Police intimidation and attempted rear entry.
Discussion
The trouble and strife was driving down our road last night, it's a long, wide main arterial route into our town and it's a 30 zone.
It was about 11pm and she was doing a steady 35 ish, when she noticed a police Focus estate, coming off a roundabout and proceeding to drive right up her ar5e for a good mile.
Now our drive has a dropped kerb but we still have to slow right down to get in (I have a large wheel alignment bill to prove it) so the missus indicated in good time and proceeded to brake progressively and turn in, plod went on his merry way , presumably to try and find someone else to harrass.
If it'd been me I would've done a full ABS test and probably got a bootfull of Ford for my trouble, question is........Who would've been to blame for the accident??????
Before you say it, I'm not stupid enough to wreck my car just to prove a point, but in such a situation, what would motivate the hocifer behind the wheel to drive in such a way? Surely they wouldn't risk rear ending a motorist just to try to entrap them into going over the speed limit??????
What would you do???
Dave
It was about 11pm and she was doing a steady 35 ish, when she noticed a police Focus estate, coming off a roundabout and proceeding to drive right up her ar5e for a good mile.
Now our drive has a dropped kerb but we still have to slow right down to get in (I have a large wheel alignment bill to prove it) so the missus indicated in good time and proceeded to brake progressively and turn in, plod went on his merry way , presumably to try and find someone else to harrass.
If it'd been me I would've done a full ABS test and probably got a bootfull of Ford for my trouble, question is........Who would've been to blame for the accident??????
Before you say it, I'm not stupid enough to wreck my car just to prove a point, but in such a situation, what would motivate the hocifer behind the wheel to drive in such a way? Surely they wouldn't risk rear ending a motorist just to try to entrap them into going over the speed limit??????
What would you do???
Dave
Buy a bazooka. Really annoys me when they do that.
When I was 18 and on a motorway I was overtaking a slow moving car in the middle lane, (numpty!!!!) an omega interceptor thingy came HURTLING up behind me and parked so close I couldn't see his bonet at all. (n.b There was a distinct lack of blue flashy lights).
The one thing I had enough time to do after I first spotted him was slow down to 70. Effectively I was sat in the fastlane of the A1M, parallel to another car also at 70.
So I slowed down.
No way was he baiting me into speeding when I'd only been driving for a few months.
Obviously he had to back right off, and the driver was fuming in my rear view
, but that was nothing if not satisfying.
Eventually I pulled in a safe distance behind my numpty friend. The cop pulled up level with me and they glared at me. I smiled.
They accelerated off again.
I waited for a bit then gave numpty-boy a top gun style fly-by.
Cooperate with traffic police? Sorry, not I.
When I was 18 and on a motorway I was overtaking a slow moving car in the middle lane, (numpty!!!!) an omega interceptor thingy came HURTLING up behind me and parked so close I couldn't see his bonet at all. (n.b There was a distinct lack of blue flashy lights).
The one thing I had enough time to do after I first spotted him was slow down to 70. Effectively I was sat in the fastlane of the A1M, parallel to another car also at 70.
So I slowed down.
No way was he baiting me into speeding when I'd only been driving for a few months. Obviously he had to back right off, and the driver was fuming in my rear view
, but that was nothing if not satisfying. Eventually I pulled in a safe distance behind my numpty friend. The cop pulled up level with me and they glared at me. I smiled.
They accelerated off again. I waited for a bit then gave numpty-boy a top gun style fly-by.
Cooperate with traffic police? Sorry, not I.
Next time the f@ckers do that, grab yer phone straight away and dial 999 - reporting a dangerous driver, tailgating you etc...... and follow it thru!
If you're not breaking the law, then don't let em get away with it - they HAVE to set an example for excellent driving standards and provocation like that is inexcusable
If you're not breaking the law, then don't let em get away with it - they HAVE to set an example for excellent driving standards and provocation like that is inexcusable
jmorgan said: Over took me in a fit of speed when I refused to take the bait.
Call the police, tell them you were tailgated by a dangerous driver who then overtook you in an aggressive fashion, and provide the reg no. Instigate a private prosecution if needs be. Don't let the f***ers get away with it.
Jason F said:
jmorgan said: Over took me in a fit of speed when I refused to take the bait.
Call the police, tell them you were tailgated by a dangerous driver who then overtook you in an aggressive fashion, and provide the reg no. Instigate a private prosecution if needs be. Don't let the f***ers get away with it.
With all the speed detector vans and unmarked around here, I don't let it get to me too much. If I did complain I think I might be the centre of attention for a while. Red 400's tend to stick out and if you can't see it you can certainly hear it which touches on the noise test thread.
jmorgan said:
Jason F said:
jmorgan said: Over took me in a fit of speed when I refused to take the bait.
Call the police, tell them you were tailgated by a dangerous driver who then overtook you in an aggressive fashion, and provide the reg no. Instigate a private prosecution if needs be. Don't let the f***ers get away with it.
With all the speed detector vans and unmarked around here, I don't let it get to me too much. If I did complain I think I might be the centre of attention for a while. Red 400's tend to stick out and if you can't see it you can certainly hear it which touches on the noise test thread.
hmmmm! kick one and they all limp! If you're not on the motorway, simply stop and pick up your mobile, and pretend it's ringing. They will piss off then. Then use your phone to call in on the harassment - particularly good for a woman on her own, although I'm sure the defence would be that the officer was just checking everything was O. K.
I had a marked car pull out of local police depot and follow me on a fast 60 road, luckly I was actually at 60 and was in fact giving a demonstration drive as a Rospa Observer for a friend, so everthing by the book. In a 911.
The cop follows for about 10 sec and then puts blue lights on and keeps them on behind me, he a normal distance behind. Anyway i know ive done nothing wrong so continue to drive. Cop doesnt make any attempt to overtake or close distance. So cop car behind me and mate both early 30s in 911 and flashy blue lights going for about 30 secs. By this time I was getting worried.
In the end he then turned off at a roundabout.
Im sure he was doing it to see if i would run!!
The cop follows for about 10 sec and then puts blue lights on and keeps them on behind me, he a normal distance behind. Anyway i know ive done nothing wrong so continue to drive. Cop doesnt make any attempt to overtake or close distance. So cop car behind me and mate both early 30s in 911 and flashy blue lights going for about 30 secs. By this time I was getting worried.
In the end he then turned off at a roundabout.
Im sure he was doing it to see if i would run!!
jmorgan said: Just like the big black volvo (unmarked spam can) the other day behind me, not trying to make me go faster, oh no. Must have been trying to read my PH sticker. Over took me in a fit of speed when I refused to take the bait.
Would this encounter have occurred on the s.wales stretch of the M4 by any chance, because if so i've bumped into these tw*ts myself although i spotted them early in my rear view when the car behind suddenly and mysteriously pulled into the second lane doing about the ton at the time. slowed down to 70. They caught up and humped my bumper for a stretch until they pulled slowly pass and cut me up in front as well. It was all i could do to stop pissing myself laughing though
Thought the rear mounted PH sticker would get me done.
s_willy said:
jmorgan said: Just like the big black volvo (unmarked spam can) the other day behind me, not trying to make me go faster, oh no. Must have been trying to read my PH sticker. Over took me in a fit of speed when I refused to take the bait.
Would this encounter have occurred on the s.wales stretch of the M4 by any chance, because if so i've bumped into these tw*ts myself although i spotted them early in my rear view when the car behind suddenly and mysteriously pulled into the second lane doing about the ton at the time. slowed down to 70. They caught up and humped my bumper for a stretch until they pulled slowly pass and cut me up in front as well. It was all i could do to stop pissing myself laughing though
On the A48 near Bridgend. Rear view clear, thinking about overtaking before the golden mile and looking in the mirror big black volvo appeared. Must have been shifting. I wasn't speeding as I know what its like around here.
Had the same thing on the A50? to Nottingham with a black unmarked Police bike. I was overtaking a row of trucks at around 70ish when it suddenly loomed up in my rear view...got closer and closer until I thought he must be almost touching my bumper. So, to put a bit of safe distance between us until it was possible to pull in and let him pass I'm afraid I took the bait and floored it........ooops. 3 points and a fine.
These stories are nothing new:-
About 20 years ago, I was travelling up the dual carraigeway towards the Humber Bridge (A18?), I was overtaking a slower car (but within the speed limit) when a Jam Sandwich came flying up behind me
(really close), I pulled in after passing the other car quite sharpish, he then came past me and put on the old "Police Stop" sign, I pulled in and he duly lectured me on cutting up the car I had just overtaken (now if there wasn't a jam sandwich up my chuff, I wouldn't have pulled in quickly, but I bit my lip and took the lecture
)
A few years ago, when I had an Impreza Turbo (Blue with Gold Wheels), I used to get followed all over the place by the boys in blue and pulled several times for no reason
eventually I managed to get my own back on one of them that I picked up on the Lightwater Bypass, on the road into Chobham which is quite twisty I just sat the car an indicated 60mph and drove the road using my lane only, could the Jam Sandwich keep up, no (with the weight of all those traffic tickets and two burly coppers, complete with an ill handling Omega, That made me chuckle 
davidy
About 20 years ago, I was travelling up the dual carraigeway towards the Humber Bridge (A18?), I was overtaking a slower car (but within the speed limit) when a Jam Sandwich came flying up behind me
(really close), I pulled in after passing the other car quite sharpish, he then came past me and put on the old "Police Stop" sign, I pulled in and he duly lectured me on cutting up the car I had just overtaken (now if there wasn't a jam sandwich up my chuff, I wouldn't have pulled in quickly, but I bit my lip and took the lecture) A few years ago, when I had an Impreza Turbo (Blue with Gold Wheels), I used to get followed all over the place by the boys in blue and pulled several times for no reason
eventually I managed to get my own back on one of them that I picked up on the Lightwater Bypass, on the road into Chobham which is quite twisty I just sat the car an indicated 60mph and drove the road using my lane only, could the Jam Sandwich keep up, no (with the weight of all those traffic tickets and two burly coppers, complete with an ill handling Omega, That made me chuckle davidy
This has happened to me. Literally two minutes after being stopped for the heinous crime of driving at 106mph on a brand-new, arrow-straight, lightly-trafficed four-lane motorway, a silver Saab 9-5 estate came flying up behind me. Road was a two-lane section of the A1, no traffic. The Saab sat about a foot off my bumper, headlights on, for about a mile - normally I would have waved goodbye, but I noticed the black boxes on the dash and the rather fetching epaulettes on the driver's shoulders. Quite clear that he was hoping to goad me into flooring it - when he realised I wasn't, he pulled out and went flying past. Totally underhand.
I used to live in Burnham (Bucks.) for my sins - one night my (sober) girlfriend was driving me (v. drunk) home at around 1am.
In front of us was a police Astra with a non-functioning rear light. At Burnham station, they circled round the triangle of grass in front of the station then proceeded to follow us home, down our cul-de-sac.
When we pulled into the driveway, they continued past and turned round at the end of the road.
Upon returning up the road, they were met with a swaying figure in the middle of the road, holding his hand aloft.
Upon stopping and rolling down the window, said individual asked the driver "Do you know why I shtopped you?".
"Er, No," came the reply.
"Did you know you had a defective brake light?"
".....erm.....'
At which point my girlfriend dragged me into the flat giggling like a child.
Edited to say: His mate, in the passenger seat was laughing like a drain - wasn't you was it Madcop?
>> Edited by Mark Benson on Wednesday 30th October 16:18
In front of us was a police Astra with a non-functioning rear light. At Burnham station, they circled round the triangle of grass in front of the station then proceeded to follow us home, down our cul-de-sac.
When we pulled into the driveway, they continued past and turned round at the end of the road.
Upon returning up the road, they were met with a swaying figure in the middle of the road, holding his hand aloft.
Upon stopping and rolling down the window, said individual asked the driver "Do you know why I shtopped you?".
"Er, No," came the reply.
"Did you know you had a defective brake light?"
".....erm.....'
At which point my girlfriend dragged me into the flat giggling like a child.
Edited to say: His mate, in the passenger seat was laughing like a drain - wasn't you was it Madcop?
>> Edited by Mark Benson on Wednesday 30th October 16:18
Edited to say: His mate, in the passenger seat was laughing like a drain - wasn't you was it Madcop?
>> Edited by Mark Benson on Wednesday 30th October 16:18
No. It wasn't. I am generally always single crewed. The partner I do have does not laugh at all (or even smile for that matter) and I certainly wouldn't allow him to sit in the drivers seat, so it wasn't me laughing either.
The time when I did have a smiling crew mate and it may have been me, I would have been in a Senator. I left traffic before Omega became used.
Strange though that my current Police vehicle keeps blowing offside front position lamps. Workshops are aware, have renewed the bulb holder, countless bulbs and even re wired part of the system. It happens between every 2 and 3 days with regular monotony. I have a glove box full of side lamp bulbs as a result
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