Random breath tests!

Sgt_Pepper_2

Ennui wrote: »

I'm a woman, over 50 with no careless driving or dangerous driving convictions. I've never drunk and drive - and therefore have a clean record of 30 years driving.

I've been stopped at least three times in the last two years, always late at night and when I'm alone. Reasons given on two of the occasions are ludicrous, one of them easily disproved with a photo of the place they stopped me and most recently for touching my brakes too much (they were tailgating me and I always touch my brakes once or twice if someone is very, very close to remind them how hard it would be for them to stop. I don't actually slam my brakes on).

They asked me if I'd been drinking and admitted me they couldn't smell alcohol on me. They didn't have a breathalyzer and so we had to wait at the roadside, after midnight, for one to be brought from a town ten miles away. When stopped I am calm, polite, co-operative and honest in my replies. They knew I hadn't had a drink. When the other police car turned up with the breathalyzer it was like the policemans ball. Whole thing took over an hour and a half. The ones who had stopped me disappeared pretty sharpish when the new one did my test. It was totally clear, as we all knew it would be.

The other two occasions were very similar except that on one of them their breathalyzer was broken. As they had stopped me opposite the local police station I suggested we adjourn there and do a blood test. They didn't like this idea so I was never tested at all on that occasion but they still managed to detain me for 2 hours at around 11pm - 1am. Again I didn't even get a producer. I did get a bizarre vision test which when I passed prompted them to point to vehicles even further away until, eventually I couldn't read the number plate and they managed to react to this as though I had somehow failed. My daughter and I went back the next day and found the distance to be more than double that required to pass the Police Vision Test.

I could go on. I've never been asked to produce my documents. I've never even been given a warning because what could they warn me about ?

Most worryingly something one of the officers let slip at the most recent debacle made it clear that he knew EXACTLY who I am (ie the same woman they/his colleagues had already done this to a few times).

I've also had them ask if I'm sure about my age because I look "far younger" on one occasion.

One of the officers at the most recent one mumbled something to me which I couldn't hear/understand but sound like "was I working". I replied yes, I'm an IT Technician. Since then a couple of people have pointed out to me that there are other meanings to this *coughs*.

Anyway that's my two penn'orth. I'm just about to call the Police Station and ask for some sort of report or document on this. I then intend to gather all the other information together and find out EXACTLY what is going on. I drive thousands of miles in other parts of the South East, often at night. I've never ever been stopped anywhere else.

So, anyway, please remind me again :

Why would anyone who doesn't drink and drive object to being stopped.

You drive thousands of miles late at night and have been stopped three times in two years?

You make sure you complain about that.

Ennui_2

Sgt_Pepper wrote: »

You drive thousands of miles late at night and have been stopped three times in two years?

You make sure you complain about that.

If you read my post, as opposed to poking fun with a generic and totally unfunny response, which in fact goes as far as to misquote me in an effort to appear amusing (why not add some of those really attractive icons from the 1980s on the right as they are also funny and will enhance your wit) . Anyway I digress. What I actually say :

I drive thousands of miles in other parts of the South East, often at night.

Often. Did you see that word now, but not before ? Well next time you try to make yourself look clever at the expense of somebody who has typed out a post on something that is clearly worrying them perhaps you could add some more of your "jokes". They're ever so funny. I bet you're the type of "witty office character" who says "Good afternoon" when someone arrives 5 minutes late in the morning.

However, I'm not surprised ... I had returned to make an update on the response of the local police station but before my dazzled eyes found your utterly hilarious snappy answer I had checked out the quality of the posts on this thread so I was aware I had in fact been wasting my time.

I hope you don't mind but I'll attempt to delete my post and take it to a serious forum without amateur clowns with an agenda.You still have the content in your response after all. Apparently it's impossible to delete an account. Martin sure does love you all.

Good luck enjoy your forum. I always enjoy the ladies who save 1p a week on some tat or other and the pointless circle jerk over stardrops which is just an out of date generic cleaner. They're good posts because they get the chance to point out to everyone how they are the only ones who have kids in the world and humiliate their husbands by calling them "hubby".

I'll leave you all to your pennypinching and show myself out.

Sgt_Pepper_2

Ennui wrote: »

If you read my post, as opposed to poking fun with a generic and totally unfunny response, which in fact goes as far as to misquote me in an effort to appear amusing (why not add some of those really attractive icons from the 1980s on the right as they are also funny and will enhance your wit) . Anyway I digress. What I actually say :

I drive thousands of miles in other parts of the South East, often at night.

Often. Did you see that word now, but not before ? Well next time you try to make yourself look clever at the expense of somebody who has typed out a post on something that is clearly worrying them perhaps you could add some more of your "jokes". They're ever so funny. I bet you're the type of "witty office character" who says "Good afternoon" when someone arrives 5 minutes late in the morning.

However, I'm not surprised ... I had returned to make an update on the response of the local police station but before my dazzled eyes found your utterly hilarious snappy answer I had checked out the quality of the posts on this thread so I was aware I had in fact been wasting my time.

I hope you don't mind but I'll attempt to delete my post and take it to a serious forum without amateur clowns with an agenda.You still have the content in your response after all. Apparently it's impossible to delete an account. Martin sure does love you all.

Good luck enjoy your forum. I always enjoy the ladies who save 1p a week on some tat or other and the pointless circle jerk over stardrops which is just an out of date generic cleaner. They're good posts because they get the chance to point out to everyone how they are the only ones who have kids in the world and humiliate their husbands by calling them "hubby".

I'll leave you all to your pennypinching and show myself out.

It's a money saving forum so your point is what?

CKhalvashi

I've been breathalized several times, always late at night (when I do a large amount of driving).

I don't drink, then get in a car, however there is always someone that will. I drive a powerful car and I'm young-(ish), which should be reasonable suspicion to stop.

Isn't it better to prove yourself than to be in control of a death weapon?

Another thing is that my car has shown for the last 10 months (I got it on Sep 1st last year) that there's no insurance on there, as FordInsure don't seem to be particularly good at updating the MID. I keep photocopies of the paperwork in the car, I present them as necessary, I carry out any reasonable demand by the officers and I get on my way.

I'm always grateful that I am stopped, as the car shows that it's illegal and there's normally a fair bit of high-value equipment in the car when I'm working. Needless to say, I won't be reinsuring with my current company in September!

Job done!

CK

colino

Your happy to be not only suspected of being a criminal, but submitting to a test repeatedly that you know that you cannot fail (because you say you don't drink).
What on earth do you think laws, the police and the justice system are there for? Have you ever asked why you are being stopped?
Please go on being a time-wasting patsy for the bored cops. If I was stopped twice in my car everyone from the cop involved, their superior and the Chief Constable would be regretting it.
Motorists are the cash-cow for the Police, keep on dishing out fines for those daft enough not to see battenberg cars, dayglo speed cameras or too criminal or stupid pinging ANPRS because they aren't legal.
Leave the rest of us alone or face the consequences.

verityboo

colino wrote: »

Your happy to be not only suspected of being a criminal, but submitting to a test repeatedly that you know that you cannot fail (because you say you don't drink).
What on earth do you think laws, the police and the justice system are there for? Have you ever asked why you are being stopped?
Please go on being a time-wasting patsy for the bored cops. If I was stopped twice in my car everyone from the cop involved, their superior and the Chief Constable would be regretting it.
Motorists are the cash-cow for the Police, keep on dishing out fines for those daft enough not to see battenberg cars, dayglo speed cameras or too criminal or stupid pinging ANPRS because they aren't legal.
Leave the rest of us alone or face the consequences.

I too don't mind being stopped. There are a few occasions where I like the police being proactive and drink drivers are one of them. Much better to stop someone before they kill someone else

thenudeone

colino wrote: »

If I was stopped twice in my car everyone from the cop involved, their superior and the Chief Constable would be regretting it.

:rotfl::rotfl:

regretting what, exactly?

excercising their rights under the Road Traffic Act to stop vehicles without any reason, in order to enforce traffic laws?

What interest do you think the Chief Constable would have, since this activity goes on hundreds of times every day in every police force?

Trebor16

colino wrote: »

Please go on being a time-wasting patsy for the bored cops. If I was stopped twice in my car everyone from the cop involved, their superior and the Chief Constable would be regretting it.

That is one of the funniest things I have seen for a long time:D

Joe_Horner

colino wrote: »

If I was stopped twice in my car everyone from the cop involved, their superior and the Chief Constable would be regretting it.

Leave the rest of us alone or face the consequences.

StickyNikki

Living in Lancashire I have for the past couple of months regularly seen a Drink Drive Check point on my way to work. Always in the same spot (a handy little layby) and clearly sign posted as drink drive check point.