copper who got off for speeding, hasn't got off any more.

[feef]

https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/shropshire/4669594.stm

police dude who got done for driving at 159 and got off has had his aquittal overturned by the high court.

bwahaha..

serves him right

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Am just off out to " familiarise myself with the vehicle".

That's the best.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Not sure. While it does seem he was taking the mickey, legally he was not commiting the offence of speeding as he is exempt if keeping to the limits would interfere with his duties (dangerous driving is different).

In some ways I would prefer him to have been found innocent, and hopefully for it to force some kind of rethink over when it is OK for anyone to speed. Trouble is that although I can see the first happening I cannot see a rethink happening.

Suspect this will end his career anyway.

All the best

Keith
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[veeeffarr]

Personally I think it's ridiculous you can prosecute anyone for speeding without taking context into account.

Even murder is put into context (Diminished responibility anyone?)

[stinkwheel]

[veeeffarr]

Possibly (Devils advocate) the reason why they don't take speeding into context is because some people should never of been given the rights to drive a car, let alone decide what is a 'safe' situation to speed in.

Still makes no sense to me, I don't see anything wrong with 120mph+ on a long stretch of empty motorway/dual carridgeway.

[Mister James]

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Maybe I'm cynical but anyone want to bet me 1p that he'll get the minimum 3 points and a £60 fine (unless he's sent on a driving awareness course instead )
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[kenny]

copper or no copper if he was off duty and not in pursuit of anyone then he should get done for speeding like everyone else would do , needing to test out the car as its new what the hell so does that mean its ok for me to take out my new bike and top it out at 135mph to practise incase i every get chased by a homocidle maniac who is intent on running me over down the motorway
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so all we have to do if we're being pulled over by the peelers, is not drop below 120mph and we will outrun them
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[Black Knight]

No he was off duty.

Just went out for a play before work.


I read a good comparison on another forum....

Would it be ok for a firearms officer to go down the local wood on a Sunday evening and let off a few mags to 'familarize' himself with the weapon??
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[tribal_tiger]

If he was off duty they should throw the book at him. If he was working i'd think differently. if he was testing the car in a legitimate way it would have been in work time.

He saw a new toy and went for a play. I don't blame him, cos i know a lot of us would do the same. He just got caught.
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He only got caught as he was daft enough to make a video of it and let it get into the wrong hands!
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[mr.z]

I was wondering how he got caught at it, what a blimin fool

If they do need to test the capabilites of a car it should be done, like everyone else, off the road on a track or dissused runway.. if not they hould expect the legal ass kicking that going double the limmit will incur...

The only reason anyone makes a video is to show off, thats no way arround that.

And another thing, is he a traffic cop? otherwise as far as i'm aware they dont get any more training than anyone, they need a clean licence and thats it, traffic police are trained to a high standard (especially motorcycle rideing police)
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[Robby]

Echoing kickstart a bit here, I would have liked to see him found innocent, just to bite back at the anti speeding campaign a little bit.

He was going very fast, but he was in control of the vehicle. It wasn't a dangerous situation. I'm sure this will "serve him right", but while many people here are seeing it as serving him right for abusing his powers, to the anti speeding lot its serving him right for speeding.

[Chriss]

To be honest, it's not the 150+ that bothers me, it was the 60+ in the 30 that bothered me.
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Siggi - You quite happily admit to ignoring any rule that you feel is un-warranted, so how can you complain about a copper doing the same?

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[kenny]

[Kickstart]

Hi

Worth noting that he has not been found guilty. They have just sent the case back for trial. Reading between the lines it seems that they are just saying that his defence was not legally sound.

Suspect that at the retrial they will still throw out the speeding conviction (as legally he is allowed to break the speed limit), and there will be some fancy footwork with the dangerous driving conviction. They will need to prove that his driving was actually dangerous, which could have interesting results (especially considering this recent verdict).

All the best

Keith
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[NBO]

Personally I think it takes the piss, as far as I am concerned the officer in question was whithin his duty

I bet this all come about from a number of the spako public throwing a fit.

[killa]

[NBO]

Thanks for your view killa, it's good to read a view from the other side of the fence.

I do have a worry about yourself considering yourself as a
"bloody good rider"..

In times past from the reading of your profile you have crashed xx number of bikes and been banned already? Not exactly what I would consider a good rider especially within six years.

if I'm a little off par with my thoughts i appologise and take back any wrongs..

[killa]