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... that an honest law-abiding citizen and subject of Her Majesty Queen Whatserface such as myself, can take my TVR out for a little bit of a roar during daylight hours, whereupon I have my collar fondled by the fellows with the jam butties for the trivial matter of a setbelt,causing no aggravation or inconvenience to man or beast, nor likely to injure same, and yet on a mere 45 minute cruise (well, maxed-out in the company van ;-) up the M1 this eventide I observe:-
SEVEN cars with defective tail-lights
ONE scruffy gyppo scumbag towing a caravan without a registration plate
ONE artic travelling at a speed well in excess of the alleged 56 MPH limit they have these days
ONE car towing a trailer at around 80 MPH (though to be fair I have done this myself often in France, where it's legal - BUT I got pulled in the UK where it's not!!)
TWO reg plates of dubious typeface and/or size
SEVERAL reg plates with the letters incorrectly spaced to read something twatty
TWO vehicles obviously suffering from an excess of fat b*****s (and one of which vehicles had the biggest roof box you ever saw!)
... and a Kia Pride. Which is a MAJOR crime in my book.
Ee, there's just never a Policeman around when you want one. Well there was: he must've been hiding near the westerly end of the M18 and pulled someone: all I saw was a flickering of blue lights far in the mirror! Still, I bet it was for something petty, like being in possession of an offensive wife, yawning without due care, wearing a loud shirt in a built-up area, or listening to Debbie Gibson.
Ho hum. Soon be Monday
Ian
SEVEN cars with defective tail-lights
ONE scruffy gyppo scumbag towing a caravan without a registration plate
ONE artic travelling at a speed well in excess of the alleged 56 MPH limit they have these days
ONE car towing a trailer at around 80 MPH (though to be fair I have done this myself often in France, where it's legal - BUT I got pulled in the UK where it's not!!)
TWO reg plates of dubious typeface and/or size
SEVERAL reg plates with the letters incorrectly spaced to read something twatty
TWO vehicles obviously suffering from an excess of fat b*****s (and one of which vehicles had the biggest roof box you ever saw!)
... and a Kia Pride. Which is a MAJOR crime in my book.
Ee, there's just never a Policeman around when you want one. Well there was: he must've been hiding near the westerly end of the M18 and pulled someone: all I saw was a flickering of blue lights far in the mirror! Still, I bet it was for something petty, like being in possession of an offensive wife, yawning without due care, wearing a loud shirt in a built-up area, or listening to Debbie Gibson.
Ho hum. Soon be Monday
Ian
Went out in the Griff, a local Pod follows me for over three miles along country roads and turning when I do in the hope I'd floor the accelerator and enable him to get a booking.
So we had a nice scenic drive together at 45 mph until he finally realised I would keeping to the rules and got fed up.
Just like the 5 mile tale back along the A50 last thursday as plod reduces it to one line so he can get the quota of no licence and dangerous heavy goods wagons up.
Put 40 minutes on my journey and that of all us law abiding drivers though.
Rant over
So we had a nice scenic drive together at 45 mph until he finally realised I would keeping to the rules and got fed up.
Just like the 5 mile tale back along the A50 last thursday as plod reduces it to one line so he can get the quota of no licence and dangerous heavy goods wagons up.
Put 40 minutes on my journey and that of all us law abiding drivers though.
Rant over
Don't get me started!
Stumbled on a "Safety camera van" last weekend on my first run out in the Chim for 2 years, tucked in a layby on the A5 (the long roman road stretch past the time clock transmitter). I'd passed the lorry parks etc, i.e. all the the hazards, and gave it a squirt to pass someone and get clear road ahead. As I slowed I saw something in the layby, and when I finally made out what it was I guess I was doing 80'ish. God knows what I was doing moments before. Cue agonised wait for the inevitable NIP.
Following Monday down the same stretch on the way to work. Much different conditions, lots of traffic in both directions, and some moron in an M5 comes belting past making his own middle lane and causing all oncoming traffic to swerve to avoid collision. Things got a little tight when a broken down car at the side of the road suddenly made the traffic 4 lanes wide on a 2 lane highway - fortunately for BMW man the oncoming car was a small hatchback and not one of the many artics on the way to the distribution centres on the A5. What a complete and total prat, endangering not only himself but pretty well everyone else on the road. He may have been speeding, but probably not by much, the traffic he was passing was running at about 40. So his driving was OK then? Not.
>> Edited by VictorMeldrew on Monday 23 September 09:26
Stumbled on a "Safety camera van" last weekend on my first run out in the Chim for 2 years, tucked in a layby on the A5 (the long roman road stretch past the time clock transmitter). I'd passed the lorry parks etc, i.e. all the the hazards, and gave it a squirt to pass someone and get clear road ahead. As I slowed I saw something in the layby, and when I finally made out what it was I guess I was doing 80'ish. God knows what I was doing moments before. Cue agonised wait for the inevitable NIP.
Following Monday down the same stretch on the way to work. Much different conditions, lots of traffic in both directions, and some moron in an M5 comes belting past making his own middle lane and causing all oncoming traffic to swerve to avoid collision. Things got a little tight when a broken down car at the side of the road suddenly made the traffic 4 lanes wide on a 2 lane highway - fortunately for BMW man the oncoming car was a small hatchback and not one of the many artics on the way to the distribution centres on the A5. What a complete and total prat, endangering not only himself but pretty well everyone else on the road. He may have been speeding, but probably not by much, the traffic he was passing was running at about 40. So his driving was OK then? Not.
>> Edited by VictorMeldrew on Monday 23 September 09:26
LOL Graham!! No, just grandad flat 'at and his car boot sale special I guess.
I'd just like to point out that I have nothing against the Police per se; let's face it one of them was kind enough to overlook my misplaced seat belt ;-) and I have got away with 70 in a 30 before now (driving a taxi... aaarrgghhh! I'm going to get some grief for that one!) but it does tend to irritate one a shade when you see the antics of people once they get into a car. There is a similar thread nearby with much the same topic, and a few points we all recognise are on there. This is why I've started saying that I almost agree with the Government: maybe we shouldn't be driving! Ooo, more grief...
But I still think there are bigger criminals out there than me. What about all those to55ers who've bought expensive cars and not taken them back to have the indicators fixed? After all, we've all done much the same driving test; you and I know what indicators are for, WHY THE F*CK DON'T THEY!!??
Ian
PS Graham: apologies for inadvertently giving out your surname on a post recently: the one where you called me a Geordie, remember? Slip of the brain I'm afraid...
I'd just like to point out that I have nothing against the Police per se; let's face it one of them was kind enough to overlook my misplaced seat belt ;-) and I have got away with 70 in a 30 before now (driving a taxi... aaarrgghhh! I'm going to get some grief for that one!) but it does tend to irritate one a shade when you see the antics of people once they get into a car. There is a similar thread nearby with much the same topic, and a few points we all recognise are on there. This is why I've started saying that I almost agree with the Government: maybe we shouldn't be driving! Ooo, more grief...
But I still think there are bigger criminals out there than me. What about all those to55ers who've bought expensive cars and not taken them back to have the indicators fixed? After all, we've all done much the same driving test; you and I know what indicators are for, WHY THE F*CK DON'T THEY!!??
Ian
PS Graham: apologies for inadvertently giving out your surname on a post recently: the one where you called me a Geordie, remember? Slip of the brain I'm afraid...
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.or listening to Debbie Gibson.
Oi! Ian!.. NO!
D.D.D. .. Don't Dis Debbie!!! .. singer, songwriter, producer, all round Britney type babe of her generation only more-so.. and Sandy in Grease. Life doesn't get much better than that. Still have a poster of the Debster somewhere ..
Oops, did I really type that out loud ???????
quote:Oh dear how sad, you really need to get out more
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.or listening to Debbie Gibson.
Oi! Ian!.. NO!
D.D.D. .. Don't Dis Debbie!!! .. singer, songwriter, producer, all round Britney type babe of her generation only more-so.. and Sandy in Grease. Life doesn't get much better than that. Still have a poster of the Debster somewhere ..
Oops, did I really type that out loud ???????
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.or listening to Debbie Gibson.
Oi! Ian!.. NO!
D.D.D. .. Don't Dis Debbie!!! .. singer, songwriter, producer, all round Britney type babe of her generation only more-so.. and Sandy in Grease. Life doesn't get much better than that. Still have a poster of the Debster somewhere ..
Oops, did I really type that out loud ???????
Aye, all that, and a face like a box of frogs. What less could you want?
Ian
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