Policeman as a neighbour
Discussion
My mate is into Moto cross and regularly rides his bikes up and down the street, he told me someone as moved in next door and he is a policman should he stop riding his bikes in the street, is an offduty police obliged to say something, I told him he wouldn,t book a neighbour...........would he.?
Yung Man said:
My mate is into Moto cross and regularly rides his bikes up and down the street, he told me someone as moved in next door and he is a policman should he stop riding his bikes in the street, is an offduty police obliged to say something, I told him he wouldn,t book a neighbour...........would he.?
my worse nightmare......
I suppose it depends whether the policeman reckons the law's being broken enough to harm his neighbourly status and respect.
Off duty, coppers are just people like everyone else. At college I had a drunk conversation outside a kebab van with an off-duty copper, got talking about cars, he'd had a few as well and was boasting about getting 140 mph on the M40 out of his personal car (can't remember what it was). He *did* point out that yes he was breaking the law, but conditions were perfect, and he couldn't guarantee that if I tried it I wouldn't get pulled.
Not all coppers are Black Rats, and some non-traffic cops are full-on petrolheads themselves. Time and a place, I believe....
Off duty, coppers are just people like everyone else. At college I had a drunk conversation outside a kebab van with an off-duty copper, got talking about cars, he'd had a few as well and was boasting about getting 140 mph on the M40 out of his personal car (can't remember what it was). He *did* point out that yes he was breaking the law, but conditions were perfect, and he couldn't guarantee that if I tried it I wouldn't get pulled.
Not all coppers are Black Rats, and some non-traffic cops are full-on petrolheads themselves. Time and a place, I believe....
Yung Man said:
My mate is into Moto cross and regularly rides his bikes up and down the street, he told me someone as moved in next door and he is a policman should he stop riding his bikes in the street, is an offduty police obliged to say something, I told him he wouldn,t book a neighbour...........would he.?
Do you not think that riding an un-insured/taxed/licenced bike on a public highway is a problem then?
could be a bit tricky.
what if his new neighbour has invited his boss and wife round for dinner and wants to impress them? and at the same time your pal wants to have a quick go on his bike?
dessert may be delayed while a quick promotion inducing arrest of the neighbour is carried out...
what if his new neighbour has invited his boss and wife round for dinner and wants to impress them? and at the same time your pal wants to have a quick go on his bike?
dessert may be delayed while a quick promotion inducing arrest of the neighbour is carried out...
Yung Man said:
Yes but he needs to know its running right and he as been doing it for years without any problems,m he knows he could get done so I think he will have to pack it in, perhaps he should think himself lucky he as got away with it for so long.
Whats the difference betrween him doing that and me driving to see my Mum with no tax and insurance? Same risk.
Yung Man said:
Yes but he needs to know its running right and he as been doing it for years without any problems,m he knows he could get done so I think he will have to pack it in, perhaps he should think himself lucky he as got away with it for so long.
No problems with making sure its running right, just not on a public highway without insurance etc. I've a number of bikes in 'storage' which I ride occasionally, but I wouldn't ever do it on a public road as I currently have no insurance aside from storage insurance!
Trailer it to an off-roading area, or even supermarket carpark etc! Hardly expensive! Its what I do.
Yung Man said:
Yes but he needs to know its running right and he as been doing it for years without any problems,m he knows he could get done so I think he will have to pack it in, perhaps he should think himself lucky he as got away with it for so long.
Maybe he just should make sure the street is empty when he does it, and not do it too often.
I ride an absolute bugger of am MX bike, that never seems to want to work properly, but there is no need to constantly ride it up and down, so he probably just needs to not take the piss.
gorvid said:
MKH9130 said:
danhay said:
I can see no downside to having a policeman as a neighbour.
Agreed.
If anything, it's a positive for me.
Me too
Crime prevention hat on, absolutely, anyone who doesnt believe they keep an eye out for their own is deluded.
Petrolhead hat on, you want a quick up and down the street to clear the cars throat after a winter of SORN before MOT time, best make sure you're pals with them first.
ultimately it comes down to discretion and context. I do know someone who used to take his formula ford out on our (very quiet) suburban street to check gears are ok etc before loading it onto a trailer for a race. im not talking hammering up and down, just a simple, well, shakedown, and probably not more than 2000 revs in any gear and even then only down the road and back.
had i been there on a job - well - id deal with it by means of words of advice only. no harms being done and hes switched on. yes - its a deliberate break of the law but then so is stealing conkers when you are a child...
nonetheless - ive no time for people who drive like t
ts or who think its ok to drive daily with no attempt to buy insurance, tax etc. Ill nail them to the wall.
double standards or practical and reasonable policing?
had i been there on a job - well - id deal with it by means of words of advice only. no harms being done and hes switched on. yes - its a deliberate break of the law but then so is stealing conkers when you are a child...
nonetheless - ive no time for people who drive like t
ts or who think its ok to drive daily with no attempt to buy insurance, tax etc. Ill nail them to the wall. double standards or practical and reasonable policing?
I've a Chief Inspector living about twelve houses along the street. I wouldn't mind if he lived next door. He's an OK guy, doesn't push his job or rank all the time and helps neighbours do jobs (e.g. building garage, gardening). When I see him we have a 'man chat' - cars mostly, he's just another bloke who happens to wear a uniform to work.
For a laugh the local beat plod stuck a 'Police Aware' sticker on his wife's car, he thought it a good joke (it's a beaten up Sierra with a taped up front bumper). Top chap.
For a laugh the local beat plod stuck a 'Police Aware' sticker on his wife's car, he thought it a good joke (it's a beaten up Sierra with a taped up front bumper). Top chap.
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