When are the police going to do something

[oldtimer]

Was sitting at the traffic lights this morning when a young gun pulled up beside me he was smoking a smoke talking on his phone and drinking a can of coke then had to get beeped when the lights changed.

So is it me or am I seeing a lot more of this ie people chatting away on the phone with no sense of what is going on around.I wish the police up here would have a crackdown just to get this behaviour in check I know it goes on but there is a worrying trend here as as see this more often.

 

[Silly Sausage]

If you're driving past someone who's on their mobile, just blast your horn when you're alongside and watch them jump out of their skin and drop it...

 

[oldtimer]

Yea did that when i was behind a woman who was on the phone and checking her hair in the mirror and O boy did she jump.

The thing is I am noticing this more in the rush hour when the car is an extension to the office dont get me wrong I am not being grumpy about it as I am concerned about the safety aspect either that I am noticing it more

 

[Octopus]

Was sitting at the traffic lights this morning when a young gun pulled up beside me he was smoking a smoke talking on his phone and drinking a can of coke then had to get beeped when the lights changed.

So is it me or am I seeing a lot more of this ie people chatting away on the phone with no sense of what is going on around.I wish the police up here would have a crackdown just to get this behaviour in check I know it goes on but there is a worrying trend here as as see this more often.

Was he wearing a sealt belt, did he have MOT, tax and insurance - probably not.

Makes you wonder what the Police actually do!

 

[Silly Sausage]

It's a bit like speeding, people don't perceive it as a crime.
You do here of people getting busted for mobile use, 3 points etc. I think.
The Law can't be everywhere, I'm not saying they should be either!

 

[Octopus]

It's a bit like speeding, people don't perceive it as a crime.
You do here of people getting busted for mobile use, 3 points etc. I think.
The Law can't be everywhere, I'm not saying they should be either!

But where are they, never see them round my way these days (well in fact for many years!)

 

[oldtimer]

So its easier to catch someone on a speed camera and then let their wife take the blame because they cannot afford the ban or even persue me via a parking fine even although they got that wrong but it seems to me that they know it goes on but will do nothing about it yet at christmas time they have a crackdown on drink driving yet wave past someone who has a latte and a smoke and is on the phone ?

 

[Silly Sausage]

But where are they, never see them round my way these days (well in fact for many years!)

All signed up for Firearms training so they can be out gun slinging at Heathrow and Central London?

 

[imago]

When I'm on the bike and get someone cut across my bows on a roundabout who is trying to turn the wheel, change gear, and carry on the phone conversation I find it irksome. However the advantage to being on the bike is that rapping on the drivers window with kevlar knuckled gloves oce off the roundabout does liven them up a bit.

 

[Darkwood]

Get a Road Hawk front and rear, when the prat tail gates you while on his mobile at 70mph just hand the video to the police its enough to get them charged and they wont even remember what car they were behind, they are logged in realtime and calculate speed etc using sat' navigation so good enough to bring charges and its same system some cop cars have themselves.....
The satifaction is priceless knowing the prat who is driving so close could kill you if you have to anchor on.

 

[Silly Sausage]

The wife hasn't got home yet, my 8 year old daughter was ringing her up to find out where she was, a few minutes away apparently, told her to hang up because she's driving.
Wifie gets home, I had the phone squeezed between my shoulder and ear, that's OK? says she.

Priceless! I despair sometimes.

 

[HandySparks]

Get a Road Hawk front and rear

Anybody used one of these or similar?

 

[Mark_Burgess]

If I had the spare cash I would get one, I could get around 6 drivers on average whilst driving off the island that are on the phone texting, or the latest favourite, hold it about 8 inches away in front on loudspeaker!!

 

[imago]

Now that looks like a usefull bit of kit. I may have to invest in one of those soon and become friends with the local traffic unit.

 

[Geordie Spark]

If I had the spare cash I would get one, I could get around 6 drivers on average whilst driving off the island that are on the phone texting, or the latest favourite, hold it about 8 inches away in front on loudspeaker!!

Most of the ones I see doing this are driving vans with electricians logos plastered all over them.

 

[imago]

Most of the ones I see doing this are driving vans with electricians logos plastered all over them.

If you look closer you'll see that there isn't a phone there. They're just screaming with rage or crying with dispair into the steering wheel. Equally as dangerous to other road users, but I just thought I'd mention it in the interest of accuracy.

 

[Silly Sausage]

Most of the ones I see doing this are driving vans with electricians logos plastered all over them.

What, this?





Where are the Police?
Near me, the yellow video van is parked up in the local Tesco/Esso garage doing frig all.

 

[Geordie Spark]

What, this?

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Where are the Police?
Near me, the yellow video van is parked up in the local Tesco/Esso garage doing frig all.

Aye ... that's the most common one

 

[ipf]

Aye ... that's the most common one

Probably phoning the NICEIC Technical Help Line

 

[Adam W]

Was he wearing a sealt belt, did he have MOT, tax and insurance - probably not.

Makes you wonder what the Police actually do!

I find if I criticize the police I'm accused of disliking them because I must be a criminal.
I think there should be a return to 'common sense' policing where a policeman can give someone a telling-off for messing about or doing something silly, without having to relate everything to the law. Like that rozzer on YouTube who stopped a cyclist for running a red light but was at a loss to correlate it with the correct law and therefore powerless to do much, and the cyclist was well aware of this. Instead of trying to be all 'legal' and saying 'you must not ride through a red light because it's in contravention of the road traffic act article X section X' I reckon he should have been able to say 'you must not ride through a red light because it's dangerous'.
It would be nice to see them stopping motorists who are driving 'badly' and just having a word, without it necessarily having to be for speeding or not wearing a seatbelt.

 

[vernam616]

Amazing really with phones when you think how easy and cheap it is to buy a bluetooth device, even something that clips on the visor

I installed a parrot into my vehicle, far better than reciveing 3 points and £60 fine

 

[Guest111]

Anybody used one of these or similar?

I have a forward facing camera in my volvo,and given the other kit I have fitted it is often mistaken for an unmarked police car,people tend to behave better around me.Also the fact that I normally wear black polo shirt and trousers helps,had a chap on a mobile the other week doing over a ton on the 62 when I caught up with him he slowed right down and a quick blast on the horn and a word of advice about mobiles and driving soon put him right,a pal who,s a traffic cop thought it was great and reckons if they slow down when they see me it may save him clearing up the mess later.Actually got stopped recently by a young bobby who wanted to know what force I was from and why I was driving in his area.

 

[Darkwood]

Just be careful there phil, fun aside you can face serious actions if deemed to be impersonating a police officer, if they mistake you as you say for a policeman then its not an issue but if you react and carry on the situation without you been open about not been who they thought you were then thats when you can get it backfiring on you. Re' your experience though i cant see any harm if they slow down because they think you might be.

 

[SparkyJoe]

Was he wearing a sealt belt, did he have MOT, tax and insurance - probably not.

Makes you wonder what the Police actually do!

Do you read the daily mail or something.

 

[Guest111]

Just be careful there phil, fun aside you can face serious actions if deemed to be impersonating a police officer, if they mistake you as you say for a policeman then its not an issue but if you react and carry on the situation without you been open about not been who they thought you were then thats when you can get it backfiring on you. Re' your experience though i cant see any harm if they slow down because they think you might be.

Well thats the funny bit because once I get past you can clearly tell its not a police car by the markings on the back,good to see them change their behaviour though lol

 

[Octopus]

Do you read the daily mail or something.

No, why?

When I walk my kids to school, 1 in 10 car drivers are on the phone, about 50% are speeding!

 

[oldtimer]

No, why?

When I walk my kids to school, 1 in 10 car drivers are on the phone, about 50% are speeding!

Also it is worrying how people are addicted to their phones so when someone visits me I turn the tv off plus if the phone goes I say I will call you back if I get a text I ignore it but I do work in rentals and you cannot have a conversation because the tv is blairing away in the corner with Jerramy Kyle and if you ask them to turn it down not a good move and if they get a text they just blank you and read it plus answer it then ask you to repeat what you just said. Now take this attitude into a car and I do believe we have major problems as I have seen people texting doing 50-60 mph on the motorway .

Dont get me wrong I am not a killjoy and maybe it is me but I am seeing things get worse where I live and the police are ignoring it because if they didnt then it would not be so common, for me safety is the name of the game here I just dont want to see a child or pedestrian get hurt because some clown is sending a "thanks babe" text

 

[Geordie Spark]

Also it is worrying how people are addicted to their phones so when someone visits me I turn the tv off plus if the phone goes I say I will call you back if I get a text I ignore it but I do work in rentals and you cannot have a conversation because the tv is blairing away in the corner with Jerramy Kyle and if you ask them to turn it down not a good move and if they get a text they just blank you and read it plus answer it then ask you to repeat what you just said. Now take this attitude into a car and I do believe we have major problems as I have seen people texting doing 50-60 mph on the motorway .

Dont get me wrong I am not a killjoy and maybe it is me but I am seeing things get worse where I live and the police are ignoring it because if they didnt then it would not be so common, for me safety is the name of the game here I just dont want to see a child or pedestrian get hurt because some clown is sending a "thanks babe" text

I kid you not ... I know someone whose two daughter take their phones into the toilet with them and I'm not talking about public toilets - I'm talking about the toilet in their home !!! mg_smile:

I can't understand why they can't be content with reading the Screwfix catalogue in there like I do.

 

[Adam W]

Do you read the daily mail or something.

I read the Daily Mail.
Sorry, was that a question?

 

[Adam W]

I have a forward facing camera in my volvo,and given the other kit I have fitted it is often mistaken for an unmarked police car,people tend to behave better around me.Also the fact that I normally wear black polo shirt and trousers helps,had a chap on a mobile the other week doing over a ton on the 62 when I caught up with him he slowed right down and a quick blast on the horn and a word of advice about mobiles and driving soon put him right,a pal who,s a traffic cop thought it was great and reckons if they slow down when they see me it may save him clearing up the mess later.Actually got stopped recently by a young bobby who wanted to know what force I was from and why I was driving in his area.

If it were just one or two things then fair enough you could explain that away, but add them all together - white Volvo estate, strobe beacons, forward facing camera, boot full of traffic cones, you dressed in black, presumably with a hi-viz at some point, going around dispensing traffic advice and stopping at accidents to assist... I think you're playing it close to the mark.
All it takes is one jobsworth rozzer and you could end up with a hefty fine or worse.
I wouldn't be surprised if you've already been discussed over coffee and doughnuts.

 

[SparkyJoe]

I read the Daily Mail.
Sorry, was that a question?

Daily Mail - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia

nuff said

 

[Adam W]

Daily Mail - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia

nuff said

You could say something similar about any newspaper.

 

[edexlab]

I was in the car with mrs kids etc on saturday and was overtaken by a lad on his mobile ,can of energy drink who went over double lines at approx 80mph on an A road notorious for accidents not just me but he overtook a lorry on a bad bend, I'm doing my best not to swear in front of the kids etc and said he'll end up either hurting or killing himself or someone else , 5 miles on the idiot tries it again and had a head on collision with another car anyway after parking up and going to see if I can help at all the emergency services turn up so I spoke to an officer and described what we had seen him doing and he said there was nothing they could do except concentrate on the events which caused the accident, and didn't even take my name/number
I understand what he's saying but I still can't believe that an eyewitness account from myself and anyone else wouldn't even come into it , this is basicly saying do what you like as long as you don't get caught! maybe its time to buy one of those cameras mentioned earlier, although it still wouldn't have stopped this accident.

 

[oldtimer]

The thing is it is always somebody else that get hurt but this is the very thing that I am highlighting because they could end up killing themselves or worse somebody else

 

[trev]

The thing is, no matter what happens the police are damned if they do and damned if they don't. If they clamp down on speeders and phoners they should be out catching "proper criminals" and if there's loads of people using mobiles while driving etc it's "where are the police and why aren't they stopping this"

 

[Geordie Spark]

The thing is, no matter what happens the police are damned if they do and damned if they don't. If they clamp down on speeders and phoners they should be out catching "proper criminals" and if there's loads of people using mobiles while driving etc it's "where are the police and why aren't they stopping this"

:bobby: Evenin' all ....... A policeman's lot is not a happy one.

 

[Guitarist]

I was in the car with mrs kids etc on saturday and was overtaken by a lad on his mobile

Now that would be a sight....

 

[Richard Burns]

Now that would be a sight....

See ya suckers!