The Police drive like idiots too!

dynastarg9
dynastarg9 Posts: 103
edited February 2011 in The Crudcatcher
Had a good laugh on the M3 this morning. Pulled out into the fast lane to overtake a slow moving truck in the middle lane, checked for plenty of room and moved over. A dark people carrier came up behind me going far too fast, sat about 3 feet off my bumper and flashed his lights to get my attention. I overtook the truck and moved back over to let Mr Impatient past.. and made sure to give him the royal salute. This is where the fun started as he sat beside me and showed me a wallet with a badge in it (I guess he didn't get that out of the weetbix box with his driver's licence).
However, he motioned me to move to the side of the road to have a chat, which I did. He then decided that it probably wasn't the best thing to do.. as I'd get his badge number and report his driving.. so he sped off again into the distance.

He was obviously late for work and thought his badge meant he was the most important person on the road?

So, a bit surreal, but funny none the less....
Lapierre Zesty 514 - 2010

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  • dynastarg9
    dynastarg9 Posts: 103
    The main reason why I find this really funny is when I lived in Bayswater, I'd watch the police riding their bikes around in the no cycling areas of Kensington Gardens telling other cyclists to get off their bikes.

    I think the irony would be lost on them though :D
    Lapierre Zesty 514 - 2010
  • ali$tair
    ali$tair Posts: 373
    Police don't have a badge like they do in the US, they have a warrant card that looks a bit like a driving licence.
    Trek Fuel EX 8 (2010)
  • ol\'gregg
    ol\'gregg Posts: 612
    ali$tair wrote:
    Police don't have a badge like they do in the US, they have a warrant card that looks a bit like a driving licence.

    My mate who's in the met has a wallet holding a badge and a warrant card. So yes they do.
    gochel chan ddynion i mewn blew beisiau achos hwy cadernid bod eirth
  • .blitz
    .blitz Posts: 6,197
    dynastarg9 wrote:
    ...showed me a wallet with a badge in it
    Security guard, late for work :wink:

    I once used my headlights and hand signals to indicate to the driver in front that he should move out of the overtaking lane right now.

    How I laughed when Warwickshire's Chief Constable held up his chequered and braided hat so I could see it and indicated that he would like to have a word with me by the side of the road.
  • dynastarg9
    dynastarg9 Posts: 103
    .blitz wrote:
    dynastarg9 wrote:
    ...showed me a wallet with a badge in it
    Security guard, late for work :wink:

    I once used my headlights and hand signals to indicate to the driver in front that he should move out of the overtaking lane right now.

    How I laughed when Warwickshire's Chief Constable held up his chequered and braided hat so I could see it and indicated that he would like to have a word with me by the side of the road.

    Ha, Ha.. fantastic. Did he want to compliment you on your gracious manner of driving then?
    Top story.
    Lapierre Zesty 514 - 2010
  • dynastarg9
    dynastarg9 Posts: 103
    ol\'gregg wrote:
    ali$tair wrote:
    Police don't have a badge like they do in the US, they have a warrant card that looks a bit like a driving licence.

    My mate who's in the met has a wallet holding a badge and a warrant card. So yes they do.

    I saw him holding up something that kind of looked like a sheriffs badge in a wallet.. although I was doing 70 and trying to concentrating on the road.
    I'm sure nothing will come of it.. you can imagine how his statement would read..
    Lapierre Zesty 514 - 2010
  • .blitz
    .blitz Posts: 6,197
    edited February 2011
    dynastarg9 wrote:
    Did he want to compliment you on your gracious manner of driving then?
    I just accepted the bollocking and was grateful that's all he did give me. I think he had far more important crims to catch than an impatient tw*t in a Ford Escort :oops:
  • spongtastic
    spongtastic Posts: 2,651
    I love Police drivers, I can still set my watch to 6pm when visiting my Mum and Essexs' finest decide to storm down the A120 sirens blaring so they're not late home for tea.
    Visit Clacton during the School holidays - it's like a never ending freak show.

    Who are you calling inbred?
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    I was almost run over by a police car at the end of my road a few months ago. Heading out on an MTB ride, I went past a marked Astra parked half on the pavement with the engine running. As always with parked cars I gave it a wide berth, which was good because when I was halfway past it, it pulled away, or started to. I shouted "Oi, mirrors!" because I'd been watching the driver in the wing mirror the whole time and he didn't once use it, or look over his shoulder or in the rear view mirror.

    I looked back to give him 'the stare' and a disappointed shake of the head, then with a final roll of the eyes, I was gone! :lol:
    MTB/CX

    "As I said last time, it won't happen again."
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    A policeman pulled out of a junction feet in front of me on Friday night. Had to drop the land anchors and swerve to avoid him. I'm lucky there was nothing in the oncoming lane, but if there had been, I sure would have like to see that copper in court.
  • sheepsteeth
    sheepsteeth Posts: 17,418
    i know someone who works in immigration who occasionally pulls out their warrant badge thingy at people who have been driving like knobheads, it always slows them down even though this persons powers of arrest are very limited!
    Harry von Big Sticks
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    I occasionally chuck throwing stars at people. That slows them down a bit too.
  • sheepsteeth
    sheepsteeth Posts: 17,418
    fair one. :lol:
    Harry von Big Sticks
  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,593
    Could you chuck throwing stars at the police?
  • broken weeble
    broken weeble Posts: 174
    Thewaylander wrote:
    Could you chuck throwing stars at the police?

    Yes.


    I dont really advise it though, they might get a bit snotty.
    Over-sensitive imho.
  • MountainMonster
    MountainMonster Posts: 7,423
    Police are useless cnuts.

    I still don't get the idea of tax bucks being wasted on m5's and the such for police to patrol highways. Is a 100pound ticket really worth chasing after someone, and warranting of an 100k m5.
    My London Road
  • Briggo
    Briggo Posts: 3,537
    MountainMonster wrote:
    Police are useless cnuts.

    I still don't get the idea of tax bucks being wasted on m5's and the such for police to patrol highways. Is a 100pound ticket really worth chasing after someone, and warranting of an 100k m5.

    What do you expect them to drive when they're trying to catch a stolen Scooby WRX?

    They wouldn't be paying full whack for the car anyway, they'd be getting it at a nice reduced rate compared to what you and I pay.
  • j_l
    j_l Posts: 425
    X wife's best mate was plod, they were speeding up the M40 on their way to the BBC good food show, they got pulled doing 95+, as the copper approached the car she got out her warrant card, he just said have a good day, and drove off.

    I hate plod they are all useless twunts.
    I'm not old I'm Retro
  • wordnumb
    wordnumb Posts: 847
    .blitz wrote:
    How I laughed when Warwickshire's Chief Constable held up his chequered and braided hat so I could see it and indicated that he would like to have a word with me by the side of the road.

    That's moderately stylish. I approve of this approach to policing.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Briggo wrote:
    MountainMonster wrote:
    Police are useless cnuts.

    I still don't get the idea of tax bucks being wasted on m5's and the such for police to patrol highways. Is a 100pound ticket really worth chasing after someone, and warranting of an 100k m5.

    What do you expect them to drive when they're trying to catch a stolen Scooby WRX?
    Or playing racing drivers chasing drug dealers up and down the A55.
  • sheepsteeth
    sheepsteeth Posts: 17,418
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    the A55.

    my mum lives near there.
    Harry von Big Sticks
  • getonyourbike
    getonyourbike Posts: 2,648
    sheepsteeth wrote:
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    the A55.

    my mum lives near there.
    that's nice :lol:
  • supafly1982
    supafly1982 Posts: 631
    i nearly ripped the nose off a traffic car (volvo) cutting a corner on a country raod, something i no longer do, their face and my face would of been a picture, i seen their face and they looked terrified, nothing came of it though, foolish driving on my part. tut tut
  • VWsurfbum
    VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
    I got cut up by some prick in a girls car and then got stuck in traffic behind him, he was still chatting on the phone when he looked at me when i flashed him my badge. the look of horror on his face was priceless :lol:
    (i'm not a copper btw but i do have "licenses" in a wallet that looks simular" :lol:
    Kazza the Tranny
    Now for sale Fatty

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