My Plod rant
The last time i had a ticket was a year or so ago. Road to Hanmer , about 10pm, got done for 116k in my car. No issue with that. There was no traffic on the road and i'd been doing a lot more earlier. What gripped is that a couple of days later i get another ticket in the post for failing to signal when pulling back on to road. i challanged that, and the officers explanation was that the traffic was "very busy". There were about two cars that passed while i waited for about ten or so minutes.
I just paid them both. Oh well, the cops a liar, he lives with that.
Just wondering, are they allowed to come on your property? Last Thursday, late, about 11.30 Pm i needed milk for breakfat, went down the local garage in my car. Very little traffic about, one or two cars. On the way back, im driving about 150 yards from home and the lights go up behind me. I carried on and pulled in my garage, and switched the engine off etc. I knew 100% i'd not committed any offence, and im normally pretty laid back, dont swear much etc, but i wanted to get to bed, so maybe came on a bit annoyed, it didnt start well.
It went like this.
Him. have you hand anything to drink tonight Sir,
Me. Not a drop, have you?
Him, does your car have a current warrant of fitness and registration?
Me, Obviously it does. ( i drive a pretty decent car and live in a good street )
He then comes into my garage and starts looking around checking the warrant etc, no problems.
Me, Why have you followed me and whats this about.
Him. just a ramdon check, if we dont pull people over we dont write many tickets.!!
Me, what the fuck, if i called you people about someone burgling my property you would,nt bother turning up !
Him, dont swear at me Sir.
Him, Do you have your driving licence?
Me gives it to him.
Him. Where do you live what number is this house.
Me. I live here, obviously, the numbers on the letter box, cant you read? But i asnwer the question anyway.
He writes it down.
Me. Give me my licence back.
Him. Im going to do a check and he wanders back to his car. he's not ging to find anything, just wasting my time.
Me. please yourself, im off to bed, i close the auto door and leave him in the drive outside the gate. Go inside and leave the front door open.
Him. About five minutes later he calls from the other side of the gate, (it's an open wrought iron big gaps in it easily seen through and easily reaced through)
He holds out my licence, i go to retreive it by reching though the gate and he holds onto it so hard my fingers slip off it. I try again, and he does it again. Third time he lets it go, i just put it back in my wallet.
Him. Trying to assert some sort of authority and power says, Dont Snatch.( i hadn't)
Me, (That's done it, im mad now so says to him). You lot, if i called you for a burglary, you wouldnt even turn up, a lot of you are as bad if not worse than the criminals your supposed to be catching. And, what are you doing following men home in the middle of the night? Are you a homo or something? Get off my property, piss orrrf, i going to sleep.
He stood there like a stunned mullet for a minute after i'd gone inside and then went away.
I honestly dont know what made me so mad, im normally quite a peacful non controntaional sort. I think it was the infringment on my personal space and him walking round my garage. Oh well.
Friends now tell me i'm a "marked man". I wonder !!!
Is it just me, or is being in the police just a a "revenue" gathering job these days that it's become their main focus.
They want repect. Pah.
Anyone else have an experience similar?
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