This road is my road!!

[brucemillar]

Assuming he is going to court over this?

He accepted a caution so no further action.

 

[Deleted member 6183]

Who showed you the video evidence?

The police.

It sounds unlikely to me.

Wasn't there a thread recently where the Police refused to get involved with something equally mundane?

 

[Bombardier]

It sounds unlikely to me.

Wasn't there a thread recently where the Police refused to get involved with something equally mundane?

My thoughts exactly, in fact I find this whole story hard to believe.
It's like something from a 70s teatime TV series with a celebrity guest readers.

 

[E55BOF]

I find it even harder to believe that so detailed a story is fiction.

 

[Peter103]

Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction.

 

[Delayed Steve]

Why would he make up a story like this ?

 

[developer]

My thoughts exactly, in fact I find this whole story hard to believe.
It's like something from a 70s teatime TV series with a celebrity guest readers.

That's because you've only just passed the hymen broken stage on here.

 

[E55BOF]

Cruel...


But accurate.

 

[a111r]

started offering the Montego occupants some coffee beans ...

What a Gareth.

 

[Deleted member 6183]

I find it even harder to believe that so detailed a story is fiction.

Research has found the exact opposite to be the case.

 

[Peter103]

Research has found the exact opposite to be the case.

 

[E55BOF]

Research has found the exact opposite to be the case.

Whose research, and into what aspect? My belief? The detail? The fiction? Do be more specific...

 

[Deleted member 6183]

Whose research, and into what aspect? My belief? The detail? The fiction? Do be more specific...

Do you really want me to produce evidence?

Liars add loads of detail because it makes their story sound more 'real'.

Look it up, there's tons of research on the internet.

Better still, buy a book or two.

 

[Deleted member 65149]

Does that mean that every autobiography ever written is a load of lies because it's taken up a whole book?

 

[Deleted member 6183]

2) Details, Details And More Details

Liars are extremely generous when it comes to giving you details. They’re trying to con you into believing them by overloading you with details.

This shows they’ve put a lot of thought into what they’re going to say and probably even rehearsed it in their head.

Honest people give more succinct answers, because they’re telling the truth and they don’t have to think about it.

They know the facts.

People who lie also use convoluted sentence structure, and qualifying language when giving you the details, like “to tell you the truth” or “I can say categorically.”

 

[Deleted member 6183]

Liars:
...give fuller answers than were asked for.

...volunteer information and excuses before they are challenged.

 

[John]

Only on this forum can a simple story about some bad driving from a nutter turn into a conspiracy.

 

[Deleted member 6183]

Tip No. 9: Too Much Detail
"When you say to someone, 'Oh, where were you?' and they say, 'I went to the store and I needed to get eggs and milk and sugar and I almost hit a dog so I had to go slow,' and on and on, they're giving you too much detail," says Berman.

Too much detail could mean they've put a lot of thought into how they're going to get out of a situation and they've crafted a complicated lie as a solution.

 

[400ixl]

Not stating an opinion on the thread.

But what lewyboy is saying is in fact very true. I have been involved in developing AI systems for fraud detection in claims and these are many of the traits that are identifiable.

 

[Deleted member 6183]

They provide too much information

While it may seem like the more details you get about someone’s activities, the more likely you will believe them. But, it is more likely that, the reason they have provided so many details, is because they have anticipated any and all questions you might ask and are trying to cover up their lies.

This is because the more someone has to hide, or wants to hide something, the more thought they will put into what they will say if asked about their activities and are willing to go the extra mile to make sure they are.

But, while the devil may be in the detail, sometimes the best lies are the simplest and don’t really require that much detail.

So, no matter whom you suspect of lying or what they are lying about, some other things to look out for are when the details are ruining the lie and when the details actually check out.