View Full Version : Bloody coppers!
Sorry, I know there are a fair few on here, but my wallet is starting to suffer now.
I can deal with the £60 speeding fine, that was my fault and I hold my hand up to that, but on the way home from work just now a police car came belting up the middle of the road showering my car in gravel, and cracking my windscreen. I'm hoping it's repairable but it's borderline, otherwise they are going to cost me another 75 bloody quid insurance excess.
thedonal
10-02-10, 03:04 PM
Maybe you can make some enquiries- they'll surely know who was in the area at the time. It's worth an ask, at least?
Yeah possibly, I know the time, date, name of the road and the fact that it was an 08 reg 5 series estate, and ironically looked like it was being driven by the same copper that knicked me for speeding.
the_lone_wolf
10-02-10, 03:12 PM
He didn't also happen to scare a seagull that took flight and shat on your car did he?
Submit your receipt for car valeting and a letter from "CompensationLawyers4u" to your local force's "Magic Mary Poppins Bag Compensation Fund" (MMPBCF) and wait for your cheque
Bloody coppers ...... driving fast to do their job, possibly saving someones life !!!
Makes me mad !! ;-)
Bloody gravel ...... I mean what was it doing there ...
Makes me mad !!! ;-)
pmsl ^^^^^
sh*t luck that is
CheGuevara
10-02-10, 03:42 PM
ironically looked like it was being driven by the same copper that knicked me for speeding.
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Bloody coppers ...... driving fast to do their job, possibly saving someones life !!!
Makes me mad !! ;-)
Bloody gravel ...... I mean what was it doing there ...
Makes me mad !!! ;-)
Yeah yeah, I know it wasn't his fault, it couldn't be helped, thats life etc, but you too would be p!ssed off if a police car happened to break something of yours that'll cost to put right. Not saying I'm after money out of them, just don't want them costing me more this month, is that ok with you bunch of p!ss takers ;).
Luckypants
10-02-10, 04:03 PM
How about bloody gravel?
the_lone_wolf
10-02-10, 04:06 PM
How about bloody gravel?
Or bloody gravity??
It was all going well, the stone's trajectory would have it fly harmlessly over his car and off into space
Then that sodding fundamental force got it's graviton mitts on it and curved it right into his windscreen
Newton you *******, can't you sue his living relatives?
Drew Carey
10-02-10, 04:06 PM
On a practical note......do you not have windscreen repair cover on your insurance? Quite a lot of policies do nowadays and it usually doesn't cost you your excess / impact no claims.
Just a thought.
On a practical note......do you not have windscreen repair cover on your insurance? Quite a lot of policies do nowadays and it usually doesn't cost you your excess / impact no claims.
Just a thought.
Yeah I have, but it's borderline whether it's beyond repair. My insurance company do charge for repairs though.
ArtyLady
10-02-10, 04:13 PM
I'm just guessing but I would think that no matter what sort of emergency they are on they still have a duty of care not to injure anyone or damage property? and I would imagine that they have insurance to cover such an incident? :smt102
the_lone_wolf
10-02-10, 04:18 PM
I'm just guessing but I would think that no matter what sort of emergency they are on they still have a duty of care not to injure anyone or damage property? and I would imagine that they have insurance to cover such an incident? :smt102
Duty of care does not extend to eliminating every possible risk
If the cop car had done a handbrake turn in a gravel trap, showering the OPs car with stones then yeah, it would be negligence on the part of the copper
Driving on the road entails a risk of chipped screens from stones and debris, from any other vehicle. If it had been any member of the public their insurance would tell him to take a running jump, the only reason the OP is on the hunt for compo is because he broke the law previously and is steamed he got caught...;)
CheGuevara
10-02-10, 04:19 PM
Perhaps if you had been speeding you would have missed the rock entirely :)
I'm just guessing but I would think that no matter what sort of emergency they are on they still have a duty of care not to injure anyone or damage property? and I would imagine that they have insurance to cover such an incident? :smt102
Well I would have thought if they got the car slightly out of shape and took someones mirror off, for example, they would be liable, but as I have said I'm not after compensation or out, TLW must have missread my opening post or something and got it into his head that I want to sue everyone.
Noble Ox
10-02-10, 04:39 PM
Gavin from Autoglass?
the_lone_wolf
10-02-10, 04:40 PM
Well I would have thought if they got the car slightly out of shape and took someones mirror off, for example, they would be liable...
They would
But they didn't...
But as I have said TLW, where have I stated I want compo out of them, just a rant, and yes you are right to say the fact that i got nicked for speeding has something to do with my rant, about the fact that within around a week of getting fined a policemans action has now likely cost more than the fine in the first place.
And yes I know these things happen and getting caught speeding was my fault in the first place.
the_lone_wolf
10-02-10, 04:56 PM
And yes I know these things happen and getting caught speeding was my fault in the first place.
So, as you say it's your own fault you got caught
It's nothing to do with the deliberate actions of the copper that you got a stone chip, he was just doing his job, not being negligent in the slightest
It's wholly illogical to aim your rant at the copper when of the two bad things that happened to you, one thing is your fault, and the other is nobody's...
Rants are rants many are pointless or aimless.
You could argue that if he was paying attention to the road he wouldnt have gone thru the gravel tho!
It's wholly illogical to aim your rant at the copper when of the two bad things that happened to you, one thing is your fault, and the other is nobody's...
Very true Mr Spock, but as Kuze points out a rant is a rant, and I have already pointed out that it wasn't his fault. Anyway, I gave this thread its title with a tongue in cheek attitude.
barwel1992
10-02-10, 06:43 PM
damn thats anoying :/
Milky Bar Kid
10-02-10, 06:50 PM
I'm just guessing but I would think that no matter what sort of emergency they are on they still have a duty of care not to injure anyone or damage property? and I would imagine that they have insurance to cover such an incident? :smt102
Erm, and how exactly would the cop have prevented this???
My windscreen is chipped atm and it was from a little old lady infront of me, its an unavoidable part of driving!
Or perhaps its the roads departments fault because they have left gravel on the road. I mean, don't the roads department have a duty of care to all motorists to make sure the road is safe and does not contribute to damage of property??:rolleyes:
Or perhaps its the roads departments fault because they have left gravel on the road. I mean, don't the roads department have a duty of care to all motorists to make sure the road is safe and does not contribute to damage of property??:rolleyes:
Hmmm. another sore subject, £500 of damage to the car so far and it still doesn't feel right, all because of a pothole. Bloody council! ;).
Von Teese
10-02-10, 07:11 PM
Bloody coppers!
PMSL
This thread has potential, hopefully it will cheer up some of the miserable buggers
the_lone_wolf
10-02-10, 07:19 PM
Anyway, I gave this thread its title with a tongue in cheek attitude.
We can't see your eyebrows, you gotta use the smileys if you want people to know what you mean...;)
barwel1992
10-02-10, 07:21 PM
Erm, and how exactly would the cop have prevented this???
My windscreen is chipped atm and it was from a little old lady infront of me, its an unavoidable part of driving!
Or perhaps its the roads departments fault because they have left gravel on the road. I mean, don't the roads department have a duty of care to all motorists to make sure the road is safe and does not contribute to damage of property??:rolleyes:
i dont supose she was belting up the middle of the road like some old lady's do ? joke :lol:
i can see where both sides are comming from, and i think in a normal situation nothing can be done but when(if) the police car was travelling at high rate of speed on a gravely surface (middle of the road) wouldent it be best for the copper to slow down when there are cars ether side to remove the chance of this happening?
Milky Bar Kid
10-02-10, 07:25 PM
It doesn't happen very often. Anyway not getting into a debate over this..as the op said, 'tis tongue in cheek
the_lone_wolf
10-02-10, 07:26 PM
i can see where both sides are comming from, and i think in a normal situation nothing can be done but when(if) the police car was travelling at high rate of speed on a gravely surface (middle of the road) wouldent it be best for the copper to slow down when there are cars ether side to remove the chance of this happening?Dude, are you for real?
To hell with the person at the other end waiting for the police to arrive, to hell with the nutcase beating up and threatening to stab his wife and kid? Better keep him waiting so you don't accidentally chip someone's paint
:smt043
Von Teese
10-02-10, 07:27 PM
I will make this point with the driving school and ask them to incoporate gritted road training I think
the_lone_wolf
10-02-10, 07:29 PM
I will make this point with the driving school and ask them to incoporate gritted road training I think
I find the loud siren sometimes hurts my ears, could you make a request that they only use the siren when nobody is around to hear it?;)
Ta:thumleft:
Dave20046
10-02-10, 07:30 PM
My windscreen is chipped atm and it was from a little old lady infront of me, its an unavoidable part of driving!
Does your insurance cover windscreen chips?
Milky Bar Kid
10-02-10, 07:30 PM
I find the loud siren sometimes hurts my ears, could you make a request that they only use the siren when nobody is around to hear it?;)
Ta:thumleft:
:smt005
love it!
Milky Bar Kid
10-02-10, 07:31 PM
Does your insurance cover windscreen chips?
Yeah I think so. My brothers whole windscreen shattered and they, same company, CIS, only charged him £50 excess to get it replaced...
the_lone_wolf
10-02-10, 07:32 PM
:smt005
love it!
Well by the time they've slowed down to the speed whereby they'll never throw a stone up they won;t need advanced warning systems anyway:p;):D
ArtyLady
10-02-10, 07:33 PM
Erm, and how exactly would the cop have prevented this???
My windscreen is chipped atm and it was from a little old lady infront of me, its an unavoidable part of driving!
Or perhaps its the roads departments fault because they have left gravel on the road. I mean, don't the roads department have a duty of care to all motorists to make sure the road is safe and does not contribute to damage of property??:rolleyes:
I just got the impression that he drove at speed through a patch of gravel sending it flying everywhere :confused:
A bit different to a single stone coming up from the car in front :rolleyes:
Dave20046
10-02-10, 07:36 PM
I just got the impression that he drove at speed through a patch of gravel sending it flying everywhere :confused:
A bit different to a single stone coming up from the car in front :rolleyes:
What's the difference? Both unintentional I'd assume. Though can't imagine there being many big patches of gravel in the middle lane of a motorway but probably wrong.
mbk- cool, was only asking coz incase they don't you can make the resin yourself at home and do it.
barwel1992
10-02-10, 07:41 PM
To hell with the person at the other end waiting for the police to arrive, to hell with the nutcase beating up and threatening to stab his wife and kid? Better keep him waiting so you don't accidentally chip someone's paint
:smt043
to some extent yes, if the windscreen had smashed then who knows what could have happend, what if that gravel was flung on to pedestrians, if its going fast enough to smash a windscreen im sure it could blind some one or at least do some damage
davenumber i dont think it was on the Mway
as he sead up the middle of the road, if it was the mway then mehh not much you can do
Dave20046
10-02-10, 07:45 PM
to some extent yes, if the windscreen had smashed then who knows what could have happend, what if that gravel was flung on to pedestrians, if its going fast enough to smash a windscreen im sure it could blind some one or at least do some damage
I'd strongly advise you do not walk home via the motorway:)
You can do all sorts of what if's but accidents happen, just because a copper's in a position of trust/responsibility* doesn't make them more accountable then if any old clown had done it.
Unless we're talking a vast stretch of visible, avoidable, gravel I think it's just a case of Rowdy having bad luck!
barwel1992
10-02-10, 07:46 PM
I'd strongly advise you do not walk home via the motorway:)
You can do all sorts of what if's but accidents happen, just because a copper's in a position of trust/responsibility* doesn't make them more accountable then if any old clown had done it.
look at my eddit dont think it was on the mway
the_lone_wolf
10-02-10, 07:46 PM
... im sure it could blind some one or at least do some damage
And how often does this happen? To anyone... Not just from a Police car
The chances of a police car causing the situation you describe are effectively zero, compared to the fairly high chances that the car is responding to an emergency the greater good is obviously not served by forcing all police cars to slow down to a crawl to prevent a laughably unlikely set of circumstances...
barwel1992
10-02-10, 07:56 PM
as he sead this car was belting it, i dont usualy see cars belting it around so the chances are higher that the cop car would cause this and not other road users (faster the car the faster the gravel will travel), and no idea how much this happens, maybe not at all but its still a very real possibility
and the chances of getting a cracked window by a cop car over taking are effectively zero, but it happened
any way i cba to argue
Dave20046
10-02-10, 07:59 PM
look at my eddit dont think it was on the mway
doh! me being a blind sod I somehow (hell knows how) read it as 'belting up the middle lane'
barwel1992
10-02-10, 08:01 PM
doh! me being a blind sod I somehow (hell knows how) read it as 'belting up the middle lane'
:rolleyes: lol :p
the_lone_wolf
10-02-10, 08:04 PM
as he sead this car was belting it, i dont usualy see cars belting it around so the chances are higher that the cop car would cause this and not other road users (faster the car the faster the gravel will travel), and no idea how much this happens, maybe not at all but its still a very real possibility
Lots of things are possible, it's possible that the police car may have a mechanical failure and plough through a bus stop full of promising young athletes...
Still doesn't make it valid reason to prevent emergency vehicle traveling quickly to the scene of an emergency
to some extent yes, if the windscreen had smashed then who knows what could have happend, what if that gravel was flung on to pedestrians, if its going fast enough to smash a windscreen im sure it could blind some one or at least do some damage
davenumber i dont think it was on the Mway
as he sead up the middle of the road, if it was the mway then mehh not much you can do
Indeed, I could have been on the bike, with my visor open and copped (scuse the pun) it straight in the eye.
No Dave it wasn't on the motorway, a roadway in local town.
TLW, your poor ears cost you how much to repair?
the_lone_wolf
10-02-10, 08:06 PM
TLW, your poor ears cost you how much to repair?
Whoosh...:rolleyes:
I bet the copper aimed for a specific piece of gravel he saw just as he was gonna pass you, and did you over!
That would be awesome.
barwel1992
10-02-10, 08:08 PM
^ lmao because he knew hed given him a ticket befor and had a vengence right ?
Dave20046
10-02-10, 08:10 PM
Indeed, I could have been on the bike, with my visor open and copped (scuse the pun) it straight in the eye.
No Dave it wasn't on the motorway, a roadway in local town.
TLW, your poor ears cost you how much to repair?
I know me being a div - badluck though matey:thumbdown:
Lots of things are possible, it's possible that the police car may have a mechanical failure and plough through a bus stop full of promising young athletes...
Still doesn't make it valid reason to prevent emergency vehicle traveling quickly to the scene of an emergency
And why should they slow down if responding to an emergency just to avoid this kind of thing. I'm not for one minute suggesting that they should, but I'm entitled to moan about it.
I suppose if it were to happen to you, you would bend over, take it up the chuff and say nothing about it.
the_lone_wolf
10-02-10, 08:28 PM
I suppose if it were to happen to you, you would bend over, take it up the chuff and say nothing about it.
I wouldn't feel the need to moan about it to a bunch of strangers on the internet...:confused:
barwel1992
10-02-10, 08:29 PM
LOL this is going to go round and round and round
Biker Biggles
10-02-10, 08:44 PM
Dont know about this actual case but drivers of emergency vehicles do have responsibility for those around them over and above that of joe public.They are taught that no emergency is so serious as to warrant crashing on the way to it,and to drive to arrive.
Also worth considering that the majority of "emergency" calls are nothing of the sort to you and me.
Milky Bar Kid
10-02-10, 08:45 PM
Well, I wont be driving to any emergencys at 60mph tonight incase I throw up some gravel.....
but yeh, bad luck Rowdy
Biker Biggles
10-02-10, 08:53 PM
Well, I wont be driving to any emergencys at 60mph tonight incase I throw up some gravel.....
but yeh, bad luck Rowdy
Glad to hear it.Stay safe,go home in one piece and keep your job.;)
Milky Bar Kid
10-02-10, 09:00 PM
Dont know about this actual case but drivers of emergency vehicles do have responsibility for those around them over and above that of joe public.They are taught that no emergency is so serious as to warrant crashing on the way to it,and to drive to arrive.
Also worth considering that the majority of "emergency" calls are nothing of the sort to you and me.
Yes we do have responsibilty to drive safely but at the same time, we cannot be held liable for something such as throwing some gravel up, unless, as Davenumbers pointed out, it was a HUGE and completely avoidable patch of gravel.
We are taught to "drive to arrive" as you put it as well, we aren't much help if we are at best trapped upside down within a car or at worst, dead.
And, I don't know about other forces but our control room filters out what calls come in through the treble nine system and if it is not deemed to be an emergency then we don't blue light it. Generally the only things we blue light to are disturbances, ongoing assaults (with or without weapons), RTC's, housebreakings in progress, shouts of assistance from other officers or agencies such as ambulance. Otherwise, no blues and twos.
^ lmao because he knew hed given him a ticket befor and had a vengence right ?
haha yeh...and cos he has the advanced police training to aim for one piece of gravel and do him over!
haha yeh...and cos he has the advanced police training to aim for one piece of gravel and do him over!
Not really, tis probably about a 20 foot long by 2 foot wide patch of gravel, that has been there for months since the road was re gritted last year that wouldn't be so difficult to loose the ar5e end of a car on.
What I would like to know is, MBK, if an old lady chipped your screen, why did you do nothing about it? Did she do it with her stick or walking frame?
I do think local authorities should attempt to clear gravel from the roads, it can't be good for grip, and as such, could potentially be classed as a hazardous road surface. If this patch has been there for some time, it would of course be sensible for the driving officer to exercise a little speed caution.
What I would like to know is, MBK, if an old lady chipped your screen, why did you do nothing about it? Did she do it with her stick or walking frame?
I do think local authorities should attempt to clear gravel from the roads, it can't be good for grip, and as such, could potentially be classed as a hazardous road surface. If this patch has been there for some time, it would of course be sensible for the driving officer to exercise a little speed caution.This is a point that I have been trying to put across.
It is not, as some may suggest on this thread, a small patch of gravel that the police officer was unlucky to travel through. It has been there a long time. If the officer is familiar with the road, and I would hope he was given the turn of speed he was travelling at, then he would be aware that it is there. I know its there, if he doesn't then he isn't very observant.
If it showered my car in gravel, then it would have showered a pedestrian in gravel had one been unfortunate to be walking on the pavement in the vacinity. Would it not have been perhaps more sensible to have waited possibly one second, probably three seconds at the most to avoid the gravel patch than to tear through it and possibly damage oncoming traffic.
A question to members of the police force if I may. What is your policy on driving flat out on a freshly gritted piece of roadway when there is traffic using that piece of road? are you told to procede with caution? or are you just given free reign to scatter loose stone chippings everywhere? because this is essentially what happened.
Sorry to butt in but I was on the road the other day and spotted two parked up cars who'd had a classic rear-ender. The cars were parked up and everyone was ok and standing around with a copper not really doing much. All of a sudden an estate police car came screaming down the road with blues and twos blaring. The traffic (at red lights) unsurprisingly went a bit mental trying to get out of the way. I couldn't believe it when the car pulled up at the silly crash!
If that car had cracked my windscreen due to his mental rush I'd have done my absolute nut.
Von Teese
11-02-10, 06:38 AM
I find the loud siren sometimes hurts my ears, could you make a request that they only use the siren when nobody is around to hear it?;)
Ta:thumleft:
You should hear it from inside...in fact when I have to respond driving the riot van I think I might end up deaf, I will definately put your suggestion down on 'ask the chief' who knows and thank you for your input.
I personally think you should get back on you're bike... :smt101
All problems solved, no big wind screens :thumleft:
Had a closer look at the windscreen this morning, there appears to be about 5 stone chips and the crack in the screen. I also looked at the gravel patch as I went past it again today, it isn't 20 foot, more like 50 foot long.
yorkie_chris
11-02-10, 03:09 PM
to make sure the road is safe and does not contribute to damage of property??:rolleyes:
Great! I can sue them for the road rash on my leathers from when I fell off :smt037
Nobbylad
11-02-10, 03:18 PM
Had a closer look at the windscreen this morning, there appears to be about 5 stone chips and the crack in the screen. I also looked at the gravel patch as I went past it again today, it isn't 20 foot, more like 50 foot long.
Have you reported it to the council yet, or are you going to leave it there as evidence for the High Court when you submit your prosecution :rolleyes:
:cool:
Sorry to butt in but I was on the road the other day and spotted two parked up cars who'd had a classic rear-ender. The cars were parked up and everyone was ok and standing around with a copper not really doing much. All of a sudden an estate police car came screaming down the road with blues and twos blaring. The traffic (at red lights) unsurprisingly went a bit mental trying to get out of the way. I couldn't believe it when the car pulled up at the silly crash!
If that car had cracked my windscreen due to his mental rush I'd have done my absolute nut.
London for you.
Dave20046
11-02-10, 04:44 PM
Had a closer look at the windscreen this morning, there appears to be about 5 stone chips and the crack in the screen. I also looked at the gravel patch as I went past it again today, it isn't 20 foot, more like 50 foot long.
Ahh that's a bit different, silly coptrot.
Are we making progress on this .... ??
Has the copper been suspended, and does it look like the gravel is going down .... or just going to get community service ???!!! :-(
the_lone_wolf
11-02-10, 05:10 PM
Are we making progress on this .... ??
Has the copper been suspended, and does it look like the gravel is going down .... or just going to get community service ???!!! :-(
Copper got 3 yrs on a chain gang
Rock breaking...
;)
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Copper got 3 yrs on a chain gang
Rock breaking...
;)
Harsh for a first offence ..... but I suppose its the only way he'll learn ...
the_lone_wolf
11-02-10, 05:25 PM
Harsh for a first offence ..... but I suppose its the only way he'll learn ...
Judge had a heart of stone...
the_lone_wolf
11-02-10, 05:29 PM
I'd just like to know why the OP is so quick to slate the copper...
:smt102
:-dd
the_lone_wolf
11-02-10, 05:33 PM
:rolleyes:
But this is serious bismuth.....
OK I'll stop now
;)
http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/forum/smileyvault-nothingtoadd.gif (http://www.smileyvault.com/)
If you work out how many miles we all drive on aggregate ..... :-) its going to happen from time to time ... :-)
Have you reported it to the council yet, or are you going to leave it there as evidence for the High Court when you submit your prosecution :rolleyes:
:cool:
And exactly how many of my posts on the subject have you read?:rolleyes:
husky03
11-02-10, 06:10 PM
face it,all coppers are lowlife scumbags who deliberately go out their way to make life as horrible and uncomfortable for anyone who isn't a copper-he probably meant to kick up stones to damage as many tax payers cars as possible so he could spend as much time as he could off the street filling in paperwork and not catching real criminals:reaper:
face it,all coppers are lowlife scumbags who deliberately go out their way to make life as horrible and uncomfortable for anyone who isn't a copper-he probably meant to kick up stones to damage as many tax payers cars as possible so he could spend as much time as he could off the street filling in paperwork and not catching real criminals:reaper:
:rolleyes: Thought you were a copper husky. And you think that about your own. Seriously though, that isn't what I have said, but I do think the officer could have gone out of his way to avoid damaging peoples property.
Isn't it funny how members of the police are quick to be defensive and side with the sarcastic people that by the sounds of it have seen the 'gravel trap' and think it impossible not to see or avoid it, yet none of you can answer my question earlier about police cars responding to emergencys on freshly gritted roads. Perhaps your silence on that subject is telling.
yorkie_chris
11-02-10, 06:36 PM
Grit is a bit different to gravel.
Only thing you need to bear in mind with grit is reduced grip.
husky03
11-02-10, 06:38 PM
ffs rowdy lighten up-tongue in cheek and all that-if anything you should claim against the council for not properly maintaining the road-i decided to try and stop posting about anything police on here because it ends up being a have a go at a copper thread.
My silence on your question is because i never read all the posts-why? as normal when police get mentioned on here they end up getting done up the $hitter-and thats a feeling that is shared by a few coppers who are on here
yorkie_chris
11-02-10, 06:39 PM
as normal when police get mentioned on here they end up getting done up the $hitter
I thought you liked it?
http://www.ivexpo.com/images/VILLAGE_PEOPLE_1.jpg
husky03
11-02-10, 06:47 PM
lol- been rumbled
What about when following the gritter lorries?
What about when following the gritter lorries?
Now following gritter lorries is just silly. :D
Milky Bar Kid
11-02-10, 07:12 PM
OP - Seriously, if you think the cop has been in the wrong theneither go down to the station and speak to someone about or stop moaning.
ffs rowdy lighten up-tongue in cheek and all that-if anything you should claim against the council for not properly maintaining the road-i decided to try and stop posting about anything police on here because it ends up being a have a go at a copper thread.
My silence on your question is because i never read all the posts-why? as normal when police get mentioned on here they end up getting done up the $hitter-and thats a feeling that is shared by a few coppers who are on here
Look. I am not having a go at all police in general. It was just a rant because the same copper that nicked me for speeding just happened to break my windscreen in the following week. The thread title is tongue in cheek, I know there are coppers on here and thought as a biking fraternity they may just see my point of veiw/why I was p!ssed off.
Generally, I have respect for the police. I am getting a bit narked at the amount of people that seem to think that I want compensation for it. I know it ain't gonna happen so there is no point even thinking about it, but I still feel that my point that a large area of grit/gravel whatever you want to call it that has been there for ages and should, if the copper is doing his job properly would have known was there should have been avoidable.
What about when following the gritter lorries?
That is softer, it breaks up when driven over, grit used for laying roads with isn't, and doesn't.
jumjum_0214
11-02-10, 09:16 PM
What a load of tosh.
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