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From: Ty on 15 Aug 2006 14:01 We have all the "safe" drivers complaining about the Police wasting their resource chasing them and the one rule for the police etc. etc. Do you think theres a pedophile NG with the same type of arrant drivel being spouted?
From: R. Mark Clayton on 15 Aug 2006 14:23 "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:S66dnUVH7su3KnzZRVny2g(a)bt.com... > R. Mark Clayton wrote: >> "David Taylor" <davidt-news(a)yadt.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:slrnee3bjl.s06.davidt-news(a)outcold.yadt.co.uk... >>> On 2006-08-15, R. Mark Clayton <nospamclayton(a)btinternet.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Well they could always start by issuing themselves with FPN's >>>> whenever they >>>> use their push to talk half duplex personal radios while driving >>>> and it isn't an emergency - but oops I forgot it is one law for >>>> them and another law for the rest of us see:- >>> >>> Er, no. As you quoted below it is the same law for them and us. >>> >>> It is entirely legal for a police officer to use a two-way radio >>> whilst driving, just as it is entirely legal for _you_ to use a >>> two-way radio whilst driving. >> >> Unless it just happens to be a mobile phone. >> >> The upshot is that the police use two way half duplex radio >> (therefore you have to press to talk) all the time, whereas if you >> use your full duplex radio phone the very same police officer who has >> just PNC'ed your vehicle over the radio while following you will give >> you a ticket. > > And? > Hypocrisy brings the law into disrepute and leads to it not being respected. If a TC stops someone and tells them how dangerous it is to use their mobile when driving (while giving them a bill for 60), how seriously are they going to take this when they saw the TC in their mirror talking on his radio just a moment before they were pulled over?
From: hairydog on 15 Aug 2006 14:51 On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:30:59 +0100, "DieSea" <DieSea.NoSpamPlease(a)ntlworldd.ccom> wrote: >The situation was that a car towing a tatty old camping trailer was tailgating me >in the middle lane of a motorway , flashing his lights for me to get out of the >way > >I was solo and doing a BIT more than 70 Perhaps he wanted you to move over because trailers aren't allowed in the third lane. If he was able to drive up on your nearside, you can't have been overtaking, so you were breaking the law. -- Iain the out-of-date hairydog guide to mobile phones http://www.hairydog.co.uk/cell1.html Browse now while stocks last!
From: Brimstone on 15 Aug 2006 14:37 "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclayton(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message news:nqmdnYvhsKNijX_ZRVnysA(a)bt.com... > > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:S66dnUVH7su3KnzZRVny2g(a)bt.com... >> R. Mark Clayton wrote: >>> The upshot is that the police use two way half duplex radio >>> (therefore you have to press to talk) all the time, whereas if you >>> use your full duplex radio phone the very same police officer who has >>> just PNC'ed your vehicle over the radio while following you will give >>> you a ticket. >> >> And? >> > Hypocrisy brings the law into disrepute and leads to it not being > respected. If a TC stops someone and tells them how dangerous it is to use > their mobile when driving (while giving them a bill for 60), how > seriously are they going to take this when they saw the TC in their mirror > talking on his radio just a moment before they were pulled over? A two way radio is not a mobile phone. Different device, different method of use, different rules. Two way radios are usually used for passing messages, not having conversations that can become involved and distract the driver fom his/her primary job.
From: Brimstone on 15 Aug 2006 15:04
hairydog(a)despammed.com wrote: > On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:30:59 +0100, "DieSea" > <DieSea.NoSpamPlease(a)ntlworldd.ccom> wrote: > >> The situation was that a car towing a tatty old camping trailer was >> tailgating me in the middle lane of a motorway , flashing his >> lights for me to get out of the way >> >> I was solo and doing a BIT more than 70 > > Perhaps he wanted you to move over because trailers aren't allowed in > the third lane. Nor are they allowed to exceed 60mph. > If he was able to drive up on your nearside, you can't have been > overtaking, so you were breaking the law. How does one tailgate when in a different lane? |