Mark Allanson
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| posted on 13/11/07 at 08:29 PM |
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What has got into them today.
Our village is on the A30, 40mph limits, narrow pavements and little onroad parking.
The police today had about 6 traffic cars stopping literally hundreds of cars, doing roadworthyness chacks and any transgression rewarded with the car
being impounded and flatbedded away, they must have taken 2 dozen cars.
The worst was a 4 year old Rover 75 with elderly occupand on the way back from Morrisons. Kicked out of their car with about 6 bags of shopping each
to carry to the nearest bus stop. I havent a clue what was wrong with it, perhaps a split wiper blade?
I agree with all cars being well maintained and legal, this this behavior borders on terrorism.
..and no, I wasnt one of the victims
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Lightning
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| posted on 13/11/07 at 08:38 PM |
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They ahve been having a blitz around here as well.
Steve
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rf900rush
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| posted on 13/11/07 at 08:48 PM |
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Whats up with this country.
The only thing our police seem to be allowd to do is motoring offences.
I live in an area which sometimes has Yob problems and the help from our police is completley useless.
My dillemma is which thieving greedy bunch to vote for next time.
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Howlor
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| posted on 13/11/07 at 09:01 PM |
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Good for the necessary targets and statistics though. 
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 13/11/07 at 09:04 PM |
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Whats up with this country.
It's called meeting your targets and as all criminals use the roads and a car is easill traced by it number then you become an easy
target
However I'm sure if all true criminals allways used the same footpaths while on "THE ROB" then we'd still be the easier target
as we are not going to put up a fight or do a runner from the plod. All in all we make it so easy for them to catch us when we break the law (and
sometimes when we don't)
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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george1980
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| posted on 13/11/07 at 09:04 PM |
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there w++kers
i got 3 points and £60 fine for crossing a double white line, some might say thats fair,
but not when your on a motorcycle doing 2mph past grid locked trafic, i didn't even cross it just rode on it for a couple of metres,
some are ok but most are total t*ssers to say the least as you can never reason with them
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 13/11/07 at 09:07 PM |
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some are ok but most are total t*ssers to say the least as you can never reason with them
You can't reason with someone who's never wrong. It's just like arguing with the wife
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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Moorron
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| posted on 13/11/07 at 09:08 PM |
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they were doing it round here too last week, 2 bikes, 1 black unmarked one and an unmarked car.
its comming upto xmas and they want their bonuses.
scum really, not what my grandfathers fought for but more like what they faught against.
Sorry about my spelling, im an engineer and only work in numbers.
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 13/11/07 at 09:57 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
The worst was a 4 year old Rover 75 with elderly occupand on the way back from Morrisons. Kicked out of their car with about 6 bags of shopping each
to carry to the nearest bus stop.
F*cking Nazis!
To date I have reported:
Breaking and entering.
Criminal damage.
I was told they were civil matters! 
Fraud (public funds)
I was told £4K wasn't worth their trouble!
Angry of Anglesey!
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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jimmyjoebob
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| posted on 13/11/07 at 10:31 PM |
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I want to know how the government can go on about reducing bullying - the way motorists are persecuted is appalling.
If it isn't speed cameras monitoring our every progress, you are then targeted by traffic wardens, attacked by environmentalists for having old
cars (even though manufacturing of a new car causes 7 times as much emissions as a car will create in its driven lifetime) or castigated for living in
the countryside and not using the shambolic public transport!
Manipulated statistics for shock headlines? Of all the pedestrians knocked down on our roads last year, over 75% were drunk.
Grrr...rant over!
If at first you don't succeed, hide all evidence you ever tried!
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afj
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| posted on 13/11/07 at 10:51 PM |
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im one off those guys who drive a flatbed and remove `innocent` peoples cars from the road here is my day in peterborough.... A bmw 318 2002
driven by a 50ish year old male=no insurance..... A nissan sunny unknown driver but again no insurance or licence...... next was a SWB transit
front tyres with wire showing thru....... next a lady with a chevy matiz no insurance .......that was till around 10am total today 7
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iank
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| posted on 13/11/07 at 11:02 PM |
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Nothing against idiots with no insurance getting their cars taken away.
Though I suspect the current crackdown is more about generating some nice spin for HM Govt during the current bad news days (hiding the fact they were
issuing illegals with clearance for security jobs today ) and some bonuses for senior plod (doubt the guys out in the cold see much if any of the
loot).
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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MkIndy7
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| posted on 13/11/07 at 11:02 PM |
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You may have a point, as alamist as it all first appears.
To get hit by one of these drivers who was uninsured etc we'd all be mad
I thought the standard thing for something slightly amiss on the car like a bulb being out or a tyre with low tread (if not 3 points) was a warning
type producer to get it replaced/checked/repaired in XX days.
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afj
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| posted on 13/11/07 at 11:37 PM |
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the firm i work for has been removing these types of cars for the police for 18 months now at around 4-10 per day but to be honest most do not
speak english as their first laguage
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RK
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| posted on 14/11/07 at 12:00 AM |
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Because apparently you aren't taxed enough.
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 14/11/07 at 08:38 AM |
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As suggested above, I suspect they were mostly uninsured drivers - cars don't get towed away for minor defects.
quote:
Originally posted by george1980
there w++kers
i got 3 points and £60 fine for crossing a double white line, some might say thats fair,
but not when your on a motorcycle doing 2mph past grid locked trafic, i didn't even cross it just rode on it for a couple of metres
You should have taken that to court and protested it. It's perfectly legal to cross a double white line to pass stationary or slow moving
vehicles. To quote the Highway Code:
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Rule 129
Double white lines where the line nearest you is solid. This means you MUST NOT cross or straddle it unless it is safe and you need to enter adjoining
premises or a side road. You may cross the line if necessary, provided the road is clear, to pass a stationary vehicle, or overtake a pedal cycle,
horse or road maintenance vehicle, if they are travelling at 10 mph (16 km/h) or less.
I suppose "A stationary vehicle" is different from "a queue of stationary vehicles" but it would have been worth a try!
[Edited on 14/11/07 by matt_claydon]
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02GF74
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| posted on 14/11/07 at 10:18 AM |
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That is bang of out order. I mean, fancy shopping at Morrisons.
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Peteff
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| posted on 14/11/07 at 10:37 AM |
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Could have been worse, could have been Netto . I haven't seen a police car stop anyone round here for months, last one was a kid on a moped
with no silencer and he wanted stopping.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Neil P
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| posted on 14/11/07 at 11:12 AM |
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I wonder who would be blamed for allowing them to continue driving if an uninsured driver wrote off one of your cars - some people need taking off the
road!
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Duncan_P
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| posted on 14/11/07 at 12:51 PM |
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I suspect that they were checking for illegal drivers (i.e. no insurance/tax etc) if they were setup to tow vehicles away.
TBH im in favour of these steps, i mean we all (I hope) pay our yearly due to the insurance thieves, and yet it can all be in vain if you get hit by
an uninsured driver.
I can remember speaking to one of the local trafic plod about ANPR checks (insurance etc) and he said they normally have to setup the checkpoint next
to a superstore so that they have somewhere to put all the cars they stop there are so many allegedly it can be up to 1 in 10 cars around here
which have either no tax or insurance
[Edited on 14/11/07 by Duncan_P]
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 14/11/07 at 01:52 PM |
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yup - been happening in ipswich too.
the other morning they set up a trap on one of the busiest roads in town during rush hour! total chaos!
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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