Worth reporting?
Discussion
This afternoon, I'm in my mum's car, she's driving, out into the countryside. One bend, NSL zone, uphill, off camber, with a busy junction on top. There's "SLOW" on the road, and yellow-backed corner signs, with the usual "Max Speed 40"... which is about right, as it happens.
Now, as she's braking and dropping a cog, the car behind which has been gaining slowly, ends up right behind... no problem in that, if he's looking for an overtake, we're more than willing to let him by. Bearing in mind she's doing bob on 40mph, he starts beeping his horn and waving his arms about like a lunatic... followed with the "out of the way, peasants" gesture.
My mum just keeps driving... car pulls out of the junction ahead, because she's got her speed down it's not a problem - a mile or so further up, said car pulls off, and our tailgating friend is left behind. It's fair to say my mum doesn't hang around in getting to the NSL where safe, being as she is ready for her Rospa test...
He's behind us as we go through a village, and starts gesturing again as we enter a roundabout. My mum's crime? Making sure there was nothing coming round said roundabout, invisible to us, behind the lorry taking our exit...
Now, he wasn't close enough for an earlier overtake, and after the bend is a DWL system, so pulling over and letting him past, though desirable, wasn't possible... and as I say, the speed was as advised, and not much lower than I would have taken it - still being able to stop well within the clear distance, but I'm more familiar with the general road layout...
Firstly, what would you do in the situation? Secondly, is it worth reporting to plod, even if they just keep an eye out for him driving like a numpty again? I do have his reg plate...
Now, as she's braking and dropping a cog, the car behind which has been gaining slowly, ends up right behind... no problem in that, if he's looking for an overtake, we're more than willing to let him by. Bearing in mind she's doing bob on 40mph, he starts beeping his horn and waving his arms about like a lunatic... followed with the "out of the way, peasants" gesture.
My mum just keeps driving... car pulls out of the junction ahead, because she's got her speed down it's not a problem - a mile or so further up, said car pulls off, and our tailgating friend is left behind. It's fair to say my mum doesn't hang around in getting to the NSL where safe, being as she is ready for her Rospa test...
He's behind us as we go through a village, and starts gesturing again as we enter a roundabout. My mum's crime? Making sure there was nothing coming round said roundabout, invisible to us, behind the lorry taking our exit...
Now, he wasn't close enough for an earlier overtake, and after the bend is a DWL system, so pulling over and letting him past, though desirable, wasn't possible... and as I say, the speed was as advised, and not much lower than I would have taken it - still being able to stop well within the clear distance, but I'm more familiar with the general road layout...
Firstly, what would you do in the situation? Secondly, is it worth reporting to plod, even if they just keep an eye out for him driving like a numpty again? I do have his reg plate...
Report it to plod.
You will be required to make a written statement.
You will be required to attend court when the other driver denies the behaviour you allege against him/her.
You may even have allegations made against your mum that end up in a summons issued against her.
Are you willing to give up hours of time giving evidence in statement form and then at court?
Don't think for a minute you can attend the nick and expect someone to go and have a quiet word! The system doesn't work like that and even if that is how it did, having attended for a quiet word, an allegation against your mum is sure to follow with a parting gesture of "fcuk off copper, your aving a giraffe!"
Put it down to experience and forget it. Accept that there are many aserolhes on the road and in society and identifying them then staying away from them is far more productive than reporting something that will probably not get further than the shredder at CPS when you decide that several hours of your time and possibly a lot of heartache are required to get any form of justice.
You will be required to make a written statement.
You will be required to attend court when the other driver denies the behaviour you allege against him/her.
You may even have allegations made against your mum that end up in a summons issued against her.
Are you willing to give up hours of time giving evidence in statement form and then at court?
Don't think for a minute you can attend the nick and expect someone to go and have a quiet word! The system doesn't work like that and even if that is how it did, having attended for a quiet word, an allegation against your mum is sure to follow with a parting gesture of "fcuk off copper, your aving a giraffe!"
Put it down to experience and forget it. Accept that there are many aserolhes on the road and in society and identifying them then staying away from them is far more productive than reporting something that will probably not get further than the shredder at CPS when you decide that several hours of your time and possibly a lot of heartache are required to get any form of justice.
Edited by Mg6b on Tuesday 12th February 19:31
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