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[YZ250]

 

Yep, I know, old enough to know better.    No excuses, guilty as charged. The only person I'm angry with is myself. 

It was just before 10pm, we were on our way home from visiting our little grandson and deep in conversation and generally saying that life can be a bitch sometimes. Slowing down entering the 30mph zone when a figure dressed in black, with a bobble hat with police banding on steps in to the road waving a torch and beckoning me to pull over. He was holding a hand held speed gun. Other than to confirm my name and address I never said a word to him and just let him blabber on. I was given a ticket on the spot for 39mph in a 30mph zone. No course for me as I did one two years ago and clearly learnt nothing from it. 
Points and a fine heading my way but compared to some things in life it fades in to insignificance.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Unlucky! 

[Bigron]

Hardly "showing a presence", was he? That was more like entrapment.
I won't go into the old debate of safety versus revenue collection, but if they trul=y were intereted in "prevention rather than prosecution", which is their avowed prime directive, they would have posted the speed check clearly ahead of the greed gun.   

Ron.

[YZ250]

Unlucky! 

My thoughts exactly. 

[YZ250]

Hardly "showing a presence", was he? That was more like entrapment.
.........

Ron.

I've even got it on my dash cam so I can watch it as a reality check if I ever find myself in the unlikely position of having more than zero respect for the people carrying out this task.    
I only posted because it was the time of night that they were doing it that surprised me.

[Andy B]

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I only posted because it was the time of night that they were doing it that surprised me.

A good few years back now, a lad at work got 'done' for speeding on his way home from work after a 2 - 10 shift 

[Bigron]

Clearly milking the cash-cow, Andy,
If they are that desperate for cash, the offenses committed by cyclists could rake in at least £30 a pop if they could be bothered to take them to the cash points.....

Ron,

[Mister Rog]

Unlucky! 

But at least it really was over the limit. I got nicked for 34mph in a 30 zone a few years back. 

[Andy B]

Clearly milking the cash-cow, Andy,
If they are that desperate for cash, the offenses committed by cyclists could rake in at least £30 a pop if they could be bothered to take them to the cash points.....

Ron,

or mobile phone use. I was sat behind a car the other day, lights went to green ... it didn't .... I pipped, car moved off. Next set of lights same thing. When it did it for a 3rd time I pulled around it and moved into the considerable gap in front of it. I surmise he/she was on the phone as ALL windows were tinted & I couldn't see in. But in any queue of traffic I see loads on the phone, as soon as they stop, head goes down to look at the phone in their lap ... obviously more noticeable at night.

[aaronjb]

I watched a fella texting away on the M1 the other day .. two cars in front of a marked police car. Sometimes I wish I had an electronic sign board in the back I could use to send messages..

But then I'd probably get done for texting while driving

[Andy B]

I watched a fella texting away on the M1 the other day .. two cars in front of a marked police car..... 

so if you could see them with your untrained eye ...... why didn't someone else? Or more to the point, why didn't they do something about it?

[aaronjb]

They were behind him with two cars between; I was beside him so in a much better position to spot him numptying along

[Omega VT3000]

I watched a fella texting away on the M1 the other day .. two cars in front of a marked police car..... 

so if you could see them with your untrained eye ...... why didn't someone else? Or more to the point, why didn't they do something about it?

I'm not a Police Officer but I do know that you have to have a certain level of training to stop vehicles on a 'fast road' so there may be a chance that they may not have had the relevant permit/training to stop the driver on a Motorway.