Avoiding THIS Common Police Trap!
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Isn’t it strange that the police need to try so hard to catch the general public out, but cannot seem to find the time to catch many criminals.
Speeding is a criminal offence.
@@FirstNameLastName-ev3jk So is illegally entering the country, yet I see no effort by the police to enforce this law.
@@mkaz3997It’s not a job for the police. It’s Border Force has that responsibility. The same unless it’s dangerous the police no longer deal with parking.
This is especially true when it comes to particular individuals near where I live. There is one particular person who is what I shall call a "herbal specialist" and just about every single person around here knows he specialises in these herbs. The guy has a giant house with ten foot high walls around it and 2 giant gates with multiple super cars parked out front. Just about every time this guy leaves his house he is almost certainly carrying plenty of these herbs and yet the police have done nothing. At some point I'm really hoping someone decides to officially ask him some questions about his taxes and what not because the guy hasn't worked a real job in his life and he's in his mid 30's now. He has literally been specialising in these herbs for the last 17/18 years and made what I would have to assume is millions of pounds from it seeing as the house itself is worth about 1.5 mil.
@@davecooper3238 So the job of the police is NOT to enforce the law, but to devolve that responsibility to others, as and when it suits? Is that what you are saying?
There were people in Post Office scandal who pleaded guilty even though they knew they are innocence. Just to avoid going to prison. British justice system is broken 😢😢
and still received custodial sentence
Don't forget, the Post office and Fujitsu knew the Horizon system was faulty and would do exactly what it did from the very start. Testing during development and other stages showed it. Pilot rollouts showed it. Reports from sub post masters about it were known.
Instead of fixing it, Fujitsu and the Post Office decided to persecute people, destroying their reputations, their lives.
I wish they all spoke to each other before horizon so like others encourage them not to sign the horizon print out when know it is wrong and maybe do a physical written data of the transaction so worked out better than how it did
To be fair, they were being pressurised, harassed, hounded and oppressed by those rogue RM investigators!
you assume it is for our benefit. It isn't. It is for the Elites to do what they like. they have the loopholes in there for a reason. If the plebs get caught out...tough.
Could it not be argued that the biggest waste of police time is done by the police themselves? Eight officers to one man with a camera, three officers to fine two women with coffee cups or four of them to move you on from a park bench. The list goes on.
Glad my taxes are so wisely spent. 🙄
The legal profession is just a money making scam. See the help they gave the Post Office and the money they stole.
Always. “We are underfunded and understaffed” has nothing to do with the fact we all stand around half the day where we aren’t really needed, and over attend jobs that could be done with one or two officers. The problem is there’s not much attendance accountability, and to be fair standing around doing nothing whilst getting paid is most people’s idea of a great day.
I suspect a man with a camera is probably some parasite like marti blagboro or dje media. The biggest wasters of not only police time, but oxygen. Liked only by society hating narcissistic morons
@andyrobertson7315 they are not the exception whatsoever go and look for yourself tomorrow, see what you see. Look up videos now and see what you see. It pains me when people like you defend the process when it’s utterly broken as I always think exactly how much will you take until you say enough is enough? Also, people say it’s heavy handed when it *is* heavy handed or falls outside the duty of a police officer or outside the remit of common law (and sense for that matter). Again, how much is too much for you, do you just love being bent over dry or because you haven’t personally experienced it do you think no one else does? Or are you just as naive as to believe that the police are there to *help* you, and the people who join up are all good people?
Years ago I was pulled over and asked that exact question, it was just after 11pm and I had two other people in the car with me. At the time I was just 18 and driving my first car. I responded to the officer “is it because you want to talk with one of my passengers?” The officer asked “why would you think, I want to talk with your passenger?” At that point the passenger sat a bit squashed in the back of my Renault 5 said “because I am the assistant chief constable and ultimately your boss” I was giving my dad and his friend a lift back from the pub, we were not detained very long after that. I never found out why the pulled me up in the first place.
@@ts757arse There was an old Police trick where they would place a piece of masking tape across a headlight of cars in pub carparks. If they saw a vehicle later on with the black line (with lights on) they would pull it over and would quietly remove the tape while breath testing the driver.
Probably because it was a Renault 5. A favourite with boy racers. My brother has one (though he no longer drives it). He got pulled over a bit when driving it.
Brilliant.
Great story, probably not true but what the hell.
@@Leonidthemighty totally true.
Here is some more VERY good advice.
Dont unclip your seatbelt whilst waiting to speak to the police.
Good one
And put keys onto dashboard before recording the interaction (filming keys there first)
@@MickyMathews-hz2kl Why's that?
Keys in your pocket or down your pants is better, cops can't snatch them from there.
@@ts757arse not exactly only that. Using a handheld mobile phone whilst 'driving' = 6 points and a pretty big fine. You can only get away with idling or even engine off but keys ignition i& dong this if you're in the police/establishment clubit seems, scummy psi plebs be damned and penalised. The seatbelt off thing probably indicates you're expecting to be going somewhere, reason to develop an argument.
"I understand, officer. My mum can't remember why she just did something either. Would you like me to put you in touch with dementia UK - we have found them very supportive."
🤣🤣🤣
Love it. Along with did you forget to take your medication
I would assume that your mum had broken the law and they needed to investigate it then.
Never use "understand" whilst talking to the Police - it means "stand under your authority" - thats why they always ask "do you understand" I use comprehend.
@@mrmensa1096that doesn't sound right at all
"Do you know why i pulled you over?"
"You were bullied at school?"
Somebody flushed your head down a toilet in school ocifer?
You've forgotten already? Might I suggest you seek medical assistance?
"Well I can tell from your uniform you are a cnut, so probably something to do with feelings of inadequacy and low intellect?"
Because he can't pull him self off
😂
I was asked the "Do you know why I stopped you?" question just last month. I just stared at my van, as if intently looking for a reason why I might possibly have been stopped. After about 5 seconds of silence (which is actually quite a lot of silence during a supposed conversation), the plod eventually went on to tell me why I was stopped. Apparently, I accidentally had dirt on my number plates which might inadvertently cause me not to be charged a ULEZ fee. Shocked, I was.
I thought ULEZ is not enforced by police it's TfLs problem. Probably worried about speed cameras and ANPR more likely.
@@wrth ULEZ might not be enforced by the police, but people obscuring their number plates to avoid ULEZ charges most definitely is.
Teehee
reason enough but what if they had stopped you because they needed to know who owns the car when a crime has been committed, some of these criminals that drive out of a garage without pay, use the dirty number plate to remain anonymous.
@@wrth They lick each others bums, so...
I was pulled over randomly by the police late one evening before Christmas a few years ago, ostensibly “just checking your car is ready for winter, sir”, but I firmly believe looking for evidence of a moving traffic offence, such as a light out, as a pretext for requiring a breath test. They had me test every light, horn, windscreen washers, the lot, and went round the (brand new!) tyres with a torch, but unfortunately for them couldn’t find any faults. So they invited me voluntarily to take a breath test! I declined, and they got quite arsey about why I had declined. I just stuck politely to the line that I didn’t want to, thank you, and after a few minutes they eventually waved me on. I was stone cold sober 😂
So a mechanical fishing trip is grounds for a breath test? Surely it has to be a driving issue?
Driving with e.g. a faulty light or empty screenwash is a traffic offence, and the police can require a breath test when an offence has been committed. It’s a workaround for it not being legal to randomly stop someone just for a breath test. I don’t know whether a driver is required to comply when say asked to demonstrate their screen washers or reversing lights for no good reason during a stop and thus dob themselves in.
UK Police corrupt to the core
The line about being ready for winter is a cute one as most police cars aren't. i would love to do an inspection on their vehicle to show them that their cars invariably not prepared.
Evil corrupt police always after scamming the public any chance they get Easy Money 💰
You gave the perfect answer to “why have I pulled you over” that doesn’t give the police anything. You can just say “a spot check?” Answering a question with a question..
Nice one.
That’s great . I’ll use it . Very good 👍👍👍
That’s a good answer
Like it - and I'm surprised the BBB didn't suggest it himself, although maybe he did - a bit obliquely.
‘No, try again”.
Was it to tell me how good my driving is? 🤔
👍😂
Brilliant
I love it.... I'll say that as I hand him my driving licence 😂
@@chris-non-voter 🤣🤣🤣
😂
'Sir, why do you think I've pulled you over?'
_Is it because your deep sense of inadequacy led you to an occupation that allows you to vent your displaced resentment on innocent people rather than actually tackle any of your own problems?_
My wife, a retired teacher, maintains that bullies at school usually go on to become policemen, in the armed forces, or the prison service; these are all occupations that allow them to carry on bullying with official approval. Or, of course, just criminals.
Disagree.
I have known kids in school to become police officers and they have no personality issues.
Now the thing about prison officers is different. Most left school with very few qualifications.
Some later on end up being police officers.
If you have a choice about a career, you don't become a prison officer working with the scum of the earth. This is not true of the police.
"Why do you think I pulled you over?", "because you're lonely?"
I watched a US traffic stop recently, the cop asked the driver where are coming from, the driver said “from the east” the cop rolled his eyes and said, where are you going to and the driver said “to the west” the cop got really agitated and said I’m wasting my time, got back in his car and drove off 😂
Officer: "Can you blow in the bag please sir?"
Driver: "Why? Are your chips too hot?"
nah its me pie mate, always blow on the pie
How very dare you! - i'm not blowing your bag, i don't care who you are.
they haven't had a bag for a very long time
Wasting Plod's time when they pull you over for no reason is making sure plenty of other motorists are not being harassed unjustly.
Many years ago a friend of mine was talking a girl out on a date when a PC stopped the car and went through a whole rigamarole of trying to find a fault, any fault. The stop went on rather long and eventually the girl made a phone call and the PC was urgently ordered back to the station. She was the daughter of the Chief Constable.
Plod: "Do you know why I pulled you over?"
Me: "Why, have you forgotten already?"
Plod: writes you a ticket rather than giving you a warning.
Maybe their having a bad day and need a cuddle
gave me a giggle!
If only we had a police “ service” interested in enforcing serious laws instead of looking for easy targets.
Like a lot of other lines of work, they get given quotas. It's bullshit, but it's going to take a long time to wean business culture off pointless metrics. In the meantime, we have to put up with police performance being "measured" in this way.
I suppose you mean by enforcing an arrest of a drunken driver that has just killed your mother, is that serious enough for you? or what about the driver driving a stolen car and has no insurance but has written your car off, is that serious enough for you as well?
If they are pulling people over at random without suspicion of any offence being committed, which they are allowed to do, then you are not an easy target. Why? Because they don't know if you have committed an offence when they decide to pull you over.
You could just as well be released without any fine or arrest or charges levied.
So you aren't a target.
And if you are targeted because they think you have commited an offence, and it isn't a random stop, then what do you really think should happen, the police officer should let you go without a penalty knowing you have committed an offence?
Are you seriously suggesting that the police should take those traffic officers and put them onto residential crime instead?
What do you think will happen to our roads if the police did that?
If there is an excess of traffic officers then moving some on to other duties might be worthwhile.
Do you really think there is an excess of police traffic officers on our roads and motorways? Really?
I would say it is quite the opposite.
Your house being burgled is not serious to me, But i bet you would call the police to find the burglars, Who would make their getaway in maybe a car!
When I was much younger, in the 70s, 80s, it was a regular occurrence to be stopped as I drove home from mates or my girlfriends. Got pulled for a bald tyre once, which I knew was okay (I was an apprentice mechanic at the time). Anyway, I defended myself and got off. The officer hadn't measured the tyre at the time, and I'd had a report made by my work the following day to say it was legal with the tread depth on. The sergeant prosecuting went ape shit at the PC when it came out.
My response to being stopped would be, 'Because you've got nothing better to do'.
@@ryszardlorenc7047 it's probably even better to just say "because you're doing your job?" - it's simpler, it might also stroke their ego a bit and boost their mood, making them less likely to be vindictive.
A friend got done for cycling at night without lights, went to court and said it was before lighting up time (ie during the day). Judge asked how do you know. He said because I asked Sargent xxxx in xxxx police station. Case was instantly dismissed.
What I get from this useful video, when asked 'Do you know why I pulled you over'...I should now say, ' Looks like a spot check' in the most agreeable tone and a slight inflection to make it appear like a question.
Freezing fog, going home at 10pm from birthday party I drove carefully at 30 on a dual carriageway 40mph. Roundabout and a massive BMW roared up behind me. I sped up a little and he didn’t overtake so I sped up a little more to 40, but the road became 30mph.
Bloody coppers pulled me over, having bullied me beyond my comfort levels and I had to be polite and submissive. They let me off the roared off again at 50, when clearly there was no emergency.
Something similar happened to me decades ago, surprised the police are still doing this
Yep have had that, driving right up my arse and goading you into going faster.....felt like slamming the brakes on, that certainly would have made an interesting claim.
My exact experience too. I turned right at lights at around 11pm and a high performance Ford Falcon really took off from the lights behind me and was really racing towards us. I pulled to the left of the road to let him past but he pulled up behind me and blue lights appeared in the windscreen. I stopped, after asking "Why do you think I stopped you?", he said I had been stopped because I pulled over to let him past. I thought he was a boy racer not an unmarked police car. My wife and I were wearing our nurse uniforms so I guess he had some misgivings about the stop and let us go. I was very careful not admit to anything by answering the question.
A friend of mine was tailgated by an unmarked BMW doing 90 on A23, he reckons they were trying to push him into going over 100.
Lesson to be learned there. Don't let any driver whatsoever bully you into speeding.
A road near me used to be 60, About 5 years ago they lowered it to 50. Now they're building houses there and it's lowered to 40 and even 30 in parts. Plenty of people still use it as a 60 though.
On the 40 bit had a guy zoom right up to my arse. He even started waving his arms about (which of course delighted me). Highway Code says if someone driving too close to you, you should slow down a bit, so of course I did. Arm waving intensifies!
Then it got to the 30 bit, and of course it's 30 from the sign onward so I made sure I slowed down well in time. Oh he nearly had a fit! I lowered my window and pointed at the 30 sign, not that he'd ever follow it.
Oh the joy I had with him, and every other prat who tries to get me to speed. It's great fun, you should try it.
My 1933 MG J type was often pulled over for not showing a tax disk in the windscreen, even when the screen was folded flat. It was in a waterproof holder on the side of the body. Perfectly legal.
Whenever they ask me "do you know why ive pulled you over" i just say because you can under section 163 and thats the point where i stop answering any questions.
yep being a smart ass in front of police is definitely going to get you an easy ride...
I was stopped late one Friday night on the far side of town after passing the cop shop in the town centre. I had seen the cop car following me so stuck religiously to the 30mph until we got to a roundabout on the outskirts, where I had a little bit of entirely legal fun that probably prompted the stop. I got the usual close pass to smell my breath probably because I was wearing the remnants of a dinner suit (trousers and wing collar white dress shirt), I was given a producer and sent on my way as I had not had any alcohol at all that evening. Next morning I checked the documents only to find that the MOT was out of date by one day so rapidly booked an on-demand test, which the car passed. Monday morning I took the documents to the police station with the new MOT and the desk sergeant noticed the date on the MOT as the Saturday but doubly checking the producer he said with a wry smile "PC..... is going to be mightily p****d", because the date and time on the producer/stop was 00.05 Saturday and as my MOT was also dated Saturday, with no time stated as normal, it was valid!!!
I got pulled up late at night a few times on my way home from work for the weekend (I worked away from home), One excuse was that i wasn't from around that area!,
So just to lighten the mood I made a joke & replied "Do I need a passport then?", With that he said "dont try & be funny", I said "well you started it",
The crazy thing was that he was in the petrol station shop when I stopped to fuel up which was about 500 yards away from where he stopped me, He was drinking coffee & chatting up the dolly bird behind the counter when I went to pay,
He would also have heard me say to the girl that I should be home in about an hour as long as the M1 is clear, as soon as I pulled out of the forecourt he jumped in his car & stopped me, Perhaps he was trying to impress the blonde in the petrol station.
When I was a teenager, driving back from college along a dual-carriageway (in a built up area), I noticed in my rear view mirror that a police vehicle was following me at the exact same speed, so obviously I kept exactly to the speed limit. After about a mile, he pulled me over, and asked me the question why I thought he pulled me over, I responded that I didn't have a clue. He then asked me what the speed limit was, and I responded that I was doing exactly 40 and there was a big sign further up the road. He then explained that it was actually 30 for 90% of the road, and let me off. So sometimes the outcome is good if it's an honest mistake, so respect to that particular police officer for using his discretion.
A rarity I’m sure. Using a change of speed limit from 40 to 30 and “catching” a driver not reducing his/her speed rapidly enough is the kind of trap many cops would exploit.
It's good to remind people that not every encounter with police is a bad one. I imagine most in fact aren't bad at all.
I remember a couple of years ago I was driving in a city I wasn't familiar with, at night, I turned down a one way road, quickly realised what I'd done, turned around and went the right way.
I was pulled over right away, the guy was polite, asked a couple of questions, have you been drinking etc... and let me go.
Obviously people have bad interactions but I imagine most go along the lines of mine.
@@mikoto7693 I was caught like this. 10 miles of roundabouts on a hedged road; the last roundabout, with 5 roads using it, the speed changed from 40 to 30, the single 30 sign was obscured by trees, the excuse was a build-up area, but the houses didn't start for about 400 yards. Speed van hidden in foliage on the left-hand side of the roundabout. "Safety" they call it - entirely fund-raising. I have had 5 speeding fines in 40 years of motoring; 4 were in fund-raising situations rather than any safety reasons.
@@SteveB182 I’ll be honest, I have actually had a semi pleasant interaction with cops. (UK.) Like you, I was in an unfamiliar part of the city after babysitting for my brother. He’d recently moved home and his new place was in a part of the city I didn’t know well. It was gone 2am on a Saturday night and I was heading home, but I got my route muddled and ended up emerging onto a roundabout from a different road than I was expecting. So I went around the roundabout twice to properly get my bearings.
Of course a cop car saw me and promptly pulled me over. Admittedly I popped the keys into my pocket as soon as I turned the engine off to prevent the cop from snatching them right out of the ignition as they’re prone to doing. Then I got out just as he reached my door and he instructed me to the pavement so we weren’t in the middle of the road. I was honest since I had no reason to lie. And equally honestly he and his partner were the soul of courtesy to me. Naturally the question of if I’d had anything alcoholic to drink was asked and I said no. Not only do I not drive after so much as a mouthful of alcohol but I don’t drink while babysitting very young children.
I took the breathalyser voluntarily (well, it’s not actually voluntary since you’ll be arrested and taken to the police station and charged if you don’t, but given that I was stone cold sober I’d have done it even if it was voluntary) or course I blew zero. I don’t know what the cop was expecting but given the time and the fact I went around the roundabout twice I wouldn’t blame him for not believing me. But that was that, they had already checked my drinking lisence and insurance while questioning me, so without further ado, they let me go. They even earnestly thanked me for my polite, cooperative and courteous attitude-apparently it’s rare in their line of work.
@@edeledeledel5490 The whole reason I mentioned it was because a close friend of mine got caught out in almost exactly the same way. The sign was visible and he was actually slowing down to get to the new 30mph limit when they caught him. If their hiding spot had been just a little bit farther down the road he would have been at a much lower speed-below the prosecutable speed. He was absolutely livid about it because he was in the process of obeying the law and got caught on a technicality. He’s a cautious driver-possibly a side effect of being an airline pilot and it was his first and probably last speeding fine after at least two decades on the road. And now it’s soured him on the police forever.
An old school copper told me they used to play snooker ie stop a white car then red then any colour,so my response when they ask why they pulled me over was"are you playing snooker"?😅
Yep! They got out a few years ago in Gloucester for doing the same - Ars*****s ...
Being doing that for years in manchester
Did you get stopped driving your pink car? 😜
Did you get stopped driving your pink car? 😜
I’m glad mines grey then. 😂
Last year fell foul of a camera van thanks to tree obscured change of speed signs, went to court believing in the rightness of the system but now - NOT because I got "done" and am bitter - I so clearly recognise the speeding system as a legitimised racket, the plead guilt "discount", the cop who before you go in tries to bluff you into giving in, the HUGE hike up for daring to query anything etc. I am truly not having a sulk or rage, it is so clearly a money making racket - and don't get me started on the eye watering "speed awareness course" council scam, do the maths and see what that brings in, basically a legalised bribe!!
'fell foul' as in you were speeding?
@@georgegently3026 I did 41 in a 30 BUT the change of speed (from 40) sign was on my side buckled round and on other side in tree branches, didn't cut any ice with magistrates apart from the consideration to return to the 3 points/£100 deal. As I said, it was while going through the process it dawned on me it has become a racket, not because I was done but by seeing the process from within.
@georgegently3026
Are you breaking in a brain for a moron or are you just an idiot? The Police and Councils around the country are raking in millions of pounds in revenue. It's got fuck all to do with 'safety.'
If it was a safety issue then there would be a speed camera van outside every school. They are revenue raising tools used inappropriately most of the time.
'Tree obscured' haha lying git. You got caught speeding, grow up and pay your fine. If you want to speed then accept there are consequences to that.
Guess you missed the bit where he said a a tree obscured the sign with the reduced limit.
Driving home I was once waved to the side and Plod stuck a mobile speed camera in my face and said I had been caught speeding. Details handed over, 3 point penalty and a fine. Although I might have been going over 30 there was no way I had been doing 54 as indicated. Is it possible that someone else caught previously doing 54 registered on the speed gun and the same Plod falsely accused everyone else of going at the same speed? Do you have to manually cancel a previous reading? If not then there is nothing to stop Plod doing this all night long no matter what speed drivers were doing. I doubt anyone would notice a string of offences all in the same place at the same time doing the same speed.
Pleased to read this as I've had the same, I never believed I was doing 52 on the bit of road I was on, I'd only just come off a roundabout.
depends on the type of speed gun. I saw a thing on TV once showing how you could make them register any speed you like, they demonstrated on a concrete wall which according to the gun was doing over 100mph. Needless to say the wall wasn't actually moving at all...
Best response when asked "what speed were you travelling at", is to say "at or below the posted speed limit for this stretch of highway". Its down to the officer to prove you were exceeding the posted speed limit.
Can also say “keeping pace with other vehicles”
Assuming the other cars weren't speeding.
@@ianhill4585 otherwise you could face a charge of hindering traffic or careless/dangerous driving - they’ve got to make their quotas
@@stuartfountain9929 You'd be driving around at a snails pace for no discernible reason for those charges to stick.
Like Alan above said " at or( just )below the posted limit",and you're golden. The stated speed is the upper limit, it doesn't take into account things like the weather, roadworks, traffic density,etc.
@@stuartfountain9929 You can't be charged with hindering traffic if travelling at the speed limit. If everyone around you is speeding that is a them problem, not a you problem.
Many years ago in LA I was pulled over by LAPD. When the officer asked why I thought I was being pulled I responded with "You think I'm the rumored 2nd shooter in the JFK assassination." Even the officer thought that was funny. Still got a ticket.
I got stopped many years ago, early hours of the morning been out with work colleagues etc.
Was asked if I had been drinking I replied “yes”
So breath tested and surprisingly passed with zero reading…..
Policeman never asked what I was drinking, 2 cokes and orange juice…….
He’s wasn’t too happy! 😂
"I am not at liberty to divulge that information" always leaves them stumped.
Was stopped many years ago (one of many stops I've been subjected to) and asked what speed I was doing. My reply was "I couldnt say the exact speed officer, but I know it was below the limit for this road". It helped massively that they were in a vehicle heading in the opposite direction at the time, and had no way of knowing for sure what my speed was.
'Because you are abusing your powers to throw your weight around unlawfully?"
It is lawful, because they can stop you without a reason
@@TheVicarthrowing your weight around isn’t legal
"Do you know Why I pulled you over?"
"No, but if you hum the tune I might know the song."
Dad, do you know the piano's on my foot?
You hum it son & I'll play it.
"Do you know why I've pulled you over"? "Well if you don't know I'm not going to help you out!"
I once had three active producers at the same time, when I got the third one I had just pulled up completly voluntarily in front of a police officer (who was on foot) to park and he just started to write it out, the the ironic thing is that I had parked there to take the first two with my documents to the police station whoch was virtually om the opposite side of the road. When you rode a motorbike back in the 70's and 80's you just knew if you saw a police car you were going to be stopped.
Unless it was close to chip shop closing time.
Depends on the bike. In the late 80s I was riding my BMW K100RS and was stopped by a motorcycle cop on the M4 going East, from the Severn Bridge to the M32 and Bristol. I saw the police bike in my mirror, A BMW K100 LT, way back, over 500 metres. I was speeding a fair bit, doing a ton, and tapped off without breaking. He signaled me with his hand to pull onto the hard shoulder from about 100m back. He told me I was speeding but congratulated me on my riding and observation.
In the late seventies I had a 1958 Vauxhall Cresta, in really nice condition. For some reason, members of the local constabulary used to stop me on a very regular basis - two, three or more times a day just on my journey to and from work wasn't uncommon. Each time I opted for a producer, and because the plod were annoying me I decided to annoy them. I would wait until I had nine or ten producers, then go to the Police station and present one, let the desk sergeant fill out his form, then give him another, and another, and another, until they were all done. Then, wait a few more days and repeat with the next batch. The third copper to get this treatment asked me why I didn't give them all in together, to which I said "your mates give me them one at once, so that's how I will give them to you. If you don't like it, tell them to stop pulling me - you can see everything is in order" . I had been given 31 producers in 13 days, but it stopped abruptly after my little game.
I've mentioned bofore that I was stopped by the police when I was a student with long hair back in the 70s. I stopped at a traffic island for a couple of seconds to let a police car pass. I then set off and drove up the hill at the speed limit - 30mph. The car behind me overtook, doing at least 40 but probably nearer 50. I was then overtaken by the police car and imagined it was following the other car. However, I was stopped and I asked why they had not followed the other driver. I was informed it was none of my business and I had kept my foot on the foot brake for the 2 seconds I was stopped. I was then told to pull on my hand brake to see if it was working. It was and the car didn't roll back. This was done just because of my long hair. I took my licence to the police station afterwards and the sergeant more or less confirmed this was the reason. I also spoke to a cousin who was a police officer and he confirmed this. They were told to target young drivers who might have drugs and any excuse to stop them was valid.
Well it's true, never trust a hippie!
Or the old cannabis chestnut
By the way where did you keep the drugs?
Oh man, Police in the70's! 😂
I had friends long hair too!
I also had the utter temerity to have BLACK friends! Some even had their own cars and were DRIVING! (can you even imagine such a thing; black people... must be stolen right?)
We would get pulled over EVERY SINGLE DAY
On one trip one evening to Canvey Island we got pulled by Metropolitan Police and Essex Police TWICE on the way there, and THREE times on the way back! LoL
In four years of this nonsense NOT ONCE was there ever anything wrong. Nothing
We were good kids...we didn't even drink (that really pissed them off) we just wanted to go dancing.
When they issued the police with noddy cars and they found it easier to sit at traffic lights eating their free Wimpy's waiting to pounce on motorists and often fabricate minor offences for their quotas than doing proper community policing, they lost a generation of support.
It took huge effort throughout the late 80's and 90's to repair that damage.
Now they are doing it all over again.
Lazy, poor quality policing focussed on financial gain not public good or protection.
Used to get stopped every day in the 70s.
Motorists are easy targets for generating revenue…what do you expect?
I had a bice sports car about 35 years ago. I overtook a police car on the M4. They were doing about 65 so I slowly overtook them at 70. Half a mile down the road, they stopped me. "Do you know why we stopped you today?". I thought, that sounds like a leading question. So I said "I'm sorry. I have no idea". Now it was about this time of year - I had travelled from Oxford to Bristol on business and was on my way back. Due to the salt a grubby stuff on the road, their excuse was they couldnt read my number plate clearly. Fortunately I had a cloth and could clean it up for them but I did feel it was a bit spurious given everybody else was in the same or worse position than me.
Ha ha. I hope you cast an eye over their own plate before leaving!!
It's a legitimate reason to stop you if your number plate is filthy. All it takes is a quick wipe. In winter I keep wet wipes in the car just to wipe the plates. The car is filthy but you can read the plates.
@@bravo2966 Its fair enough...but, since this was January, roads covered in salt and grubby stuff, there were a lot of number plates that were unreadable. Mine was still readable. They ignored trucks and other worse covered vehicles because I was in a "sporty" car and had overtaken them doing the spead limit while they were doing 65. From their opening words I could tell they were trying to get me to admit to something - probably speeding since Id over taken them. But a grubby but still readable number plate,which had been clean when I set out but after nearly 300 miles was gettinga bit filthy was the ony reason they had. I guess, the thinking was "if he fails to admit to anything then we still have this"
When I was a youth I was asked "have you been in trouble with us before?".
Being an arrogant youth my reply was "I don't believe I'm in trouble now".
I said yes once, the office asked what for..
Oddly the phrase 'discharging a fire arm in a public place' really gets their partners attention...
A good answer to "why have you pulled me over " is " That you can " and if you want to know anything else I will do so with my lawyer present or after taking advice.
Oh dear. Let me guess. that works for you every time Haha
The way to possibly get your vehicle on the National Database as a “vehicle of interest’.
Don't give stroppy vibes, a simple - "I'm happy to co-operate, if you tell me" - or such like, is likely to result in the best outcome.
@@nickgood8166 It’s worked that way for me. Why give people grief ?
@@davecooper3238give over Dave
When I was 17, I was driving a brand new Toyota Supra twin turbo and pulled into a station for fuel.
A copper who was stood near the kiosk took one look and approached me and asked, "Is this your car?". I said no and without asking anything else he started implying theft. I stood my ground and said the obvious things like "would a thief pull into a petrol station and fill the car up on camera". As he was getting nowhere, he started to get a bit handsy. He went to pin me to the car and shouted at me something along the lines of I shouldn't be taking someone's car without consent. At which point my mothers partner leaned forward from the back seat and said, "which he has!"
Copper completely shit himself and immediately backed off.
He then went on the defensive and said I approached because you have your fog lights on to which all 4 people in the car said at the same time in response "because it is foggy!".
That was the first time I saw the walk of shame.
Never got his details to report him, but I like to think his colleague who watched the whole thing took the piss out of him for a long time.
The real astonishing part with this story is that you got 4 people to fit in a Supra 😅
To be fair. I had a knocking noise at 40 mph. The garage fixed it and on leaving the garage I tested it, but it was over the speed limit. And yes the police pulled me over. I then produced the garage bill showing rectification of the fault. The officer gave me a bit of a lecture and sent me on my way ! So they are not all unreasonable.
Got pulled for speeding after just after passing my test, told the officer I had been taught to fit in with the flow of the traffic, car in front doing that speed, police behind doing the same speed, got let off with a warning. However this was a long time ago when police were actually visable on the roads, these days you just get a letter though the post, come to thing about it all rules were more respected then and we had less of them😂
You could drive to a road where the limit is over 40 to test it. Not rocket science.
Having been stopped a few times over my 50 year driving "carreer" my 3 main goto responses have been "A spot check?", "Because you fancy me.", "You want directions?"
"I was hoping you'd know, Officer " - Sergeant Alfie Moore - I still don't think that's been beaten.
I was driving home about midnight in my van after working late and visiting a friend on the way. I noticed a vehicle pull out from a side road behind me, but I wasn’t worried as I was driving within the speed limit. The speed limit was 50 but reduced to 30 which I already had slowed down for, eventually they blue lighted me and I pulled over in safe place. I was asked the same question to which I replied I had no idea. He said I had taken a bend a bit fast to which I replied I was in control, and within the speed limit. His partner was looking around the vehicle and I was asked to step out and open the rear doors, to their astonishment they couldn’t believe the amount of tools all neatly shelved inside and started to question me on my ownership, to which I told them what I did for a living. The vehicle had only just passed an MOT, so they couldn’t find anything wrong, so then asked why was out late and had I been drinking. This when I had a bit of fun and said I had two to which they then breathalysed me but nothing came up and when questioned I replied it was two cups of tea. They asked why I hadn’t said so before , to which I replied you only asked how many I had. They said don’t be smart but there was nothing they could do and sent me on my way. Sometimes it’s nice to get a bit of a comeback and it did make the rest of my journey enjoyable as they were both arsey.
I had some fun with a couple of cops in 1987. I had an Oldsmobile 2-door coupe, massive thing with doors five feet long. My girlfriend loved driving it, it was insured for her and so we had an arrangement whereby when we went out, one of us would have a drink or two, the other wouldn't. On this particular warm summer evening, it was her turn to drive. I'd had about four pints of scrumpy, and as we set off for home I spotted a police car hiding in a side street and said that I bet he would come out and pull us up, which he did after about half a mile. The young copper came up to the open offside window, and stuck his head inside before asking "is this your car, sir?" to which I replied "yes", and gave him the particulars he asked for. He then asked me whether I had been drinking, and I said I'd had four pints of cider. His eyes lit up, and he invited me to come to his car and blow into the bag for him. Sitting in the police car was an older sergeant, and I duly blew into the bag. Obviously, I had failed the test, and I asked "what now?", and was told I'd be arrested, taken to a police station where I would have to be tested again, etc. So I asked what I was being charged with. When he said driving under the influence of alcohol, I said that to avoid looking like a pair of idiots in front of the magistrates in the morning, one of them ought to go and have another look at the car. I was told that it was no use trying to get away with it, I'd been caught. So I repeated, "go and look at the car - does either of you know what make it is, or where it was built?" The younger cop started looking a bit nervous, and said he would go and see what I was talking about. When he came back, he told his superior that the car was left-hand drive and that a young lady was driving, and should we test her?. The older one just said that that wouldn't be necessary, we'd been detained long enough, goodnight and enjoy the rest of your evening sir! Bloody cheek ! Best laugh I'd had in ages.......
Copper pulled me over once and said, bombastically: "I've been waiting for you all day, son!" To which I answered: "I got here as fast as I could..."
He was laughing too hard to write me a ticket and just waved me on!
"Do you know why I've pulled you over?"
"Yes, you don't have anything better to do"
Ive been stopped three times, they have always used that line and ive always answered you tell me ... They dont appear to understand how policing works , they tell me the crime and preferably any evidence they have and i either admit it or deny it
Good video - nice and concise and something I’ve wondered about a lot. Great to see you increasing information density on your videos like this.
Lord knows if you take one hand off the steering wheel or holding something on the wheel cops will write you a ticket for not being in proper control of the car. It happened to a nurse who had an apple in her and they used a helicopter to take pictures and video of her doing. After 10 court hearings she was fine about 150 pounds. It cost the govt over 400 pounds excluding the thousands the helicopter cost.
If a police officer says “do you know why I’ve pulled you over?” One could respond with “is it to compliment me on my superb driving?”
Police have what's called "The Attitude Test." This means that if a driver has a contentious attitude, or is somewhat off hand with them in any way, then they will escalate the situation, resulting in potentially giving the driver tickets, fines, prosecution, or anything that they wouldn't have done if the driver was not argumentative or had just admitted their fault.
aka, littleHitler psychology
Guilty of contempt of cop.
@FirstNameLastName-ev3jk can you be more clear, please, because you're not making out clearly what offence you're talking about. There's no offence called "contempt of ccoop".
I have what's call a "cnut" test. If I see someone wearing a police uniform they failed it.
"There is no offence called "conempt of cop." You sir, have the sense of humour of a policeboy. I refuse to call them police men for obvious reasons. It's bad enough having to call them police considereing they refuse to do that job or even attempt to act like it. But we can't go around all day calling them "state organs" or "jackbooted thugs" or "weak minded diversity hires" etc.
@rfxtuber no no I'm not saying that at all. I'm just saying from their perspective that this is what is often expected. Its entirely from entirely their perspective.
I was once pulled over by the police, who thought it necessary to chase me with the lights and sirens going. The older police officer said, "did you see what you did back there?" I answered honestly, " no". The
younger police officer (whose voice hadn't quite broken) declared that I had driven over a plastic bag and that whatever was inside it was now dead! Both officers looked at one another, burst out laughing and got back into their vehicle and left! I'm relieved that there is so little crime in West London that the police can waste their time playing practical jokes on the public!
In my defence, there was a plastic bag blowing across the road, but it would have been dangerous for me, a disabled person, to have stopped the car with traffic coming in both directions. I didn't, however, run over it.
A traffic officer friend once told me, if i ever crash in to the back of someone, tell police you were checking rear view mirror as per high way code and they can`t prosecute for undue care and attention.
I'm sure they could as you'd obviously not have been paying all round attention by spending too much time looking in the rear view mirror.
It's a glance not a trance!!😂
If you were at the safe distance, you’d have time to glance i the mirror and stop in time.
Yeh they were winding you up. How many years has it been that you've considered this good advice? Lol.
Informative video - thanks!
Waved to a stopped late one evening by a Police officer at a junction on Whitehorse Road, my passenger was asked why he had been stopped.
"Don't know. Why not asked the driver?"
Incredibly the Policeman hadn't clocked my car as being left hand drive!
This was many years ago and it presumably wasn't that serious a reason as the Policeman immediately told us to be on our way.....
Had the same thing many years ago. Quite funny watching the cop tap on the glass and start talking to my passenger. He asked whose car it was, and my mate pointed at me. We got a brief.'ok' and he waved us on.
If they as you this silly question answer with "You pulled me over, because you are completely useless fighting real crime and your incompetence as well as your 5% (or lower) success rate forced you to target members of public and fish for crimes and offences".
I got this question once. I said nothing and looked questionably at the back of my car, shrugging my shoulders. It made him come up with a reason, which was a nothing burger, he checked my tyres and I was on my way.
I knew that it was the overtake on the left that I had done on the motorway approaching the exit. But I was ready with Rule 163 and he likely knew he was on dodgy ground after I remained silent.
One trick I found that worked for "routine stops" was, instead of waiting for the officer to step out of his/her vehicle and approach mine, I would actually get out of my car and approach his/hers. This not only flummoxed them - because they expected to have the upper hand - but, if it was a female officer, I would see the look of fear in their eyes. She would have started to open her car door but then slammed it shut again as I approached. Invariably I received a nervous apology - through a closed door window! - and allowed to continue on my way without further ado.
In my experience, after many so-called "routine stops" and finding no evidence of wrong-doing on my part, Cumbrian traffic police have clearly nothing better to do. The following happened to me in the town of Kendal in the mid-1990s. It was around 7:30pm and I was driving through the town centre, in which there was very little other traffic. I needed to get some money from my bank's cash machine, so did the usual mirror, signal, manoeuvre to stop by it. I was retrieving the money when a police van pulled up behind my car, containing seven or eight officers. One of them, in a clearly agitated state for some reason, leapt out and stormed his way towards me. The "conversation" went thus:
PC: "Oi! What do you think you were doing?!!"
Me, surprised: "Er... just getting some money from this cash machine."
PC: "That's not what I mean!! How fast were you driving?!"
Me: "About 25 miles an hour."
PC: "Well don't you think that's too fast?!"
Me: "Well the speed limit on this road is 30 miles an hour and there isn't much traffic."
PC: "Don't you know what day it is??!!"
Me, increasingly bewildered: "It's Saturday. Ah - is the speed limit lower on Saturdays?"
PC: "No - but don't you realise that there are lots of drunk people around? You could have killed one of them!!"
Me: "Oh, I didn't see any drunk people - it's a bit early in the evening, isn't it? Anyway, please do point some of them out to me so that I will recognise them in future."
PC, realising he's been beaten, wags his finger: "Just watch it!!"
And with that he spun on his heels and leapt back into the van and sped off... seemingly breaking the 30mph limit, yet somehow managing to avoid killing 300 non-existent drunk people! What a guy!
I was once stopped, years ago, and I asked why I had been stopped.
"Single male occupant driving an XR3" was the reply.
This pointed to the fact that XR3s were one of the most stolen cars at the time. I co-operated fully and checked out the equipment in the police car before going on my way. A few days later someone did indeed attempt to steal the car.
I used to regularly get pulled on my way to work on Sunday mornings. I rode an old motorcycle and had to go past the Ryka's carpark at Box Hill. They used to go over the bike and never found a thing wrong except the number plate, dating from 1974, dealer supplied from new with dealer's name on it and everything kosher except the straight edges were slightly curved. I had to ask for the sergeant a couple of times.
It's a small world. I used to stop at Rykas when travelling from London to south coast in 1970s. Felt a bit out of place with my 100cc bike but the biker community is very friendly.
On topic - was stopped once carrying no documents. Was asked to prove it was my bike. I was able to describe every part of the bike because I'd rebuilt it from 2 scrap bikes. Cop was very friendly.
I’ve been pulled over there too. In a really dangerous spot, to tell me my rear plate wasn’t legible. It was perfectly legible, but he was just testing my attitude and trying to get a raise out of me.
I still pass there everyday 🤓
@@patricklockerby4308 I was on a 250K4 Honda in the early 90s. Also rebuilt from a scrapper (£45). When asked for docs on the number plate occasion, I said 'I don't carry them, you'll need to give me a producer, I nominate Dorking'. The young PC then said 'Been pulled before have we?' Well I lived in Dorking and worked Sundays in Epsom and rode ratty looking old bikes, so yes..... Fortunately the sergeant calmed him down.
One time we were pulled over by some Nicaraguan police - it turns out all they wanted was for us to give one of the officers a ride home. So we drove with him in the back of our van to the next town. He didn't mention anything about us not wearing seatbelts, nor about us driving over the speed limit. Quite a surreal experience and actually not the only time that happened on the Pan-American Highway. True story.
Just tell them that you believe it was part of a random breath test campaign. They happen a lot in the UK, far more than across the pond.
The police are not allowed to do random breath tests and have not done so for many years now.
In the UK they can stop you to do checks, in the US they need probable cause to stop you.
My answer, back in the days when PC Plod would pull me over now and then (I tended to drive cars that looked as if they were about to fall to bits) use to be 'I'm guessing I've got a light out again'.
If they're questioning you over a possible offence why don't they have to read you your rights first?
no
Surely anything said prior to the caution is inadmissible in court.
au contraire, it is 100% admissible @@stuartfountain9929
MyMy: Are you sure you've replied to the right comment?
A two letter comment and you get it all grammatically incorrect - A fine effort.
@@stuartfountain9929 You get your rights read if you're being formally questioned.
Anything you say on scene can and will be used in evidence. If an officer arrived to a murder scene and someone is there and admits to the murder, do you think that admission would be inadmissible because it was said before caution? Think again.
Yes , best not to say anything , unlike myself who said is it because I am not wearing a seatbelt ! .
When also I burst into tears because my wife of fifty years had died just one week previously he was VERY understanding and fined me £100 ; also this very educated chap wanted to know why I was wearing a black armband and “was it political uniform”
Obviously education standards are rising .
Omg 😳 that’s embarrassing 🙈
Wasting police time for 45 minutes? Rather, performing a public service by delaying them before they can try to stitch up another innocent driver. 😂
...and then you complain that they don't have time to catch real criminals??
@mikelove6502 Which they would have if they didn't waste their time persecuting motorists!
A young cop pulled me over and told me that i was speeding. I told him that i was very sorry because i was a bit in a hurry on my way to the hardware store before closing time to buy a shovel to dig down my mother in law. Dig down your mother in law he said?? Yes i visite her and we had an argue that ended up in a fight and i accidentally killed her and throw her in my trunk to dig her down somewhere.... The green cop was getting very nervous and called with shaking hands for assistance and asked for my drivers license. I don't have a drivers license i said. More cops and a chief cop arrived in no time and the cop informed his colleagues. The chief cop asked me if i had an argue with your mother in law? No i said. So you don't have a body in your trunk?? WHAT? No of coarse not i said... Open your trunk ordered the chief. I opened my trunk and of coarse it was empty....Show me your drivers license asked the chief.., so i gave him my drivers license. The chief said to me that i told the cop about a shovel and a dead body in my trunk. I said What?? No of coarse i don't have something like that i my trunk and the chief was looking at the cop on a very strange and questionable way with my drivers license in his hand. I told the chief that the cop must be hallucinating and maybe needs some time off. What did he tell you more i asked the chief...., that i have been speeding without a drivers license or so?
Ps. Hate those body cams
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Police officers in California can no longer ask, “Do you know why I pulled you over?” That’s because of a new state law that came into effect on Jan 1, 2024. Assembly Bill 2773, passed in 2022, now requires an officer making a traffic stop to “state the reason for the stop before asking any questions” - and the reason also needs to be officially documented in any reports that officer makes. The law also extends to pedestrian stops.😑
Something to keep in mind whether it involves traffic policing or general policing: A cop will very rarely ask you a question he doesn't already know the answer to. There are many reasons for this, some outlined in this video, but the main reason is to catch you out in a lie. Even lying by omission can be a very useful tool that a cop can pick up and run further with.
I'm 54 yrs old and the times I have been pulled over I have always replied to the question. 'Do you know why I pulled you over?' I always replied, it is up to you to state why, this always worked, yes it annoyed some of them but I simply don't care if I annoy a policeman or woman, with a statement they know is correct. I've never had a speeding ticket in 31 years.
They are Constable's. Gender neutral.
I got pulled by the police on the M6 two decades ago onward bound to Portsmouth to do a service repair on a RN minesweeper that was sailing that night. Once I got off the M74 onto the M6 I noticed a police motorcyclist. I was driving the works van with company logo emblazoned on the side. Then the motorcyclist overtook me and disappeared into the distance. I checked my speed and as I was driving a double wheelbase transit made sure my speed was under 60mph. A few minutes later a rozzer range rover tailed me for 10 miles until the motorcyclist who by this time was on the hard shoulder overtook me and flagged me down. Funnily enough he didn't ask why he thought I'd been stopped but said we've had reports of this van being stolen. (it wasn't) and was invited into the back of the range rover Here I was again told that the van I was In had been reported as stolen. I pointed out that a van had been stolen Barrow in Furness two years ago. It was a small transit. Not the big long wheelbase I was in and had a completely different number plate. I was the allowed to carry on. Why not just say it's a routine check to make sure you are legit or where they dim ?
@@stephenmason5682Not gender neutral but it gives them the option of changing depending on how they are feeling that day.
@@robmo6505 I meant Constable is gender neutral , NO NEED FOR MAN OR WOMAN.
When i first started driving in the late 80's the police would tail gate people in an attempt to get them to exceed the speed limit and then ticket them. They would ask 2 questions 1st one would be " do you know why we stopped you" 2, "do you know what speed you were doing"
I'd reply by saying i was travelling below the legal speed limit for this road, and then id say i think you pulled me over to look in my boot because you couldn't get close enough in the car to see.
They didn't like it but they knew you knew what they were upbto.
"Do you know why you've been pulled over?"
"No."
"Do you know how fast you were going?"
"The speed limit."
Only do that if you KNOW you were not speeding, if you weren't doing the speed limit they could add careless driving to the ticket as you just admitted you were either unaware of the limit or unaware of your speed.
Sneeky sausages.
@@just-gaming213 Was going to comment the same thing but you've said it perfectly. You said it two months ago and they didn't bother thanking you or even liking your comment, despite the fact you might have saved them from trouble in the future.
How did he "waste police time" when the police chose to investigate the bloke ? The police at any moment could have simply left. Does the law not give the Police any agency ?
Well simply because the law in E&W provides the police a statutory power to require sight of such documents including insurance. He refused to comply and said he didn't need such things (when in fact, he had them all). He did it for the sole purpose of trying to make a point which was, ultimately, misconceived.
I was pulled over one Christmas by the fuzz and I did everything right and pulled the car over in a safe place and turned off my engine. I even got out of the car to courteously greet the police officer as he approached. Unfortunately it was quite icy and as I stepped out I slipped on the ice and went arse over tit. Fortunately for me I was as pissed as a rat at the time so I didn't feel a thing!
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I used to work with someone who got pulled over in his van as he drove out of the pub. He'd had about 10 pints and was so drunk he fell out of the van. They did the breath test on him and he passed! Neither he or they could believe it but they had to let him go.
I remember as a little white boy in apartheid south africa the only place of entertainment in the small town was the golf club with all amenities.kids and adults.the traffic cops used to wait at the exit gates and if they felt you had too much to drink they would drive you home then return to grab the next victim..times have certainly changed ? Today that would be viewed as gross unprofessional conduct
My ex wife ran off with a patrol officer, I was speeding because I thought you were bringing her back
In the mid 80/90’s that question was always asked. Never replied with an answer and u do remember asking a copper why he pulled me over. Had no reply. Checked my docs and I was free to leave.
Last night I was behind a police car who didn't have his lights on. At the traffic lights, I pulled up beside him and told him he's riding without lights lol lawman thought the car had auto headlights. Though if this scenario was the other way round, I'da gotten breathalysed, drug swabbed, and whatever else for the roadside circus
Course you would.
One of the best TV series I’ve ever watched is ‘Mr Inbetween’ - tremendous series. Watch it from end to end - you are in for a treat. Anyway - the point is this…
He deals with leading police questions like this -
Pleasant smile - ‘I’m sorry - I just don’t answer other people’s questions’
‘I’m sorry - I just don’t answer other people’s questions.’
You’ve given no grounds to search. No grounds to enter. No grounds for anything. No grounds for confirmation of identity.
Always be polite. Always pleasant.
Often during a stop - police accrue grounds during Q&A. An old favourite is ‘furtive under questioning - hands repeatedly placed in pockets’
Have open body language. Be pleasant. Be unthreatening. Keep hands where they can be seen.
As mentioned here - if a licence is requested - offer it during a stop. Allow checks to be made. Just give nothing else.
Any poor behaviour can be dealt with afterwards - particularly if you’ve recorded it.
I was stopped by the police in a small sports car on my way back from a take away, apparently for pulling out of a junction too fast. They asked me to produce my license, in which I did. They then tried to arrest me, I was even cuffed, for driving with an illegal document. I have the old paper license that is still valid as it was issued before the year 2000. Luckily one of the dimwits had the common sense to radio and check. I will never forget their glum look when the voice came back saying it was perfectly legal. I was immediately released.
What country did that happen in? A friend of mine was arrested for accidentally missing a court appearance for an RTC incident. But because she was calm, polite and cooperative the cops didn’t bother cuffing her. This was in the UK of course.
Agreed........ In the UK you'd be given seven days to produce documents so wouldn't be arrested for not having a licence with you.
I was a motorcycle courier for thirty years so out on the bike at all hours of the day and night and never tired of being pulled over for a check with "take your helmet off son" followed by "oh sorry sir " when it dawned on them that I was an old biker!
Also as said old biker, I had the paper licence valid from 1976 until 2023 which one of the young traffic police officers didn't like the look of, issuing me with an HORT1 to produce documents at my local police station.
Police station manned by another young officer told me it wasn't valid as everyone required photo ID licences these days and rushed off to his superior who put him straight and apologised.
I was always surprised that we didn't have to replace it with photo ID until we reached 70 years old.......
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This happened in the UK. I was pleasant and calm. They even tried to accuse me of stealing the car, driving without insurance and trying to hide on a communal car park outside my apartment. The problem with many police officers, is they make an instant judgement before checking the facts and allow their over inflated egos to continue in making that judgement, even when their superior officers tell them otherwise.
Complete fiction, riveting tale though.
@@rogerborg
You calling me a liar?
I feel like the thing you said about if you tell them about what you did wrong at the earliest because you might get a reduced fine etc might encourage people to talk before they have got legal advice.
I was asked to attend an identity parade line up. My mate who was with me asked if he could go as well. The PC said no as you have not got enough Zits.
Living in Australia, I have been pulled over by police many times, but have NEVER been asked for Registration or Insurance documents.
I used to get pulled over all the time in the uk. I even pulled over and waited for the cops once after seeing them pull a u turn behind me.
I never used to give them any ammo
Ive moved from the uk now. 15 years and never been pulled over once. It was genuinely once every two weeks in the uk at least!
I've been pulled over 4 times total. Every time I was speeding. The last one I got let off with, that was over 20 years ago. I stopped speeding then and I've never been pulled over since.
@@bravo2966 I was never speeding, just a young man driving a car at night, they couldnt resist pulling it over. Loud music was likley the reason. The police in the UK are literally useless pricks! you can have your house robbed and they dont care, but if you look like they can fine you in the car, they will act.
I never once got a fine, I was pulled over at least 20 times in the first 3 years of driving.
I still have no speeding fines EVER after 22 years driving, and only a couple of parking fines...
Police have some discretion about whether to issue a ticket or a verbal warning for minor traffic offences. Often they decide one way or another depending on the 'attitude test'. If you are polite and straight forward in your responses you have a better chance of passing this test. On the other hand if you get surly, annoyed or arrogant then the likelihood of being given a ticket increase markedly.
I haven't speeded for over 20 years, in fact I remember the last time I did speed.
I was on the motorway and in the left lane at night. I indicated to overtake a lorry but I held the indicator at the end and my hand movement turned the lights off.
For a second I was unsure what had happened, thought I'd lost all power (which had happened to me before in another car), then I realised what I'd done and put the lights back on.
Turned out the car behind was a cop car and he pulled me over. Lights going off and on is apparently a sign of a drunk driver so I got breath tested, in those days I didn't drink at all so it was of course zero. It was a pleasant experience though, the cop was a nice guy.
He showed me on his console he had me bang to rights doing 87mph, I was well I've done it so I'll have to pay the fine and all that, still pleasant etc with the cop, he was only doing his job after all. Then he let me off and wished me well on my way.
I was gobsmacked but delighted. I've never sped since, and do you know what, you still get to your destination, you don't have to worry about speed cameras and traps. It's a whole world less stressful too. Never been pulled over since.
Oh duck I haven't seen my driving licence for years. I'd better start to rummage.
Let's hope it's less than the 10 years a licence is valid for!
@@shm5547 not all uk licence expire every 10 years, if you still have old style paper licence, its valid till your 70, and if you never have a reason (eg move house/get points), there is no legal need to "upgrade" to a photo one.
@@auser127 fair point. although I do think a photo licence is an upgrade, as it can be used as photo ID, whereas the old paper licence can't.
@@auser127 Oh it's that scrap of plastic with photo. It can't be far because I've needed it to go to the tip. Thanks for the help folks.
I would say "With all respect I do not answer fishing questions. You should tell me why I've been stopped and then we go from there."
so would you just ask them to tell you why they pulled you over?
That's exactly what I would do, although I wouldn't necessarily expect an answer.
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If they ask if you know why they pulled you over, just say was it to congratulate you on your excellent driving?
and it would only be the 40th time that officer heard that response that day.
Top question's and answers when i get pulled over, do you know why i stopped you? No but im sure you will tell me. Do you know how fast you were going? Sir i tend to pay attention to the road not my dash. Seems safer ..
Sounds like feelings enforcement rather than law enforcement 😂😂
That's the whole new way of policing. Any time you inadvertently hurt somebodies feelings you will get jail time. Old fashioned crimes like theft etc must go unpunished.
A speedometer on a vehicle can be 11% out which means that the person driving can be doing anything from 26.7 MPH to 33.3 MPH. If plod says you were doing 33 MPH then you can claim that the speedometer registered 30 MPH so you were not speeding according to the speedometer. I once was doing 77 MPH on a motorway but the satnav said 70 MPH and all the other vehicles were doing a similar speed.
Cop: Do yo know why I have pulled you over?
Driver places fingers to temples: No, sorry my telepathy isn't working today
just slur your words and say "yes orificer i mean ossifer piggy wiggy. You stopped me because....erm can i have burger and fries please and a milkshake."
The best advice is to get out of your car and approach the police before they reach your car. This immediately puts you in control of the situation and them at a disadvantage. When asked if you know why they stopped you immediately give a neutral answer. For instance say "for a routine check", this again puts them at a psychological disadvantage. These are standard psychological techniques as any professional psychologist will confirm.
Driving through a village between two work appointments, I was stopped and the police officer straight away said, " the reason I stopped you is your description and car matches that of reports of someone scoping out premises in the area". I replied, " Well that's bullshit, give me the real reason"
That made the officer instantly mumble something about it being "my lucky day" and having to go to a more important shout. They got in their car and left. To this day, I don't know what that was all about🤷😂.
I was taught to drive by a motorway policeman, one of the first in the world. He said, if I was stopped by a police officer and asked, do I know what the speed limit was on the road I was traveling on and answered no, I could be fine for diving without due care and attention. He said, I should answer with ( I was making reasonable progress) and if he asked what that was, I should ask, him to tell me.