Help - should I report

lollipopsarah

I've seen two youngish lads over the last week coming home from school on the pavement on a scooter - not the noisy hairdyer things but a really quiet one, with no number plate/L plate and no crash hats.
Now I'n not a busy body, and to be fair to the driver, he seems quite sensible and probably a safer driver than some of the cyclists that I have to dodge, but in the interests of safety, do you think I should reprt them?
(or should I maybe call the high school and ask to speak to their police man)
I asked my youngest (19) and he suggested phoning the school.
Sorry to bother you, just wondered what's best, thankyou.
xx

mikey72

Phone the school, and tell them to have a word with them before shopping them to the police.

lollipopsarah

Thank you Mikey, that's sort of what I was thinking.
I am surprised that a teacher hasn't seen them, but my son suggested that maybe they parked the scooter at a friends house rather than at school, which would be easy for the school policeman to find.
Will dig out the number and call them.
Thanks again
xx

gilbert_and_sullivan

School Policeman??!!!, i knew things had got bad, but that's just put the tin hat on it.

pogofish

gilbert_and_sullivan wrote: »

School Policeman??!!!, i knew things had got bad, but that's just put the tin hat on it.

Have you been living under a stone for the last 20 years then?

IME, most if not all schools have had a local/community officer as a named contact for any issues arising for a very long time now.

PZH

pogofish wrote: »

Have you been living under a stone for the last 20 years then?

IME, most if not all schools have had a local/community officer as a named contact for any issues arising for a very long time now.

Well, I certainly didn't know that.

Will ask my daughter later if this is the case at her school.

Strider590

lollipopsarah wrote: »

I've seen two youngish lads over the last week coming home from school on the pavement on a scooter - not the noisy hairdyer things but a really quiet one, with no number plate/L plate and no crash hats.

What kind of "scooter"?

You say it's not the noisey hairdrier type, so im baffled as to what it could be..... But at the very least it's likely to be stolen property.

victor2

gilbert_and_sullivan wrote: »

School Policeman??!!!, i knew things had got bad, but that's just put the tin hat on it.

You won't have seen the new legislation that they have to be firearms trained either then?
Glad mine left school many years ago.

OP: I would report it to the school too and see what they say.

lfc321

Strider590 wrote: »

at the very least it's likely to be stolen property.

Blimey, that's a bit of an assumption! What makes you think that?

Lum

Could be an electric one?

Strider590

lfc321 wrote: »

Blimey, that's a bit of an assumption! What makes you think that?

Well if it's really silent, it's probably electric..... And electric "scooters" cost very large sums of money. Just an electric "go-ped" will set you back £1500+.

Weigh up the facts as they're presented... Two young "lads", silent motorised scooter, no plates, no helmet.