A fuuny thing happened - humourous but true

[peterg]

Driving from Sussex to Norfolk last Friday to celebrate the in-laws Golden Wedding anniversary and as we joined the M11 from the M25 got stuck in a jam, after about a mile we found the cause of the holdup.....

on the opposite carriageway was a jack-knifed and overturned Police LR Discovery+trailer but the best bit was that the trailer was one of those promotional display ones for ...........





wait for it............







ROAD SAFETY

my how we all laughed

 

[Wexfordian]

Re: A funny thing happened - humourous but true

The word ironic just isn't strong enough

 

[Guest]

Re: A funny thing happened - humourous but true

I think it fairly typifies some of the apparent police attitudes these days: phrases like "do as we say not as we do" spring to mind. I'm not an anarchist or anything like that, just somebody who is becoming fairly p****d off with police priorities and service. Hope nobody was hurt.

 

[peterg]

Re: A funny thing happened - humourous but true

I'm fairly confident no-one was hurt as strangely enough the car + trailer was 'almost' undamaged, it looked like a slow speed cock-up due to the driver failing to anticipate something rather than a massive high speed shunt - I was very frustrated at not having a camera handy though!

 

[ParaHandy]

Re: wot we got \'ere then

You might have heard the Chief of Hampshire Police in court admitting to the dishonesty of some members of his force who refused to come forward as the driver of a panda car clocked at 48mph on the A27 at Fareham? We were told that there could have been any one of 100 officers driving the car...a likely tale, someone knows.

Anyway, I got clocked (photographic evidence) going over the bridge on the A32 at Fareham (just off the M27 to Gosport) early one Sunday morning several weeks ago. There's a camera warning sign but no Gatso visible. I'm writing to the Chief Constable and have got the 1st paragraph written - laying out the facts etc - and am stuck at how bitingly sarcastic the next and subsequent para should be (I'd like the 3 points removed, at least, if pos). Any literary gents out there like to help? All contribs greatfully rec'v'd....although wife has suggested it go annonymously as fears retribution. We've not got that bad, have we?

 

[BarryD]

ROFL. It reminds me of a totalled sign on the way into Keynsham (nr Bristol) which read "Keynsham welcomes carefull drivers", spolit marginally by the very bent XR3i holding up one side of the sign.

Nice to see you're still posting Pete.

Go left, YOUR OTHER left for pete's sake
(IMHO, BTW, FWIW and NWGOI)

 

[mtb]

Re: wot we got \'ere then

Tuff luck that !!
How much in % does car insurance go up when you get a speeding ticket.

I thought I read some place that you did not have to identify your self as the driver of a car caught through a speed trap re rights and all that.

Mick

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I want a big steel ex trawler / tug v / cheap or swap for tug

 

[ParaHandy]

Re: wot we got \'ere then

Yes, you are right....but only if north of the border as we Scots signed up to the European Rights so you can't incriminate yourself. Grrr...nash....

 

[Guest]

Makes a change from a plane

Nice to hear that they are not so smart, reminds me of a few years ago when I used to visit our local area councills yard, behind a high fenced compound was all the written of Police cars, and there were plenty of them, I was told to keep my mouth shut by the gaffer at the yard as the general public were not allowed anywhere near it usually.

Paul js.