160mph copper found not-guilty

[stinkwheel]

Apparently he was "familiarising himself with the new car".

Must write that one down for next time I am stopped for speeding

https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/4559173.stm
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[garth]

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[MikeyC]

aaaaaaarrggghhhh thats the 28th different time this post has aappeared on bcf!! Please make it stop!!!

[stinkwheel]

Sorry folks, didn't see it had already been done.

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=48275
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[beckford]

The fucking cunts make me sick, there quick to bend you over the desk for having a tinted visor, Can on, and you'd most deffinatly loose your licence going over 100. But if it one of there own then its ok to do 159mph on a public motorway


He should of crashed and fucked him self up

[MikeyC]

I wasn't having a go at you by the way! lol!

[mrchips]

It's not fair but it's a perk of the job, simple as that.
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[RS125_Tecky]

It might be wrong!

But if you had a new fast car and could do 160mph and get away with it,

Surly you would be dempted

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[dotti]

To be honest I don't know what to think about this. It's an example of how corrupt, under the surface, this country really is. So much for equality. Why should we stick to the speed limit when those enforcing it have complete disregard?
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[Finglonga]

Every one has missed one thing.. HE WAS ALSO DOING 84MPH IN A 30 ZONE!! .. That is unforgivable, if anyone pulled out on him or walked into the road they all would be dead.

The magistrate also wants to be strung up by his nuts too for being such a DUMB FUCK! How can anyone think that the Police have an acceptible excuse for this behaviour when they give out speeding tickets like they were sweets.

Yet the Fuckers pull me up this morning at 4.45am because they thought I may have been in a stolen car. Where did they pull me up...On MY WORKS CAR PARK.
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[Finglonga]

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[Chriss]

There's lots of cases of police being done for training on public roads. In the states, they have to prove thier skills on a private bit of tarmac before they're even allowed on the road in a police car. Over here, they train and learn on the streets. Even if you've *just* passed your driving test.

Not the first and won't be the last, if I policeman ever gets pulled speeding, they get out thier 'get out of jail free' badge and they get away with it.
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[Kris]

[VTR SP1]

But people from his own force said what he was doing was ok and the judge found him not guilty. He is innocent. He did nothing wrong. He was allowed to do it. The law lets him do it.

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[Kris]

[Frazla]

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[Kris]

Don't make me laugh.

Below is an extract of Section 87 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is the section of the act of parliament which the police officer relied upon to drive at speeds up to 159 mph...

No statutory provision imposing a speed limit on motor vehicles shall apply to any vehicle on an occasion when it is being used for fire and rescue authority, ambulance or police purposes, if the observance of that provision would be likely to hinder the use of the vehicle for the purpose for which it is being used on that occasion.

So basically it is a loophole because it gives the police carte blanche exactly how they want if they are in a police vehicle. Not exactly meant to be used to justify some copper taking the piss and going out for a sly (and unauthorised) blast in a new car is it? So yes, you could argue the law says "Blah, blah" but the law in this case is so biased towards serving officers that it is almost irrelevant and undermines public trust in the police does it not?

And in any case, someone took him to court after viewing the footage. Must have been the police so maybe he's not as innocent as they would have you believe. They drive the 'speeding is dangerous' theme so hard they cannot be suprised when it jumps back and bites them on the arse can they?

Oh and how exactly was it 'execution of his duty'?

So yes you are a fucking idiot if you cannot see the hypocrisy of the law in this case. Doing something wrong doesn't have to mean it's illegal does it
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[Liverpoolrobb...]

question if a cop car is speeding then pulls you over for say speeding and the cop car hasnt had its blue lights on would you still be able to get done as the cop hasnt had his blue lights on when speeding?