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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Crazycarzowner on 22 December 2013, 15:33:38
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Pulled over a Beemer last night, only for being a bit too heavy right-footed. Went to speak to said driver who buried his foot again on the go pedal and nearly took me with him! :o :o :o
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Throw the book at hin Jason, :y :y just your typical beemer driver then >:(
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Turns a simple ticking off into dangerous driving or potentially attempted manslaughter :-\
Retarded pure and simple >:(
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Turns a simple ticking off
That`s an "assumption"
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Turns a simple ticking off
That`s an "assumption"
Implied...
Pulled over a Beemer last night,only for being a bit too heavy right-footed. Went to speak to said driver who buried his foot again on the go pedal and nearly took me with him! :o :o :o
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Are you sure it was entirely his fault? Before anyone is allowed to purchase a Bum-Wee they have to undergo an intensive course at the Company-run PratSchool and unless they pass they are denied the purchase.
I like the cars, but could never own one for that reason, unless it were a prize in a competition, as my wife spotted in a magazine recently: that way, the competition organisers would be the "owners" and THEY would have to go on the PratCourse, so I wouldn't have to! :y
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To be honest, it would have been a ticking off if he'd played ball. he took off because..................................he was p1$$ed!
Anyway to cut a long story short, he dumped the car a short distance away, then started to run cross country in the pitch black night, only to have an argument with some barbed-wire fencing ::) ::) ::) Once he'd untangled himself from that there was a rather hungry German Shepherd to contend with. Talk about frying pan into the fire :y
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Turns a simple ticking off into dangerous driving or potentially attempted manslaughter :-\
Retarded pure and simple >:(
Sadly, this sort of things can have tragic consequences, like happened recently in Reading when a policeman was deploying a Stinger to stop a stolen Audi and the driver swerved to miss the Stinger taking out the poor policeman doing his duty. The last I heard was that he was critical with head injuries, I hope the fact that I have seen no further news, means that it is good news and he is making a good recovery.
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To be honest, it would have been a ticking off if he'd played ball. he took off because..................................he was p1$$ed!
Anyway to cut a long story short, he dumped the car a short distance away, then started to run cross country in the pitch black night, only to have an argument with some barbed-wire fencing ::) ::) ::) Once he'd untangled himself from that there was a rather hungry German Shepherd to contend with. Talk about frying pan into the fire :y
Love it ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Nowt to do with disliking BMWs surely. Pissed up drivers aye but leave the car out of it.
Yip, you've guessed it, I've got a BM...... I'll get my coat. :)
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To be honest, it would have been a ticking off if he'd played ball. he took off because..................................he was p1$$ed!
Anyway to cut a long story short, he dumped the car a short distance away, then started to run cross country in the pitch black night, only to have an argument with some barbed-wire fencing ::) ::) ::) Once he'd untangled himself from that there was a rather hungry German Shepherd to contend with. Talk about frying pan into the fire :y
As said the other day, looks like there are still plenty of drivers who are prepared to risk it behind the wheel while pi$$ed ...... I trust you all showed due sympathy while his wounds were treated ::) ::) ::) ;D
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He was treated with the utmost respect ;)
He wasn't the only one last night either Andy, Pished Polish driver twanged 3 parked cars, female so drunk she couldn't stand never mind drive, male no license pished on meds for epilepsy??? .........................shall I continue........................ >:( >:( :( :(
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All can afford to risk their own (and more importantly others lives), can afford to drink to excess, but can't afford a bloody taxi home!!!!
All of the above stopped lived within roughly 5 mile radius of where they'd been drinking!!!
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He was treated with the utmost respect ;)
He wasn't the only one last night either Andy, Pished Polish driver twanged 3 parked cars, female so drunk she couldn't stand never mind drive, male no license pished on meds for epilepsy??? .........................shall I continue........................ >:( >:( :( :(
Never thought i'd read an episode of Road Wars in an OOF post :o :o :o
Keep it up Jason and keep the stories coming :y :y 8)
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He was treated with the utmost respect ;)
He wasn't the only one last night either Andy, Pished Polish driver twanged 3 parked cars, female so drunk she couldn't stand never mind drive, male no license pished on meds for epilepsy??? .........................shall I continue........................ >:( >:( :( :(
and that's a regular thing on a Fri/Sat night is it? What about early mornings after the night before? All too easy to still be way over the limit the next day going to work.
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All can afford to risk their own (and more importantly others lives), can afford to drink to excess, but can't afford a bloody taxi home!!!!
All of the above stopped lived within roughly 5 mile radius of where they'd been drinking!!!
I suppose that comes under the heading of .... "it's only 5 minutes away .... I'll be alright!"
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All can afford to risk their own (and more importantly others lives), can afford to drink to excess, but can't afford a bloody taxi home!!!!
All of the above stopped lived within roughly 5 mile radius of where they'd been drinking!!!
That's half the problem IMHO ... the idiots think they'll be alright as its "just down the road" and the "know their way home" .... punishment should include crushing the car they are driving .. THAT might get their attention !!
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All can afford to risk their own (and more importantly others lives), can afford to drink to excess, but can't afford a bloody taxi home!!!!
All of the above stopped lived within roughly 5 mile radius of where they'd been drinking!!!
He aint getting in my cab.....and probably ex taxi Al's either.....or most cab drivers.
If i do a pick up from a pub.....i watch carefully as they approach.....if they aint walking in a straight line.....im off pronto.....hit the 'scrub' button.....and get myself another job ;)
Tho i agree with what you say Jason......they can bloody walk home......not puke up in a cab and not have the £75 excess charge for spoiling the cab (dunno about other cab drivers, but thats the excess charge we charge)
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Let's face it, lots of us have had a pint or two and driven home, I know I have. Back in the 70's, most coppers would give you a tug, ask the question and, if the answer was affirmative, tell you to get straight home. You invariably lived very local because it was usually a pint on the way home from work.
Things are very different now, and quite rightly so. But let's not forget about the times when we were younger and society looked at things differently.
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All can afford to risk their own (and more importantly others lives), can afford to drink to excess, but can't afford a bloody taxi home!!!!
All of the above stopped lived within roughly 5 mile radius of where they'd been drinking!!!
That's half the problem IMHO ... the idiots think they'll be alright as its "just down the road" and the "know their way home" .... punishment should include crushing the car they are driving .. THAT might get their attention !!
The blue and white badge should be offence enough for that. One tried to run me off the road on the way to the Curry do. Two others just cut me up, not a care. >:(
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Let's face it, lots of us have had a pint or two and driven home, I know I have. Back in the 70's, most coppers would give you a tug, ask the question and, if the answer was affirmative, tell you to get straight home. You invariably lived very local because it was usually a pint on the way home from work.
Things are very different now, and quite rightly so. But let's not forget about the times when we were younger and society looked at things differently.
Agreed .. to a point .. yup we've all been young and stupid .. some of us made old and stupid ... but there are a few differences between then and now IMHO ....
Much more publicity about the problem .. we might not have been "aware" ... that is no longer an excuse
Vehicles involved are massively different ... in a beat up, clapped out morris minor 918 sidevalve I was never (hopefully) going to do a huge amount of damage to anything I hit .. pedestrians excluded of course ... a modern car like a beemer is that much more powerful it is a far more effective "weapon" .....
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Let's face it, lots of us have had a pint or two and driven home, I know I have. Back in the 70's, most coppers would give you a tug, ask the question and, if the answer was affirmative, tell you to get straight home. You invariably lived very local because it was usually a pint on the way home from work.
Things are very different now, and quite rightly so. But let's not forget about the times when we were younger and society looked at things differently.
Agreed .. to a point .. yup we've all been young and stupid .. some of us made old and stupid ... but there are a few differences between then and now IMHO ....
Much more publicity about the problem .. we might not have been "aware" ... that is no longer an excuse
Vehicles involved are massively different ... in a beat up, clapped out morris minor 918 sidevalve I was never (hopefully) going to do a huge amount of damage to anything I hit .. pedestrians excluded of course ... a modern car like a beemer is that much more powerful it is a far more effective "weapon" .....
Agreed....but an outpouring of disdain is something that comes with age, I think. ;)
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Never thought i'd read an episode of Road Wars in an OOF post :o :o :o
Keep it up Jason and keep the stories coming :y :y 8)
I'll try, I'll be mostly doin paperwork for the start of tonights shift :( trying to catch up before goin hunting again ;D
Early mornings ARE just as bad Andy, we usually get tip offs from disgruntled partners, neighbours and friends. Got one on the horizon for earlies, we bin after for a while now. Just unfortunate that circumstances haven't proven favourable yet, but it'll come.
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a modern car like a beemer is that much more powerful it is a far more effective "weapon" .....
When it works!!! ::) ::) ::) ::) :-X :-X :-X
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All can afford to risk their own (and more importantly others lives), can afford to drink to excess, but can't afford a bloody taxi home!!!!
All of the above stopped lived within roughly 5 mile radius of where they'd been drinking!!!
He aint getting in my cab.....and probably ex taxi Al's either.....or most cab drivers.
If i do a pick up from a pub.....i watch carefully as they approach.....if they aint walking in a straight line.....im off pronto.....hit the 'scrub' button.....and get myself another job ;)
Tho i agree with what you say Jason......they can bloody walk home......not puke up in a cab and not have the £75 excess charge for spoiling the cab (dunno about other cab drivers, but thats the excess charge we charge)
We're allowed to charge a 'reasonable amount' for soilage/damage, with no set amount...
My definition of reasonsble depends on the mess, but I work on the 'How much would you charge to come out and clean that up at 2am on a sunday morning?' basis... not being able to work until it's clean sadly doesn't come into it.
But even having to pay a hypothetical £120 has to be cheaper than at best getting pulled over or at worst killing other people :-\
The driver of that blue 3 series yesterday had absolutely zero spatial awareness :o old enough to know better too...
By comparison though, that silver M3 just off the M40 was being driven sensibly, only accelerating when lane ahead was clear :y