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| Thread ID: 40032 | 2003-11-25 23:23:00 | Off Topic - Ever been pulled over for no apparent reason? | Kame (312) | Press F1 |
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| 194728 | 2003-12-25 09:45:00 | a mate of mine got pulled over earlier tonight, and apparently they just asked him "how long have you been driving" he said something like just 15 to 20 mins, then they asked for his mobile phone and checked his "recent calls" list, and found he made a call 10 mins ago...which means he was in the car while making the call.. they just told him that next time to stop the car when making a call or just dont use cellphone till get home.. he asked, how did u know i didnt stop, apparently they been following him for the whole time.... seems like they getting strict on some things and letting others go like me yesterday riding on footpath with no helmet and 4 cops just walked right past me, like a arms length away... Just be lucky theres been no fines dished out :-) |
csinclair83 (200) | ||
| 194729 | 2003-12-26 07:07:00 | The Police find it easier to catch the law abidding than the law breakers. The law abidding don't run away. You also have to remember that a person with a descent IQ knows that there are plenty of other jobs that pay alot better that the Police, so don't expect their ranks to be filled with the best and brightest. |
Jeff (1070) | ||
| 194730 | 2003-12-26 09:47:00 | Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes | flying_green_leprachaun (1767) | ||
| 194731 | 2003-12-26 19:44:00 | Indeed! There's the Police Complaints Authority, and the Ombudsman, but they're generally too little too late | Greg S (201) | ||
| 194732 | 2003-12-26 21:09:00 | Hoo Boy! Did this posting bring out the whingers, moaners and general arse scratchers, or did it not. Little extracts include "some years ago", "my brother-in-law told me", "my friend told me" and so on. Even one who had been told by a solicitor - so it must be true. (I seem to see more solicitors convicted of ripping people off than I see cops.) One guy even mentioned that the innocently driven car does 200 kph on forest roads. Your average citizen? Simple rule if you think that you're hard done by. Go home, change your undies, and write to the cop's boss. You can ready read similar - possibly identical - stories on other sites, generally classed as urban myths. Have a nice holiday and watch out for the guys and gals in blue who have worked right through in an often futile endeavour to make yours safe from half-wits. I read that they now have anew fleet of plain clars. They should generate a few stories. |
Scouse (83) | ||
| 194733 | 2003-12-26 21:40:00 | Just a word from a very experienced "pulled overee". Even if you are pulled over for a very minor offence AGREE with everything the cop says. They like that. If you argue or abuse him/her you can bet your life you'll get a ticket even if they have to dream up a reason for giving it. Strange as it may sound some of them actualy think they are helping you by stopping you and giving advice. If you thank them for their advice they will be happy and leave you without a ticket. DON'T EVER tell them that you have been driving since before their father was born and you know more than any pimply faced kid in a fancy uniform. It dosen't work. I KNOW ! Something else that doesn't work. Don't sat they are a bloody liar and that you will see them in court and if they repeat their claims there you will accuse them of commiting perjury. I know this! My only recent success was when I was pulled up for going to fast arond a roundabout. I asked him what the speed limit was and of course he couldn't answer. So I told him it was 50 k's the same as the rest of the street. He mumbled away to himself and left.celebrated by hitting the next roundabout at 60k's Stupid I know |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 194734 | 2003-12-28 07:01:00 | Over the last 14 days or so I completed nearly 2000 k's of city, suburban, urban and country driving in a bog-standard family station wagon, plus a few tens of k's on a bicycle. I observed the road rules and speed limits (within the usual tolerance levels) wore seatbelts or a cycle helmet as necessary, saw heaps of patrol cars and radar sites but didn't get stopped or flashed once. What did I do wrong?:D Cheers Billy *<8-{) I don't really hold with "stopped for no reason" stories as there is always something that draws attention to a vehicle, be it driving style or vehicle/driver profile, though I do accept that innocent drivers can get pulled over if the police are looking for a vehicle by description. I must confess that I was no angel myself in years gone by, but have only been stopped three or four times in nearly 40 years and a million+ K's of motoring. Most of those were in my younger days when I thoroughly deserved it :8}, and once in the last 10 years when I just got careless. |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 194735 | 2003-12-28 07:59:00 | I see a couple of people throwing around this whole "heart-attack" idea a bit. Just for informations sake, despite what is seen on TV, ambulances rarely drive to the hospital with their priority lights on. As with most emergency services there are strict governances about when lights and/or siren can be used, and mostly they are only used on the way to a job, and even then only if the job fits certain criteria. Very rarely is a patient transported under lights to a hospital - in 2 years as a Paramedic I've done this 4 times, three times the patient was being resusucitated en route. Most of the time trips to hospital are under normal driving conditions. As also mentioned, someone having a heart attack would normally be in specialist care, not a police car. There are big issue with the way many in the police service handle themselves, however they do perform a job that most people wouldn't like to do. Much of the time it's a big hats off to the majority of them, there a few that spoil it, but that'll happen in any organisation. |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
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