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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: PaulW on 30 November 2007, 00:36:51
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Bloody >:( >:( >:(
On way home from my mates just now, pulled in the Shell garage to get some fuel, then down back home. Followed by our regions finest in a Volvo T5... About 1 mile after the garage, lit up like a christmas tree...
Usual questions... This your car, where you been, where you going, blah blah - other officer checking the tax disc and fiddling about with his radio... Then comes the reason they stopped me.
'We have reason to believe this car has no valid MOT, therefor your insurance is invalid also...'
They wouldn't believe me saying I had it done earlier today. Got the usual 'Out system says no blah blah' But luckily had the MOT cert in the glove box, so told them where it was in the car (by this time I was admiring the rear seat of the T5) and so the second officer goes off & gets it.
Even then there still moaning at me and not fully convinced its legit so radio through checking out other details, 1 reason being I think they were suspicious I had 2 V5 documents exactly the same with 2 separate document id's on them (the DVLA sent me 2, not my fault!) So after radioing through checking those out too to make sure they all match, I then get given a producer to go to the local station with my license, MOT (which they just saw), Insurance and V5 (again, just seen...)
>:( >:( >:(
1 hour sat in there bloody car when I could of been sorting out stuff for things tomorrow >:( >:(
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im starting to think they just want to admire our meegas ;D ;D ;D
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im starting to think they just want to admire our meegas ;D ;D ;D
Probably ;D
I mean, what would you rather have...
FWD Poverty-spec T5, or a fully equipped RWD V6 Omega ;)
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thats why im here ;D ;D :y
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Absolutely no probs with the stop as you describe it, until you had to produce docs at a Police Station that are easily checked online, when stopped and locked in the rear of the car, after confirming you are who you say you are....
No wonder the actions of some officers generate posts such as this..... :-[
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I got followed by Police in a Merc, into a petrol station at 3am the other morning, when on a nightshift.
They just said "hello mate, can you confirm your name and if this is your car?"...
I replied "yep, I'm... and this is my car"...
Ok, great sir, Have a nice evening :)
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JAMES you are always lucky with the police, they seam to like you ;D
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I got followed by Police in a Merc, into a petrol station at 3am the other morning, when on a nightshift.
They just said "hello mate, can you confirm your name and if this is your car?"...
I replied "yep, I'm... and this is my car"...
Ok, great sir, Have a nice evening :)
Father in Law has had a few of those, Name & Age sir, ok, on your way, they must have looked him up 1st and want a quick confirm.
He does some unsocialable hours driving at weekends so often gets targeted.
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i have been lucky with the Police, i haven't had a tug off them in about 4 years now.....you watch me get pulled tonight on the way home
Last time i got pulled was for speeding, he got me fairly and squarely i just took it on the chin, i was in the wrong and there was no value in argueing the point
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I've only ever been stopped twice. Once leaving a pub when I was 19 (breath test passed, on your way, sir) and once about a year ago in the Westfield - just confirming it's my car.
I don't have a problem with either of those. If my car had been nicked I'd want them to be making a few spot checks. A bit rough giving you a producer when they have the documents in front of them AND the computer records to confirm it. That just smacks of deliberately making your life difficult.
Kevin
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I got followed by Police in a Merc, into a petrol station at 3am the other morning, when on a nightshift.
They just said "hello mate, can you confirm your name and if this is your car?"...
I replied "yep, I'm... and this is my car"...
Ok, great sir, Have a nice evening :)
I suspect they already knew your name from running a number plate check :y
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The producer seems silly, its just paper work for the sake of it.
I have had a few pulls, the first was when I was 17, full blue lights the lot.....turned out it was an ex-girl friend.....scares the crap out of me.
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I have been stopped loads of times in the past - solved the problem, I moved.
A friend was pulled for speeding 50 in a 40, he was being overtaken by lots of cars, but chosen because he was on a bike.
I have been pulled for a little over the limit (about 10%), Police man nearly caused a pile up with dangerous queue jumping on a blind corner on a hill. It was a pity the artic which had to emergency stop didn't get him.
I was amazed when I got a NIP for my little over the limit and catching the end of double white line (better visibilty up there). Yet the Policeman NOT with lights on wrong side of road on a blind corner. I made the mistake of stopping for him, and had a go at him AFTER getting the NIP.
That was the last straw, moved to Worcester a month later.
I think I was stopped for checks about once a month in Gloucestershire. One was for overtaking a police car doing 20mph.
What really put it home was when I migrated to cars I was stopped in Gloucester visiting friends by a special for having a Worcester registered car!
In Gloucestershire - 2 assults little Police interest - never got any compensation for stolen stuff, never got compensation for a stolen tax disc off the thief despite my nagging that I had to pay for the replacement - and my bike was vandalised (no interest) by same person - what is the point in arresting someone with YOUR tax disc on their bike and not making them pay back the victim >:(
Stops in Worcestershire - very few - one in early hours for random breath test and one for owning a Sunbeam and wanting a look!
Rant over!
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Mk 2 Cortina 1600E, that got me pulled, many times, many many times.
I was only 18. :-[
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Mk 2 Cortina 1600E, that got me pulled, many times, many many times.
I was only 18. :-[
I ended up moving - got fed up with the harrasment. Everyone I knew with a bike seemed to get pulled regularly
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touch wood, i have never been stopped *yet* have had them trail behind me the other day. i was driving merily along at the speed limit, maybe a couple of miles over it, and a cop car come the other way. he stopped in middle of road and done a u turn, then followed me for about 2 miles, i could tell they were checking me out as i could see them getting closer to read the plate, soooo i decided that i would speed up as the speed limit increases to 60, i kept to 60 the whole way. i was hoping that they would pull me over so that i could shove all the documents in there face, as i had them all in the car. but they didnt, i turned off and they just carried on in the end. was quite funny realy.
actually saying that we werepulled over while in teh ambulance response car, but that was because the police wanted a favour, they flashed us up with headlights and blues the lot :P
then we both were racing through town on blue lights at about 1 in the morning, great fun, especially when the copper nearly spun it on a roundabout. rear end just started to swing round, he pretty much slowed down to 10 mph
whoops.
cheers
nathan
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I am very disappointed that no-one has said they've never been pulled by the fuzz, but swung around by the........ ;D
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I am very disappointed that no-one has said they've never been pulled by the fuzz, but swung around by the........ ;D
Ahh the old biker granny joke, Was tempted ;D
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I have a passionate hatred for the police! They are a waste of space (well they done one thing right, the MV6 ;D) who are only interested in statistics! I could right a book with the piss take confrontations i have with the police!
If ive done something wrong, such as when i got caught speeding i held my hands up and was as nice as possible, even joking about them not being able to catch me if i didn’t stop. However there have been several (read loads!) of times when if they didn’t have a badge on they would of had the face into the concrete! Just because they have a stupid little badge on their top doesn’t mean they can talk to me like an idiot when its them who knows jack shit about the law! Baring in mind i have several family members in the police and was intending to be an officer until i started having personal dealing with them.
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I have a passionate hatred for the police! They are a waste of space (well they done one thing right, the MV6 ;D) who are only interested in statistics! I could right a book with the piss take confrontations i have with the police!
If ive done something wrong, such as when i got caught speeding i held my hands up and was as nice as possible, even joking about them not being able to catch me if i didn’t stop. However there have been several (read loads!) of times when if they didn’t have a badge on they would of had the face into the concrete! Just because they have a stupid little badge on their top doesn’t mean they can talk to me like an idiot when its them who knows jack shit about the law! Baring in mind i have several family members in the police and was intending to be an officer until i started having personal dealing with them.
In my experience, you kinda get the police you deserve. Who was it that said, "some people think the idea of policing is great - until they're the one getting policed" ?
Policing isn't customer service like you get at Tesco. People tend to be either totally fine when being stopped, or create a silly fuss. There's no excuse for the police to be rude when the person stopped is totally fine. But if you get abrasive or worse, don't expect the police to smile as if they're serving a grumpy customer in a shop.
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I was puled almost every week when i han a 3000 s capri >:(
Oh happy days ;)
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only ever pulled once, by a beat car, got a producer, doing 50 in a 30
if i must get pulled over again at any time, it shall be routine, since i drive properly and legally, and it must also be on my day off when i have nothing to do, so i can waste their time a bit, just for my own satisfaction
there are a couple of cops in my area that really like to just waste people's time
i'd quite happily confirm my name and that my car is mine, but if they want to know where i'm goin and where i've been, its nobody's business but mine, my car's taxed, insured, mot'd and filled with the most expensive bleeding petrol known to man, while i'm driving legally i'll drive wherever the hell I like
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I bet that hurt, being pulled by the fuzz
;D ;D
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I am very disappointed that no-one has said they've never been pulled by the fuzz, but swung around by the........ ;D
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... Then comes the reason they stopped me....
Nothing to do with the piece of rag over your face...? :o
I would be stopped for illegal witchcraft... ;D
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... Then comes the reason they stopped me....
Nothing to do with the piece of rag over your face...? :o
I would be stopped for illegal witchcraft... ;D
Paul has very bad acne. Leave him alone.
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Got stopped once for exceeding the speed limit. A good vehicle check, make sure I wasn't drunk or stoned, and on my way. Held my hands up, no point denying it. Of course, had I let the car behind me go before me out of the car park, I'd have noticed the subtle clues that it was a police car - blue lightbar, "POLICE" written down the side, the reflective stripes, and the police officers sitting inside... it was dark, in my defence.
I'm fully expecting a tug or three over the next month, with the extra DD patrols, and my finishing work at 4am... being 20 and in a V6 isn't going to help...
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Only been pulled three times, once for speeding on the A13, got off with a warning, once on the M6 Cumbria, speeding got 3 points, once at a road block/check in London, the morning after, they could'nt get a breathaliser so they let me on my way.
On the other hand I have had more fines in London for bus lanes, parking, congestion charging and last but not least a box junction >:(
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Only been pulled three times, once for speeding on the A13, got off with a warning, once on the M6 Cumbria, speeding got 3 points, once at a road block/check in London, the morning after, they could'nt get a breathaliser so they let me on my way.
On the other hand I have had more fines in London for bus lanes, parking, congestion charging and last but not least a box junction >:(
Close call that then ::) ;D
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Ive been pulled 5 times in 26 years of driving........
1st time pulled for breath test......passed on roadside.....even tho id had a couple of pints ::)
2nd time pulled for overtaking on double white lines.......my arguement on that one was overtaking a tractor and pulled out before double white lines began......came back in just after double white started....got fined for that :(
3rd time .....breath tested again.....failed roadside :-[ ......got arrested...but passed at police station ;)
4th time....got pulled for speeding......doing 90 in a 70 limit.....got let off the speeding but got a ticket/fine for not wearing a seatbelt ;D
5th time.....stopped for no insurance showing on police computer.......got given a producer.....i was insured and produced insurance/mot/licence.....this one pi$$ed me off >:(
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come on guys dont class everybody the same. i hate it when people say all taxi drivers are this......all bus drivers are that.....all omega drivers are hunks....im quite sure there are some good cops out there....somewhere?
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Been pulled over only once, around 12 years ago (in this country...). PCW was nice and polite, she wanted to know why I was driving with my lights off, so I said sorry officer, she asked a couple of question i.e. where I was coming from (Victoria station) and were I was heading (North London) then let me go. About 5 minutes all in all...
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Good & bad - depends where you live and who you see.
Met lots of good ones and quite a few vindictive sods
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::)Hav'nt been stopped in a car for some time now but if you think the police are bad you should try VOSA (used to be called Ministry) They have this way of asking patronizing questions..."do you realize the risks of...road conditions, load security, did you go to the toilet before starting your journey?
I know they have to point things out but they can be a tad condescending to say the least. :(