Police

[david]

I once got stopped by a policeman at 3 in the morning for walking home. I was doing nothing other than walking along the road.

 

On asking what age I was, I replied 18. I was 18 but I look quite young. He said "don't take the mick son". So I showed him my drivers licence. He looked at it, handed it back and drove away. He could have at least apologised.

[Peerie Tr00ker]

good job you had your ID on you. I wonder what he'd have done if you never had it on you!!! I never carry mines on me

 

Did any of you see that police, camera, action programme on BBC 3, I think. This poor guys car was egged by a group of kids, he got out his car and he was also egged. So he called the police.

 

You would obviously be raging at this and he ended up getting arrested because he was angry and the copper was giving him a hard time when he was the poor victim. You would expect to be angry after you and your car being egged by a group of kids. I couldn't believe they actually showed it because the copper was being a right prat

[j3ova]

The type of folk who tend to hold this ^^^ type of nasty anti free speech opinions tend to be bitter bully boy policeman or these all too common brown-nosier types who crawl there way up to the police, reporting everyone and his dog for anything, AKA a 'little Hitler', They are usually the types most likely to be breaking the law.

 

 

Sorry to disappoint but 1, im not a police officer and 2, im certainly not a brown-nose....

I just tend to think that people are all too quick to bad mouth the police. At the end of the day, none of us know the pressure's and stresses that is placed on the police officers day to day lives...So maybe before bad mouthing the "bully boy" police officers think about the possible things they have had to deal with that day. Imagine the effect dealing with traumatic incidents on a daily basis has on the police officer.

 

None of us will know the the truth because we are not in their shoes!!!

 

As for ghostrider -

care to PM those bully boy names to me?

[Ghostrider]

^^ The most traumatic thing any officer stationed at the Ness ever had to do on a daily basis was put up with us natives going by minding our own business, of stand and watch a few sheep being dipped once a year.

 

Where did the "bully boys" come from all of a sudden? I was talking about "bad" cops, big difference.

[ianboy1]

A large number of young people in shetland have a terrible and disrespectful attitude towards police officers, I have friends in the police up here and they are also targeted with this abuse in their private lives.

Surely they should be entitled to the same rights are us?

 

Thought you said you had no involvement we the police here Sorry but I agree we 99% o Ghostriders posts on this subject!

 

Having had no involvement with them for a number of years here I was lying sleeping peacefully in bed at 20 t 2 in the morning a monday night tuesday morning when it sounded like someone was trying to take my door off its hinges "guess who" I had a car sitting with no road tax Yes I know its illegal it was awaiting collection by the amenity trust no engine no fuel tank etc etc stripped for spares.(it was collected 2 days later)

 

I would place a bet it was the same 2 officers as in the initial post if any one wants to know who I will tell them in PM so as not to upset the Mods But I was shall I say treated very rudely in my sleepy state they didnt even have the correct paperwork with them to ask me to present my documents at the station and I was given the younger of the 2s card to request my documents all in all it was laughable even at 2 in the morning and 1 of the 2 up until that point in time I did have a little respect for in his job and officiating on a pitch "theirs a hint" well that went out the window ?

 

The younger of the 2 seems to want to make a name for him self be it good or bad "hard to take someone seriously when he is constantly seen when off duty being run around town with the boy racer fraternity " You wouldnt be one of them would you J3OVA"

 

But heres a question tell me why I have been stopped probably 3 or 4 times a year over the past 20 or so years on my bike when I dont think i have been stopped 5 times over the same period in my car ? and they say theirs no predjudice against Bikers?????? Never been charged never been warned just stopped either routine road check let go or asked to produce documents.!

 

I find working in a professional capacity that if you approach someone with courtesy and respect you receive that in return having watched others approach in an aggressive authoritarian manner get little response other than resistance I know which approach I use and have adopted for many a year quite successfully and if I request assistance or require something to be done within my capacity I find it gets done quickly and without complaint where others find it not so easy ?

[paulb]

if your car had no engine can it be classed as a motor car.

[Jeemsie1989]

Nope. It is then a former motor vehicle. But if you try to get it on the road, you will be arrested. Unless I guess if you turn it into a Flintstones style vehicle.

[JohanofNess]

The younger of the 2 seems to want to make a name for him self be it good or bad "hard to take someone seriously when he is constantly seen when off duty being run around town with the boy racer fraternity " You wouldnt be one of them would you J3OVA"

 

Sounds like the plot of the Fast and Furious but with lamer cars and more swearing

[Jeemsie1989]

^^^

 

Just the fast & the furious then?

[JohanofNess]

^^^

 

Just the fast & the furious then?

 

They're not that fast to be honest

[Jeemsie1989]

Nah, nah. Dat dey ir no!

[j3ova]

I have never once said i do not have friends within the police - if you pay attention i said i do not work for the police!!

 

In response to your car, surely if amunity trust were pickin it up then you would of had a sticker on your car therefore meaning the police would not of had to wake you up at - 2 in the morning

 

Quote from ianboy1 "The younger of the 2 seems to want to make a name for him self be it good or bad "hard to take someone seriously when he is constantly seen when off duty being run around town with the boy racer fraternity " You wouldnt be one of them would you J3OVA"

 

- What exactly is your point in this comment??? The police are entitled to live their life as they please??? Boy racers are certainly not people who just drive around the town so please rephrase your comment!!

 

To understand please read this -

Boy racer is now a New Zealand, British and Irish colloquial term for a person, usually a male in his late teens or early twenties, who drives his car in an intimidating or dangerous way for fun or competition. Their cars are most often regular models customised with spoilers, wide tires, flared fenders and go-faster stripes. Cars driven by boy racers are often small, and it's not uncommon that they are "all show and no go", in that the cars are not the highest performance model in the range or would not be considered competitive against "genuine" sports cars. Limited funds, high insurance rates that come with young age and inexperience at driving are reasons why a person might prefer to buy a base level, 1-litre Peugeot 106 and equip it with a body kit and sports exhaust rather than simply buying a harder to find and much more expensive to insure 106 GTi.

 

An example of a boy racer car of the old generation is the Ford Escort (both the early rear wheel drive versions such as the RS2000 and the later XR3i variants) due to their low cost and easily tuned engine, while modern boy racers generally use hot hatchbacks such as the Renault Clio and the Nova SR.

 

According to the stereotype the new generation doesn't know much about tuning the engine, though there is little evidence to prove that this is true of the majority of people who would be categorized as "boy racers". Not everyone who owns modified cars are willing to spend thousands of pounds/dollars on the engine.

 

Films such as The Fast and the Furious and MTV's Pimp My Ride have caused additional interest in boy racing. Boy racers tend to be dictated by trends from popular racer media such as Max Power and Fast Car, spending lots of money to keep up with the trends. Recently they can been seen moving away from The Fast and The Furious influenced Jap Style into the drifting bandwagon largely hyped by magazines, despite some owning unsuitable FWD cars, causing a lot of displeasure amongst genuine drifting enthusiasts.

 

Typical upgrades for a boy racer include large stereos (which often take up the whole boot and can be heard playing dance music or happy hardcore from down the road); extravagant paint jobs; over-sized exhaust pipes; large spoilers; hood scoops on non-turbocharged cars and neon lights underneath the chassis. Lowering a car is an extremely common modification.

 

Such modifications are also favored by genuine enthusiasts. Boy racers would be distinguished from these enthusiasts by the overall performance and quality of the cars they drive and the modifications they make in relation to the overall performance of their car. For example, a stereotypical boy racer might own a Vauxhall Nova 1.1 with over-sized wheels and exhaust, and they might use it to drive round town centers at night showing off to the crowds of people heading for pubs and clubs, while the enthusiast might own a modified Toyota Supra which they drive only at weekends.

 

Boy racers might also flout most motoring laws, such as running their fog-lights during the day, speeding, weaving through traffic, cornering too hard etc. Challenging superior sports cars is another dangerous pastime which seems extremely common; it is almost an occupational hazard for a sports car driver in the UK to be challenged at the lights by someone in a small hatchback.

 

Not all young drivers with modified cars fall into this bracket, with many driving their cars in a sensible manner. Car modifiers and cruisers who take a pride in their vehicles are generally well behaved and often have respect for other road users. There is often no distinction in the mainstream media between the boy racer and modified car enthusiast which can lead to the latter being tarred with the same brush. In essence the boy racer is to the car scene what hooligans are to football; however, it seems that many young male drivers are regarded as boy racers regardless of circumstance. The 'Boy racer' term itself is considered by some to be derogatory, as not all car modifiers are necessarily in their teens, or of the male gender. Most 'boy racers' do not associate themselves with the term, and instead think of themselves as car enthusiasts. Some even have a wolf in sheep's clothing style car which looks like a standard 1.1 Ford Fiesta but underneath beholds a 2.0, thus looking like a boy racer, with low profile tyres on a lowered ride. Thus showing real enthusiasm about the mechanics of a vehicle rather than the all show and no go that is usually tagged along with boy racer name.

 

 

You say you can PM with those names?? Be interesting to hear who they are!

[Jeemsie1989]

amunity trust

 

Nice renaming attempt, but that is inaccurate it's funny!

[ianboy1]

I think you will find J3ova that if you have called the Amenity trust your self then their is no sticker ? As nobody has come along and put one on it only when someone from the council has been running around putting stickers on do they have a sticker but as I called for it to be removed myself I couldnt even tell you which department within the council does it !

 

Hmmm Seem to have hit a raw nerve their with the Boy Racer bit Oh well !

 

Somebody mentioned as it didnt have an engine it was no longer a motor car correct this is one of the points and their are many more in which I am appealing my 6 points and fine.

 

And as for PM-ing you the offending Duos names J3ova when im convinced your not an employee of the hillhead hotel I may just do that but I have had a number of PMs giving me the same names ?

[Styumpie]

the last vehicles I have made arrangements with the AT to have picked up, the AT have never bothered with stickers. So that blows a gaping hole in that argument.

 

We seem to have touched a raw nerve indeed

 

I find it no surprise that certain officers may associate with the boy racer fraternity, some of them seem to have little respect for the law with regards to driving, I was nearly in a head on collision last year on the lang kames going north when a police car pulled out right in front of me on a blind corner going to overtake (with no flashing lights on nor any indicators), I had to swerve on to the verge doing 55mph to try and miss him, My brother and I could have been killed, they didnt even stop to see if we were ok.