Originally Posted by
RONNIE AMIS
we were 100 yards away from the petrol station that we were going in so decided to pull up in their rather than the side of the road, police cut in front of me at the pump, get out with the biggest attitude saying he could book me for failing to stop!
COCK of a copper. You are supposed to pull over in a safe place and invariably off the road is safer than on it. Not like he followed you for 2 miles then you pulled over!!!
I was under the impression they were required to give reasonable opportunity to pull over before they could even consider "failing to stop".
Personally i dont pull over until i consider its safe to do so and ona normal town road unless its totally empty or wide i wont pull over on double yellows much to some coppers annoyance.
Also on motorways when ive been flashed if its within 1 mile of a junction i will usually take the junction if i know the area has somewhere to pull over off the motorway. simple safety really. If the junctions a service station then perfect.