Was I in the wrong?

heretolearn_2

Janine, that sounds like a scary encounter, especially with your babe in the car. Some people turn into aggressive morons in cars, the old road rage. You did the right thing stopping where you were and in ignoring him. If something like this continues and they don't leave you alone, call the police.

I used to work with a lady who was extremely prim and proper and polite in the office. She then gave me a lift somewhere. Wow. The air was blue, she was constantly shouting abuse at other drivers, total rage monster. I couldn't believe the transformation. You just the misfortune to run into one of these.

bigjl

Gavin83 wrote: »

Tough. I don't really care what he may have dealt with that day, if I was this poster I'd have taken his details and made a complaint. There is no reason to treat someone like this while you are in a position of authority. After all, the same policeman would have given out a ticket for a broken light on another car so they should have been grateful. Police hate being pulled up when they are breaking the law themselves.

And to be honest if something wasn't up to standard in my job I'd expect people to be telling me. Surely thats the case in any job?

Normal Policeman very rarely give out tickets for such an offence, Traffic coppers may do so, but in the main they will pull you over to inform you of the fault, they only give you a ticket if you get stroppy.

Also you would be surprised how much crime is detected due to these simple checks, such as drug possesion and drunk drivers.

The brave men and women of the Emergency Services thank you for your compassion.

Since you have so little empathy and respect for them then feel free to use your human right never to call them for any help for the rest of your life.

And we shall agree to never ask you for anything, seems like a good deal for both parties.

Since you feel you are much more able than they are.

I take it you failed your assessment to join the Police then.

You can always join the Johnnies, then you can act out the fantasies that have made you the way you are. Sitting in the Ambulance at festivals providing First Aid cover making neenaw noises..................:rotfl:

Mankysteve

Strider590 wrote: »

You don't hog lane 3 of the motorway at 68mph thinking "they shouldn't want to go any faster".

According to the highway code you shouldn't be doing that anyway. SO not a good example.

Strider590

Mankysteve wrote: »

According to the highway code you shouldn't be doing that anyway. SO not a good example.

Problem is, in practical and realistic terms it's a great example!

Nobody ever reads the damn highway code!! That's half the trouble!

The roads are full of bloody self appointed plastic policemen, who like to enforce their own unique version of the highway code onto everyone else and then sit their going "shouldn't be doing that, im going to stop them!", when in fact they don't have a clue what people should and shouldn't be doing! :mad:

I even witnessed one driver recently who swerved into a bus/motorcycle lane to stop a biker who had the cheek to "queue jump" :mad:, I swear if the biker had stopped id have helped him kick the living crap out of this guy..... He was your average middle aged chap, not some road raging moron

They've been driving 30 years and never had an accident, but they've seen dozens in their rear view mirrors! :mad:

King_Nothing

With any luck the person the OP is describing will do the same thing to the wrong person one day, and they won't ignore him, they'll get out of their car and give him a thump.

rev_henry

Strider590 wrote: »

Seems to get talked about more than it's ever actually witnessed.
Had the same comment from a cycle hating colleague not 2 weeks ago, but when I asked him how many he'd seen do it, he couldn't recall even one instance.

His main gripe is with cyclists riding on the path to go up a one way street.... I can understand his frustration, however as the one way system in the city literally involves a mile or more of road, I can understand a cyclist wanting to take the 100 yard short cut (but they really should get off their bikes and walk it).

He also shouts "TW4T!!!" whenever a loud car goes past the window, no matter what it's actual speed may be.

I cycle every day and see red light jumping every day. What is possibly even more irritating is cyclists who can't use ASLs and insist on going just past the line then stopping. WHAT IS THE POINT?! The council has put those ASLs in to make cycling safer for us so the least you could do is bloody well use them!

Also ASLs are very useful for overtaking. I can often judge quite accurately whether someone will be going faster or slower than me by looking at them, if the latter, and they use the ASL properly, I can line up next to them and be quick off the mark at the lights so as to overtake quickly and safely. If they insist on (illegally) going just past the white line to stop then this is more difficult. And if they're the kind that go through reds altogether then we will be playing a silly cat and mouse overtaking game all the way up the road (which has lots of traffic lights).

almillar

Once he had got back into his car, you should have got all flustered, and accidentally put your car in reverse, just to give him a wee fright!

Inactive

almillar wrote: »

Once he had got back into his car, you should have got all flustered, and accidentally put your car in reverse, just to give him a wee fright!

I like it.. :rotfl::D

Gavin83

bigjl wrote: »

Since you feel you are much more able than they are.

I take it you failed your assessment to join the Police then.

You can always join the Johnnies, then you can act out the fantasies that have made you the way you are. Sitting in the Ambulance at festivals providing First Aid cover making neenaw noises..................:rotfl:

I didn't fail an assessment as I've never had one, I've no interest in joining the police force. Out of curiousity are you linked to the police in some way?

I also don't think it's fair to take digs at first aid people, they provide an important service at public events and in general actually.

What worries me about these threads is the die hard belief people have in police being superhuman. Like in any job police can feel emotion, they can get angry and they can even make mistakes. It's even possible, although I know it's hard to believe that you can get police who break the law themselves!

Taking what the poster said at face value I don't think it's acceptable for police to use their power to threaten people who aren't breaking the law. Do you feel this is a reasonable course of action then?

I do feel as a whole organisation the police force generally do a wonderful job and the country would be worse without them. However I have come across police who are completely out of line and either need to revaluate their career or deal with their emotions.

Your posts are almost so bizarre though that I'm thinking your just attempting to start an argument.

iveco_man

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