Police officer on trial for speeding

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
edited March 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
Ahhhh, nothing better than doing 159 mph in a new Vauxhall Vectra GSI police car.....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/4559173.stm
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited May 2005
    I wonder if you can cite British court rulings in the US. I might just have to try it some day.

    But your honor, I was familiarising myself with my 7 year old Honda Civic.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited May 2005
    Maybe he was wrong to be going so fast for no reason other than "familiarization" , but I am glad the court let him go, if he is taking the advanced training for driving as well as firearms I suspect he puts it on the line others regularly.

    RT1
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited May 2005
    Originally posted by reeltrouble1
    if he is taking the advanced training for driving as well as firearms I suspect he puts it on the line others regularly.

    RT1


    Great point and I would glad to see him on my streets. :)

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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited May 2005
    Sorry, breaking the law is breaking the law. Virtually every police department has access to a closed track for "familiarization".

    By that logic, i could do anything in my car and not get a ticket, after all, I spent a few years teaching the Colorado Highway Patrol how to drive. Some how I don't think that excuse will work.

    Shoot, since he took the advanced driving classes, he should have known what an idiot he was.

    All in all, he sounds like he thinks he's some hot s%^t rambo and the rules don't apply to him. The best of the best understand discipline.
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited May 2005
    Originally posted by jdhdiggs
    Sorry, breaking the law is breaking the law.

    Sorry JD but,

    He was aquitted of breaking any law. :eek:
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited May 2005
    I realize that, all I'm saying is that saying using "I'm trained, so it doesn't apply to me" is a crap excuse and the guy got off really lucky.
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited May 2005
    I agree with jdh
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  • bknauss
    bknauss Posts: 1,441
    edited May 2005
    It would be a glorious day to have cops get in trouble for the idiotic things they do on the roads. I think they are the worst at using turn signals. I always like being cut off by them too.
    Brian Knauss
    ex-Electrical Engineer for Polk
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited May 2005
    Originally posted by jdhdiggs
    I realize that, all I'm saying is that saying using "I'm trained, so it doesn't apply to me" is a crap excuse and the guy got off really lucky.

    OK and he may have very well got by with one, I cant say for sure, and yea, there are a some "John Wayne" syndrome officers. I dont have any problems with those who agree with your point either, but for those who just want to generalize and bemoan LEO's in general,

    Go **** yourself.

    RT1
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited May 2005
    BFD, 159mph on a "M" road in England is slighty over the average speed most folks drive. I've driven 120+mph there and get passed all the time like I'm standing still.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited May 2005
    Originally posted by reeltrouble1
    .... but for those who just want to generalize and bemoan LEO's in general,

    Go *uck yourself.
    +1
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited May 2005
    i wish i was above the law:rolleyes:
    what an idiot-judge included
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  • goingganzo
    goingganzo Posts: 2,793
    edited May 2005
    i have had nothing but bad things with cops the hasatle you for nothing just pecaues your car looks not stock or cool or is high performance. i was driveing a twinturbo stealth and was stoped at a light a cop pulls up to the light then backs up to look at the back of my car then pulls up next to me and gives me a look
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited May 2005
    Eff that cop.


    I'm a little biased (to make a long story short), one of my best friends got t-boned by a speeding cop, and guess what, they are seriously trying to frame my friend and make the accident out to be his fault and sue him for everything he's got. My friend just bought a house and his wife is about ready to pop, but every dime goes to the lawyers. The cop wasn't wearing his seatbelt and broke his hand on the windshield. My friend's insurance company even offered to settle with the cop for $75k (before trial) and the greedy **** turned it down.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited May 2005
    In AZ we have quite a few of the Officer involved accidents and I can't help but think that the problem is more with the officers than it is with the other drivers.

    If they want to **** at civilians about driving safe based on the surrounding conditions, they need to admit that it might be a bad idea to fly 80mph through town while trying to weave between both sides of the road..........
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited May 2005
    I just get the feeling that this is one of the type of cops that ends up shooting an unarmed 13yr old for stealing a car, that's all. If those are the cops you want, you can have them.

    One of my good friends from high school went from about 150 IQ to about 50 and is trapped in a wheel chair for the rest of his life because some yahoo in an ambulance was doing the same thing and ran a stop sign T-boning the car at about 60 MPH. No lights, no sirens. They got off free as a bird because they said that they were "training".

    That may be why I have a different perspective.
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited May 2005
    actually, i wouldnt mind cops shooting unarmed 13 year olds stealing cars, more air for me and less chance of my **** getting stolen.
    -Cody
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