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From: Bod on 28 Mar 2010 06:44 On 28/03/2010 11:11, Brimstone wrote: > > > "Bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message > news:818nr4Fg5bU1(a)mid.individual.net... >> On 28/03/2010 10:57, Brimstone wrote: >>> >>> >>> "Bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message >>> news:818lpkF33iU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>>> On 28/03/2010 10:25, Brimstone wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "Bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message >>>>> news:818ksmFng6U1(a)mid.individual.net... >>>>>> On 28/03/2010 10:07, Brimstone wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "Ophelia" <Ophelia(a)Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message >>>>>>> news:818jqhFoq9U1(a)mid.individual.net... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>>>> news:VLmdnToDzMsbizLWnZ2dnUVZ8lCdnZ2d(a)bt.com... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> "Ophelia" <Ophelia(a)Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message >>>>>>>>> news:818cl7FjkeU2(a)mid.individual.net... >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>> news:SPadnWION-bY4jPWnZ2dnUVZ8v2dnZ2d(a)bt.com... >>>>>>>>>>> Indeed, I usually pass at an indicated eighty or so and never >>>>>>>>>>> had a >>>>>>>>>>> problem, barring one idiot who was driving a Frontera, again >>>>>>>>>>> sitting in the middle lane and holding up the traffic. He was a >>>>>>>>>>> bit >>>>>>>>>>> taken aback when I asked him why he was sitting in the middle >>>>>>>>>>> lane >>>>>>>>>>> cause an unnecessary obstruction. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> How did you do that? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> If you mean how did I ask him the question, because he invited >>>>>>>>> me to >>>>>>>>> stop for a chat. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Yes:) Cool:) I take it you 'indicated' you were not a happy bunny >>>>>>>> whilst still driving? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I went past at a speed he didn't like, but which motorway patrol >>>>>>> police >>>>>>> officers don't object to. >>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> A veiled answer. Other than the speed limit, what speed? >>>>>> >>>>> 80. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> No, you earlier said an *indicated 80*. So what was the true speed? >>>> >>> How should I know? >>> >>> >> I seem to remember you saying, that you knew how much your speedo over >> read. > > That might apply to my present car. It certainly doesn't apply to the > one I was driving at the time of this incident. > >> If you didn't know your true speed, you may have been speeding then? >> > I was certainly travelling at more than the speed limit. What's your point? > > You said earlier: "I went past at a speed he didn't like, but which motorway patrol police officers don't object to". How did you know that the speed you were doing, was what the police didn't object to, if you didn't know what true speed you were really doing? Bod
From: Brimstone on 28 Mar 2010 06:49 "Bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:818q7hFtdeU1(a)mid.individual.net... > On 28/03/2010 11:11, Brimstone wrote: >> I was certainly travelling at more than the speed limit. What's your >> point? >> >> > You said earlier: > > "I went past at a speed he didn't like, but which motorway patrol > police officers don't object to". > > How did you know that the speed you were doing, was what the police > didn't object to, if you didn't know what true speed you were really > doing? > Because I'd passed motorway patrol cars at that indicated speed before, more than once, and never been stopped. Any more unthinking questions?
From: Bod on 28 Mar 2010 06:50 On 28/03/2010 11:27, Brimstone wrote: > > > "Bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message > news:818p0fFm6jU1(a)mid.individual.net... > >> My mum used to say " a thief, you can lock up... but a liar, you can't >> do anything with". >> > So she had you sussed then. :-) > > Oi! I've never told a lie! <cough>. Bod
From: Bod on 28 Mar 2010 06:52 On 28/03/2010 11:28, Ret. wrote: > Mr. Benn wrote: >> "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:1jg0tlf.gow04f1m8w8rwN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk... >>> Mr. Benn <nospam(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >>> >>>>> I've been stopped in entirely the same circumstances and had >>>>> exactly the >>>>> same attitude from the police. In my case the speed limit was 40 >>>>> and there was a speed camera part way along the dual carriageway. >>>>> I didn't trigger the speed camera but I was still accused of >>>>> speeding, but the officers had no evidence to support their >>>>> allegation. They also required >>>>> a breath test and then when they asked for ID were shocked when I >>>>> showed >>>>> them <something> that identified who I was and who I worked for >>>>> rather than my driving licence. Then their attitude turned polite >>>>> to the point of being fawning. >>>> >>>> Are you someone really important? >>> >>> Not at all. >> >> So why did the attitude of the police change when you showed them who >> you worked for? Were you working for the police? > > Throughout my 30 years in the job I only ever had people say to me "Do > you know who I am?" on a very few occasions. > > I had a stock answer ready: "No I'm sorry I don't - why, have you > forgotten?" > > Kev > > LOL. Bod
From: Bod on 28 Mar 2010 07:03
On 28/03/2010 11:49, Brimstone wrote: > "Bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message > news:818q7hFtdeU1(a)mid.individual.net... >> On 28/03/2010 11:11, Brimstone wrote: >>> I was certainly travelling at more than the speed limit. What's your >>> point? >>> >>> >> You said earlier: >> >> "I went past at a speed he didn't like, but which motorway patrol >> police officers don't object to". >> >> How did you know that the speed you were doing, was what the police >> didn't object to, if you didn't know what true speed you were really >> doing? >> > Because I'd passed motorway patrol cars at that indicated speed before, > more than once, and never been stopped. > > Any more unthinking questions? > > One more. Considering that you didn't know your true speed, then there must have been a point when you gambled that you were under the limit when passing motorway cops? Bod |