Traffic Cops Channel 5

[pacenotes]

pacenotes said:

Some knobs alright, Easy target comes to mind.

No need for getting mouthy with him, It was pretty obvious he didn't see/hear them. I seen him take out ear plugs when he stopped.

I also wouldn't like the patronising manner they dealt with it, If they stopped me like that.

Not very professional if you ask me.

Glad to see it was dropped when it came to court.

[Driver101]

pacenotes said:

pacenotes said:

Some knobs alright, Easy target comes to mind.

No need for getting mouthy with him, It was pretty obvious he didn't see/hear them. I seen him take out ear plugs when he stopped.

I also wouldn't like the patronising manner they dealt with it, If they stopped me like that.

Not very professional if you ask me.

Glad to see it was dropped when it came to court.

You don't think the bigger issue was the biker has paid so little attention to the road and had his music blasting he was unaware of the police trying to stop him for miles?

The rider drove past the police and was completely unaware and carried on speeding and going over solid lines.

The biker was an ahole and I can't see how anyone would want to see his charges dropped.

[standards]

italianjob1275 said:

These pair seem to be enjoying their job a little too much…

Africa Twin lad needs to pay more attention though..

Maybe.

Nicely understated-no mirror checks all that distance

[BossHogg]

This drunk bloke is irritating in the back of the cops car!

[Vipers]

pacenotes said:

pacenotes said:

Some knobs alright, Easy target comes to mind.

No need for getting mouthy with him, It was pretty obvious he didn't see/hear them. I seen him take out ear plugs when he stopped.

I also wouldn't like the patronising manner they dealt with it, If they stopped me like that.

Not very professional if you ask me.

Glad to see it was dropped when it came to court.

Don’t think it should have been dropped, gobby tt, gives decent motorcyclist a bad name. If he didn’t hear and didn’t see the police car behind him, no chance for an emergency vehicle to pass.

[av185]

Driver101 said:

pacenotes said:

pacenotes said:

Some knobs alright, Easy target comes to mind.

No need for getting mouthy with him, It was pretty obvious he didn't see/hear them. I seen him take out ear plugs when he stopped.

I also wouldn't like the patronising manner they dealt with it, If they stopped me like that.

Not very professional if you ask me.

Glad to see it was dropped when it came to court.

You don't think the bigger issue was the biker has paid so little attention to the road and had his music blasting he was unaware of the police trying to stop him for miles?

The rider drove past the police and was completely unaware and carried on speeding and going over solid lines.

The biker was an ahole and I can't see how anyone would want to see his charges dropped.

Yep only a tool would think the way that fkwit was attempting to ride was apporopriate. He was completely oblivious showing off the scale entitlement.

A lucky tt too escaping prosecution especially as he overtook crossing double whites.

[standards]

av185 said:

Yep only a tool would think the way that fkwit was attempting to ride was apporopriate. He was completely oblivious showing off the scale entitlement.

A lucky tt too escaping prosecution especially as he overtook crossing double whites.

Words fail me as to why such an obvious offence as crossing the double whites didn’t get any further.

The motorcyclist came across to me, to put it politely, as somewhat entitled. Other descriptions are available.

[Driver101]

av185 said:

Driver101 said:

pacenotes said:

pacenotes said:

Some knobs alright, Easy target comes to mind.

No need for getting mouthy with him, It was pretty obvious he didn't see/hear them. I seen him take out ear plugs when he stopped.

I also wouldn't like the patronising manner they dealt with it, If they stopped me like that.

Not very professional if you ask me.

Glad to see it was dropped when it came to court.

You don't think the bigger issue was the biker has paid so little attention to the road and had his music blasting he was unaware of the police trying to stop him for miles?

The rider drove past the police and was completely unaware and carried on speeding and going over solid lines.

The biker was an ahole and I can't see how anyone would want to see his charges dropped.

Yep only a tool would think the way that fkwit was attempting to ride was apporopriate. He was completely oblivious showing off the scale entitlement.

A lucky tt too escaping prosecution especially as he overtook crossing double whites.

I would like to know why it was dropped. The proof was conclusive.

[kestral]

pacenotes said:

Glad to see it was dropped when it came to court.

Yes. The police officer dealing with matters clearly needs retraining, he was shouting and twitching like he was on the point of a breakdown.

No wonder it was all dropped. Nice to see the motorcyclist stand his ground against that old chestnut "we are doing this in the name of safety"

[Seraph14]

pacenotes said:

Some knobs alright, Easy target comes to mind.

No need for getting mouthy with him, It was pretty obvious he didn't see/hear them. I seen him take out ear plugs when he stopped.

I also wouldn't like the patronising manner they dealt with it, If they stopped me like that.

Not very professional if you ask me.

Worst take ever. He was a massive arrogant entitled bell end who thought he'd done nothing wrong. You would think that a motorcyclist of all people would want to make sure to check his mirrors regularly, for the purpose of self preservation if nothing else.

Absolutely incredible it was dropped at court, the evidence doesn't get any more clear cut and indefensible than that. Speeding, overtaking on white lines, not paying attention. And then whining like a baby that the nasty police man wasn't friendly enough with him, absolutely pathetic.

[Seraph14]

kestral said:

Yes. The police officer dealing with matters clearly needs retraining, he was shouting and twitching like he was on the point of a breakdown.

No wonder it was all dropped. Nice to see the motorcyclist stand his ground against that old chestnut "we are doing this in the name of safety"

Oh I suppose they were just picking on the innocent biker who was doing literally nothing wrong at all (except doing 70 in a 50 and overtaking on double white lines while paying no attention to his surroundings). Jesus wept.

[wpa1975]

Seraph14 said:

Worst take ever. He was a massive arrogant entitled bell end who thought he'd done nothing wrong. You would think that a motorcyclist of all people would want to make sure to check his mirrors regularly, for the purpose of self preservation if nothing else.

Absolutely incredible it was dropped at court, the evidence doesn't get any more clear cut and indefensible than that. Speeding, overtaking on white lines, not paying attention. And then whining like a baby that the nasty police man wasn't friendly enough with him, absolutely pathetic.

Agreed, he deserved the book being thrown at him

[Evoluzione]

There were faults on both sides there, bell ended cops meet bell end on bike, it wasn't going to end well.

[Its Just Adz]

wpa1975 said:

Agreed, he deserved the book being thrown at him

While the book was airborne, I hope the lady who smashed the Mini then faked injuries and lied about another driver running away was given a proper punishment.

[Alickadoo]

I think the PC who stopped the motor bike was far too excitable. His sergeant was much more balanced. I wonder if they thought it wouldn't look good in court, so they dropped it.

The motorcyclist couldn't see that he had done anything wrong.

[loskie]

That arrogant senior motorcyclist did not deserve to get off.

Lack of evidence or he knows someone in the job?

[Vipers]

Evoluzione said:

There were faults on both sides there, bell ended cops meet bell end on bike, it wasn't going to end well.

At times I am surprised the cops can restrain themselves, wouldn’t fancy their job. Personally I thought the policeman handled it very well with the gobby biker.

[SistersofPercy]

Personally, with the biker, I’d be very concerned if he is paying so little attention on a regular basis if an ambulance on an emergency came behind him because he’d have held that up for miles as well.
Wouldn’t like to think he was riding along in front of one on its way to one of my relatives tbh.

[Wheelspinning]

pacenotes said:

pacenotes said:

Some knobs alright, Easy target comes to mind.

No need for getting mouthy with him, It was pretty obvious he didn't see/hear them. I seen him take out ear plugs when he stopped.

I also wouldn't like the patronising manner they dealt with it, If they stopped me like that.

Not very professional if you ask me.

Glad to see it was dropped when it came to court.

Agreed.

The 'incriminating' footage showed a biker perform a safe overtake with non restricted view over double whites as he duly pointed out to the officers. Illegal, yes, but taking into account the above worth a roadside caution.

Everyone at some point has most likely done a manoeuvre like that overtaking a tractor or similar with a long line of sight.

They followed him for a large distance and footage showed normal road manners.

The officers alleged that he was broke the speed limit but did not offer the incriminating footage, just the fact they had to drive at speed to catch up.

The biker had his headphones on and didn't check his mirrors; due care and attention? Really?

The biker remained very calm, apologised and very reasonably offered his version.

The bearded copper was hanging out of the window with flailing arms shouting aggressively from an unmarked car whilst overtaking the biker.

The officer sprinted out of the car and approached in a very aggressive manner, followed by officer 2 whom is apparently God sent to 'save lives' as he mentioned approx 12 times during his moment on telly.

Whilst the footage showing the bikers 'crimes' would certainly offer a strong worded roadside caution, the fact that bearded officer 1 behaved in an easily demonstrated 'out of control manner' to the member of the public, then joined by officer 2 whom made repeated roadside threats of taking the biker into custody and having his licence removed, easily removed any chance of prosecution.

If the biker made a formal complaint, you will probably find in this instance that the officers were required for a further training development for how they behaved inappropriately to a member of the public and an apology letter issued to the biker for any distress caused.

In an earlier incident, the self proclaimed 'life safer' left bearded officer at an incident to chase after a driver who had the audacity to toot his horn whilst the officer in an unmarked car, parked on the highway, walked around the front of his vehicle without the required high vis jacket on onto the highway into the path of said oncoming vehicle ; hopefully the 'offender' appealed that also as he was warning a pedestrian about walking onto the highway whilst he was passing at speed.

The whole segment of these 2 officers just demonstrated they have training requirements on how to deal on a non aggressive manner to the public.

[megaphone]

Vipers said:

Evoluzione said:

There were faults on both sides there, bell ended cops meet bell end on bike, it wasn't going to end well.

At times I am surprised the cops can restrain themselves, wouldn’t fancy their job. Personally I thought the policeman handled it very well with the gobby biker.

I thought the police behaved like over excited teenagers, I'm pleased the biker stood his ground and didn't get done. If the 'heroes' really wanted to help stop accidents, they should drive a bright marked police car, not sneak around in an unmarked car trying to catch a few bikers who are just out for a nice ride.