View Full Version : Police speed watch this Easter weekend
DarrenSV650S
20-04-11, 05:30 PM
:plod::plod::plod::plod::plod::plod:
Central Scotland Police is joining forces with police across Scotland to focus on motorists who drive over the speed limit.
The 'Weekend of Action' (from Friday 22nd April until Sunday 24th April) co-ordinated by the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS) is part of the Scottish Police Service's year-round commitment to reduce the number of casualties on our roads.
The campaign is run to highlight to all road users the dangers of speeding or driving at an inappropriate speed. Patrols in every force area will be on the look out for motorists breaking the law.
http://www.centralscotland.police.uk/news/index.php?news_id=2734
We got the trials last night in Glasgow coming back from the IAM meeting - 40ish in a 30 - glad to say we only got signalled to slow down. The plods aren't all that bad - as they probably should have pulled us all in.
The Guru
21-04-11, 09:06 AM
...coming back from the IAM meeting - 40ish in a 30...
:rolleyes:
Owenski
21-04-11, 09:31 AM
....coming back from the IAM meeting - 40ish in a 30 - ....
The ironey isnt lost on me either :rolleyes:
Same old same old this sort of scare tactic at the start of the summer season. Go out convict a few making them think twice and scaring them into taking it easier in the nice weather. They'll tell their mates of thier experiance, and those folk will tell thier mates that so'on so got nicked etc and the list goes on. Nowt slows you down more than thinking is plod around the corner, (except a wall - they slow you down pretty quick too).
husky03
21-04-11, 11:55 AM
not as much of a scare tactic than a reality check mate-if it means that even one biker eases back a wee bit at the start of the "season" and it saves one bikers life, its worth it.
Owenski
21-04-11, 12:18 PM
Hence my quip about the wall.
Its no secret that riders taking it steady are less likely to crash (badly) as opposed to those riding like nutters, but its the same sort of time every year you read/hear of these campaigns. Aimed at getting the message home at the start of the summer season when all the weekend warriors start coming out destroying verges and dry stone walls.
I dont disagree with the principal of the campaigns and no disrespect to the OP but if you're riding in a way that an article 5hits u up then you need more than a reality check - you need the scare.
EDIT: To expand, if you're a hoon-loon then you're gonna hoon regardless of that article. The only people it'll hit home with are those who enjoy a bimble with the odd rush of blood to the wrist IMO not the target audience
I was talkig 40 ish as is still under 40 -and the ride back doesn't count for IAM standards - thats play time!
We can't all be be good all the time!!
johnmaciver32
21-04-11, 09:23 PM
There's a Jag xf lurking around Stirling and was outside Glasgow today. Only hint its police is wee strobes behind grill. Have noticed its keen on the old baiting tactics to get speeders....
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suicidesam
22-04-11, 08:07 AM
There's a Jag xf lurking around Stirling and was outside Glasgow today. Only hint its police is wee strobes behind grill. Have noticed its keen on the old baiting tactics to get speeders....
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Dark grey one? Had one haunting me last weekend and thought it was a bit sus?
STRAMASHER
22-04-11, 09:47 AM
I've been told all their cars are pre-fixed "SF" on the reg. Dont know if this is strathsnyde only.
johnmaciver32
22-04-11, 10:01 AM
SN60AES....
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Milky Bar Kid
22-04-11, 10:09 AM
I've been told all their cars are pre-fixed "SF" on the reg. Dont know if this is strathsnyde only.
Think that will be guff! It depends on where the cars are bought from. And ours DEFO aren't prefixed with SF...
STRAMASHER
22-04-11, 10:27 AM
Think that will be guff! It depends on where the cars are bought from. And ours DEFO aren't prefixed with SF...
Pal is a yellow pearl and was going to book a car just as the folks came out of "Starbucks" and flashed the warrant cards, and "Don't you know our prefix?"
(no, she did not do them!:mrgreen:)
husky03
22-04-11, 11:47 AM
Pal is a yellow pearl and was going to book a car just as the folks came out of "Starbucks" and flashed the warrant cards, and "Don't you know our prefix?"
(no, she did not do them!:mrgreen:)
aye every car the police have in strathclyde has a sf start to the reg:rolleyes:, and also any car with two aerials must also be a police.I'll be watching for you and see if you use your "strathsnyde" comment when you get tugged mate:smt097-might even talk yerself into a wee breach:smt083
Milky Bar Kid
22-04-11, 12:18 PM
Pal is a yellow pearl and was going to book a car just as the folks came out of "Starbucks" and flashed the warrant cards, and "Don't you know our prefix?"
(no, she did not do them!:mrgreen:)
That is NONSENSE! The prefix on registrations only refers to where a vehicle was registered so whilst there might be a few if they were bought at the same place with the SF prefix, they won't all have it. And what the hell is a yellow pearl?
husky03
22-04-11, 12:21 PM
traffic warden
I was talkig 40 ish as is still under 40 -and the ride back doesn't count for IAM standards - thats play time!
We can't all be be good all the time!!
Truth is they thought they were being attacked by a B52 bomber - :D Play time? Wasn't me :batman:
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