Pulled by police - help please

Zen Dog · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Karma :

I got pulled the other day for the first time in years. For context, the route was like this - Roundabout -> 50 limit for about 3/4 of a mile -> 40 limit for a few hundred meters -> 30 limit (through a village and where I stopped) -> 40 limit -> NSL (and one of my favorite roads).
I'd come off the roundabout, and as this was the first bit of clear road I'd seen in miles, I gave the bike some stick up through the gears. As I approached the 40, I let the bike coast down, and I could see a white SUV flying up behind me. Didn't know it was the police at first, but I already had a feeling. So by the time I hit the 30 I'm doing bang on the speed limit and I've got a cop car sitting 3 feet from my number plate. No lights on. This continued into the village. I really didn't want them behind me on one of my favorite roads, and I needed to sort out my music anyway, so I pulled over in a layby. And they pulled in behind me. Here we go...

Police - "Why did you pull over?"

Me - "Sorting my music out"

Police - (He seemed a bit surprised that I had an immediate answer, but he rallied) "You weren't doing 50 in that 50 limit"

Me - ...

Police - "You weren't doing 40 in that 40 limit either"

Me - ...

Police - "You did stick to the 30 though"

Me - "I always do"

Police - "Do you have your license on you?"

Me - "Yeah, hang on" - At this point I've already accepted I'm going to be here for a bit, so I switched the bike off, got my lid off, handed over my license. Then they asked me all the standard stuff (Bike yours? Insurance and MOT? Points? etc.). I'm all legal so I wait around while they check me out. They don't want me to sit in the car, so I'm already feeling like I'm probably not getting nicked unless there's something wrong on the paperwork side.

Police - "Well you seem like a decent guy, pay your taxes that sort of thing. We probably wouldn't have stopped you, but lots of people stop when they have police behind them because they have something to hide"

Me - ... (I considered telling him that no-one likes having the police behind them, but there's really no point)

Police - "Anyway, stick to the limit in the 30s and 40s. It's the 30s that we really care about and you did that. I'm not going to check the bike over because we're not traffic cops." (They were dressed in tactical gear like a SWAT team, no tasers or indications they were firearms or anything though. Is tactical gear just normal for cops now?)

And that was it. I gave them 5 minutes to bugger off before I got back on the bike, and took it easy in case they decided to hang about somewhere, but I didn't see them again. Not a very exciting story, but I thought it might be useful as an insight into the attitudes of the police. And also that while having a general approach of shutting your mouth is a good one, maintaining a stoney silence throughout is definitely going to mean you fail the "attitude test" and have them dicking you about as much as possible. It's a bit of a minefield really, trying to get the balance right, and the cops play this game all day every day, so they get a lot more practice than we do.
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Nobby the Bastard · Harley Gaydar Joined: 16 Aug 2013 Karma :

Meh, pass the personality test and then start taking the piss out of them is the way to go.
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MCN · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Jul 2015 Karma :

I asked the last policeman that stopped me,

"If I call you a kunt will you arrest me?"

Policeman replied, "Yes."

Me, "What if I just think you're a kunt?"
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pinkyfloyd · Super Spammer Joined: 20 Jul 2010 Karma :

Police kuntstubble: Do you know why I stopped you?
Me: Yes, Because I let you.
Police: Were you aware of your speed?
Me: no I was looking forward and not down at my speedo
Police: I had to do 100mph just to catch up with you
Me: But you DID catch up with me so I was not going that fast.
Police: Just what was so important you were going that fast for?
Me pointing to the pee running down my leg: doesnt matter now.

Its a true story what I just made up
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