STOPPED BY POLICE?

Have any of you ever been stopped by a Police person in a Bobby car for what seemed to be little, or no, apparent reason, with a comical conclusion?

I have.

I used to have a Mark V Ford Cortina Estate and I’d had a car alarm fitted. I’d just dropped off one of our lads from work at his home and, as I was driving home, the blasted alarm switched itself on making such a din, but I carried on driving as I only had a couple of streets to go to get home!

Well, suddenly I heard a different din, behind me – that of a Police siren, and blue lights flashing. So I pulled over and switched off the engine, then got out. Of course, I knew why I’d been pulled over, but the Officer asked me if this was my car etc, etc, and I said to him: “Hang on a minute. Let me shut this bl**dy thing up.” The fob wasn’t working, so I lifted the bonnet, had a figgle and removed something, and the car shut up. He asked me what I’d done so I showed him a tiny glass fuse which I’d removed from the alarm system. He laughed his head off and told me to be on my way, convinced that the car just had to be mine!

I was stopped by a cop on motorbike who came to the car effing and jeffin and really threatening me,another cop on a motorbike came up and told him “You’ve stopped the wrong effin car”I got no apology and they just sped off.I have very little time for the police.

Charming language from a Police Officer. I would have given him a mouthful back, but without the use of vulgar language.

I've never been stopped in a car for wrong doing ( just lucky I think } but, in my yoof on motor bikes i pushed the limit, One day a copper on a motorbike flagged me down and reported me for speeding on the road from Ashton to haydock, In the day they wrote out the ticket then and there and signed it and I had to co sign it, I was caught bang to rights doing 50 mph in a 30 mph area,, the copper rode off and I was then upset because this ticket was going to mean a ban as I had 6 points from pervious events and now 9 points then was a ban,,, So I'm limping home at 30 mph and the same copper stopped me again, he said "give me that ticket" He'd filled in the ticket wrong and scrubbed out , the road number with his pen and re-entered the correct road number and done the same on my copy and, because it looked like a spider had walked all over the ticket, I never heard any more about it,,, Phew,, I kept my licence and learned to be more observant when to twist the throttle,

A hard lesson learned there, Tom, and it could have been much worse.

I can't count the times I've been stopped by the police throughout my life. It has to be in the dozens.
I must look suspicious?

Well you should behave yourself then.

there used to be a 'wanted board' in Ashton police station, Tonker was on Top, Wanted for borderline pedantic misscreant , dead or alive,

So that's why he keeps buggering off to Spain, so as he won't get caught!

Been stopped twice, got away a few times too but that was when I was young and daft

I've even been stopped several times in Spain by the Mossos.
You see, over there, a UK-plated car is like a red rag to a bull since brexit. I was stopped a few times and told "take the car back to Britain, it does not belong here, or have it metriculated and pay the tax"!
Each time was recorded and last time I was told was my 'final warning', so I parked the car up on my land and bought another which they wouldn't recognise. But they're not daft, so give 'em time!

Tom

If yoo was in your yoof, yoo would have got an 'endorsement' on your licence, I think it was 1986 when they changed from the 'endorsement' system to the 'points' system, but it looks like yoo have converted the 'endorsements' to points, because three 'endorsements' back then meant a ban, and an old 'endorsement' converted to three 'points' in the 'points' system, so now yoo get an extra chance, because now yoo only get a ban if yoo hit 12 'points' which would be the equivalent of four 'endorsements'

Tommy anpr was the death nell for me once that came out they could see you were not legal and with the helicopter there was no chance of escaping so it was time to pass my bike test and get legal

With regards to the cops ?
My advice is to just say """Yes sir ,,No sir """ 3 bags full for they are always right !!
g.b.

I've never been stopped for an infringement of the motoring law as I've been too scared to have my licence taken from me, or worse.

Let me explain. Back in 1978 my husband and I got a brand new car. We lived in Londonderry at the time (not from choice) and one night we were at a Mess Dance at the barracks. Whilst there he became ill so I had to drive us home. On the way I saw a light being waved in the middle of the road. My husband said slow down, but be prepared to put your foot down in case it's a trap. The guy was waving other cars on but, as we got nearer, he put out a hand to stop us. It was scary, but we realised that it was luckily just the RUC so I stopped. He checked out the car and moved us on. I worked at Brigade Headquarters at the time and found out the next day that they were only stopping and searching bright red Mk4 Ford Cortinas (which we'd just bought) apparently containing weapons for the IRA. All that sort of stuck with me so I've striven to be legal at all times since then.

Show Us Your Monkey !

A bloke I used to work with was in the mines recue brigade. At 2am one morning he got a phone call from the mines rescue station telling him to get to Agecroft Colliery as soon as possible, as there was an underground fire. He set off down the East Lanc's road trying to get there as soon as he could when a police car stops him and pulled up in front of him. He got out of his car so he could explain what he was doing but the officers in the car screamed at him to get back in his car, so he got back in and waited. He could see one of the officers on the radio, then after about five minuets they got out, walked over to his car and said to him, now then, you're in a hurry, where's the fire. He said Agecroft Colliery, I'm in the mines rescue. Oh right they said, better follow us then, and escorted him to Agecroft.