A chat with the police

[Rawwr]

Was out on a pootle yesterday, trying to scrub in a new front tyre and enjoying the weather. Doing my usual run up the B645 from St Neots, Kimbolton, Chelveston and so on, when in Great Staughton I saw a couple of plods with one of those nice laser devices. So being the nosey turd that I am, I decided that would be a great place to stop for a fag and find out more about their kooky little guns. So I got talking to one of the plods...

It turns out that the villagers of Great Staughton had made lots of complaints about bikes speeding through the village and generally riding like tts. Now, the reality is quite different. It turns out, in the two hours they'd been there, they hadn't caught/stopped a single bike but had stopped over 20 cars. To make it more interesting, over half the cars stopped were being driven by people who lived in the village.

This amused me.

[castrolcraig]

says it all....

fk off you stupid little pillocks with your tweed jumpers and rover 75,s.

just because your waiting for god doesnt mean we are, get a life and find something more worthwhile to do.

[Johnny]

Isn't that the usual story with this sort of thing? Always amuses me no end!

[Fume Troll]

I think people often think bikes are moving faster than they really are, because:

A. They're smaller than cars, so the sense of scale changes the perception of speed.
B. They are often louder than cars.

Cheers,

FT.

[catso]

Fume Troll said:

I think people often think bikes are moving faster than they really are, because:

A. They're smaller than cars, so the sense of scale changes the perception of speed.
B. They are often louder than cars.

Cheers,

FT.

Also because of higher RPM for the same speed, they 'sound' faster and then because they can be heard sounding 'faster' for longer (because they're not going as fast as the muppets think) they also think they're even faster and even louder.

The Police should not really listen to these type of complainants.......

[Fume Troll]

You're probably right.

Personally I think they are right to listen to, and act on the complaints...however...they should also give them some feedback, in the OP's case sharing the results of their "survey".

The really sad thing is that some residents and motorists will have seen the OP stopped by the police and thought "fatastic, they've stopped another speeding motorbike", and will never have any idea of the facts.

Cheers,

FT.

[bomb]

Ha !!

This is a simelar story to the TWO patrol cars that stopped me ( I was driving my T350) and proceeded to measure the spacing on my rear number plate. I was in a 60mph limit and doing approx 45 mph.

Pulled me after spotting my number plate.

Four officers, two patrol cars = £30 fine due to the spacing being 13mm on the wrong side of the law.

Good use of tax payers cash ( NOT).

No wonder many folk have no respect for them anymore.

[Taita]

bomb said:

Ha !!

This is a simelar story to the TWO patrol cars that stopped me ( I was driving my T350) and proceeded to measure the spacing on my rear number plate. I was in a 60mph limit and doing approx 45 mph.

Pulled me after spotting my number plate.

Four officers, two patrol cars = £30 fine due to the spacing being 13mm on the wrong side of the law.

Good use of tax payers cash ( NOT).

No wonder many folk have no respect for them anymore.

Idiots,

Perhaps a good time for:

'Can you arrest me for something that I say?'
'Yes'
'Can you arrest me for something I think?'
'No'
'I think you are a '

[dern]

bomb said:

Ha !!

This is a simelar story to the TWO patrol cars that stopped me ( I was driving my T350) and proceeded to measure the spacing on my rear number plate. I was in a 60mph limit and doing approx 45 mph.

Pulled me after spotting my number plate.

Four officers, two patrol cars = £30 fine due to the spacing being 13mm on the wrong side of the law.

Good use of tax payers cash ( NOT).

No wonder many folk have no respect for them anymore.

I do, a lot of respect in fact. It seems like a rubbish job frankly. I've always found them fair, understood that they don't make policy and believed that if I have been doing something wrong and they stop me then it's my responsibility for the situation and not theirs. If you mess around on the limit of the law where ever you choose to do it then it's your choice to take the risk as it is all of ours and you can hardly lay the blame on them.

Edited by dern on Monday 5th May 16:03

[RemaL]

great to read that, amde me laugh

[bomb]

dern said:

bomb said:

Ha !!

This is a simelar story to the TWO patrol cars that stopped me ( I was driving my T350) and proceeded to measure the spacing on my rear number plate. I was in a 60mph limit and doing approx 45 mph.

Pulled me after spotting my number plate.

Four officers, two patrol cars = £30 fine due to the spacing being 13mm on the wrong side of the law.

Good use of tax payers cash ( NOT).

No wonder many folk have no respect for them anymore.

I do, a lot of respect in fact. It seems like a rubbish job frankly. I've always found them fair, understood that they don't make policy and believed that if I have been doing something wrong and they stop me then it's my responsibility for the situation and not theirs. If you mess around on the limit of the law where ever you choose to do it then it's your choice to take the risk as it is all of ours and you can hardly lay the blame on them.

Edited by dern on Monday 5th May 16:03

Yes.....thats fine. And I see your point. I do admit that my plate was illegal if you apply the law. My point is why do they put so much emphasis on minor issues like that when the crime rate is a joke, and most of the toe-rags that spend their time sponging off the tax payer, and never have any intention of doing a days work, can easily get away with whatever they like.

I am sure you are a good law abiding citizen, but my bug-bear is that I did not see their days 'work' ( pulling over sensible people), as an improvement to law and order. Especially where I live.

As for their job being 'rubbish'.....well I'm sure nobody is forcing the Police to work there. They could always seek an alternative career. Or maybe they just like to hang on a few years until they retire early on an inflated pension after claiming their own sickness benefit ( like the majority of the force do).

Not that I'm bitter and twisted of course.........

[aeropilot]

bomb said:

dern said:

bomb said:

Ha !!

This is a simelar story to the TWO patrol cars that stopped me ( I was driving my T350) and proceeded to measure the spacing on my rear number plate. I was in a 60mph limit and doing approx 45 mph.

Pulled me after spotting my number plate.

Four officers, two patrol cars = £30 fine due to the spacing being 13mm on the wrong side of the law.

Good use of tax payers cash ( NOT).

No wonder many folk have no respect for them anymore.

I do, a lot of respect in fact. It seems like a rubbish job frankly. I've always found them fair, understood that they don't make policy and believed that if I have been doing something wrong and they stop me then it's my responsibility for the situation and not theirs. If you mess around on the limit of the law where ever you choose to do it then it's your choice to take the risk as it is all of ours and you can hardly lay the blame on them.

Edited by dern on Monday 5th May 16:03

Yes.....thats fine. And I see your point. I do admit that my plate was illegal if you apply the law. My point is why do they put so much emphasis on minor issues like that when the crime rate is a joke

You'd be surprised at the amount of crime that IS solved as a result of Plod stopping people for minor infringements and resultant checks lead to other stuff. It's a fact that a majority of the less law abiding with also 'accept' the risks of running 'minor' infringements and so they are a good 'pull' for further checks. Of, course, a generally law abiding person that falls foul of being picked on for what they see as a minor infringment and says, why don't they go and catch real criminals etc., well that's exactly what they are doing.

[wassy]

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bomb said:

dern said:

bomb said:

Ha !!

This is a simelar story to the TWO patrol cars that stopped me ( I was driving my T350) and proceeded to measure the spacing on my rear number plate. I was in a 60mph limit and doing approx 45 mph.

Pulled me after spotting my number plate.

Four officers, two patrol cars = £30 fine due to the spacing being 13mm on the wrong side of the law.

Good use of tax payers cash ( NOT).

No wonder many folk have no respect for them anymore.

I do, a lot of respect in fact. It seems like a rubbish job frankly. I've always found them fair, understood that they don't make policy and believed that if I have been doing something wrong and they stop me then it's my responsibility for the situation and not theirs. If you mess around on the limit of the law where ever you choose to do it then it's your choice to take the risk as it is all of ours and you can hardly lay the blame on them.

Edited by dern on Monday 5th May 16:03

Yes.....thats fine. And I see your point. I do admit that my plate was illegal if you apply the law. My point is why do they put so much emphasis on minor issues like that when the crime rate is a joke, and most of the toe-rags that spend their time sponging off the tax payer, and never have any intention of doing a days work, can easily get away with whatever they like.

I am sure you are a good law abiding citizen, but my bug-bear is that I did not see their days 'work' ( pulling over sensible people), as an improvement to law and order. Especially where I live.

As for their job being 'rubbish'.....well I'm sure nobody is forcing the Police to work there. They could always seek an alternative career. Or maybe they just like to hang on a few years until they retire early on an inflated pension after claiming their own sickness benefit ( like the majority of the force do).

Not that I'm bitter and twisted of course.........

I've seen your car knocking about. You must admit that your plate is taking the pee a bit

[bomb]

wassy said:

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bomb said:

dern said:

bomb said:

Ha !!

This is a simelar story to the TWO patrol cars that stopped me ( I was driving my T350) and proceeded to measure the spacing on my rear number plate. I was in a 60mph limit and doing approx 45 mph.

Pulled me after spotting my number plate.

Four officers, two patrol cars = £30 fine due to the spacing being 13mm on the wrong side of the law.

Good use of tax payers cash ( NOT).

No wonder many folk have no respect for them anymore.

I do, a lot of respect in fact. It seems like a rubbish job frankly. I've always found them fair, understood that they don't make policy and believed that if I have been doing something wrong and they stop me then it's my responsibility for the situation and not theirs. If you mess around on the limit of the law where ever you choose to do it then it's your choice to take the risk as it is all of ours and you can hardly lay the blame on them.

Edited by dern on Monday 5th May 16:03

Yes.....thats fine. And I see your point. I do admit that my plate was illegal if you apply the law. My point is why do they put so much emphasis on minor issues like that when the crime rate is a joke, and most of the toe-rags that spend their time sponging off the tax payer, and never have any intention of doing a days work, can easily get away with whatever they like.

I am sure you are a good law abiding citizen, but my bug-bear is that I did not see their days 'work' ( pulling over sensible people), as an improvement to law and order. Especially where I live.

As for their job being 'rubbish'.....well I'm sure nobody is forcing the Police to work there. They could always seek an alternative career. Or maybe they just like to hang on a few years until they retire early on an inflated pension after claiming their own sickness benefit ( like the majority of the force do).

Not that I'm bitter and twisted of course.........

taking the pee a bit

What !! Not me sir......

[blade7]

Rawwr said:

So being the nosey turd that I am.

Lol.

Edited by blade7 on Tuesday 6th May 10:59

[trumpet600]

bomb said:

My point is why do they put so much emphasis on minor issues like that when the crime rate is a joke,

You may find that the crime rate is about to come down......

Leaked infomation to the media suggests that the smashing of car windows will no longer be classified as a crime, unless something is stolen from the car.

So criminal damage is okay......?

FFS, what next?

[bomb]

Quite so....

Thats my point.

They seem to be far too lenient with 'real crimes' against people, but insist on nit picking with stuff that carries no weight.

I can feel a rant coming on, about the Government targeting the motorist. surely you must agree that we have been hard hit with cameras, gatso's etc until we have almost reached a point where you can hardly drive a vehicle without getting some points on your licence.

If the local plod had reigned in some of the local thugs and wasters that seem to think that its acceptable behaviour to terrorise the local towns around my area, maybe I'd have more respect for the 'work' that they do.

Until I see some improvement in this, I'm afraid I am not convinced.

I paid my fine of £30, and I also invested in some new number plates, so my car is fully legal.
Rest easy.

[kingb]

you say they are dont care about "real" crimes but its simply not the case - all you see is the 1 in 1000 cases where the criminal gets off or the police make a mistake. but they are only as human as the next man and mistakes happen.

maybe you had been abiding by the law the police wouldnt have had to stop you and could have been out chasing "real" criminals - you seem to think your totally blameless

sorry i dont mean for this be be a personal attack it just irritates me when people form and express opinions from total crap. the papers arnt always right - if you have a look at a better source such as the british crime survey you will see that plenty of real criminals have been caught and crime is generally falling

[nomorepetrol]

castrolcraig said:

fk off you stupid little pillocks with your tweed jumpers and rover 75,s.

just because your waiting for god doesnt mean we are, get a life and find something more worthwhile to do.

Hmm. Anyway.

The fact that many of you refer to "this sort of thing" etc, implies that people complaining about bikers hooning through villages is not a rarity, it's actually very common. Obviously they should all go and get stuffed and die or something. Also, not 48 hours ago I was shown a letter written to my Parish council, from the Chief Constable of the county's Police force saying "this is a National problem"

So with that in mind, this also implies that more than one or two people, including many like me don't drive Rovers either, I owned a 997 turbo, think what you do is selfish. I have kids. And I don't appreciate you risking their lives doing 146mph (radar) past my driveway. And you must love the noise too, but do you ever stop to think about anyone else? Would you like it if someone spent the entire weekend revving the tits out of something in your back garden? Would you look out of the window and think hey, that's not annoying, anyway I can always wait til it rains before my kids can go outside.

There's a pretty good reason why this is such a topic of conversation, and retorts like fk off grandad only emphasise the sort of attitude you take towards people who just want to, just occasionally not have to listen to you or think about you slamming into our volvo estate as we try and leave our home.

You have tracks. Loads of them. When I wanted to do 2.5x the speed limits, I went to Croft or the Ring.

Next time, you're out spoiling people's weekends and thinking about number 1, at least realise that the very last thing you have a right to do is complain if people don't like it.

castrolcraig, I have kept this topic reasonably inoffensive - but you are simply a prick, and if you ride a bike with the same attitude as which you "write", you're a lot closer to God than the rest of us.

[Mattt]

nomorepetrol said:

Stuff

Well done, you've got them bang to rights there.

Do you want any more tar for your brush? I've seen plenty of 997 Turbo travelling in excess of 100mph.