Pulled for speeding last night - not quite straightforward..

[Beamish]

All in all a bit of a result there buddy. Depending on the particular dibbly you might have been getting out the cheque book in sunny lincolnceistiershire. I have seen fines for less. I would change that plate over pronto Sometimes giving the federales a good listening to is worth the hassle.

[VeeTeeArrrrrrr]

There was always a certain amount of antagonism between street and trafpol to be honest. There are a lot fewer Trafpols now as road policing is handled by Gatso's (whole different issue there).
You and I will have to agree to differ on the role of plod, but having worked for the Met for 30 odd years I have my opinions too. There you go.

In my clumsy way i didnt make my self clear in the first instance, the regular woodentops I have no issue at all, none. And none with you Kev. is the overpaid plod that go after a petty nick to big em selves up, we have all had them and Im at an age now where I dont have to take it wether im showing my tax disc or not, I would rather go to the station and have the duty sarge grimace at another petty waste of time coming through the door, "its against section blah blah blah of the ......." it really is pathetic in these times which we live with kids commiting whatever they like, burgling granny, punching Pakki, Wog bashing, etc which is much more serious and doesnt even get a look in on the police mainframe, we get seudo coppers in big expensive 4x4's doing it seems to me wombles all cruising about at 69.9mph on the motorways with no powers at all, what a waste. So when Mr Patronising from the station wants to feel my collar for my tax disc or small plate, noisy can which has saved my life before then he can take me to the station every wombles time. Peace all. wombles you traffic cop.

[Kev L]

A lot of the 4x4's on the motorways around here are HATO's. There role has always been a bit of a mystery to me. They seem to be similar to the PCSO's ie a visible deterent without any (or very little) enforcement powers.
Anyway with the cuts which are being implemented at the moment across all public services, the chances of meeting with too many cops, ambulances, fire officers or any of the armed services is pretty remote.

[VeeTeeArrrrrrr]

I would rather 1 cop on the street than 8 "plastic piggys" I was arresting a shop lifter in Newport 2 years ago (SD) I was having a right old one two with him we went on the floor and I got him in a stranglehold, I was knackered, I looked up and there was a Plastic Piggy (pcso) looking down at me and I said are you gonna help, guess what he said.........................................................I am not allowed to intervene, called him a useless rock and told him to get someone who could, next thing some member of the public booted the crack head in the temple and knocked the wombles out. The pcso stood there shaking and was totally useless. I got £50 compo for a broken thumb, lacerated cheek wound and a sprained ankle...........he got off cos he took some abuse from the member of public.......I wombles give up.

[vtwin]

There was always a certain amount of antagonism between street and trafpol to be honest. There are a lot fewer Trafpols now as road policing is handled by Gatso's (whole different issue there).
You and I will have to agree to differ on the role of plod, but having worked for the Met for 30 odd years I have my opinions too. There you go.

In my clumsy way i didnt make my self clear in the first instance, the regular woodentops I have no issue at all, none. And none with you Kev. is the overpaid plod that go after a petty nick to big em selves up, we have all had them and Im at an age now where I dont have to take it wether im showing my tax disc or not, I would rather go to the station and have the duty sarge grimace at another petty waste of time coming through the door, "its against section blah blah blah of the ......." it really is pathetic in these times which we live with kids commiting whatever they like, burgling granny, punching Pakki, Wog bashing, etc which is much more serious and doesnt even get a look in on the police mainframe, we get seudo coppers in big expensive 4x4's doing it seems to me f*ck all cruising about at 69.9mph on the motorways with no powers at all, what a waste. So when Mr Patronising from the station wants to feel my collar for my tax disc or small plate, noisy can which has saved my life before then he can take me to the station every wombles time. Peace all. f*ck you traffic cop.

I have to agree, I have been the victim of crime on many occasions, business premises raided, £20k's worth of quad bikes nicked, staff members assaulted etc etc. Police did f*uck all on each occasion except blast me for having the cheek to dial 999 to report the crimes.

When the quads got nicked they couldnt care less, I removed the remaining quads from the premises in case the buggers returned and got pulled over half a mile down the road for having the number plate missing from my trailer.

I have absolutely no respect for them whatsoever, sorry if that sounds harsh but thats how I feel. If I am the victim of any crime again I wont even humiliate myself by phoning them, I will take matters into my own hands.


I actually found one of my quads in a secondhand shop on ebay, the shop had the guys name and address and cctv of him bringing it in, strangely enough I also had proof this guy had visited my premises a week before the theft. Guess what, insufficient evidence to take the matter forward

[Kev L]

Ahh the Great British judiciary. Another law unto themselves. Some of the jobs that were either booted or bargained down used to make my hair curl.
It all went down the pan when coppers stopped prosecuting their own jobs. CPS walk in with a bundle of papers they see shortly before prosecuting and have very little knowledge of. They can't know the ins and outs of the events and due to workload tend to take the course of least resistance.
Anyway fifty quid comp, did you have a holiday!!!!

[VeeTeeArrrrrrr]

Ahh the Great British judiciary. Another law unto themselves. Some of the jobs that were either booted or bargained down used to make my hair curl.
It all went down the pan when coppers stopped prosecuting their own jobs. CPS walk in with a bundle of papers they see shortly before prosecuting and have very little knowledge of. They can't know the ins and outs of the events and due to workload tend to take the course of least resistance.
Anyway fifty quid comp, did you have a holiday!!!!

yeah had a evening on some scrumpy and some british fish and chips.............oh british fish do we have that any more????

[VeeTeeArrrrrrr]

Probably river cobbler from vietnam........cooked by a somalian, spat on by a youth, sorry to be a miserable cunny

[tony.mon]

Actually I quite like the way we have things now, only cameras to worry about, and by and large you know where they are or where they're likely to be, round your own neck of the woods anyway.
This means I can be a complete butt locally and stand very little chance of a tug.

When I was a kid I'd get pulled about once a week, cars and bill standing in the road with hair dryers all over the place.

I get a lot less endorsements these days!

[AMCQ46]

Wicky, looks like it was your lucky day

and you managed to stir up a hornets nest of debate on the merits of policing...........so all in all good days work mate

[VeeTeeArrrrrrr]

Wicky, looks like it was your lucky day

and you managed to stir up a hornets nest of debate on the merits of policing...........so all in all good days work mate

stood on the fence Al there......traffic filth good ? Traffic filth, waste of time....? well.................

[geodude]

Wicky, nice post and well done mate

I think traffic cops are on the whole a good bunch. The wife of my best man is a traffic cop and having had many conversations with her about what she faces day to day, I have the utmost respect for them. She has seen so many mangled human bodies of those that used to be bikers, she has now given up biking which is a shame.

What if those two coppers had just come from a fatality? hmm

As for dodgy number plates, I am glad they are rigorous with this. Especially with cloning and stuff.

[MJONESY]

on the whole i dont like the police, i think most of them at some point during their school life had their head flushed down the toilet on more than one occasion and are now seeking revenge on the whole population,

as for traffic cops i tend to gauge a situation and if they are decent with me im decent with them, but if they are arseholes i tend to be an absolute pain in the butt,

but in fairness the only time i will point blank refuse to deal with a copper is if their a woman, now dont get me wrong im not sexist but every time i have had dealings with women coppers its been incredibly difficult because they are more up their own arses than the rest of them because they feel they have to prove they can go out and deal with the big bad nasty criminals as well as the male coppers can, which makes them unreasonable, irrational and stubborn.

as for pcso's well they are bloody hillarious, i think a mate of mine still has one of their hats

[benny hedges]

most of the traffic cops i see on the road have pulled over dodgy n reg mondeos and stuff that have probably been spotted by cameras with unlicensed uninsured drivers, either that or on long motorway straights, newish company cars who overtook unmarked plod at 3 figure speeds...
i dont think they do a bad job tbh.
every biker i know is meticulous with the roadworthiness of their ride (except me lol) and the pittance it costs us older riders to stay legal on the road, all the plod can do us for is speeding, dark visors, number plates and loud exhausts....
the only time theyve been arsy with me is when i deserved it tbh - at the end of the day they are just doing a job. a job i wouldnt like to do.

comunity plod are a waste of public money imo, they get laughed at and must really piss the genuine cops off.
its a bit sh1t when you get pulled over for nothing, but on the whole, if you are minding your own business and not being a rock, plod will leave you alone.

[Beamish]

I was always caught between a rock and a hard place, with my old man being plod it was very difficult during my teenage years. He was called to a disturbance that turned out to be me fighting with a local lowlife ( funnily enough I took the brunt of the aftermath as my dad felt embarrassed). I also proved to him that I was been harrassed by a local copper. I made him go out with me in my Mk 2 Escort Ghia (with sumptuous velour interior ) to prove this particular guy would pull me for nothing. I drove round until I found the spotty young ginger juggler then drove past him........I said to my dad ' did I do anything wrong there?' He replied no, so I said why is he now pulling out to coller me then? It was quite amusing to be honest as my old man got out of the car walked up to him and told him to ***k off A great moment for me. He was also made aware of a 14 mile car chase that I was involved in (unknowingly would you believe ) Those Renault 5 Turbos were bloody fast! Took the plod miles to eventually head me off The Carltons and Senators didnt go round bends like the Renault so they never got close enough to let me know I was being pursued! I got £268 fine and 3 points as they had no film nor camera evidence just loads of drivers that had caught a glimpse of my back lights from miles away My dad laughed his head off at that one and took the piss out of his traffic buddies for some time. He only told me this recently after lots of whiskey, at the time he was livid! Thing is, it was him who taught me to drive and ride fast and safe! Took me into a wet field with my 69 MK1 Escort and said ' well, what have you got ?' Learnt a lot that afternoon about rear wheel drive drifting Stay safe all.