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I crawled past a marked police car at 75 on a dual carriageway and to my surprise got pulled over.
The guy was driving like an idiot, way too close to the car in front on the single carriageway leading up to dual, cut someone up on a roundabout, not someone I want to be near on the road...So I overtake him at a steady 75 on cruise he starts flashing his headlights so I disengage cruise and let it drop to 70 and on go the blue lights. I pull off the dual and into a layby on a blind bend. Anyway his reasoning was that his speedo was showing 78 therefore I must have been going over 80 to overtake him. I didn't want to get into an argument so just nodded appropriately whilst denying speeding. He even said that I can't have slowed when he flashed me as he didn't see any brake lights...
Retard then makes a 3 point turn on the blind bend and stalls part way through... made me chuckle.
He obviously didn't have any speed measuring device or he would have known my true speed. Should I have entered into an argument with him about the fact that he was wrong, or could he give me a ticket for speeding? Would it have held up in court?
There were 2 of them in the car...
The guy was driving like an idiot, way too close to the car in front on the single carriageway leading up to dual, cut someone up on a roundabout, not someone I want to be near on the road...So I overtake him at a steady 75 on cruise he starts flashing his headlights so I disengage cruise and let it drop to 70 and on go the blue lights. I pull off the dual and into a layby on a blind bend. Anyway his reasoning was that his speedo was showing 78 therefore I must have been going over 80 to overtake him. I didn't want to get into an argument so just nodded appropriately whilst denying speeding. He even said that I can't have slowed when he flashed me as he didn't see any brake lights...
Retard then makes a 3 point turn on the blind bend and stalls part way through... made me chuckle.
He obviously didn't have any speed measuring device or he would have known my true speed. Should I have entered into an argument with him about the fact that he was wrong, or could he give me a ticket for speeding? Would it have held up in court?
There were 2 of them in the car...
I was driving the landcruiser. I think he was just plod rather than traffic, i suspect quite green as well. He was driving more like a teenage chav than someone with any training.
Indicated 77 = 74-75 in the landcruiser. He was going about 70 but sped up slightly for the overtake.
I have a dashcam somewhere but it's never been out the box, if the local plod drive like this I should probably get it out. I would feel more comfortable pointing out his poor driving if I had it on film. Doing a 3 point turn incompetently on a blind bend of a nsl country lane has to be pretty close to dangerous driving.
Indicated 77 = 74-75 in the landcruiser. He was going about 70 but sped up slightly for the overtake.
I have a dashcam somewhere but it's never been out the box, if the local plod drive like this I should probably get it out. I would feel more comfortable pointing out his poor driving if I had it on film. Doing a 3 point turn incompetently on a blind bend of a nsl country lane has to be pretty close to dangerous driving.
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