Police imtimidation
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A few weeks ago just as i was approaching a fixed speed camera at night, some idiot was tailgating with his mains on, imagine my surprise when he later turned right it was the cops.
Then last week my daughter had the same thing happen to her approaching a 30 zone, again at night and again with the headlights and tailgating.
Is this new police policy to intimidate and force motorists to break the law.
I suppose targets must be met!
This all happened in Bedfordshire
Then last week my daughter had the same thing happen to her approaching a 30 zone, again at night and again with the headlights and tailgating.
Is this new police policy to intimidate and force motorists to break the law.
I suppose targets must be met!
This all happened in Bedfordshire
paulnov21 said:
A few weeks ago just as i was approaching a fixed speed camera at night, some idiot was tailgating with his mains on, imagine my surprise when he later turned right it was the cops.
Then last week my daughter had the same thing happen to her approaching a 30 zone, again at night and again with the headlights and tailgating.
Is this new police policy to intimidate and force motorists to break the law.
I suppose targets must be met!
This all happened in Bedfordshire
To55ers.Then last week my daughter had the same thing happen to her approaching a 30 zone, again at night and again with the headlights and tailgating.
Is this new police policy to intimidate and force motorists to break the law.
I suppose targets must be met!
This all happened in Bedfordshire
If it helps, my prefered method of dealing with tailgaters, or followers with high beams, is to put my rear fogs on to dazzle them back to an extent. It's not the most mature thing I could do, but it's one option for highlighting to them that you have a problem with the way they are behaving. (To give them a chance they might not have realised, although I conceed this is unlikely and a diligent driver would have sympathy for other road users.)
The other option is to make use of the little flick switch under the rear view mirror which dims the view behind. This combined with increasing the distance to the car in front to afford gentler braking to allow for the proximity of the following car would be the sensible option.
(Note, I recently learned about the "4 seccond rule". I knew that the "2 seccond rule" means follow the car in front by no less than 2 secs. The 4 sec rule expands this concept to look at the 2 secs behind you to. I.e. if the guy behind is only 1 sec away, then you leave at least 3 secs in front to compensate - therefore you can brake extra gently to give the guy on your rear bumper a chance to avoid driving into you.)
once happened to me years ago.
They slipped up in court though as they said i had travelled at x speed through town.
I simply replied that x speed wasn't the speed I had travelled through town but the speed I reached before they put on thier blues amd two's and they should have known that since they had been following me from 10ft behind since I had left the roundabout.
Didn't get a speeding offence..
They slipped up in court though as they said i had travelled at x speed through town.
I simply replied that x speed wasn't the speed I had travelled through town but the speed I reached before they put on thier blues amd two's and they should have known that since they had been following me from 10ft behind since I had left the roundabout.
Didn't get a speeding offence..
A titchy bit O/T - but then a nice result---
A few years ago a HGV was making good progress north - spotted lights behind and made better progress till blue light came on. "you were exceeding the limit for the class of vehicle ,sir".
Next week , same road, same driver - lights up rear end - suddenly something "ran out in front" - HGV stands on brakes, with a nasty crunch from behind.
"got your insurance details etc then please ,constable "
Exit stage left one distraught cop.
A few years ago a HGV was making good progress north - spotted lights behind and made better progress till blue light came on. "you were exceeding the limit for the class of vehicle ,sir".
Next week , same road, same driver - lights up rear end - suddenly something "ran out in front" - HGV stands on brakes, with a nasty crunch from behind.
"got your insurance details etc then please ,constable "
Exit stage left one distraught cop.
Did you happen to notice if it was a traffic plod (ie, Volvo, Vectra, BM etc) or a local plod with a pointy hat and slow car (Astra, Focus etc)? I would be suprised if it was Traffic BiB, but not suprised at all if it was local plod. They are some of the worst offenders for traffic law - have all the exemptions with a fraction of the training and seem to think they are invincible.
wiliferus said:
Did you happen to notice if it was a traffic plod (ie, Volvo, Vectra, BM etc) or a local plod with a pointy hat and slow car (Astra, Focus etc)? I would be suprised if it was Traffic BiB, but not suprised at all if it was local plod. They are some of the worst offenders for traffic law - have all the exemptions with a fraction of the training and seem to think they are invincible.
thats just what i ment up there. no skill but they got a car with flashy lights so they must be a driving god right?Just indicate left and slow down to a halt. The prat of a PC driving then has to decide very quickly whether to actually pull you over or drive past. If he pulls you, just say you felty he was driving too close and you put in to practice advice a police officer gave you to deal with tailgaters.
xxplod said:
Just indicate left and slow down to a halt. The prat of a PC driving then has to decide very quickly whether to actually pull you over or drive past. If he pulls you, just say you felty he was driving too close and you put in to practice advice a police officer gave you to deal with tailgaters.
vonhosen said:
xxplod said:
Just indicate left and slow down to a halt. The prat of a PC driving then has to decide very quickly whether to actually pull you over or drive past. If he pulls you, just say you felty he was driving too close and you put in to practice advice a police officer gave you to deal with tailgaters.
vonhosen said:
xxplod said:
Just indicate left and slow down to a halt. The prat of a PC driving then has to decide very quickly whether to actually pull you over or drive past. If he pulls you, just say you felty he was driving too close and you put in to practice advice a police officer gave you to deal with tailgaters.
Edited to say - it's exactly this kind of attitude that gives the BiB a bad name!!!
Edited by Westy Pre-Lit on Saturday 1st December 12:11
Westy Pre-Lit said:
vonhosen said:
xxplod said:
Just indicate left and slow down to a halt. The prat of a PC driving then has to decide very quickly whether to actually pull you over or drive past. If he pulls you, just say you felty he was driving too close and you put in to practice advice a police officer gave you to deal with tailgaters.
Edited to say - it's exactly this kind of attitude that gives the BiB a bad name!!!
Edited by Westy Pre-Lit on Saturday 1st December 12:11
xxplod said:
Westy Pre-Lit said:
vonhosen said:
xxplod said:
Just indicate left and slow down to a halt. The prat of a PC driving then has to decide very quickly whether to actually pull you over or drive past. If he pulls you, just say you felty he was driving too close and you put in to practice advice a police officer gave you to deal with tailgaters.
Edited to say - it's exactly this kind of attitude that gives the BiB a bad name!!!
Edited by Westy Pre-Lit on Saturday 1st December 12:11
Mojocvh said:
......from the pre-ordained list and fits you up nicely sir! See you in court....
Sorry but even in my fair share of rather less than perfect police experiences unless you have actually done something wrong I really cant see what you would have to worry about.You really don't see many 'I've just been stitched up' posts on here do you? Nearly all of them are 'I have done something wrong how can I get away with it'.
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