Given that I was recently pulled over and booked for not stopping at a stop sign, when I had actually stopped, I would say you can be.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tombie
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Given that I was recently pulled over and booked for not stopping at a stop sign, when I had actually stopped, I would say you can be.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tombie
Why would you want a radar detector....
1. they only work when the gun is transmitting, the newer narrow beam guns means if the detector is going off then its usually too late.
2. they dont work against the Laser speed detectors and the ones with the high zoom feature if placed correctly can potentilly get you from up to 2 Km away.
3. they dont work against the point to point system
4. they dont work against the elapsed time/distance camera speed detectors (similar to the double flash speed detection for redlight cameras)
5. they dont (all) work if you;re getting scoped from behind
Yup!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by BigJon
I had a copper once do me for not stopping at a stop sign and after a bit if a " chat" where he said I slowed down to almost nothing but did not come to a complete stopQuote:
Originally Posted by BigJon
To prove a point He said to me if I was hitting you with my stick would you want me to slow down or stop
Fair point give me the ticket and I will go.
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Originally Posted by weakestlink
Not true! A 21 yr old girl at work has been pulled over 17 times this year! She's on her P's... Granted... However, 17 times! What a joke. No fines, no real problems... Just being annoyed.
Back in the '70s one of our local Police cyclists booked a woman for exactly that - rolling through a sign. She remonstrated with him that she nearly stopped. His response was "Madam, if you were supposed to nearly stop there would be signs that had NEARLY STOP on them."Quote:
Originally Posted by Reads90
She then threatened him that she would report him to the Police Commissioner who lived locally and who had been asked by other locals to have the Stop sign policed. Never heard what the outcome was:D
Bob
Always the victim eh? I think you may find that there are at least some extenuating circumstances if it is really 17 times......maybe she is a crap driver or drives a crap car?Quote:
Originally Posted by s7000
Or she has a great personality...Quote:
Originally Posted by bigdog
Nope, she's also a good friend.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigdog
She's been pulled up in 4 different cars (only 2 she ownded) over the last 6 months, only her latest has been questionable (3 times now). She's not a crap driver, and has a clean record from the word go.
She's keeping a cop diary too. Haha
I disagree. Whilst any fatality on our roads is a shame and always a tragic loss, anybody who deliberately operates a vehicle and night without headlights (deliberately switched off), in conjunction with following too close that they couldn't stop to avoid a braking truck, is the one that is a homicidal maniac. You would have to be following extremely close to not be able to stop for most trucks, with how long they take to stop.Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilipA
Police will fine any non-police person doing either of those things on their own. Why should a police officer be exempt from the rules, especially when it's dangerous?
I've been told by police that if I have an accident on my motorcycle, whilst I might be the only one killed due to my choice of transport method, other people have to clean up the mess and cope with the loss of me. Why would a police officer on a motorcycle doing something so reckless be exempt from these consequences?
I understand that police often put themselves in danger in order for the good of the public, but calling a truck driver a homicidal maniac is ignoring fault on the part of the police officer. The truck driver shouldn't have deliberately braked in order to scare/hurt/kill the police office, but what if he actually DID have to stop in an emergency for a child, a drunk person crossing the road, etc.?