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BillieTheBotBillieTheBot Posts: 8,721 Bot
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A copper has been punished for speeding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I honestly thought I'd never live to see the day in which a copper was done for a traffic violation.

At the end of the day all he has to say is that he was 'training' to get away with it all. Or simply have his mates quickly make the matter go away.

What's the world coming to? :mad:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Aladdin wrote: »
    A copper has been punished for speeding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I honestly thought I'd never live to see the day in which a copper was done for a traffic violation.

    At the end of the day all he has to say is that he was 'training' to get away with it all. Or simply have his mates quickly make the matter go away.

    What's the world coming to? :mad:

    Happens all the time... I know several coppers who have various speeding convictions. They, however, are not senior officers in ACPO, so it doesn't make the news.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    It certainly makes a refreshing change from coppers being let off for doing 150mph on a motorway on the excuse that they were familiarising themselves with the car, or 60 odd mph on a city centre while they went to fetch fish and chips.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Aladdin wrote: »
    It certainly makes a refreshing change from coppers being let off for doing 150mph on a motorway on the excuse that they were familiarising themselves with the car, or 60 odd mph on a city centre while they went to fetch fish and chips.

    Well the first case seemed defensible to me, and the second made the news because it was newsworthy in a way that copper gets points on his licence wouldn't be.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    There are plenty of specialised tracks, some of them run by the police themselves, that give advanced training to police drivers.

    Let's all be honest about this. We know the bloke had a new car and decided to take it for a spin safe in the knowledge that he's a copper and could justfiy the extraordinarily fast driving on that. No matter how good he might have been (and I have no doubt thousands of drivers out there as as good as him if not better) either driving at 150mph on a public road is a reckless act that deserves a custodial sentence, or it isn't. I certainly laugh at people who argue against raising the motorway limit to 80mph because "no matter how good you are, you cannot predict what others in front of you will do" when coppers are being let off for going nearly twice as fast.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Aladdin wrote: »
    There are plenty of specialised tracks, some of them run by the police themselves, that give advanced training to police drivers.

    Let's all be honest about this. We know the bloke had a new car and decided to take it for a spin safe in the knowledge that he's a copper and could justfiy the extraordinarily fast driving on that. No matter how good he might have been (and I have no doubt thousands of drivers out there as as good as him if not better) either driving at 150mph on a public road is a reckless act that deserves a custodial sentence, or it isn't. I certainly laugh at people who argue against raising the motorway limit to 80mph because "no matter how good you are, you cannot predict what others in front of you will do" when coppers are being let off for going nearly twice as fast.

    I don't argue that - I argue everyone should be able to drive as fast as safety allows. But we've been over this case before, so there's no real point about going over this case again
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Richard Brunstrom must have pissed himself laughing in the office when he found out about this. :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Aladdin wrote: »
    There are plenty of specialised tracks, some of them run by the police themselves, that give advanced training to police drivers.

    Let's all be honest about this. We know the bloke had a new car and decided to take it for a spin safe in the knowledge that he's a copper and could justfiy the extraordinarily fast driving on that. No matter how good he might have been (and I have no doubt thousands of drivers out there as as good as him if not better) either driving at 150mph on a public road is a reckless act that deserves a custodial sentence, or it isn't. I certainly laugh at people who argue against raising the motorway limit to 80mph because "no matter how good you are, you cannot predict what others in front of you will do" when coppers are being let off for going nearly twice as fast.



    Depends on the force. My colleague was caught doing 35 in a 30 and got 3 points on his licence and a £60 fine. We don't all try to get away with stuff we've done wrong you know ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Oh Whowhere, I'm sure there are honest coppers out there. To be fair is more to do with a position of power. Anyone who is in such position will try to exercise it to their advantage, whether is a copper, politician or multimillionaire businessman.
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