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I was stopped in January by two officers (a Sgt and a PC) who were, frankly, a'holes. I didn't feel too hard done by because every officer I had dealt with previously had been extremely polite and professional, and I'd had no complaints (even when getting 3 points 4 years ago for 93mph on the A1(M)). But I felt my luck had run out this time: I was being accused of speeding. It was a 70mph DC, midnight, dry and deserted. I had never gone above an indicated 78mph, but they weren't having any of it, I was speeding and that was that ("We did 90mph to catch up with you" - and...?) They weren't traffic and I couldn't help thinking they were looking for an excuse not to deal with the inevitable Friday night brawls in the town centre they were heading towards. Managed not to say that! They breathalysed me (no problems with that), negative of course, much to their obvious annoyance. Decided they'd search the car for the next hour, nothing. Gave me a producer (again, no issue with that). Refused to deal with speeding with FPN, said I'd be receiving summons in the post. Thanks, tossers. Never specified the alleged speed I was doing. Followed me afterwards until I turned off into a garage.
The sergeant in particular was objectionable, answering perfectly reasonable questions with a theatrical snarl, and was generally about as rude as he could be. I believe my attitude towards officers is OK (and has served me well in the past) but I got the impression that nothing I could have said or done here would have made any difference to proceedings.
I also got the impression that he was absolutely desperate to find something to "do" me for which was more serious than speeding. I did wonder at the time whether the officers were authorised to pull people "just" for speeding. I dealt with the producer ASAP, then sweated for 6 months. I was fully expecting the summons to arrive very late on as I know this can and does happen. But nothing came. I phoned the relevant magistrates' court a week after the 6-month deadline to see if any information had been laid. Nothing. I can't quite believe it but everything tells me that I've got away with it!
I would love to know why; would anyone here care to hazard a guess? I am absolutely convinced that the officers in question would not have decided to "be nice" afterwards, and I've never heard of this happening anyway. No evidence, so they couldn't have messed that up. Am I right about some non-traffic officers not being able to report people for speeding but being able to do so for (say) D&D? Or maybe they decided that committing perjury wasn't such a good idea. Maybe they couldn't be bothered to go to court. I really want to know, but I suppose it's probably not a good idea to phone the police and rub their noses in it.
Even though the matter is apparently dead I don't want to give out any more details just in case. But I just wondered if anyone else had had a similar experience. How lucky have I actually been here? I don't ever recall seeing a thread where someone said "I've been told to expect a summons" and then they later said "Nothing ever arrived". I realise people in such situations would often keep it to themselves but still.
Thanks for reading, sorry about the long post. And by the way, anyone who has their first experience with the police at the hands of those two officers is going to get a very bad first impression of the "service". There's no room for the likes of them: power-crazed, lazy, lying sons of biatches.
The sergeant in particular was objectionable, answering perfectly reasonable questions with a theatrical snarl, and was generally about as rude as he could be. I believe my attitude towards officers is OK (and has served me well in the past) but I got the impression that nothing I could have said or done here would have made any difference to proceedings.
I also got the impression that he was absolutely desperate to find something to "do" me for which was more serious than speeding. I did wonder at the time whether the officers were authorised to pull people "just" for speeding. I dealt with the producer ASAP, then sweated for 6 months. I was fully expecting the summons to arrive very late on as I know this can and does happen. But nothing came. I phoned the relevant magistrates' court a week after the 6-month deadline to see if any information had been laid. Nothing. I can't quite believe it but everything tells me that I've got away with it!
I would love to know why; would anyone here care to hazard a guess? I am absolutely convinced that the officers in question would not have decided to "be nice" afterwards, and I've never heard of this happening anyway. No evidence, so they couldn't have messed that up. Am I right about some non-traffic officers not being able to report people for speeding but being able to do so for (say) D&D? Or maybe they decided that committing perjury wasn't such a good idea. Maybe they couldn't be bothered to go to court. I really want to know, but I suppose it's probably not a good idea to phone the police and rub their noses in it.
Even though the matter is apparently dead I don't want to give out any more details just in case. But I just wondered if anyone else had had a similar experience. How lucky have I actually been here? I don't ever recall seeing a thread where someone said "I've been told to expect a summons" and then they later said "Nothing ever arrived". I realise people in such situations would often keep it to themselves but still.
Thanks for reading, sorry about the long post. And by the way, anyone who has their first experience with the police at the hands of those two officers is going to get a very bad first impression of the "service". There's no room for the likes of them: power-crazed, lazy, lying sons of biatches.
That must be a relief. Interesting - just my guess, based several personal experience: If they make a huge fuss, get nasty and everything, then they don't take it further - they're just trying (for whatever reason) to give you hard time.
The one time I did get done, the Officer was the model of politeness (and I'd tried what must have been obvious avoiding tactics to get away from him, and he didn't even mention that).
The one time I did get done, the Officer was the model of politeness (and I'd tried what must have been obvious avoiding tactics to get away from him, and he didn't even mention that).
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