I was a very naughty boy this morning.....

mudcow007

My parents have gone on holiday today an asked me to take them the airport

so i left my house at 4am - parents only live 10mins away. I live on a one way road, im about 100yards from the junction (going the wrong way) or 5 mins to drive around.

running late i drove the wrong way (yes i know i shouldn't) down our road,

it was empty, you can see if any cars come the other way etc, but i know i still shouldn't

Anyways I get to the junction, just as a Police car was passing. I get pulled he checks my license an asks where i'm off too.

after checks comes back he says "im not going to tell you off as you obviously know your not suppose to do it, Don't do it again....off you go"

which i thought was damn decent of the chap

so moral of the story - not all police are bad

optimisticbiker

No the moral of the story is: don't take shortcuts, they invariably take longer...

The outcome of the story shows that not all police are bad...

asquithea

Would it have been alright if you'd have driven down it backwards?

jzed

OptimisticBiker wrote:

No the moral of the story is: don't take shortcuts, they invariably take longer...

The outcome of the story shows that not all police are bad...

I was chased down by the police on Christmas Eve. Had been hammering along on a countryside dual carriageway which had a 40 limit (unusual given its in the middle of nowhere). Pulled over, told I was definitely not doing 40 and to slow down and off they went.

FoldingJoe

Normally I wouldn't mind, but something I noticed the other day, as a pedestrian, is that you get used to one way streets, and generally don't look the way in which you don't expect the traffic to be coming from.

Could have been a accident with a child if you weren't careful, which I am sure you were.

**Re-reads OP and realises that no children would have been out at that time of morning!!! **

walkingbootweather

It was a one-way street, and you were only going one-way.

Pufftmw

Near where used to live in London was awkward 1-way system and the obvious route (quicker) had a no-right at the end even though traffic was 2-way on the road you couldn't turn into. Wife (at the time) decides to try her luck and does a right only to be confronted by 2 cops on horseback coming that way. They stop her, lean down and give her the choice of reversing back and turning left this time or take a ticket. Needless to say, she reversed...

notsoblue

You give all drivers a bad name, mudcow!

suzyb

If you did that regularily I bet you would never have been caught.

meanredspider

I did the same thing in Italy once - been looking for a hotel for ages (long before Sat Nav) in Milan. Eventually spotted it the wrong way up a one-way street. Thought "Bagger this" and drive up the road only to pass the Polizei (sp?) coming the other way. They didn't bat an eyelid! I love Italy.

When I was a kid, my dad got pulled for something similar. He parked, not realising that his car was the ONLY car parked on the road facing that direction. He'd thought that the road was one-way but I'd told him (aged about 5 at the time) that there was definitely an arrow pointing in this direction. With the police there, he asked me to show him the arrow I'd seen: it was the "Give Way" triangle painted on the road at the junction! The police saw the funny side.

veronese68

There are a couple of tiny 1 way stretches near me designed to avoid residential roads being used as rat runs for people trying to bypass the kingston one way system. Occasionally the police hide up the road and ticket people doing that. I must say I support this. Obviously they don't do this at 4am when there's nobody around, but at busy times.
This is the advantage of flesh and blood policeman over enforcement cameras. A policeman can see the difference between someone sneaking out quietly at 4am and some twunt rushing about scattering pedestrians because he believes he is more important than everyone else.

Kieran_Burns

So you're not the Messiah then?

veronese68

meanredspider wrote:

I did the same thing in Italy once - been looking for a hotel for ages (long before Sat Nav) in Milan. Eventually spotted it the wrong way up a one-way street. Thought "Bagger this" and drive up the road only to pass the Polizei (sp?) coming the other way. They didn't bat an eyelid! I love Italy.

Driving around Padova trying to find a restaurant with customers whilst visiting the classic car show hailed a cab to lead the way. Cab took off at great speed, hire car revving it's nuts off in close pursuit. Turned the wrong way up a one way at about 40mph on narrow cobbled streets. I was terrified, and I was driving. Imagine how my passengers felt.
Also there is a film in which a cab driver going the wrong way up a one way street in Rome nearly mows down 2 motorcycle policeman. They yell at him that he's dangerous. He replies "Me dangerous? You're the ones with guns."

mudcow007

Kieran_Burns wrote:

So you're not the Messiah then?

i was watching "Life of Brian" last night

my absolute favourite bit

"He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy....now pi$$ off"!

bompington

Clever Pun

Imagine the high horses that would roll in if mudcow had been on a bike and seen a driver going the wrong way up that street and getting let off by the popo.

itboffin

I do hope you also ran a red light ...? :twisted:

Clever Pun

itboffin wrote:

I do hope you also ran a red light ...? :twisted:

While on the phone?

Arrgh car drivers all the same etc

mudcow007

Clever Pun wrote:

itboffin wrote:

I do hope you also ran a red light ...? :twisted:

While on the phone?

Arrgh car drivers all the same etc

it would have been a lovely drive this morning if it hadn't been for those bloody cyclist, riding along thinking they own the road jumping lights an riding on pavements.

Why don't they pay road tax like us law abiding citizens

an some of them wear lycra!!

Clever Pun

Round up the bikes it's lynching time

itboffin

Clever Pun wrote:

itboffin wrote:

I do hope you also ran a red light ...? :twisted:

While on the phone?

Arrgh car drivers all the same etc

I'm pretty sure if BJ had been there he'd have caught all this on his vigilantly style helmet cam :P

sketchley

JZed wrote:

OptimisticBiker wrote:

No the moral of the story is: don't take shortcuts, they invariably take longer...

The outcome of the story shows that not all police are bad...

I was chased down by the police on Christmas Eve. Had been hammering along on a countryside dual carriageway which had a 40 limit (unusual given its in the middle of nowhere). Pulled over, told I was definitely not doing 40 and to slow down and off they went.[/quote

I had the once as a young driver. Driving within the speed limit a car flashed me several times from behind, so I slowed down, then blue light came on and I pulled over.

Me: "Why did you pull me over"

Policeman: "I thought you were driving too fast"

Me: "Was I going over the speed limit"

Policeman: "No"

Me: "Then why did you pull me over then"

Policeman: "is your tax disc in date"

Me: "Why don't you check it, you are going to whatever answer I give"

Policeman after checking tax disk: "Off you go then, but don't drive so fast next time"

WTF!

CRAIGO5000

Not all coppers are bad...

I was drafting a bus for a good mile keeping a nice pace of ~28mph and a safe'ish distance that I felt I could have stopped at and I knew there was a car that joined behind me as I was taking position. I then pulled over after the initial mile as my course deviated from the bus and blindly waved the car past. It rolled past and was a police Fiesta. The driver signaled a little wave to me and was on his way... Damn decent of the chap too!