Passing charges incurred by court onto police officer.
Discussion
Breadvan72 said:
Back on topic, the OP is evidently a Bingobrain of the highest order. I just hope that he does not carry out his loonbat FOTL threat and waste scarce public resources in pursuit of his vanity project.
Bingobrain - that is now going in my Outlook autocorrect dictionary in place of Wibblehead. A word I need to use more often than I would like to.Thank you as always.
Sir Lord Harold said:
Mike335i said:
Why are they showing cowardice?
Not signing the traffic report with their name in a legible manner......."A signature (/ˈsɪɡnətʃər/; from Latin: signare, "to sign") is a handwritten (and often stylized) depiction of someone's name, nickname, or even a simple "X" or other mark that a person writes on documents as a proof of identity and intent."
The only time a name has to be legible on a document, is when there is a request to print the name - In that situation, the name should be written out clearly, with separated letters (the traditional convention being to use capitals for each letter of the name. If a document does not prescribe to use capital letters though, then capital initial letters, followed by separate lower case letters should be acceptable).
As for suing the police officer: Please, do come back and let us all know how that went for
- It should brighten up quite a few people's day! 
Sir Lord Harold said:
A police officer believed my friend had caused an unnecessary obstruction with his parked vehicle on a residential public highway. The highway in question has absolutely no parking restrictions so my friend can't fathom how a car parked lawfully on this particular stretch of highway can amount to an unnecessary obstruction.
My friend was sent a letter by the kind officer asking my friend for the drivers details. My friend dutifully completed the form confirming that he was indeed the driver that left the car in the position in which the officer believed was in breech of highway laws. My friend intends to take this matter before a court and, providing the court agrees with my friend he intends to sue the police officer for every associated cost the day in court will cost my friend - he's a service provider with a relatively hefty day rate.
As a matter of courtesy should my friend include a small note with words to that effect to give the officer a chance to rethink his error of judgement or should he not bother?
Harold
Just in case this is serious, no way the officer would have sent the NIP themselves. Secondly, unless there is a parking space there is no entitlement at all to park. Highway is a right to pass and re-pass, any vehicle stopped on the highway causes an obstruction. (Nagy V West) It's a matter of degree as to whether it's an unnecessary obstruction. It is certainly not necessary to show that there were parking restrictions in place. My friend was sent a letter by the kind officer asking my friend for the drivers details. My friend dutifully completed the form confirming that he was indeed the driver that left the car in the position in which the officer believed was in breech of highway laws. My friend intends to take this matter before a court and, providing the court agrees with my friend he intends to sue the police officer for every associated cost the day in court will cost my friend - he's a service provider with a relatively hefty day rate.
As a matter of courtesy should my friend include a small note with words to that effect to give the officer a chance to rethink his error of judgement or should he not bother?
Harold
Edited by Graveworm on Saturday 16th November 10:13
Sir Lord Harold said:
The highway in question has absolutely no parking restrictions so my friend can't fathom how a car parked lawfully on this particular stretch of highway can amount to an unnecessary obstruction.
You can't park a car lawfully unless it's in a dedicated parking space - otherwise you can only park it in manner which is not unlawful.Why not give us a Google maps link showing where the car was parked and how easy it would have been to drive a fire engine or an articulated lorry around it.
Wooda80 said:
WonkeyDonkey said:
Your 'friend' is a 'service provider'?
So just a polite term for Male escort?
He has a "fairly hefty day rate" or is it usually an hourly rate for male escorts?So just a polite term for Male escort?
ETA - only asking for a friend!
WonkeyDonkey said:
NNH said:
As I'm sure Wooda's friend already knows, male escorts make their living through "gifts" rather than a tawdry financial transaction...
He'll probably have to swallow quite a big 'gift' trying to fight this.Sir Lord Harold said:
Mike335i said:
Why are they showing cowardice?
Not signing the traffic report with their name in a legible manner. You a cop too? Lot of 'em on here.Gassing Station | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff