FastBikerBoy
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Reged: 08/11/2006
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Loc: Norfolk, UK - Police State
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What a surprise...........
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/8093410.stm
I agree, jail for speeding is a huge waste of resources but what about the general public jailed for similar? (or in some cases less)
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chappers
Carpal \'Tunnel
Reged: 31/12/2006
Posts: 6701
Loc: Mind your own business
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As the title says one rule for them, one rule for us eh!
It is now becoming us and them IMO.
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kneedowndave
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Reged: 18/08/2008
Posts: 273
Loc: Darenth valley
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"Should have known better" theory should apply to Police. Any offence by a police officer should carry double the usual as far as I am concerned.
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chappers
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"Should have known better" theory should apply to Police. Any offence by a police officer should carry double the usual as far as I am concerned.
Agreed.
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monkiboi
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Reged: 11/11/2006
Posts: 1076
Loc: Tattooine
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I like the bit about how he was trying to find a safe place to turn off his blues and twos! On a motorway at 113? Surly you just turn them off and slow down to the limit? 
There's a new one for us:
Could you explain why you were doing 120 sir?
I was trying to find somewhere safe to turn my indicator off cuntstable 
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immy
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"Should have known better" theory should apply to Police. Any offence by a police officer should carry double the usual as far as I am concerned.
Believe me, it used to be-in fact he probably would have lost his job.
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chappers
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Posts: 6701
Loc: Mind your own business
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"Should have known better" theory should apply to Police. Any offence by a police officer should carry double the usual as far as I am concerned.
Believe me, it used to be-in fact he probably would have lost his job.
Times have clearly changed fancy the Police commissioners job............PLEASE!
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Biggles
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Reged: 05/05/2007
Posts: 2937
Loc: Orion arm of the milky way
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[dons asbestos underwear]
Cop or not, going on the article alone, he should not have been sent to jail in the first place.
Lose his job/be drummed out of the Traffic division, fined big time and points on license, yes.
Of course comparing this case, with the guy who was caught doing 120 and no accident, no previous, who also got jail, makes my blood boil.
Neither should be have been jailed. Crim record for having mints fall out of your pocket?
I have reached my personal tipping point with regard to the justice system. Making an appointment now with my local MP (who is squeaky clean on the expenses issue) to lobby her until she gets into the fray to stop this utter madness.
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FastBikerBoy
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Reged: 08/11/2006
Posts: 1469
Loc: Norfolk, UK - Police State
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I saw in one of the papers at work today someone got a £50 on-the-spot fine for dropping a tenner, accidently of course. The world has gone fucking nuts!!
Whether the paper (can't remember which one, Express I think) is to believed of course is another matter but the very fact that I don't disbelieve it instantly is a sign of how far from reality we've drifted.
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monkiboi
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Reged: 11/11/2006
Posts: 1076
Loc: Tattooine
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That story was also in the Sun. The coppers handed the tenner back and slapped him with a 50 quid fine! The said that they had repeatedly asked him to pick up the dropped piece of paper. Zero tolerance on littering apparently.
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Zen teachings:
A closed mouth gathers no foot.
Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me for the path is narrow. In fact, just piss off and leave me alone.
There are two excellent theories for arguing with women. Neither one works.
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KwH
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 11/11/2006
Posts: 1867
Loc: Carmarthen, Dyfed
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What a surprise...........
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/8093410.stm
I agree, jail for speeding is a huge waste of resources but what about the general public jailed for similar? (or in some cases less)
Yeah, surprise surprise, eh? I realy believed that he was going to end up sharing a cell block with all those MPs that have been cheerfully defrauding us of millions of quid. Who could have ever have doubted the British justice system?
In a world where somebody doing 115mph on a bike without drama in good conditions goes to jail, justice demands that somebody who is allegedly a better trained driver than the likes of you or I, who is driving obviously inappropriately fast for obviously poor conditions in a marked plod car and chucks it off the motorway at very high speed, needs to be in jail.
Common sense says that he has learnt his lesson, is lucky to have survived and won't be allowed to drive anything faster than a police bicycle for a long time if ever again, but common sense has fuck all to do with sentencing, especially for motoring offences. This prick has almost certainly nicked many people who were pointlessly shat on from a great height by our legal system and treated like granny-raping scum for doing nothing anybody sane would object to. He surely can't plead that he's a special case and deserves any kind of justice, can he?
Apparently he can :-(
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