Comments on: Speeding police

By: Mr T

Mr T — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:10:42 +0000

I was driving at thirty miles per hour, (the speed limit) yesterday when I was overtaken by a marked police car displaying no blue lights or sirens. I memorised his number plate and called the police to complain, it took me over an hour to get through to the Duty Inspector and he basically told me that the laws have been changed in the past few years and that they’re allowed to break the speed limit without displaying ‘blues and twos’ when they’re following a speeding suspect as this often slows down the pursuit. However, there didn’t appear to be anyone else going that fast and it was rush hour traffic. I declined to leave my name or contact details because I have no faith left in my local police – Fearing victimisation if I did leave my number. I have a lon list of horror stories of police arrogance, indifference, incompetence and heavy handedness involving myself, my friends and members of my family but shall decline in listing them here as it’d be too long a read. Members of my family have been police officers in their time, one of whom has suffered from the very same police indifference I mention above when SHE was the victim of crime, I have two aquaintances who’re police officers and ALL of them have told me that they treated and treat their warrant cards as “get out of jail free” cards in cases of speeding, they just flash the badge and get on their merry way. I was once stopped whilst exceeding the speed limit in a thirty zone, the road was clear, dry and wide and I wasn’t massively over the speed limit, also, I was driving my old classic car which, at the time, had a fault with its speedometer which caused it to err by five mph either side of the speed limit (now fixed), this cost me sixty pounds, the police officer I witnessed speeding yetserday was committing a bigger crime because the road was busy, I doubt it’ll even be mentioned to him. A message to any police officers here – YOUR JOBS WOULD BE MADE A WHOLE LOT EASIER IF YOU TRIED TO GET ORDINARY, LAW ABIDING CITIZENS ON YOUR SIDE. THE RESPECT THAT POLICE OFFICERS USED TO RECEIVE WAS EARNED, IF YOU WANT RESPECT, GET OFF YOUR POWER TRIPS AND EARN IT!

By: catalistt

catalistt — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:27:49 +0000

lots of questions on here with very litle answers !! the police are very good at knowing what we should be driving like,but where is the public information on what the police should be driving like!!! there are quite a few officers who drive as they see fit because they know that the general public simply do not know what they can and can not do and i work for the (pca)

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:34:12 +0000

Hi My sister’s just been hit by a speeding police car that had not blue lights or sirens. The police breathalysed her and appear to be trying to build a case against her. They have inteviewed witnesses but not her since the crash. They will not give out information on the police vehicle or driver involved.

Any advice on who to appraoch to put some pressure on them – police complaints, MP, laywer? is there a lobby group representing people injured or killed by police on 999 calls. My sister was the injured party but appears to be being treated like an offender.

thanks

By: Fiesta Boy

Fiesta Boy — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:41:18 +0000

Hi Police and Police 2, i have a very respected job get well paid so one on my hobbies is to make my car look good some ppl say im a boy racer but no i have done all my driver training with the fire service so can drive as well as you lot, i was driving down a country road a couple of days ago it was 10 at night so dark, when this ford fiesta pulled up behind me flashing its head lights and indicating to the left, there was no way i was pulling over but yet it continued to tail gate me making me go faster and faster to get away, ultimatly puttin my life and my passangers life in danger, eventualy we came into an area were i fealt it safe to slow down, the car took over me and i realised it was an unmarked police car so i promptly puled over, got out of the car and apologised for not pulling over as i didnt realise it was the police, but i was threatened with being arrested for failing to stop, dangerous driving and after explaining that i didnt realise it was police AS IT HAD NO BLUE LIGHTS OR SIRENS he threatened me with resisting arrest,

How can anyone justify putting the publics life in danger also is this legal for them to do this to me, i was not arrested but also was no apology given, his car was like a 1.2 fiesta which is less power than mine so he must of been pushing it, his exscuse for not having lites is they were on there way to pick a car up, Please some1 tell me if this is legal

By: police 2

police 2 — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:30:56 +0000

‘Boy racer’. Says it all really does it not.

By: Kerry

Kerry — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:23:59 +0000

I think the police should better spend their time catching real criminals. We have a Senior Police officer trying to bring back in hidden mobile speed cameras to catch us all out… why?? cos he thinks all we do is slow down when we approach one and then speed up after we have passed them…. instead of hiding cameras (entrapment) why doesnt he deter people by using the average speed ones?? anyway, heres a web site that you can check to see if you have any impending speeding tickets coming to you.. its http://www.i-database.co.uk

By: Type R

Type R — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:42:01 +0000

The police in this country are a waste of time. They go after law abiding citizens instead of going after real crooks. someone nicks ya and he gets a slap on the wrist, we brake the speed limit slightly and end up with fines and points.
I ve seen loads of coppers speeding past me at high speeds no lights or sirens, probably showing off to the mate how fast they can drive. They make me sick. i do speed from time to time as every1 does but never dangerously. A few times i have been followed by a prat who thinks he can push me to speed. Always fails as i brake to make them back off or overtake.

I had a copper pull me for braking dangerously once whilst he was trying to make me brake the law. I told him to do me and i could complain bout him them. funny old thing he told me to take it easy and he went. Wish i had takin his details and complained about him.

By: boy racer

boy racer — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:58:18 +0000

you pigs take the utter piss as far as im concerd!!!!!! ref to the police officer above if you used your brain all the comments say we say fair enough if u have your sirenes and lights to speed to a location. hopfully u understand now!!!!!!!!!!!!! anyway w.t.f are u doin a 2.39am in the morning u should be asleep so you are fit to drive on the road the next day…..

By: Hwfa Jones

Hwfa Jones — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:19:45 +0000

It does seem as if there is a backlash to the oppression and tax gathering from the very people who keep the county solvent by going to work and moving the goods. It is a pity the Police are so aggressive at times with quite harmless people – It alienates them from the communities they should protect. So many people are now fined for trivia and all too often the really dangerous drivers on the road escape detection. As a young man in my motorcycling days I was always being stopped – for just being young and on a motorbike. Now I see my son suffering the same oppression. What quite horrifies me is the sensible option of simple peading guilty to disputed offences as innocence is inevitably more expensive. Just pay – it’s another tax and not worth the effort to fight.There are so many laws and so much bureaucracy that we will all eventually become some form of criminal through the very fact of being human and as such liable to make human errors. I expect we’ll all have a court account in a few years – pay into it by direct debit for the regular taxation of fines for being Homo sapiens. Pity none of the Politicians care to help – Antartica looks more attractive all the time!

By: trigger

trigger — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:21:11 +0000

ref, police.

What utter nonsense! you guys speed because it gives you the same buzz as it does to anyone else! if your attending an emergency with the sirens on and the lights flashing then fair enough, but when your showing off (just because you can) in your modified pig rockets on motorways, with inocent people and children in cars surrounding you. YOU SHOULD STICK TO THE SAME SPEED LIMITS AS EVERYONE ELSE!! NO EXCUSES!!

Can you beleive the cheek of the police with this issue??

Because i am seriously struggling to justify any of the defence put forward!

And the police wonder why the people of this country are alienated??

I will never help any police officer with there enquiries ever again, they have lost the support of myself and probably are large number of the public through their own pettiness and stupidity!!