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From: Brimstone on 24 Apr 2010 07:02


"NM" <nik.morgan(a)mac.com> wrote in message
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> On 24 Apr, 08:49, "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>> "Ian Jackson" <ianREMOVETHISjack...(a)g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>>
>> news:nvJVxvIzPg0LFwQu(a)g3ohx.demon.co.uk...
>>
>> > In message <emnAn.339247$0t.18...(a)newsfe17.ams2>, Zaz <z...(a)zaz.zaz>
>> > writes
>> >>On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:03:21 -0700, "Man at B&Q"
>> >><manatba...(a)hotmail.com>
>> >>wrote:
>>
>> >>>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/7620972/Police-lorry-
>> >>catches-trucker-cooking-his-dinner-while-driving.html
>>
>> >>Picture of said truck here:
>>
>> >><http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/10/23/cops-higher-u
>> >>p-to-halt-truck-dangers-97319-24998215/>
>>
>> > I would have thought something like a Google Street View car would have
>> > been cheaper!
>>
>> Cheaper than free? The vehicle used by the police was on loan. Plus, an
>> artic is less distinctive than a car with a post with a ball on top
>> poking
>> out of the roof.
>
> A couple of small points,
>
> 1, The wrong lorry is selected, even if it is free it's not right, the
> Scania depicted has the lowest seat height of all heavy trucks thus
> they will only be able to see inside other Scanias or smaller trucks,
> Had they got a Renault Magnum then they would have been able to see
> down into just about any cab. Their target market will be heavy
> trucks, smaller supermarket delivery types and rigids will have day
> drivers thus are most unlikely to be committing the offences listed.
>
> 2, The limiter on their new toy will have to be disabled in order for
> it to catch and pull alongside targets. Do they have special
> dispensation to ignore the safety laws introduced for the rest of us
> and if not is their evidence gathered by illegal means still
> admissable?
>
> This smacks of a publicity excercise and has little merit as a serious
> deterrant. however just in case I shall take more care whilst tending
> to my food or making the coffee, I already keep the DVD amd TV out of
> sight, except from inside the cab, anyway.

It also smacks of one copper pursuing an agenda to his own advantage and WM
Police taking advantage of a resource that most forces don't have. The
copper named in the article has appeared on one of the "look at what these
naughty motorists get up to" type programmes and has said that he used to be
a lorry driver, has kept his LGV licence up to date and that he's never
happier than when he's driving a lorry.


From: NM on 24 Apr 2010 07:23
On 24 Apr, 12:02, "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> It also smacks of one copper pursuing an agenda to his own advantage and WM
> Police taking advantage of a resource that most forces don't have.  The
> copper named in the article has appeared on one of the "look at what these
> naughty motorists get up to" type programmes and has said that he used to be
> a lorry driver, has kept his LGV licence up to date and that he's never
> happier than when he's driving a lorry.

It would be happy to know where he operates from because he needs to
get back to base before his shift ends, seems there are no others
available to drive the Scania. I can't see him going more than an hour
or so from 'home' or the police paying 'night out' money.
From: Brimstone on 24 Apr 2010 07:38


"NM" <nik.morgan(a)mac.com> wrote in message
news:60be491c-7cec-4e47-ad38-2ab9bd8bb4ce(a)b6g2000yqi.googlegroups.com...
> On 24 Apr, 12:02, "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> It also smacks of one copper pursuing an agenda to his own advantage and
>> WM
>> Police taking advantage of a resource that most forces don't have. The
>> copper named in the article has appeared on one of the "look at what
>> these
>> naughty motorists get up to" type programmes and has said that he used to
>> be
>> a lorry driver, has kept his LGV licence up to date and that he's never
>> happier than when he's driving a lorry.
>
> It would be happy to know where he operates from because he needs to
> get back to base before his shift ends, seems there are no others
> available to drive the Scania. I can't see him going more than an hour
> or so from 'home' or the police paying 'night out' money.

Quite. I'd guess he's based at Perry Barr (CMPG HQ) or Halesowen as they're
the only Central Motorway Police Group bases in WMP area.


From: ChelseaTractorMan on 24 Apr 2010 08:11
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:26:17 +0100, Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote:

>Perhaps they could extend that to the sales reps doing admin whilst
>driving down the road...

people were already getting stopped for these things, its just
extending things to trucks, what's the problem?
--
Mike. .. .
Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 24 Apr 2010 08:12
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:52:59 +0100, "loopy livernose"
<ifyouwanttoemailme(a)askfor.my.address> wrote:

>someone in a lorry using a sat nav.. (I have used a laptop as sat
>nav (and engine monitoring via obd2) in a car).. can't see how its wrong?

seems much the same as a normal satnav depending where the screen is
situated.
--
Mike. .. .
Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
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