"POLITE" not "POLICE"

[richb77]

I'm not talking about the much maligned horse riders jackets but a car!

Last night i was leaving a hospital car park (West Suffolk) and noticed a silver Mondeo Mk3 (Diesel ST) that was sticking out of its parking bay by about half a meter (prime target for a vista print "your parking sucks" card).

I pulled in front to exit the car park to see the front illuminate from the reflection of my lights with what i initially thought was reflective "POLICE" signs.

A quick double take and they actually looked exactly like the "POLICE" signs but it said "POLITE".

If i had a sharpy i would have stopped and written over it "C*NT".

I wonder how many people he has pulled up behind on the road and conned with this sign?

Its blurring the lines of legality surely?

[J4CKO]

Ah, sounds like the Mondeo Mondeo has replaced the Senator and T5 Volvo for those weird blokes (always men) who like to kid other motorists they are the Police, you know, white ca, Hi Viz on the back of the drivers seat.

[Captain Muppet]

richb77 said:

I wonder how many people he has pulled up behind on the road and conned with this sign?

Conned how?

[Rawwr]

J4CKO said:

Ah, sounds like the Mondeo Mondeo

Is that the Mondeo's proper name in taxonomical nomenclature?

[mercfunder]

Rawwr said:

J4CKO said:

Ah, sounds like the Mondeo Mondeo

Is that the Mondeo's proper name in taxonomical nomenclature?

Part of the Fordus Dageningham genus I believe.

[GTIR]

I'm assuming you mean Bury St Edmunds hospital?

Pics?

[Liokault]

Whats a sharpy?

[Monkeylegend]

mercfunder said:

Rawwr said:

J4CKO said:

Ah, sounds like the Mondeo Mondeo

Is that the Mondeo's proper name in taxonomical nomenclature?

Part of the Fordus Dageningham genus I believe.

You've gotta love PH, 5 posts and we are off topic already

[richb77]

No Pics...I was leaving, it was pitch black and i didnt have a camera on me (My phone is "shock horror" a phone)!

Conned...What would you do if you where driving along and a silver Mondeo roared up behind you, you look in your mirror and in that split second see the words "police"????

Sharpy...Permanent marker.

And finally. Yes Bury St Edmunds hospital.

[GTIR]

Liokault said:

Whats a sharpy?

A breed of dog.

[SimonV8ster]

Liokault said:

Whats a sharpy?

Drug users have them in their pockets to prick Police officers.

[Captain Muppet]

richb77 said:

Conned...What would you do if you where driving along and a silver Mondeo roared up behind you, you look in your mirror and in that split second see the words "police"????

I'd check I wasn't speeding then drive carefully. It's how I react to real police cars.

I assume this reaction is bad somehow?

[mrmr96]

richb77 said:

Its blurring the lines of legality surely?

Not really. Stuff is either legal or illegal, generally. This is legal because you're not impersonating a police officer. As others have pointed out in the past, having a car stickered up like HATO do, with the batten burg etc looks more like a police car, and yet it's not a problem, legally.

If you were to dress up as a policeman, and start pulling people over with a fake ID, then you'd have a problem. But you can put any stickers you want (pretty much) on your car. So you could go jam-sandwich batten burg, roof lights (so long as they don't light up blue), POLITE signs, high vis etc etc. and that's no problem.

IANAL.

[y2blade]

Has anyone started crying about the Horsey "POLITE" Hi-Viz stuff in this thread yet?

[TonyHetherington]

We have separate threads for that

[carreauchompeur]

It is utterly pathetic to see the old "Hi Viz on the parcel shelf" malarkey. I stand ready to be corrected however it's not the most natural place to stick your hi-viz for anything other than impersonating "authority"...

[richb77]

Captain Muppet said:

richb77 said:

Conned...What would you do if you where driving along and a silver Mondeo roared up behind you, you look in your mirror and in that split second see the words "police"????

I'd check I wasn't speeding then drive carefully. It's how I react to real police cars.

I assume this reaction is bad somehow?

Not at all as thats what i would do. But maybe conned was a poor choice of words? Duped better?

I wonder if the Mondeo had blue LED washer nozzles as well

[Captain Muppet]

carreauchompeur said:

It is utterly pathetic to see the old "Hi Viz on the parcel shelf" malarkey. I stand ready to be corrected however it's not the most natural place to stick your hi-viz for anything other than impersonating "authority"...

Do the police even put hi-viz jackets on the parcel shelf?

[supertouring]

Captain Muppet said:

I'd check I wasn't speeding then drive carefully. It's how I react to real police cars.

So you do not check your speed or drive carefully at all other time?

[Captain Muppet]

supertouring said:

Captain Muppet said:

I'd check I wasn't speeding then drive carefully. It's how I react to real police cars.

So you do not check your speed or drive carefully at all other time?

I try to, although I've got six points which proves I'm not as awesome at it as everyone else.