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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: ANPR2 |
| Pieman |
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Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 18:27
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| [quote="Ernest Marsh"]As a law abiding motorist, I have no worries that if used in that manner, the BiB are not going to be breaking down MY door because some scroat has cloned my number! [quote] If "some scroat" clones your number the BiB will be at least knocking on your door if your num... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: ANPR2 |
| Pieman |
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 23:40
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| The police should use all the resources available to them by why waste effort on something that is fundamentally flawed? It's not a question of "word getting around", ANPR does not catch uninsured drivers, drunks, disqualified drivers, cars with false plates, defective vehicles, etc. etc. When opera... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: ANPR2 |
| Pieman |
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 17:26
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| This discussion has confirmed what I already believed; From a law enforcement perspective ANPR is a complete waste of money and resources. Some criminals have their own forms of intelligence and without giving them too much credit, aren't as stupid as we would like to believe. They know how the Poli... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: ANPR2 |
| Pieman |
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 21:40
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| ... but will be able to monitor the movements of 90% of the british public ... The 90% of the British public that are law abiding. Do the police etc. really think that criminals drive around perpetrating evil deeds in vehicles with the correct plates fitted? This is nothing to do with law enforceme... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Overtaking Police Cars - Is it "the done thing"? |
| Pieman |
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:13
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| It is usally the panda cars, on the roads in birmingham that do the tailgating. It was a panda car that I came across and overtook. If it had been a "proper" traffic car I probably would have held back a bit. But then again, maybe not :roll: It would be nice to get an opinion from some of the coppe... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Overtaking Police Cars - Is it "the done thing"? |
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 21:31
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From this weeks Sunday Times...
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Overtaking Police Cars - Is it "the done thing"? |
| Pieman |
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 08:31
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| This story demonstrates: - the changing attitudes of the public to the police (possibly due to road policing policies) - the attitude of the police to the public (poor attitude by younger officers) Sad, isn't it. It is sad, and laughable. The attitude of the WPC was appalling and did nothing to enh... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Overtaking Police Cars - Is it "the done thing"? |
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Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 20:03
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| I've been a reader here for a while but an incident this morning has prompted me to speak up and I'd like some opinions on something that happened to me this morning. While driving down an A road (NSL) this morning a police car appeared at a side turning and after hesitating pulled out in front of m... |
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