Police stop toddler for driving toy car
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Not sure if this has been done yet....
These stories just make me laugh now, I wonder if this is the real way it happened, or whether it has just been sensationalised as usual
ananova said:
Police stop toddler for driving toy car
A two-year-old boy has been pulled over by police while driving his toy car.
Oliver Smith was driving his toy car at 2mph on the pavement when he was pulled over by a policeman reports the Mirror.
Oliver's grandad Derek was warned by the policeman that the boy could be charged for having no tax or MoT certificate.
Oliver's father Richard from Leyland Lancs said: "My dad thought it a was joke at first - he was expecting Jeremy Beadle to turn up. The officer said the buggy could damage a parked car. He gave a warning and drove off.
"I think it's utterly ridiculous. It's the funniest thing I have heard in my life because you can actually walk faster than these things. This one has a top speed of 2.5mph.
"All the shops selling them should have signs to say you need driving documents to use them in a public place. Because of their size, you can't just use them in a garden."
Lancashire Police said: "We cannot comment on the individual case but a child's toy car that can only travel 2-3mph does not come under motor vehicle legislation. Having said that, we would always advise children not to play near to the highway.
"The ideal place for toys is in a driveway, supervised by a responsible adult."
These stories just make me laugh now, I wonder if this is the real way it happened, or whether it has just been sensationalised as usual
Berkshire Constablury have seen fit to issue a warning to all parents......"not to buy their children toy guns for xmas as this may put them in the line of fire"
Apparently the highly trained armed response unit have difficulty telling a 5 year old with a cap gun, and an armed robber with a sawn off shotgun apart FFS!
>> Edited by Axeman30 on Friday 2nd December 09:22
Apparently the highly trained armed response unit have difficulty telling a 5 year old with a cap gun, and an armed robber with a sawn off shotgun apart FFS!
>> Edited by Axeman30 on Friday 2nd December 09:22
Mrs Fish said:
These stories just make me laugh now, I wonder if this is the real way it happened, or whether it has just been sensationalised as usual
Probably the same guy who told off that woman for breastfeeding.
There seems to be a number of police officers these days who spend their time harassing the ‘soft’ target of the general public rather than actually doing something as dangerous as arresting criminals.
If the child was driving their toy car up and down the pavement of a busy main road without adequate supervision then I think the BiB has a point about it being an irresponsible thing to do. If the 2 year old was pootling along and the feet of his father then the BiB should have used a bit of common sense (RIP 
) and continued on his merry way.
The Mirror is hardly famous for the accuracy of its reporting I suspect that the copper saw a very small child improperly supervised and decided to do the responsible thing.
) and continued on his merry way. The Mirror is hardly famous for the accuracy of its reporting
I suspect that the copper saw a very small child improperly supervised and decided to do the responsible thing. 
PetrolTed said:
...and if the kid's 12+ with a pistol?
Then I would expect, this I know is asking alot, the police to consider the context of the report and act sensibly. Berkshire is not a known gun crime hotspot, it's streets do not resound to the sounds of street battles between heavily armed gangs of child soldiers working for crac cocaine warlords.
Axeman30 said:
...and if the kid's 12+ with a pistol?
Then I would expect, this I know is asking alot, the police to consider the context of the report and act sensibly. Berkshire is not a known gun crime hotspot, it's streets do not resound to the sounds of street battles between heavily armed gangs of child soldiers working for crac cocaine warlords.
sounds like there's a niche here
Axeman30 said:
...and if the kid's 12+ with a pistol?
Then I would expect, this I know is asking alot, the police to consider the context of the report and act sensibly. Berkshire is not a known gun crime hotspot, it's streets do not resound to the sounds of street battles between heavily armed gangs of child soldiers working for crac cocaine warlords.
The police will (should) only shoot after issueing warnings and/or if they feel that they or a member of the public is in danger. E.g. if your 20ft away and you point a replica gun at an armed plod he'll shoot you. Because it's too far away to know if it's real. And I back them on that. If you dont want your kids to be in that situation dont give them guns....
Munter said:
The police will (should) only shoot after issueing warnings and/or if they feel that they or a member of the public is in danger. E.g. if your 20ft away and you point a replica gun at an armed plod he'll shoot you. Because it's too far away to know if it's real. And I back them on that. If you dont want your kids to be in that situation dont give them guns....
So police will shoot kids with plastic guns now? i find that VERY hard to believe. Even in todays joke of a society.
>> Edited by scorp on Friday 2nd December 12:08
scorp said:
So police will shoot kids with plastic guns now? i find that VERY hard to believe. Even in todays joke of a society.
If the child appears to be a danger then they should shoot. Obviously if they can see it's plastic they wont. But what if the kids in sillouette and points the gun at someone. The copper go's it's ok it's only a kid playing. Kid pulls the trigger and shoots your mum in the head.
Guns (even fake ones) are stupid things to give to kids in todays society. Electric powered cars though should be ok if supervised!
PetrolTed said:
...and if the kid's 12+ with a pistol?
Very interesting question. I came out of a Belfast toy shop in 1969 (aged 9) with a very realistic toy gun (It had ring caps and looked ace). I immediately started firing it at the armed cop accross the road. He grinned and walked accross the road to give my dad a bollocking for being a tosser. He had clearly made a judgement on the basis of I was a kid and its was outside a toy shop, had it been in London I suspect he may have unloaded 8 or 9 rounds into my head before realising his mistake. I guess thats what comes with experience.
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