Wear Glasses ? Driver ?

mgdavid

Trebor16 wrote: »

What makes you think the officer was telling lies? They may have believed it was the case to have spare glasses and told the OP in good faith but to suggest they lied is OTT.

Ignorance of the law is no excuse - and applies to the police as well as us, therefore they lied.

Trebor16

mgdavid wrote: »

Ignorance of the law is no excuse - and applies to the police as well as us, therefore they lied.

What a stupid comment. Ignorance is one thing, but to say it is deliberate lies because they didn't know that aspect of law is absurd.

mikey72

Trebor16 wrote: »

What a stupid comment. Ignorance is one thing, but to say it is deliberate lies because they didn't know that aspect of law is absurd.

It's probably worse if a copper doesn't have any knowledge of the law.
I think I'd prefer it if they were trying it on, rather than handing out fines for offences they thought existed.

triticale

Not sure which is the most worrying scenario - the copper making an incorrect claim despite being ignorant of the law, or the copper blatently lying...

but then watch a few episodes of one of those 'police camera action' programmes and you'll see much bullsh*t being spouted.

Gloomendoom

mgdavid wrote: »

Ignorance of the law is no excuse - and applies to the police as well as us, therefore they lied.

What a load of nonsense. A lie is a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive. It is not a statement made based on ignorance of the true facts.

mikey72

Gloomendoom wrote: »

What a load of nonsense. A lie is a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive. It is not a statement made based on ignorance of the true facts.

If a copper really is that ignnorant, hopefully they'll assign him to school crossings, or just sack him for being an idiot.

Trebor16

mikey72 wrote: »

If a copper really is that ignnorant, hopefully they'll assign him to school crossings, or just sack him for being an idiot.

So he gets one thing wrong and you want him sacked? Now that is idiotic.

pendulum

Gloomendoom wrote: »

What a load of nonsense. A lie is a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive. It is not a statement made based on ignorance of the true facts.

That's the first definition you've lifted from Dictionary.com, but what about the other definitions?

1. a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood.

2. something intended or serving to convey a false impression; imposture: His flashy car was a lie that deceived no one.

3. an inaccurate or false statement.

4. the charge or accusation of lying: He flung the lie back at his accusers.

Sgt_Pepper_2

mikey72 wrote: »

If a copper really is that ignnorant, hopefully they'll assign him to school crossings, or just sack him for being an idiot.

So you want him sacked on the ops say so?

Good job vax doesn't claim the police told him about insurance.

Norman_Castle

As a minimum legal requirement, motorists must be able to read a numberplate from a distance of 20.5 metres (67 feet) and have a 120 degree wide field of view. ...

It would be useful if drivers could check this themselves. A numberplate on a wall and a mark on the ground at the correct distance at shopping centres or supermarkets would be cheap an easy.