babyblueCE
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Had an incident with a traffic police officer on friday morning around 1am on the A406. I was driving home going towards hanger lane roundabout and was driving in the first lane as the motorway was reduced to 1 lane due to road works. Once the road had opened up i indicated and moved into the 2nd lane driving at 50mph, cruising when out of nowhere a police car pulls right up behind me and starts flashing its lights, looking in the rear view mirror i see him pointing to the left indicating to me to pull over, i indicate, move over put my hazards on and started slowing down when i notice the officer turns his lights off and speeds off. Having seen this i decided that to move back into the 2nd lane and contiue on with my journey as this is the lane i had to stay in to continue onto the a40 to go home. Having done so i saw the officer do an emergency brake turns its blues and twos on and requests me to pull over. The conversation goes as follows:
Officer: knocks on window and says "get out of the car"
Me: "excuse me officer can you please tell me why you have pulled me over"
Officer: "get out of the car now, come to the pavement i want to talk to you"
Me: "can you please state why you have pulled me over today"
Officer: officer goes over to the pavement stares at my car for a good minute comes back to the window and say "get out of the car now before i drag you out of your window, arrest you and throw you in jail"
Me: i then decided to turn off my car and get out of the car as the officer was being very aggressive and i was really scared at this point as he was reaching for his baton.
Officer: "have you been drinking today"
Me: "no officer i dont drink and you still haven't stated why you have pulled me over today"
Officer: "i can tell you have been drinking im going to do a breathelizer test on you, report you to the magistrates court for driving without due care and attention and give you points on your license"
Me: "excuse me you still havent told me why you have pulled me over today you are threatening me with a crime i didn't commit"
Officer: "dont give me attitude mate i dont know who you are, i dont care, i will cuff throw your ass in jail if you continue giving me attitude, now give me some id before i make life very difficult for you"
Me: i proceed to hand my driving license over which he looks at my name and states again
Officer: "you have been drinking today"
Me: "ive told you already that i dont drink you can tell by my name that i am a muslim i dont smoke or drink and havent broken the law in 9 years of driving. Can you please state why you have pulled me over today"
Officer: "you were driving in two lanes"
Me: "no i wasn't"
Officer: "you were driving in the second lane, if i pull up behind you and flash my lights you move into the left lane, you dont join the second lane again as the highway code states you have to drive in the first lane"
Me: "erm ok then, so basically you wanted me to drive in the first lane even though i was abiding by the speed limit"
Officer: "yes, you dont know the highway code (so he proceeds to get the highway code from his car and brandishes it in my face).
Me: "okay cool, can you please show me the video for which you have stated that i was driving in two lanes please"
he then takes me to the car and it shows him driving like a loony tune from a mile back driving in and out of 3 lanes of traffic just to get to me. I then apologised for the apparent attitude and requested my driving license back. Stated that i do not wish to have points on my license and asked if i could continue with my journey. Being **** scared at this point due to the officers aggressive behaviour towards me it didn't clock on to me that i shouldve recorded the convo and take down his badge details. I did take down his number plate and have given this to a friend who works at the police station along with a description of what he looks like. Will be sending in a complaint to the IPCC.
Officer: knocks on window and says "get out of the car"
Me: "excuse me officer can you please tell me why you have pulled me over"
Officer: "get out of the car now, come to the pavement i want to talk to you"
Me: "can you please state why you have pulled me over today"
Officer: officer goes over to the pavement stares at my car for a good minute comes back to the window and say "get out of the car now before i drag you out of your window, arrest you and throw you in jail"
Me: i then decided to turn off my car and get out of the car as the officer was being very aggressive and i was really scared at this point as he was reaching for his baton.
Officer: "have you been drinking today"
Me: "no officer i dont drink and you still haven't stated why you have pulled me over today"
Officer: "i can tell you have been drinking im going to do a breathelizer test on you, report you to the magistrates court for driving without due care and attention and give you points on your license"
Me: "excuse me you still havent told me why you have pulled me over today you are threatening me with a crime i didn't commit"
Officer: "dont give me attitude mate i dont know who you are, i dont care, i will cuff throw your ass in jail if you continue giving me attitude, now give me some id before i make life very difficult for you"
Me: i proceed to hand my driving license over which he looks at my name and states again
Officer: "you have been drinking today"
Me: "ive told you already that i dont drink you can tell by my name that i am a muslim i dont smoke or drink and havent broken the law in 9 years of driving. Can you please state why you have pulled me over today"
Officer: "you were driving in two lanes"
Me: "no i wasn't"
Officer: "you were driving in the second lane, if i pull up behind you and flash my lights you move into the left lane, you dont join the second lane again as the highway code states you have to drive in the first lane"
Me: "erm ok then, so basically you wanted me to drive in the first lane even though i was abiding by the speed limit"
Officer: "yes, you dont know the highway code (so he proceeds to get the highway code from his car and brandishes it in my face).
Me: "okay cool, can you please show me the video for which you have stated that i was driving in two lanes please"
he then takes me to the car and it shows him driving like a loony tune from a mile back driving in and out of 3 lanes of traffic just to get to me. I then apologised for the apparent attitude and requested my driving license back. Stated that i do not wish to have points on my license and asked if i could continue with my journey. Being **** scared at this point due to the officers aggressive behaviour towards me it didn't clock on to me that i shouldve recorded the convo and take down his badge details. I did take down his number plate and have given this to a friend who works at the police station along with a description of what he looks like. Will be sending in a complaint to the IPCC.
