159MPH isn't speeding then?.....

....... according to Ludlow Judges who have just let a Policeman off for
speeding on the M54 at 159MPH and 84MPH in a 30MPH zone in Telford.

mmm!

 

Just what I was thinking...

I mean, I can understand how the ranks can be closed and they'd find not
guilty of dagerous driving ("I am a highly trained police driver" etc etc
etc), but how did they decide to acquit on the speeding grounds? Surely you
either are or are not speeding...?

Nice to see that it was another case of getting caught by their own onboard
camera. Not nice that they evidence can be disregarded completely. I'd
have expected them to give him 3 points and a slap at the next Lodge meeting
at least.

Dave

 

They used the defence that as he was "training himself" he was
effectively on duty, so was exempt from speed restrictions. It's nice
that even though "speed kills", it doesn't matter that he wasn't doing
anything essential to justify breaking the limit.

I read recently [1] that there are 25,000 police vehicles in service,
and there were 21,000 accidents involving police vehicles last year.

Right, I think I'll go and familiarise myself with the characteristics
of my CBR600 now. I'll let you know if I manage to beat his poxy
Vectra.

[1] and obviously CBA to find the reference

 

This is probably correct but I can tell you as a member of the emergency
services that every little bump has to be accounted for weather it is a tiny
scratch when parking or a full RTA. People never leave enough room for our
vehicles to get down narrow streets, so we end up hitting them(1) sometimes.

But having said that some people are idiots. I got attacked last year and
phoned the police and the female police driver drove straight in to the side
of our parked vehicle. The best bit was my mate who was legally incharge of
the vehicle but in the back "restraining" the attacker with me got
breathalysed on scene and given a producer.

(1) I do think it is justified some times.

Ken
B12

 

You couldn't make this stuff up. Unbelievable.

'Hog

 

Can I read "Fred Basset" when you've finished with it?

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Just absolutely unbelievable...

I'm both gobsmacked and sadly unsuprised.

Funny handshakes all round?

 

Paul Carmichael emerged from their own little world to say

It's probably the most illiberal place in Shropshire too. The local
judiciary probably think all policemen should carry guns and shoot
miscreants on sight.

Funny how, even after 2 years, there was not a time slot in the courts in
Telford or Shrewsbury.

 

Not any more dontchaknow. The place is full of moneyed types up from London
wearing their finest country tweeds, wandering the streets between Michelin
starred restaurants. It's a mock town these days. Not like the genuine
farming
community I used to get strife in when I occasionally went drinking there as
a
lad. Now if you want a one horse town, Leominster is yer baby.

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"Ludlow Judges"? It's a one horse town with one and a half magistrates
at most. And they're probably dead.

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Wem.

 

Well that was hapenning when I lived there (for quite a few years). It
used to be a training ground for young coppers, then suddenly there
weren't any at all, and if you phoned the fuzz, the call got redirected
to Leominster. Now, if you go into town on a Saturday night, the shop
doorways are full of drunken kids. It's also become a violent place
(there always used to be battles between the local yoof and the Tenbury
Wells or Leominster yoof, but now the abuse is directed at ordinary bods).

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Bligh

 

Not even got a brewery anymore

 

But in all fairness, the officer was a police driving instructor, he
has to know how the vehicle will handle, he has to get practice... How
else will he get this experience?
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Quite so. Smacks of jealousy, pure and simple, IYAM.

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Thats not all it hasn't got. Thank God I don't live there - it's a
seriously depressing place.

 

Closed track/road, far away from the possibility of incidents with
innocent members of the public?



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Don't be daft.

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So in your view it's acceptable for a public servant to put innocent
members of the public at risk whilst they're "training" ?

The police close sections of road off for many things, to close a
section of for training during some quiet period does'nt sound daft to
me. Having the possibility of someone commiting some minor misjudgment
whilst having a 160 mph car bearing down on them does. If it were as
safe as your response implies then F1 drivers would never get into
trouble, and they have the benefit of all driving in the same direction
with drivers of similar skill levels.

He was posing to his passenger, and should have been treated the same as
any other speeder.



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