

[TwigtheWonderkid]

StottyEvo said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

StottyEvo said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

StottyEvo said:

But yes, finally meeting a robot policeman made me very bitter. Terrible policing.

What did they try and do, surely they didn't insist on applying the law?

The law is discretionary. Imagine coming to a set of temporary lights on red, 4am no traffic, perfectly straight road with no turnings nearby or obsticles. After a minute presuming the lights were stuck, cautiously making your way through the lights, hindering nobody or anything in complete safety.

And getting a tug for it and 3points?

That would be a policeman insisting on applying the law. And incorrectly so IMO anyway.

^Made up example btw

The fact that you used a made up example instead of your own situation kind of tells me yours wasn't quite so clear cut.

I don't want to share the details of my personal circumstances.

Do you agree or disagree with my example and would you consider it poor policing is the point of discussion?

Why would you have a set of lights on a perfectly straight road with no obstacles or turnings?

[StottyEvo]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

StottyEvo said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

StottyEvo said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

StottyEvo said:

But yes, finally meeting a robot policeman made me very bitter. Terrible policing.

What did they try and do, surely they didn't insist on applying the law?

The law is discretionary. Imagine coming to a set of temporary lights on red, 4am no traffic, perfectly straight road with no turnings nearby or obsticles. After a minute presuming the lights were stuck, cautiously making your way through the lights, hindering nobody or anything in complete safety.

And getting a tug for it and 3points?

That would be a policeman insisting on applying the law. And incorrectly so IMO anyway.

^Made up example btw

The fact that you used a made up example instead of your own situation kind of tells me yours wasn't quite so clear cut.

I don't want to share the details of my personal circumstances.

Do you agree or disagree with my example and would you consider it poor policing is the point of discussion?

Why would you have a set of lights on a perfectly straight road with no obstacles or turnings?

Roadworks

[TwigtheWonderkid]

StottyEvo said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

StottyEvo said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

StottyEvo said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

StottyEvo said:

But yes, finally meeting a robot policeman made me very bitter. Terrible policing.

What did they try and do, surely they didn't insist on applying the law?

The law is discretionary. Imagine coming to a set of temporary lights on red, 4am no traffic, perfectly straight road with no turnings nearby or obsticles. After a minute presuming the lights were stuck, cautiously making your way through the lights, hindering nobody or anything in complete safety.

And getting a tug for it and 3points?

That would be a policeman insisting on applying the law. And incorrectly so IMO anyway.

^Made up example btw

The fact that you used a made up example instead of your own situation kind of tells me yours wasn't quite so clear cut.

I don't want to share the details of my personal circumstances.

Do you agree or disagree with my example and would you consider it poor policing is the point of discussion?

Why would you have a set of lights on a perfectly straight road with no obstacles or turnings?

Roadworks

Isn't that an obstacle?

[StottyEvo]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

StottyEvo said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

StottyEvo said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

StottyEvo said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

StottyEvo said:

But yes, finally meeting a robot policeman made me very bitter. Terrible policing.

What did they try and do, surely they didn't insist on applying the law?

The law is discretionary. Imagine coming to a set of temporary lights on red, 4am no traffic, perfectly straight road with no turnings nearby or obsticles. After a minute presuming the lights were stuck, cautiously making your way through the lights, hindering nobody or anything in complete safety.

And getting a tug for it and 3points?

That would be a policeman insisting on applying the law. And incorrectly so IMO anyway.

^Made up example btw

The fact that you used a made up example instead of your own situation kind of tells me yours wasn't quite so clear cut.

I don't want to share the details of my personal circumstances.

Do you agree or disagree with my example and would you consider it poor policing is the point of discussion?

Why would you have a set of lights on a perfectly straight road with no obstacles or turnings?

Roadworks

Isn't that an obstacle?

They usually put up temporery traffic lights if they have to do digging on the road.

I've seen temporery lights put in place even though two cars could pass each other despite the roadworks being in place.