I went to pick a friend up yesterday, and outside his house on a main carriageway a Policeman was tucked behind a bush with a speed gun, so whilst waiting for my mate to come out, I stood by my car and waved everyone to slow down. Must have been there ages, and even saved a taxi who was giving it everything his taxi had. He was very happy and thought I wanted a taxi he said, but was buzzing.

The Policeman left in the end and as I was about to pull away with me mate, he pulled up next to me and asked me what did I think I was playing at and asked me did I want to come with him to the next fatality, and realise how stupid I was. He told me I caused a Police obstruction as he was trying to slow the traffic down, to which I told him I was helping him, so what was the problem? He told me basically not to answer him back, and that I'd be done for obstruction if ever caught again. I was about to say 'Mate, I was slowing the traffic down, which is what you was trying to do' but half way through he told me I wasn't his mate, and that I needed to seriously grow up and then drove off in a mood.

I can't see how I broke the law? But I'm sure there's one I did.

Benni

 

Sounds like a jobsworth prick to me. Don't worry about it lol.

 

the charge would be obstructing a police officer. what it should be is obstructing a police officer from earning a few hundred quid in revenue and dishing out a load of points thus earning brownie points of superiors. slowing traffic down is the last priority, they much rather catch someone speeding as sticking to limits doesnt offer scope for officers who wish to be promoted. i respect the police but by and large, traffic officers are WANKERS along with pcso.

 

You'd think he'd be greatful of my help.

Benni

 

yes you can be done for it

 

Yeah you could of been done for it people have been caught flashing other cars to slow down and been pulled over themselves and given points and a fine

 

My new favourite trick of the moment.

Theres a policy camera van that insists on parking out side my Nans house. So I park my car right in front on the doors bunch of cunts.

He tried a similar thing. Said he'd section 59 the car and do me for obstruction. So I told him to get fucked and stop blocking my nans drive.

 

yes you could have been done for it benni

but you could have easily just put up a sign in the rear window and he would have been none the wiser

 

Well that's wrong I think, goes against what they're saying I think? Doubt I'd get points not in the car itself, but I doubt I'll make a hobby out of it.

Benni

 

Shoulda followed him, waited till he got out and run the cunt over

Police give it all the big'n but they are rarely of any help

 

Obstruct PC

Or if you were a seriel offender on a mammoth scale in theory it could be perverting the course of justice. But you would be doing well to do that.

 

Yes you could have been done. "obstructing an officer in the line of duty" iirc.

I got pulled over once for sticking my finger up at a camera van. Was told I could get 3 points for it.

 

Perhaps if most of the speed enforcement wasn't such flawed rubbish people wouldn't treat the enforcement with such contempt.

 

i so wanted a traffic cop to be about tonight on the way home from work,was sitting in traffic like normal only to see this twat speed past in his bmw in the bus lane right up to the lights then push his way in,where are the traffic cops when you want them lol

 

Unless you were actually stopping the officer from pointing the radar gun at motors I fail to see how your breaking any laws, only thing they could possibly pin on you would be causing a distraction which I think would be hard to prove

 

His job is to save lifes by sending tickets out to people who were going faster, if anything Benni was slowing people down voluntarily, negating the need for the officer who could be saving lives somewhere else now Benni had that stretch covered, it would be obstruction if he was jumping around infront of the copper so he couldnt get plates or readings.

I use the term saving lives lightly, with emphasis on the revenue part of what they do.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-12115179

Must admit I'll usually (and discreetly, well away from a copper being able to see) flash other motorists....we all know what it's like to think you've been caught doing 5mph over!

Saying that, if I see some bellend driving like an idiot, I won't flash, for the reasons the copper said, I'd rather have those doing 60 in a 30 caught!

 

They are so shady it's unreal... If he wants to go on about saving lives and fatalaties, then why be as hidden as possible? I must have saved a load of people, so he'll be gutted I bet.

Thinking about it, what law are you breaking telling people to slow down?

Benni

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...rap-fined.html

 

I h8 it when they say I'm not your m8. Pricks

 

well, they are not your mate are they?

i mean, most traffic cops are cunts

BUT i have met a very good few!!

as for waving at them to slow down, next time wave your ball-sack about as its less noticable and will still get the traffic to slow down, or at least crash.

 

I say mate every five words for some reason... Regardless of whether I'm arguing or not. It makes no sense though. He was trying to slow people down, and so was I.

Benni

 

Yeah but most people like me call every1 m8 even if there not just a figer of speech why have they gota b cocks about it

 

you cant get 3 points (or ANY points) for obstructing a police officer.

However using your middle finger could be construed as not being in proper control of your vehicle and hence careless driving.

as could flashing your lights in theory.

The reason that guy got done was because he was too honest for his own good and admitted to the cop what he was doing.

All you have to say to a copper who stopped you for flashing your lights is "i was alerting other road users to my presence as i felt they didnt see me". It is then the coppers job to prove beyond a reasonable doubt otherwise. And its impossible in this world to prove someones thoughts as a motivation for an action.

They would of course try and use the line that it was "reasonable" to assume your actions were because of the speed camera however i suspect in any sensible persons eyes on a jury there would be plenty of reasonable doubt. convincing a magistrate could be difficult though as they are sometimes biased.

 

And you can stand and wave all day long. Where is it written down that it means you are alerting drivers to a speed camera ? And can they prove any drivers who seen you did slow down or thought you were alerting them of a camera ? Or if they were even speeding in the first place.

The cops may and try to charge you with all sorts, but if you can afford a defence they wouldnt be able to pin anything on you unless you stated what you were doing.

It's no different than flashing headlights, that's why they try and charge motorists who do it with improper use of headlights or similar complete and utter bullshit charge.

If he was hiding, you're best to take photos of him and contact local press etc or anywhere that can publicise their lowlife scumbag actions.
Such things will never help road safety, but they will increase revenue.

 

Shows they want money, and not to slow people down. If they just wanted to slow people down, he would of left you alone, as that what you were doing, but he didn't leave you alone, he wanted to catch people speeding so they could get more money.

 

You're all assuming the officer was trying to slow people down

He wasn't

He was hoping to prosecute people who speed in that area to discourage them doing it in future

Jesus, it's not hard to understand

Cameras make cash, an officer with a hair dryer doesn't, fines - wages = fuck all

 

the whole point of speed cam, sorry, safety cameras, is to generate revenue

if their sole aim was to slow cars down they would be made to be visible from miles away with big flashing pink neon signs alerting everyone to their presence and making sure they were not breaking the speed limit when they went past

naturally these cameras would be positioned in nice safe areas such as the only overtaking spot in 74 miles and thus eliminating the need for folks to speed in that location

 

Same here, the main road up to Londonderry has camera vans on it almost 24/7, and always placed at sections where there are dedicated overtaking lanes.

So motorists get stuck behind Asda and Tesco lorries obeying the 40mph limit which then causes long tailbacks, so people try and overtake at the safe overtaking lanes. Only to be greeted by some dumb fuck in a camera van waiting on them.

So instead motorists are forced to make dodgy overtaking manoeuvres on single carriageway where there are no cameras.

 

Wrong, catching speeders in this way does nothing but look nice on reports to the home office. Crime detected, person prosecuted, person convicted. Looks great. If the government turned round and dropped the motoring convictions from the valid criminal prosecutions statistics you can bet the police would lose interest very quickly indeed.

 

Dont see how i'm wrong? I said that type of camera isnt for generating revenue which it isnt, certainly not in the way the fixed ones do

I know theyre for statistics hence I mentioned the police officer was looking to prosecute those motorists speeding in tha area, also as a discouragement for that individual

Really I cant see an issue, if you get copped speeding in a residential area ( which it was unless Benni's friend lives somewhere odd ) then you take it on the chin, we all do it but cant complain if we get copped

Or are we all saying its ok to do over 30 in a 30 and we should get away with it?