Police Driving??

[219]

How could a prosecution be successful if a witness says they estimated the speed to be about 80mph.

Just like a regular report, without corroborating evidence there can be no prosecution.

Police definitely do get prosecuted for breaking traffic laws.

There was a successful prosecution a few years ago when a MOP followed a 'scamera' van through road works on the M77 well above the posted limit . So incenced was the aggrieved driver ( who had been 'done' by one of these vans not long before ) , that he followed the van all the way back to the RPU at Govan then asked for a senior officer , to whom he made a formal complaint .

Far from being fobbed off , statements were taken from the car driver and his passenger to the effect that they followed the van at a certain speed , as indicated on the car's speedometer , for a certain distance through the roadworks . Police then took the car out for a drive and , by referencing against the calibrated speedometer in a police car , determined the true speed indicated by the MOP's speedometer . On the basis of this , the camera van driver was charged and also disciplined - this was widely reported in the media at the time , a few years back now .

 

[flango]

^ I remember that it was during my time in Scotland when I used to commute from Ayr to Paisley every day, as you say very well covered by the media at the time.

 

[W4SIM]

Could it possibly be that the Police were waiting for a more clearer stretch of road after the traffic lights to pull him over???

 

[ChiefSH911]

Similar incident around where I live and I think its quite possible they were waiting also but you never know these days anymroe.

Could it possibly be that the Police were waiting for a more clearer stretch of road after the traffic lights to pull him over???

 

[John]

Has Wasim been back on since his ban?

I spoke to him at Vmax a fair bit and he seems like a good bloke...

 

[colin.c43]

What I struggle with is why drive like a complete t*sser if a marked cop car when when it's obvious to all and sundry that there's no acceptable excuse for it?

These people really are worthless parasites.

Rant over!

Not sure what you mean by this? Are you saying that the young men and women who often puts their lives on the line to protect the public are 'worthless parasites'?

Is there some sour grapes here? I've been banned for speed in the past. I don't blame the police or hold a grudge, no-one made me break the speed limit, it's on me.

I think you will also find that the British Police are the most accountable in the world. Other posts refer to 'abusing their position'. Complaints investigation/internal affairs are the biggest depatments (and biggest drain on resources) for any Police Force.

If I need to call the police I want them trained for high speed driving in real life scenarios because I want them to get to me fast.

If you don't like the police call a crackhead.

 

[st4]

I think *** made a complaint about police driving - there is a thread somewhere. They took it quite seriously.

He does seem to have been stopped a couple of times since though

Old post but they took it very seriously and as a consequence someone was given additional training as they failed to control the traffic.

I was stopped for something unrelated to that due to a member of the public complaining about my use of headlights....erm, don't drive in the outside lane of a DCW at 30mph when its a 50mph zone and you are not passing anyone. The policeman took the same stance as me, copey dunt out there and I was let to go.

On the whole they get it right I must say

 

[Dieselman]

I work across the canal from where this happened, I have no idea how they managed to do that kind of damage to the golf as there is nothing to hit!

Once when in Nottingham I saw a car that was being pursued come out of Crocus St, across the 4 lane London road, up the pavement, take out the railings then completely clear the canal by making a 40' jump, before slamming hard into the very sturdy stone, retaining wall.

Must be something about canals getting revenge on cars.