Some faith restored in the police force.

[yorkie_chris]

Some friend of mine was going through a traffic light controlled crossroads a few weeks ago, a woman driving a big people carrier turned right across their path with no signal nor thought to oncoming traffic, quite obviously engrossed in conversation on a mobile. The bike was brought to a very swift and controlled stop with the riders rectum going into near spasm.
The unnamed biker then turned after said wench, pulling alongside next to a petrol station just next to a pedestrian crossing, on tapping on the window and politely enquiring "what the f*ck she thought she was doing", the driver of the car gave the motorcyclist a rather dirty look and continued her conversation.
Driven by a sudden passion for the safety of other road users, the motorcyclist then did take the said mobile device (an iPhone no less), and cast it with great force onto the roof of the petrol station.
Of course with Murphys law in full force, the little blue lights then appeared in the grill of the vectra behind, whose occupants had actually seen the entire crossroads incident. The officer in the car then politely reminded the motorcyclist "just because it's deserved doesn't make it legal", and then advised him "now get the f*ck out of my sight before I change my mind". And as the motorcyclist proceeded about his lawful business, was seen to be giving said sl4g driving the car an almighty rollocking to rival any army drill sargeant out there!

Lucky one to escape the crash, or the resulting charge for wanging an expensive phone at the scenery, but great result!

hahah nice one nearly got side swiped buy a granny to day used my horn and all and she still dident notice me so will be geting one of those bloody loud things

Far be it for me to support taking the law into your own hands....but I do love a story with a happy ending!

[pookie]

Deaf and blind ..a menace to all road users!

Originally Posted by barwel1992

hahah nice one nearly got side swiped buy a granny to day used my horn and all and she still dident notice me so will be geting one of those bloody loud things

Cool man.
The thing that really boils my carrotts is the arrogance of them when you question their actions, its as though, im in a big car (which i cant drive) so fook you.
Where's the garage, i could do with an iphone lol.

[SoulKiss]

I have to disagree with this.

Maybe its because having actually been sideswiped by the car, then after exchanging details, I ended up being assaulted, and when the only time I struck out at anything was the cars bonnet as the guy that assaulted me tried to intimidate me to move from in front of his car by driving into my legs.

I ended up in the cells for the day and was fully processed, fingerprints, DNA, photos, the lot.

So no faith due to the fact that how you are treated comes down to whether the cop you speak to got laid last night...

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

the little blue lights then appeared in the grill of the vectra behind, whose occupants had actually seen the entire crossroads incident. The officer in the car then politely reminded the motorcyclist "just because it's deserved doesn't make it legal"

So they were going to let her off with nearly killing a motorcyclist whilst on a mobile phone until said motorcyclist committed another criminal act? And this restores your faith in the police. Surely them sticking the blues on after having seen the incident would have been the appropriate thing for them to do?

Loving the way that a 'faith restored' turns to 'police hate thread' within 6 posts.

Just remember that the road traffic offence carries less than that for a criminal damage !

If she had decided to make a complaint, our unnamed biker friend would have been in more trouble than she would have.

I think the officer got rid of the rider sharpish to prevent this. If he hung around the shock might have worn off said wench and the poor biker might have found himself 'taking a trip'.

Unfortunately no one said the law is fair, and unfortunately we dont get to make the decisions once a complaint is made unless there really is evidence to the contrary and sometimes when blind eyes are turned officers 'doing the morally right thing' find themselves in a lot of hot water.

I think he took a risk in this to protect the rider, the car driver would hardly appreciate it if he took the rider's side and had a laugh before jovially sending him on his way in the eyes of the law the rider committed a crime (Criminal Damage) despite any wrongdoing by the other party it is still an offence for which he could have been arrested.

The officer was rude to allow her to feel some justice was being served for her broken phone before she actually realised what was going on.

fair play - ish.

but. if they saw the whole thing why the hell did they wait before speaking with the driver?

[Bluepete]

Originally Posted by custard

but. if they saw the whole thing why the hell did they wait before speaking with the driver?

Do you know how long the interval was between the cops seeing the mobile phone use at the junction and our hero having a pop?

Maybe they were running PNC checks on the car and looking for a safe place to stop her in order to give her a ticket or report for a due care.

Don't be so fast to criticise without being in full possession of the facts.