robert.saunders
MB Enthusiast
Harass? Your dictionary must be a different edition to mine
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Honestly though, don't the police have better things to do than harrass motorists on a Friday night?
Remember, our taxes pay their salaries
I don't know the figures , but i would imagine there would be a higher incidence of drink driving on a friday and saturday night ...
I've got no worries with being pulled over on friday and saturday night on the way to and from work ....
Is it intelligent to spend police resources (and therefore TaxPayers' money) watching whether drivers are going through traffic lights 0.0000001 milliseconds after it turns red when there are huge increases in knife crime, gun crime, burgulary, muggings, car thefts, anti-social behaviour and assaults.
The police enjoy picking on motorists because they are the least likely to fight back and therefore an easy target; health and safety rules prevent the police from taking on criminals that might be dangerous
Anyway, this could become political so I'll say no more.
Anyway, this could become political so I'll say no more.
Police are paid to do a job, they do that..end of...
Agreed.There's a lot of police bashing going on on this forum recently , it didn't used to be like that , i think they do a good job given the problems they have.
Was it not Graham C230K who once 'corrected' Plodd by stating that:-
1 Green means 'go'
2 Amber means 'go faster'
I still remember the thread.
Les
Is it intelligent to spend police resources (and therefore TaxPayers' money) watching whether drivers are going through traffic lights 0.0000001 milliseconds after it turns red when there are huge increases in knife crime, gun crime, burgulary, muggings, car thefts, anti-social behaviour and assaults.
The police enjoy picking on motorists because they are the least likely to fight back and therefore an easy target; health and safety rules prevent the police from taking on criminals that might be dangerous
Anyway, this could become political so I'll say no more.
Saturday night in just one of his many jobs that night, locked up 3 scrotes from West Yorkshire for stealing a car in West Yorks and pulling it into Harrogate. He found the car that had been well hidden complete with the occupants. Further domestics and drunk drivers etc etc.
As has been said - they wouldn't have been sitting waiting for Portzy to run the light - simply they were there while going about their business. That's how many traffic and other offences are picked up on!
The police do not "pick on" motorists - they are simply one of the many groups of people that sadly require policing.
Agreed.
There definately has been a shift in members views. Either the existing members have decided to whinge and moan a lot for no good reason, or newer members have decided to pollute many threads with this negative tripe.
I'll let you decide which it is.
Either way, it's narrow minded and boring, and due to being opinion as opposed to fact is a never ending argument.
Agreed.
There definately has been a shift in members views. Either the existing members have decided to whinge and moan a lot for no good reason, or newer members have decided to pollute many threads with this negative tripe.
I'll let you decide which it is.
Either way, it's narrow minded and boring, and due to being opinion as opposed to fact is a never ending argument.
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I see that you agree with my last post.
The perception of the general public is that they are being persecuted. Whether the figures back this up or not is irrelevant the fact is that people feel more vulnerable on the road which is their opinion.........I wouldn't be surprised if there has been a shift of members views, both new and old, that is the very point that I am making - the majority of motorists feel a bit 'got at' currently and this has never been as strong in the past.
Sorry, but this doesn't exactly raise the tone either - perhaps it's been a hard day
So the other guy is being narrow minded and boring, and giving opinion as opposed to fact...but your views don't come into the same category?
I like these forums for the open and frank - occasionally brutal - debate. Long may it continue. I've seen some strong disagreements on here - again, long may they continue. I have to say I have seen virtually nothing I would call polluting negative tripe.
I must therefore conclude that existing members have decided to whinge and moan....
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I see that you agree with my last post.
The perception of the general public is that they are being persecuted. Whether the figures back this up or not is irrelevant the fact is that people feel more vulnerable on the road which is their opinion. If it's unfounded then those responsible have done a sh1tty job of public relations.
I sincerely hope that you don't think that I am polluting your forum or that I'm spouting negative tripe, if you do let me know. I wouldn't be surprised if there has been a shift of members views, both new and old, that is the very point that I am making - the majority of motorists feel a bit 'got at' currently and this has never been as strong in the past.
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