Traffic Cops BBC1 9PM

"Bikers behaving badly" apparently

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Steve Parry
BMW R80RS, BMW R45, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 K1200GT SE
95 BMW F650, 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki AR50,
07 VW Passat SE Estate for comfort
www.gwynfryn.co.uk

 

How many deliberate mistakes can you spot?

I mean, the tyre thing? That had to be deliberate, surely?

And the weight..?

 

The guy is an utter prick.

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Steve Parry
BMW R80RS, BMW R45, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 K1200GT SE
95 BMW F650, 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki AR50,
07 VW Passat SE Estate for comfort
www.gwynfryn.co.uk

 

124mph in a Lupo is quite astonishing.

 

Surprised VW never used it in their sales pitches

Wonder if a decent brief could've argued the point in court?
Although according to Parkers

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/specs/summary.aspx?model=1036

the 1.6GTi is 127mph so perhaps that's what he was driving?

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Steve Parry
BMW R80RS, BMW R45, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 K1200GT SE
95 BMW F650, 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki AR50,
07 VW Passat SE Estate for comfort
www.gwynfryn.co.uk

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, SteveH

Wasn't that copper a sanctimonious ****?

Tucked up behind a bridge with a laser on a totally fucking *empty*
motorway, in dry sunny conditions.

Then he got all preachy about "What could have happened". I was
expecting the "think of the children!" line at any moment. Arsehole.

 

Why'd he get a circa 120 fine and a ban, yet the biker got 750 for
similar speeds? I can only think it was motorwway vs. normal roads?

 

Yeah, it must have been a GTI.

Even so, to get within a couple of mph of the theoretical top end
deserves some kind of respect, if only because he must have had his foot
flat to the floor for several miles to get there.

 

Yeah. 500-600kg for an African Queen. OK, it may *feel* like that,
but....

 

The biker didn't get a ban, mind.

Wich begs the question: would you rather pay an additional £600-odd and
keep your licence? And avoid endless insurance hassle after having been
banned?

I think I'd prefer to pay.

 

'Swot The Doctor and me were just saying.

 

I suspect it was age and experience; statistically the A road is a lot
more dangerous so the biker was driving more dangerously than the Lupo
chap.

If the Lupo hit a car travelling at the legal limit it would be a 54mph
collision, the bike doing the same would be 170mph or so (unless he hit
someone from behind of course)

 

They're all like that sir ...

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Steve Parry
BMW R80RS, BMW R45, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 K1200GT SE
95 BMW F650, 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki AR50,
07 VW Passat SE Estate for comfort
www.gwynfryn.co.uk

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Steve Parry

They're not, though.

 

You think that's bad? You should have heard V while that bloke on the
SP1 was being nicked. "Why do you have to ride that fast anyway? It's
idiotic" etc etc etc.

 

Don't forget where I live .. I am biased

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Steve Parry
BMW R80RS, BMW R45, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 K1200GT SE
95 BMW F650, 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki AR50,
07 VW Passat SE Estate for comfort
www.gwynfryn.co.uk

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Steve Parry

I had forgotten.

I have no sympathy, mind.

You can always move.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, ogden

I didn't see the whole program, the preachy arsehole was enough for me
as I dipped in.

Oh, and: "Eject, eject, eject".

 

I did once, found the south east overcrowded and miserable. Started "pining
for the fjords" so came home, then that **** Brunstrom moved here from
Yorkshire (or somewhere outside the area) and spoilt it all

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Steve Parry
BMW R80RS, BMW R45, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 K1200GT SE
95 BMW F650, 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki AR50,
07 VW Passat SE Estate for comfort
www.gwynfryn.co.uk

 

Let's face it, slow can be just as dangerous.