Road Rage?

mrcol1000

BFG wrote: »

Top Tip!!!!

The police will respond far quicker to incidents where they believe the caller to be in imminent danger.
So for example if the caller says that they think the person has a knife or a gun in their hand and they are waving it at them...the police will be there in a flash.

When I've needed the police in such an incident I thoight I saw a knife and they were there pretty sharp. Sadly either I must have been mistaken wrt the knife or the muppet must have disposed of it somehow.....but you're better being safe than sorry [as the lovely police officer told me].

Not that I'm suggesting for one minute that you say you think they have a knife when they don't, just to get the police to act ....I mean, how could you tell??

Whilst the person who really does have a knife agasint their neck has to wait for the police to respond to your call before they can get to them. Bit like the house that burns down because the fire service are busy rushing to respond to the drunk who has called 999 because they burnt their toast.

BFG_2

Gee, you're so right.

If something terrible did happen to soemone else it would have to be down to me prioritising myself and taking up the entire police force on my incident.

I mean it's not like there would be massive numbers of police tied up in the station doing paperwork, or out running money machines [sorry speeding cameras], or busy somewhere massaging the crime figures, or spying on us all.

There's a phrase I like that says 'The squeaky wheel gets oiled'.

If you're happy to get sh17 service from the police and accept it because 'they must be busy saving the lives of millions of ickle kiddies from big, bad terrorists or nasty baby-stealy men' and if you ask for help you're as good as murdering the ickle babies yourself', then that's entirely your choice. Me?? I have no intention whatsoever of accepting it.

Any faults with the police force are mostly down to the government and their 'targets' culture. Why should we suffer for that??

AWAKE MIDDLE ENGLAND AND RECLAIM WHAT IS YOURS!!!!! THROW OFF THE SHACKLES OF GOVERNMENT AND WE ONCE AGAIN COULD BE A NATION THAT RULES THE WORLD!!!!!!! VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!

Oops, got a bit carried away there ......

BFG_2

mrcol1000 wrote: »

Bit like the house that burns down because the fire service are busy rushing to respond to the drunk who has called 999 because they burnt their toast.

Yeah, coz that happens regularly.

The reality is that most fireman are so NOT busy dealing with toast incidents that they are able to keep a second job going. Thats because on their 15 hour n/shift they get a good solid nights sleep most of the time.

shaymenRup

Unfortunately Tozer's experience is a bad one. However I would always advocate people reporting incidents to the police even if they do not want to pursue matters to court.

Techological advances nowadays make incidents such as these potentially relevant in other cases. It is also likely as people have said that a person prepared to assault someone for staring at them is a known criminal that is wanted or certainly likely to do something similar or worse again.

If the police don't know about it , they can't act. If police officers fail to do their job properly complain about them. No one likes incompetence and why should the police suffer from it as well. Unfortunately its unlikely to get addressed from within if the public are going to allow it to continue.

Road rage should be reported and pursued as much as any other crime. In most cases the police will have more to go on than a vague description or some poor CCTV.

Insist on a visit, request a crime number and keep records of registration numbers and witnesses. If its happening there and then tell the operator so and tell them your fears.

GrammarGirl

Everyone on the M1 is angry at the moment, due to the endless 50 zones. On my way home, I moved from the outside to the middle lane within the 50 zone and some chump came right up behind me, flashing his lights and almost touching my bumper. I went to move across to let him past and almost hit some other chump who was undertaking me. I was doing 55 in the 50 zone. Both cars exercised their horns for rather longer than necessary.

And bear in mind, it was dark and rainy, too. People are moronic. Just drive safely and don't let other people's actions cloud your judgment.

dfh

I wish these moronic drivers would get penalty points. they are a real menace.