complaining to the police?
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I'm with Oldvelo, I think thats a good idea. A sticky thread just listing the numbers. Can't hurt can it, but it might be a useful resource for us/ or the rozzers if they ever pull their finger out of their rseoles.
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"Not everyone understands house music. Its a spiritual thing; a body thing; a soul thing." Eddie Amador0 -
The underlying attitude of the police is that it is not their problem. If it is really easy and really colourful (i.e a corpse) then you might be really lucky and get more than just an incident number. Any faith in the police is partially misguided. I apologise to any serving or retired officers or support staff but this is largely due to the home office taking away their ability to do their job. I have seen friends join the service with the best of intentions and strong desires to serve the community, and I have seen these ambitions crumble.
I was hit by an uninsured driver with stolen plates. Ironically this wasn't a getaway vehicle or anything, just a common or garden chav who was trying to avoid those nasty extra expenses like insurance and speeding tickets. Someone in a shop and the car behind him took details. The police typed the details into their computer. Oh no, real work. End of case. I got a ride in an ambulance, and some lasting damage.
I said 'partially misguided' earlier on, because there might be a way to work the system.
A battered cyclist is worth zero points to the police. So why report it as such? We have often drawn parallel's between using a car as a weapon and a gun as a weapon being the same thing. I am NOT suggesting you report incidents as 'man with offensive weapon'
The Police do take threats to kill seriously. If you report verbal abuse as such and describe the offender, then say they made off in a vehicle reg CHAV 1 will the police treat this in a different light? Is it necessary to mention you were on a bicycle?
If they ask for more details later on then they must be provided, but this may be a way of getting the ball rolling.
I hope my advice doesn't land too many of you in prison...0 -
I believe the general police position here is that vehicles with stolen plates will go into the database to be picked up by automatic number plate recognition cameras. So it seems more than likely that these will be the cases most likely to be dealt with, there being no question of disputed evidence about the offence.0
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When you say stolen, due you mean cloned? If so, there is, no way the cameras will flag the offender, unless both (maybe more! ) parties are uninsured, have outstanding warrants etc. If you want to avoid speeding tickets etc, find a car of your type in a respectable area, copy the plates, and its even better than a D plate.0
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Thank you nortones2. Although I was thinking of this as a form of identity theft, you are correct in using the term cloned. The driver in question had made a copy of another person's vehicle plates.
After the collision my brother had to go to the shop I mentioned in my previous post as the shop owner had very kindly stored the remains of my bike (total wreckage, I would have gladly dislocated the other knee as well to avoid that) in his stock room. After chatting to him about the incident the shop owner had said that people had come to him, but it seems the driver wasn't part of the local community.
A month later, when I was recovered enough to drive, I spent a few evening rush hours after work waiting at the same junction. No sign of him.
I gave a statement to the police. Never heard from again.
One positive note though, and that is the area it happened. It has a reputation for being a bit rough. The shopkeeper kept my bike safe without hesitation, and many of the people who looked for this hit and run driver were driving chavmobiles.
It seems the soft bit in the middle of the car is a human being. That counts for something.0 -
I should probably have said "untaxed" to report the most recent conversation, but the general implication was that any plate of interest to the police will go into the local system,and cloned plates would certainly be of interest, for that alone, once it became clear that that was the case.
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When you say stolen, due you mean cloned? If so, there is, no way the cameras will flag the offender, unless both (maybe more! ) parties are uninsured, have outstanding warrants etc. If you want to avoid speeding tickets etc, find a car of your type in a respectable area, copy the plates, and its even better than a D plate.
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Result!
I complained to the police about a driver failing to stop when I was already half way across a Zebra crossing. I gave them details of the car and it was traced and the driver spoken to. She had no recollection of the event as the policeman said "it was two weeks ago". BUT I reported the incident within TWO hours.
Still a result. I hope that she'll take more care next time.0
