was I right to dial 999 ?
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Last night i was in a huge line of traffic for no apparant reason, 30 mins later I came upon the cause of the tail back, a young asian lad with his bonnet flapped back over his windscreen using his side window to look out of, we come to a set of lights so I expect him to get out and push the bonnet back down...no he waits for the lights to change and tootles on,ggggggrrrrrrrr
I look in the rear view mirror and at minimum there were 50 cars behind him as I overtake and slam on the horn.
as he was all over the road I decided to dial 999 and grass the gobshite up, it was so weird calling and wondered if I was wrong ringing the emergency services when no one was getting murdered or set on fire etc ... what do you lot recon?
I look in the rear view mirror and at minimum there were 50 cars behind him as I overtake and slam on the horn.
as he was all over the road I decided to dial 999 and grass the gobshite up, it was so weird calling and wondered if I was wrong ringing the emergency services when no one was getting murdered or set on fire etc ... what do you lot recon?
You did the right thing. I have called 999 on a few occasions when there has not been a real emergency but the incident has needed police action. I think there should be an alternative number that you can ring for the Police for these occasions. Maybe 222 or 333 etc. for no emergency action.
could you not have just lynched him? Maybe fire-bombed his car or something?cjs said:
You did the right thing. I have called 999 on a few occasions when there has not been a real emergency but the incident has needed police action. I think there should be an alternative number that you can ring for the Police for these occasions. Maybe 222 or 333 etc. for no emergency action.
OP You did the right thing.I've got 0845 1135000 as a non essential number for local
crackthatoff said:
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I look in the rear view mirror and at minimum there were 50 cars behind him as I overtake and slam on the horn.
as he was all over the road I decided to dial 999 and grass the gobshite up, it was so weird calling and wondered if I was wrong ringing the emergency services when no one was getting murdered or set on fire etc ... what do you lot recon?
Spot on mate. The guy is a danger to other road users.I look in the rear view mirror and at minimum there were 50 cars behind him as I overtake and slam on the horn.
as he was all over the road I decided to dial 999 and grass the gobshite up, it was so weird calling and wondered if I was wrong ringing the emergency services when no one was getting murdered or set on fire etc ... what do you lot recon?
Had to phone the Police once because of a cyclist on the A3 that was causing some problems. We spoke to the despatch person and they said "nothing wrong with a bicycle on the A3", so we replied "but they are cycling in the middle lane". The despatch woman was priceless, you could of heard her mouth drop to the floor "...in the middle lane....we'll have someone straight out".
About a minute later as we passed through Hook, we saw a traffic car on the hard shoulder who suddenly went to warp as he got the call.
thunderbirds said:
You Britts are impatient.
too right I have spent thousands buying the car I have saved up for, I want to use it without a little tool spoiling the fun at the end of the journey..... Do'h.... I mean I was just thinking of the safety of my fellow road users... Shit did I just get busted?crackthatoff said:
thunderbirds said:
You Britts are impatient.
too right I have spent thousands buying the car I have saved up for, I want to use it without a little tool spoiling the fun at the end of the journey..... Do'h.... I mean I was just thinking of the safety of my fellow road users... Shit did I just get busted?
thunderbirds said:
crackthatoff said:
thunderbirds said:
You Britts are impatient.
too right I have spent thousands buying the car I have saved up for, I want to use it without a little tool spoiling the fun at the end of the journey..... Do'h.... I mean I was just thinking of the safety of my fellow road users... Shit did I just get busted?
Holst said:
Id have pulled infront of the lad and offered him my handy roll of repair tape.
Tape the bonnet down and then he would be ok at his usual speed
Better than calling the police on him, and more effective.
to be fair the point was that he wouldn't pull over, like he needed to get off the road asap, why he didn't pull to the side of the road and call one of his family/mates/aa/rac or do something himself? it was all a little dodgy !Tape the bonnet down and then he would be ok at his usual speed
Better than calling the police on him, and more effective.
crackthatoff said:
Holst said:
Id have pulled infront of the lad and offered him my handy roll of repair tape.
Tape the bonnet down and then he would be ok at his usual speed
Better than calling the police on him, and more effective.
to be fair the point was that he wouldn't pull over, like he needed to get off the road asap, why he didn't pull to the side of the road and call one of his family/mates/aa/rac or do something himself? it was all a little dodgy !Tape the bonnet down and then he would be ok at his usual speed
Better than calling the police on him, and more effective.
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