Police driver in marked car banned for doing 118 mph on motorway
robert.saunders
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Bless those Scots 
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Sounds like justice was upheld...
verytalldave
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The report said he was retired - which in my book says he isnt a policeman.
Unless of course I have missed something.................
Sounds like a load of old waffle if you ask me..............
Unless of course I have missed something.................
Sounds like a load of old waffle if you ask me..............
robert.saunders
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Retired now, this was in 2006
verytalldave
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We are all human and subject to human weaknesses. Being in a certain profession doesnt remove that element. Why do we assume that if you are a solicitor/policeman/judge/clergyman/bishop/politician etc etc you are above this? Its simply not true. Specially politician.
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Not a stripogram then?
He had claimed he was carrying out a "risk assessment" for his force's driving school at the time.
The article said he was "in uniform" at the time. Perhaps he was actually a "stripogram guy" on his way to a gig? If so they could have done him for impersonating a police officer.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/6595037.stm
On a more sombre note I do feel slightly sorry for the guy since he was on his way to pick up a fellow officer from the police rehabilitation centre in Auchterarder. I used to know the officer in charge there and he told me of the damage done to some of the officers treated there in the line of duty ( e.g. mental trauma following the PAN AM JUMBO brought down on Lockerbie). However this would not be an excuse in the eyes of the law for us mere mortals so there you go.
He had claimed he was carrying out a "risk assessment" for his force's driving school at the time.
The article said he was "in uniform" at the time. Perhaps he was actually a "stripogram guy" on his way to a gig? If so they could have done him for impersonating a police officer.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/6595037.stm On a more sombre note I do feel slightly sorry for the guy since he was on his way to pick up a fellow officer from the police rehabilitation centre in Auchterarder. I used to know the officer in charge there and he told me of the damage done to some of the officers treated there in the line of duty ( e.g. mental trauma following the PAN AM JUMBO brought down on Lockerbie). However this would not be an excuse in the eyes of the law for us mere mortals so there you go.
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As mentioned, he retired before it came to court. Otherwise the obvious question would have been "why was he driving a marked BMW 5-series?"!
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Hmm, not sure why that should bring mental trauma unless you were somehow involved with the passengers or people of Lockerbie who perished.
A friend of mine was one of the first officers to attend the Kegworth air crash where the plane ploughed into the embankment of the M1.
He's been to car/train crashes and other nasty accidents. No trauma for him.
Mind you he doesn't take 10 weeks sick a year either....
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The scroat should have been locked up.
grober
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Lots of policemen were deployed from all over Scotland to the disaster. Picking up assorted "bits of people" including children complete with personal effects over a large area of countryside left its mark on some. I don't think anyone can predict how they would react faced with that prospect.
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Of course. Differrent people are affected in different ways. No offence intended.
grober
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Thank you Dieselman. Some of the "policemen" were just trainee cadets. This gives a hint of what they were faced with. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103
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With all due respect have you never exceed the speed limit?
This is another typical case of tabloid news reporting. 100's of deaths are caused by dangerous driving and many of these stories don't even make the local paper, never mind the national papers.
Why can't newspapers focus on the lives that are destroyed due to dangerous driving regardless of the drivers job, race, celebrity status or age.
Then maybe the readers thoughts might turn from:
"b**dly coppers they think they're above the law"
to:
"Blimey that could have been me, may be I'll start to pay more attention to my driving"
and a lot were military who got no time off or councilling
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Well, there's always one...
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Achieving that speed isn't difficult in today’s cars but I respect your responsible attitude.
I'd like to claim the same but I've occasionally come across an empty stretch of motorway and briefly put my foot down. But even though it’s within the limits of my car it's still not justifiable.
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The court was told he had tried to avoid the camera in the marked 5-series BMW by changing lanes and braking
At 118mph!!....Lucky he wasnt spotted by a police officer and just a camera otherwise it could look like dangerous driving!
At 118mph!!....Lucky he wasnt spotted by a police officer and just a camera otherwise it could look like dangerous driving!
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