Nobody likes an informer

[slow_poke]

Well, not up here in NW Ireland, anyhow. But today I picked up the phone and informed on someone. I reckon I had to do it.

Driving home a couple of hours ago, conditions were wet, raining hard, visibility not good. The road was a B class by UK standards. I was thinking about overtaking the car in front, looked in the mirror and saw the car behind postured to overtake me. Fine, I ease off the trottle and let him.

All good so far, and if he's left it at that it would have been ok. But instead he went and overtook the next car. Which was now on a continous white line approaching a blind bend. He was on the wrong side of the road going into that bend at high speed, in failing light, in heavy rain, with standing water on the road in an eight year old car.

Had anyone been coming the other way the first they'd have know about it would have been him him ploughing into them.


So I thought about it the rest of the way home and concluded he's going to kill someone if he carries on driving like that. I called the police and told them the story, including make and reg of car. Was told not much they can do unless I give a written statement and evidence in court. Which I'm loathe to do, especially if it turns out to be someone I know or local to me.

Not my cup of tea, to be honest. I'd much rather they tapped him on the sholder and said "Watch it matey. We've been hearing about you."

Still, no-one likes an informer, eh?

[Hooli]

cant fault your actions there, dangerous driving needs taking off the roads.
things like that which do risk other peoples lives need stamping on rather than this obession with harmless speeding being the cause of everything.

[mark69sheer]

Bit of a waste of time really.

I did exactly the same once even got the reg number etc etc.

This was a guy who had overtaken me as I was going round a blind right hand bend with double whites it was only through good luck that I wasn't collateral damage in a head on crash.
My wife and I saw his car outside a chippy in the next town and I went into the cop shop to report him.
He said I would need to make a statement. I asked if anything would happen and he said probably not its your word against his.

So I told the copper I wasn't going to waste my time making a statement then. I suggested the least they could do was harras him round at the chippy with a breath test. . .no response.

[Jasandjules]

To be fair, I think you did the right thing. Someone who drives like that IS going to kill himself or someone innocent soon enough. A shame as you say that plod can't just pop round for a chat.