No action after rolling a car in to a field.
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Watching police interceptors and a woman flags down a traffic cop in tears saying she has just seen a car fly off the road.
When he checks an 18 year old as came off the road in a 50 limit and the car rolled over a few times and landed back on its wheels albeit totally f
ked.
The police checked he didnt need any medical attention, then said good luck with the parents and left the scene. The narrator said no action will be taken.
How? You dont roll in to a field without some sort of serious speed/bald tyres.
When he checks an 18 year old as came off the road in a 50 limit and the car rolled over a few times and landed back on its wheels albeit totally f
ked.The police checked he didnt need any medical attention, then said good luck with the parents and left the scene. The narrator said no action will be taken.
How? You dont roll in to a field without some sort of serious speed/bald tyres.
Just seen this- he was a very lucky lad.
As to why no further action being taken - maybe too difficult to prove exactly what happened, or effort/result ratio too big to justify it?
Either way, I'd say it was likely a combo of too fast for the conditions and lack of experience..
ETA Soz, I'm stating the bleedin' obvious there!
As to why no further action being taken - maybe too difficult to prove exactly what happened, or effort/result ratio too big to justify it?
Either way, I'd say it was likely a combo of too fast for the conditions and lack of experience..
ETA Soz, I'm stating the bleedin' obvious there!
I rolled my car when I was younger, copper checked the road and diagnosed diesel on surface. Put a call out to the office who told local radio and arranged the council. He took me to his police station to wait for the recovery truck.
No action was taken, not sure what action he could have taken to be honest.
No action was taken, not sure what action he could have taken to be honest.
I suppose if they already think he's learnt his lesson, what would be the point of trying for a prosecution?
I crashed into a field in my yooth, going far too fast and didn't make the turn.
Police turned up, was genuinely very remorseful, checked my details, called the recovery truck and sent me on my way.
Learned a hell of a lot from that accident.
I crashed into a field in my yooth, going far too fast and didn't make the turn.
Police turned up, was genuinely very remorseful, checked my details, called the recovery truck and sent me on my way.
Learned a hell of a lot from that accident.
It looked like a non recordable RTC. No damage to property other than the drivers car, no injuries.
Is it in the public interest to prosecute?
Is it worth spending thousands of pounds to (possibly) put a young lad in front of a court where there was no adverse affect on anyone other than the lad?
Are bald tyres and excessive speed the only causes of accidents? Who is to say he didn't swerve to avoid a fox (that fox gets everywhere) or aquaplane, skid on black ice, get blown off course by a freak tornado?
As Loon said...it's called discretion. Something people are always crying out to be used, and it was. Rightly so IMO.
Is it in the public interest to prosecute?
Is it worth spending thousands of pounds to (possibly) put a young lad in front of a court where there was no adverse affect on anyone other than the lad?
Are bald tyres and excessive speed the only causes of accidents? Who is to say he didn't swerve to avoid a fox (that fox gets everywhere) or aquaplane, skid on black ice, get blown off course by a freak tornado?
As Loon said...it's called discretion. Something people are always crying out to be used, and it was. Rightly so IMO.
LoonR1 said:
I thought we wanted more traffic police so that they could apply discretion? As soon as one does that everyone seems to jump on him and demand he charges the driver.
The war on motorists is going strong in here.
Loon i would have thought that would have realised what is meant be discretion by many of the posters demanding it The war on motorists is going strong in here.
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i.e. ' the police should let me off becasue i'm a powerfully built be-goateed company director' but should charge anyone who doesn't share the same immature borderline sociopathic wannabe libertarian views of the PH vocal minority
I was more concerned they let off that moron who wouldn't let them get a word in edgeways after they stopped him with no offside lighting.
That's so increbibly dangerous I almost had a head on when one of these twonks came the other way on an unlit country road.
Anyone taking to the road in that state should definitely get a due care if not dangerous charge.
This lad made a mistake and paid a price so they used discretion, exactly what we want.
That's so increbibly dangerous I almost had a head on when one of these twonks came the other way on an unlit country road.
Anyone taking to the road in that state should definitely get a due care if not dangerous charge.
This lad made a mistake and paid a price so they used discretion, exactly what we want.
I can't see them using discretion if it was one of us hitting 70 in a 50 then slowing down for the bend and not crashing.
Also, suppose another member of the public had arrived on the scene complaining that the accident driver had overtaken him 5 miles previously, 'driving like a maniac', 'engine screaming', etc etc. Would this affect the police decision whether or not to prosecute?
Also, suppose another member of the public had arrived on the scene complaining that the accident driver had overtaken him 5 miles previously, 'driving like a maniac', 'engine screaming', etc etc. Would this affect the police decision whether or not to prosecute?
Dr Jekyll said:
I can't see them using discretion if it was one of us hitting 70 in a 50 then slowing down for the bend and not crashing.
Also, suppose another member of the public had arrived on the scene complaining that the accident driver had overtaken him 5 miles previously, 'driving like a maniac', 'engine screaming', etc etc. Would this affect the police decision whether or not to prosecute?
I can't see them using discretion either, mainly because they wouldn't be there at allAlso, suppose another member of the public had arrived on the scene complaining that the accident driver had overtaken him 5 miles previously, 'driving like a maniac', 'engine screaming', etc etc. Would this affect the police decision whether or not to prosecute?
Dr Jekyll said:
I can't see them using discretion if it was one of us hitting 70 in a 50 then slowing down for the bend and not crashing.
Also, suppose another member of the public had arrived on the scene complaining that the accident driver had overtaken him 5 miles previously, 'driving like a maniac', 'engine screaming', etc etc. Would this affect the police decision whether or not to prosecute?
Very good points well madeAlso, suppose another member of the public had arrived on the scene complaining that the accident driver had overtaken him 5 miles previously, 'driving like a maniac', 'engine screaming', etc etc. Would this affect the police decision whether or not to prosecute?
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