timrud_
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Me and a mate were just seeing how the car was performing as I have some fueling issues at the moment. I slapped another tenner in it, then we headed to the duel carrageways...
I flew up the first one and it was not running anything like it should. Came off a rounderbout in third and went straight over, hammered it through third and well into fourth and past three cars driving normally...
I thought the middle one was a honda or something, but it was a plain 307 cop car ROFL 
Straight on my case..... looked in my mirror and they were in uniform... great! 
So I went right round the next rounderbout and back where I'd come from, and he flashed me into a bus stop.
Asked me to get out of the car, which I did. Now a trick which has always stood me in good stead is look a Policeman straight in the eye and be polite, hes just doing his job remember.
"Whats the speed limit on here?"...... "40 mph mate"..
"How fast were you going".... "Well maybe a tiny bit quicker" (Not a ton much  )
I could see he was thinking about the long speech, so before he could start I just went "Look, you don't need to tell me, I know thats bad driving, I'll calm it down" he replied saying "I'll not patronise you, I can see you understand..."
Then he saw my Nurburgring sticker (think he liked it LOL), he goes "Your not on the ring now son! If you want to see what your car can do go and take it on the motorway!"
Nice job mate..... so I did ROFL 
So not all coppers are bad, its far from the first time I've been delt with a word instead of a penalty. Treat them well and if they are semi-human they will be fine with you
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Nic Barnes
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i realy really really really dont like arogant policemen. im just a twat to them, suprised i aint been locked up or beaten up by more of them on a regualr occasion.
good on yer for gettin away with car testin, lol
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timrud_
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I have to work with the Police, so I have no fear or nerves round them, I see my mates and they do themselves no favours!
Arrogent policeman I like to snidely wind them up, rather than be shitty with them, its like a game LOL 
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corsa_godfather
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wat pissed me off was i got 3 points and £60 fine for doing 80mph on the motorway at 7.30 on a sunday morning.says its ppl like me that kill so many ppl on the road.was in the saxo at the time.must just have thought fuck it thats cars got shit loads done to it lets fuck him lol
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Nic Barnes
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i got 3 points for doing 69 in a 60 in a rural part of the cumbrian hillside with no other cars anywhere on a long straight you can see about 1 mile further down.
reckon if they aint got any the night before and see some young boy and his girlie in the car, they pull em over just to piss em off, which it did
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FlamingCorsa
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it pays to be polite to police i think they are much kinder if u are and if u are not polite and helpful then they will just rip through u and find summit to do u for!!!
glad u didnt get done, its so easy to speed woth a car of ur power tho!!! iaz
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Butler
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa_godfather
wat pissed me off was i got 3 points and £60 fine for doing 80mph on the motorway at 7.30 on a sunday morning.says its ppl like me that kill so many ppl on the road.was in the saxo at the time.must just have thought fuck it thats cars got shit loads done to it lets fuck him lol
middle age housewives do this in their rovers and dont get anything, only because there older and dont drive a done up motor, police are mostly twats imo and biased because they know they can piss you off
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Tom J
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Originally posted by Butler
police are mostly twats imo and biased because they know they can piss you off
harsh
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X 60RSA
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quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
i got 3 points for doing 69 in a 60 in a rural part of the cumbrian hillside with no other cars anywhere on a long straight you can see about 1 mile further down.quote:
Thats harsh because watching a traffic cop thing the other week, copper sat clocking people on the motorway, one new shaped beetle was doing just over 80 and he said its not going fast enough for me to bother going after! I think alot of cops would let you off if you were doing 80 on a motorway but a camera would have ya!
I'm always polite to the cops, they are only doing their job.........i cant stand arrogant ones though, no time for em
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Nic Barnes
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i think it was the fact that i was driving a nova sr with a big bore 4, lol, was about 8 years ago now, 17 years olds, jst passed my test, will teach him a lesson routine.
learnt my lesson though from it. always check around you for the 5-0 when about to hoof your car down a straight
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CorsAsh
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There are the traffic coppers who are into cars, and will chat to you about your motor, be quite amiable, and usually let you on your way with a word in your shell-like. If you act like a cock, or your car is a shed and obviously causing annoyance etc, then expect to be done.
I've not had any trouble with cops, respect the majority of them for doing their job well. It's not easy by any means.
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ed
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Think the only reason why Police get arrogant and arsey is because they get pissed of with kids breaking the law while driving then getting a facefull of lip. They probably find it refreshing when they pull somone over who is actually polite to them...
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Cybermonkey
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i fucking hate the twats on here who start laying into policemen. they are only doing their job FFS, and is cocks like Butler who just end up giving young male drivers a stereotypical image.
timrud, nice one getting out of that though 
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willay
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What cybermonkey said, but I do love how no one is slating into him for speeding like you usually would.
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timrud_
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Thats probably because straight away I admited I WAS wrong...
Usually I'll not do anything mad on that road unless I can see its clear, was purely because we were eager to see if the car had rectified its problem.
Mistake made and lession learnt, without the need for my clean licence to get mucky 
[Edited on 25-08-2005 by timrud_]
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Matt H
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Lucky!
But yes, politeness is the way forwards
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Ally
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
Think the only reason why Police get arrogant and arsey is because they get pissed of with kids breaking the law while driving then getting a facefull of lip. They probably find it refreshing when they pull somone over who is actually polite to them...
Yes
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Originally posted by Cybermonkey
i fucking hate the twats on here who start laying into policemen. they are only doing their job FFS, and is cocks like Butler who just end up giving young male drivers a stereotypical image.
timrud, nice one getting out of that though
YES
Good lads! Police do a good job, its when cocky little lads give them lip that they get funny, which they are entitled to do.
Some people rant and rave about how every copper sees a lad in a car and assumes that they are a boyracer ... but they are the people with the attitudes that have created that!
Surely any young man would want the police to realise that not every lad in a car is a boy racer, and talk to them with respect to prove that?
woop woop
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Siberia
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christ... so you got away with doing 140? lucky boy! live to speed another day
cybermonkey... there are alot of cops that give the force a stereotypical image too....
[Edited on 25-08-2005 by Siberia]
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boyracer2002
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Pretty lucky then tim
Only been stopped a few of times in mine, number plates being the main reason with them "missing" on the front another time with the flames, just said engine is nackered and overfuels throwing them out everynow and then
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Charlene
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You were lucky then
But being polite is always the best option when speaking to the police 
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vibrio
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I think timrud_ sucked the bobby off
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Butler
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quote:
Originally posted by Cybermonkey
i fucking hate the twats on here who start laying into policemen. they are only doing their job FFS, and is cocks like Butler who just end up giving young male drivers a stereotypical image.
timrud, nice one getting out of that though
i dont think youve ever met the police round here, how can you say i give young drivers a stereotypical image when you dont even know anything about me. they might be doing there job, and maybe some of them are alright, but alot of them abuse their power.
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Rebrabuk
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Only been pulled for speeding once doing 60 in a 30 zone in my Corsa. It was the day that i had just left a deposit for the Vectra. Traffic cop sitting just in a junction of a warehouse entrance and i saw him as soon as i got to the junction and was braking and indicating to pull in before he'd even came out of the junction as i knew he was going to come after me.
Took a seat in his car and listened to the speach whilst looking very concerned and appologetic and he let me go with a warning. I think he was intending to give me a ticket when he pulled me but after speaking to me he changed his mind. Told him about needing the car for my job as a computer engineer and having just left a deposit for new car etc.
I even had a brake light out which he helped me to replace as i had the new bulb with me.
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stuartmitchell
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa_godfather
wat pissed me off was i got 3 points and £60 fine for doing 80mph on the motorway at 7.30 on a sunday morning.says its ppl like me that kill so many ppl on the road.was in the saxo at the time.must just have thought fuck it thats cars got shit loads done to it lets fuck him lol
been there bud except I got £200 fine and 4 points
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mav
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i would be polite with them...if they treat you ok do it back, but you do get some twats...
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