And just when I was being to think the police couldn't get anymore ridiculous.
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Different countries people. It is legal to make a right turn on a red light in the US, unless the road is otherwise marked. We do not normally use road markings aside from solid, or dashed lines for lanes. However I have been seeing MPH and stop markings more often on the roads.chronobreak said:
I was physically man handled while complying in Texas, Texas is also the only place I have spent longer then 4 hours in a cell. They made me stay there an entire night without charging me with anything, and this was after they had me stand hands on the vehicle for an hour, before slamming me to the ground to put the cuffs on. They also impounded my car and forced me to pay to get it back, and I was still not charged with anything at this point.
Nothing compares to the treatment I received at the hands of police in some other countries. In one case I got a broken rib and three broken fingers out of the deal. Of course I am a big guy, and I can see myself being intimidating to people half my size when I am pissed off and shouting obscenities in a language they do not speak. But really I got less of a beating at the hands of police in Mexico and I started the whole thing with them.
I have to say at 36 I've never met a bad police officer in the UK, I know they exist and I'm not making a blanket statement, just that in my experience, they've always been polite, fair and respectful. Please note, I'm saying there's rude, violent, corrupt police, but I've never met one.
The worst I've had is when I used to be very metal, spiked jacket, long hair etc, and got stopped and searched, asked where I was going what I was doing etc, and I had the feeling one of the two was sure he'd found someone guilty of something, which was a bit stereotypical in my opinion.
Anyways, this was back in the 80s and when made to open a chest pocket on my jacket I saw his eyes light up when he retrieved a small foil wrapped package from there, knowing he'd just got me for drugs.
Until he unwrapped it and found the remains of probably a year old Kitkat that I'd forgotten about, then his face just dropped and I was given all my stuff back and sent on my way.
Anyways, considering a simple 5 minute stop n search is the worst I've ever had I can't criticise them much.
Without wishing to sound like an old man going on about 'the old days' I wonder if perhaps the lack of respect shown to the police service is maybe reflected by the attitudes of some of those police officers nowadays.
Maybe also the national press have decided they don't support the police so much any more and are happier to print more anti police stories.
On the other side of the debate, I'm against the huge amount of CCTV covering Britain, as it mainly seems a big waste of money, there's way too many cameras to actually be watched, the quality is awful, and like speed cameras, you have to wonder if it's just another way to send out fines to people for 'anti social' behaviour the way they do with speeding tickets.
The worst I've had is when I used to be very metal, spiked jacket, long hair etc, and got stopped and searched, asked where I was going what I was doing etc, and I had the feeling one of the two was sure he'd found someone guilty of something, which was a bit stereotypical in my opinion.
Anyways, this was back in the 80s and when made to open a chest pocket on my jacket I saw his eyes light up when he retrieved a small foil wrapped package from there, knowing he'd just got me for drugs.
Until he unwrapped it and found the remains of probably a year old Kitkat that I'd forgotten about, then his face just dropped and I was given all my stuff back and sent on my way.
Anyways, considering a simple 5 minute stop n search is the worst I've ever had I can't criticise them much.
Without wishing to sound like an old man going on about 'the old days' I wonder if perhaps the lack of respect shown to the police service is maybe reflected by the attitudes of some of those police officers nowadays.
Maybe also the national press have decided they don't support the police so much any more and are happier to print more anti police stories.
On the other side of the debate, I'm against the huge amount of CCTV covering Britain, as it mainly seems a big waste of money, there's way too many cameras to actually be watched, the quality is awful, and like speed cameras, you have to wonder if it's just another way to send out fines to people for 'anti social' behaviour the way they do with speeding tickets.
She wasn't fined for not holding the handrail. She was fined for not following the requests of the police and then becomming beligerant. The event that started it was her not holding the handrail, yes, but it appears that that factor alone was not the reason she was fined.
That's incredibly pedantic...it's basically the same thing. Without people there isn't society so he isn't really wrong.ravensheart18 said:
Happily.LimaBravo said:
LimaBravo said:
There you go. According to you you're a tard if you don't do everything the police tell you to do, and yet if you do what they tell you to an its illegal you're an imbecile, you simply cannot win. Just because a person is a police officer does not mean that they will not tell you to do something illegal.LimaBravo said:
I'm 16. I was stopped and questioned for 5 minutes when a policeman saw me in school uniform outside the local doctors. He automatically assumed I was skiving, 5 minutes of questioning during which he was belligerent and aggressive while I answered politely.SenseOfTumour said:
Good response. Immature and pathetic a great combination, your family must be so proud of you.LimaBravo said:
Oh and I think out smarting you proves that I'm not dumb.
Read the article again. She was fined 100 pounds for not holding the handrailEclectic Dreck said:
People really get mad when you use the wrong escalator, but you haven't lived until you've done it.sky14kemea said:yeah... i usually go up the down escalator when no ones aroundCpt_Oblivious said:
oh noes!, there's someone only carrying a box with 1 hand! quick officer, go arrest him ~_~
I honestly thought that only police in the U.S. did this... really... just... what the heck?
