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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Khare on 22 June 2013, 18:32
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Last night I pulled away quickly in first straight into a police roadblock. They pulled me over, checked my details, breathalysed me and told me that next time they'd fine me for I can't remember what offence.
Now, while I know it's illegal to speed, wheelspin, drift, etc, I wasn't aware that pulling away fast from a junction (it was a quiet 30mph area, but I didn't go over the speed limit) was an offence. For future reference (it's the second time I've been warned for pulling away fast, first was from a roundabout onto a dual carriageway, however in that case I was actually avoiding a car on the inside that decided to join my lane for the dual carriageway) is it genuinely a punishable offence or are they just blackmailing me? At no point did I wheelspin or swerve. I literally just accelerated quickly.
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Some coppers are w@nkers!!
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all coppers are w@nkers!!
:grin:
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The only offence i can think of that could be applicable here would be 'driving without due care and attention' but it would be very unfair.
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The only offence i can think of that could be applicable here would be 'driving without due care and attention' but it would be very unfair.
I thought that too, but they didn't say that would be what I'd be charged for. I think they said dangerous mobile object or something along those lines :huh:
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The only offence i can think of that could be applicable here would be 'driving without due care and attention' but it would be very unfair.
I thought that too, but they didn't say that would be what I'd be charged for. I think they said dangerous mobile object or something along those lines :huh:
I think they'd be pretty hard pushed to prove you were doing anything dangerous, sounds like they are just very excited about being policemen.
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Same train of thought. They had no speed gun so couldn't prove the speed (but it was under 30mph), and in fact they couldn't even see me when I pulled off, they were round a long bend, they only heard me pull away quickly and by the time I saw them and they saw me I was doing a normal 30mph at normal revs.
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Is your car pretty loud?, they don't seem to like that.
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It's loud, but not overly loud. Certainly not anywhere near the limit for the road.
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only thing I can think of is dangerous driving.
depends on cercumstances really. friend of mine got a section 60 what ever it is for accelerating quickly once, that was cause he was in a built up area, with about 15 people around so one of them could have quiet easily stepped infront of the car and he wouldn't have been able to stop, which he agreed on and took the ticket happily...
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If he's not breaking any speed limits then i can't see an issue.
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If he's not breaking any speed limits then i can't see an issue.
My theory exactly, I would understand if speeding/drifting/wheelspinning.
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DD10 Driving in a dangerous manner
MS50 Motor racing on the highway (could apply if someone was on lights with you)
CD20 Driving without reasonable consideration for other road users
DD20 Driving at a dangerous speed
DD30 Reckless Driving or Dangerous Driving
DD40 Driving in a dangerous manner at a dangerous speed or recklessly
A twist of fate could make any of these apply, which is the point the coppers are trying to make.....
If they were traffic cops and could have nicked you they would have, very rare to get just a warning these days.
Your in there book now be careful :grin:
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Cheers for clearing it up man, however I still think it's unfair if there's no racing or wheelspinning involved. You say I'm in their books now, how accurate is that, have they now actually flagged me for X amount of time or was it literally a warning with no other consequences.
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That is a fair point, policepeople do tend to have long memories.
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Cheers for clearing it up man, however I still think it's unfair if there's no racing or wheelspinning involved. You say I'm in their books now, how accurate is that, have they now actually flagged me for X amount of time or was it literally a warning with no other consequences.
Just they know your face and car and may be inclined to take a look at you more often, eventually something might stick
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it is wrong but not wrong. :laugh: . As long as your under the speed limit its fine.
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Cheers for clearing it up man, however I still think it's unfair if there's no racing or wheelspinning involved. You say I'm in their books now, how accurate is that, have they now actually flagged me for X amount of time or was it literally a warning with no other consequences.
Just they know your face and car and may be inclined to take a look at you more often, eventually something might stick
Man my first car got pulled over 20+ times and searched everytime ,pissed me off so bad .
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Cheers for clearing it up man, however I still think it's unfair if there's no racing or wheelspinning involved. You say I'm in their books now, how accurate is that, have they now actually flagged me for X amount of time or was it literally a warning with no other consequences.
Just they know your face and car and may be inclined to take a look at you more often, eventually something might stick
Man my first car got pulled over 20+ times and searched everytime ,pissed me off so bad .
I got caught equipped for "smoking" on Epsom Downs when I was 17, got pulled every weekend for about 2 years :grin:
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Cheers for clearing it up man, however I still think it's unfair if there's no racing or wheelspinning involved. You say I'm in their books now, how accurate is that, have they now actually flagged me for X amount of time or was it literally a warning with no other consequences.
Just they know your face and car and may be inclined to take a look at you more often, eventually something might stick
Man my first car got pulled over 20+ times and searched everytime ,pissed me off so bad .
Yeah..i used to get pulled over all the time in my first car but it was a 4.0 tvr engined rover vitesse... :whistle:
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Wrong place wrong time. Think nothing of it. They probably just had some bad news that they had to work a little later so decided to do a random stop chcek, and you driving a little bit fast gave them a reason to make it not random.
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Yeah nothing would have been said or done if they weren't on foot by the side of the road checking over some parked cars. As you say, wrong place wrong time :sad:
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i got pulled abit back for pulling away sharpish froma roundabout set of lights. did the full checks and told me not to do it in such a obvious area and also notes the car that loud it not hard for them to be waiting for me coming lol.
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There is one offence that would actually be quite an honour to get, that's a DD90; Furious Driving.
In the pub: "Got three points"
"What for?"
"FURIOUS DRIVING"
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There is one offence that would actually be quite an honour to get, that's a DD90; Furious Driving.
In the pub: "Got three points"
"What for?"
"FURIOUS DRIVING"
Can be up to 9 points!
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you'll find not many police officers are too sure on this either regarding hairy pull offs :lipsrsealed: :laugh: . if you pull away with high revs etc then that can be construde as a public disorder offence, police officers also pulled a mate of mine who has a big ramair and exhaust and it sounded it lilke he was really giving it the beans however he hardly broke 2.5k on revs and got pulled over for disorderly conduct, didnt break 20mph
it doesnt help that our cars are modded to a certain extent either :angry:
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just tell them it's a mk3 golf therefore it's inpossible to pull away quickly.
problay sounds like a chav charriot that allways gets the cop shop really excited.
had bolokings for reversing at "ecessive speed" next time you meet then you just revers excessivly slowly :smiley:
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i got done for the same on my bike wasnt breaking any law he said it was careless riding as i couldnt have been in control of the vehicle an i got a section 58 or 50 cant remember which meant if i get done for anything anti social in any vehicle it will be seized
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bet you got a marker on your car on the polis system now . :laugh: I know all about these :whistle:
happy police attention coming your way :grin:
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bet you got a marker on your car on the polis system now . :laugh: I know all about these :whistle:
happy police attention coming your way :grin:
had this on a shogun jeep i bought a few years back the 1st stop was rather interesting :grin:
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:smiley:
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I was gonna say that its because its loud.
I drove plenty of standard cars fast past police and they do nothing. But been pull couple of times in loud cars
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I think i would agree with the guys its because your cars loud they probably assumed you was speeding so gave you a warning that if you did it again you would get a ticket, but its nothing major they just dont like the sound of loud cars because they like doughnuts better.. Heres the reason to why they can do this : http://www.fastcar.co.uk/2010/07/15/what-is-a-section-59/.. bit rubbish the government have given them this power because they seem to abuse it :undecided:
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Police dont need Section 59.
They have the right to stop any motor vehicle on the public highway for any reason they can dream up!
As long as said officer is on duty and is carrying his warrant card.
In other words they can stop any car anytime they like and give a very dubious reason.
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Chuff, funny you say about the marker. Got pulled Sunday night again for a random check. I was on a national speed limit B road doing 60 and the officer said "you were going a bit quick weren't you?", I just looked at him and said "no I was doing 60, which is the speed limit" and his reply was "not a problem, that's fine".....As if I'd admit if I was speeding anyway :grin:
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they be after you now
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No I've pulled away fast, but kept it under 35MPH wheel span got stopped and said sorry got new boots and not used to them in the car got off depends if you were racing or just absome minded?
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I never get stopped and have never been in bother with the police but the evening I got my vr6 i gunned it a bit in 2nd off a roundabout onto the A9 which was quiet and nowhere near a residential area. The traffic car appeared out of nowhere and pulled me at next junction. Got hit with a years worth of ASBO. Basically a Section 59 so if i get done again they will seize the car. It is a noisy bar steward when you give it some. They wanted me to change the exhaust but managed to talk my way out of that one.