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From: bod on 9 Jun 2010 10:09 bod wrote: > Adrian wrote: >> bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they >> were >> saying: >> >>>> On one occasion, the location we set up meant that I, as the stopping >>>> officer, had no place to park my police car other than half on and half >>>> off the pavement. >>>> >>>> One motorist that I stopped was a commercial lawyer working for a >>>> private firm. He pleaded not guilty and came to court carrying several >>>> thick legal tomes. He relied on some ancient piece of legislation which >>>> stated that any evidence gleaned whilst in pursuance of an illegal act >>>> was impermissible. He argued that as I was parked illegally on the >>>> pavement, my evidence should not be allowed. >>>> >>>> Sadly for him, the magistrates did not accept his argument and >>>> convicted him... >> >>> Ha! Kev, are you actually admitting that there is one lw for plods and >>> one for everyone else? :-) >> >> <sigh> >> No, Bod, that's not what he said. > > > > > > <sigh> > Joke Adrian, it was a joke. > > Perhaps you should get a grown up who knows what a smiley means. Here's one again, they look like this>>>>>>>>> :-) Have you ever experienced laughing?...Ask someone if you're not sure.:-) Bod
From: Rob on 9 Jun 2010 10:12 Ret. wrote: || || On one occasion, the location we set up meant that I, as the stopping || officer, had no place to park my police car other than half on and || half off the pavement. That cannot possibly be true, so I suppose you really meant that you parked there because you could. -- Rob
From: Mentalguy2k8 on 9 Jun 2010 10:18 "Ian Jackson" <ianREMOVETHISjackson(a)g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:e3XbXgMX15DMFwiz(a)g3ohx.demon.co.uk... > In message <879g3bFhe6U5(a)mid.individual.net>, bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> > writes >>Adrian wrote: >>> "Mortimer" <me(a)privacy.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they >>> were >>> saying: >>> >>>> I find that I say to myself "the limit is 30... it's still 30... it's >>>> still 30" to prevent me subconsciously increasing back to a sensible >>>> speed for those road conditions. >>> Is the signage not sufficient? >>> >>> >> >> Wherever I've seen those 'slow down'signs or signs showing your actuall >> speed, every car I've seen going faster than the limit, slows down. >> > I reckon that most drivers do not really intend to break the speed limit - > at least not by an amount that would be considered unduly dangerous, > having regard to the prevailing road conditions at the time. I've always maitained that there is a difference between good/experienced drivers who can safely go a few MPH over the limit, and there are those whose complete disregard for the limits is matched by their disregard for everything else in the Highway Code. I've noticed increasingly in the last few years that most of the worst tailgating/speeding on motorways and speeding/pulling out into unsafe gaps around town is being done by women. It always used to be salesman plonkers in BMW's and Mondeos (or vans) but now it seems to be 18-40 year old women driving stupid little Minis and Clios at 100mph. I've done a few long trips in the last few weeks, and I'm finding these women are more aggressive on the road than men. I've also noticed (although this probably applies to some men as well) that sometimes they have little kids strapped in the back while they're doing it. That really pisses me off.
From: Michael Swift on 9 Jun 2010 10:39 In article <e3XbXgMX15DMFwiz(a)g3ohx.demon.co.uk>, Ian Jackson <ianREMOVET HISjackson(a)g3ohx.demon.co.uk> writes >Most cars do indeed slow down if they get flashed by a 'slow down' sign >- especially if it shows their true speed. One of those is probably far >more effective than any number of speed cameras (and probably a lot >cheaper). Cheaper to instal maybe but they don't collect money. Mike -- Michael Swift We do not regard Englishmen as foreigners. Kirkheaton We look on them only as rather mad Norwegians. Yorkshire Halvard Lange
From: Ret. on 9 Jun 2010 11:30
Rob wrote: > Ret. wrote: >>> >>> On one occasion, the location we set up meant that I, as the >>> stopping officer, had no place to park my police car other than >>> half on and half off the pavement. > > That cannot possibly be true, so I suppose you really meant that you > parked there because you could. It was a long road with no side roads off. I suppose I could have parked half a mile away and walked back. If I had parked completely on the road I would have been causing an obstruction. -- Kev |