Is this the way to treat Police radar Traps?

[gordythegouge]

While I am struggling through 66 pages of jokes to make sure I don't "repeat" too many here's something which might amuse, it cetainly tickled my funny bone, whether it's true or not............who knows!!!!!!!

How's this for a speeding ticket... Two

British traffic patrol officers from

North Berwick were involved in an unusual

incident, while checking for speeding

motorists on the A-1 Great North Road.

One of the officers (who are not named) used a hand-held radar device to

check the speed of a vehicle approaching over the crest of a hill, and

was surprised when the speed was recorded at over 300mph. The machine

then stopped working and the officers were not able to reset it.

The radar had in fact latched on to a NATO Tornado fighter jet over the

North Sea, which was engaged in a low-flying exercise over the Border

district.

Back at police headquarters the chief constable fired off a stiff

complaint to the RAF Liaison office.

Back came the reply in true laconic RAF style...

'Thank you for your message, which allows us to complete the file on

this incident. You may be interested to know that the tactical computer

in the Tornado had automatically locked on to your 'hostile radar

equipment' and sent a jamming signal back to it. Furthermore, the

Sidewinder Air-to-ground missiles aboard the fully-armed aircraft had

also locked on to the target. Fortunately the Dutch pilot flying the

Tornado responded to the missile status alert intelligently and was able

to override the automatic protection system before the missile was

launched.

[andsome]

Like it. :lol:

[rong]

As you started this was posted on a Car forum, supposed to be true.

just had an interesting chat with one of East Sussex's finest police officers - let's call him officer Dibble

The discussion went something like this

Dibble "good afternoon sir, is this your car"

me "yes, why have you stopped me?"

Dibble "How fast were you driving just before we stopped you?"

me "about 55/60mph"

Dibble "Actually it was 58mph, are you aware of the speed limit?

me "yes"

Dibble "then why were you going nearly 20 mph over the limit?" (at which point a lecture about the danger of speeding, failing to respond to road signs, how it was a country road etc etc etc)

me "sorry but are you aware that this section of the road is national speed limit?"

Dibble "no it's not. It is a 40 mph zone, the signs are back there"

me "so what about that sign I passed saying it was no longer a 40 zone but national limit?"

Dibble "there is no sign"

me "let's go back and have a look shall we?"

Dibble "there's no need, we clearly saw the 40 mph signs"

me "you are not local are you?"

Dibble, "no we are from Heathfield (about 20 miles away) but that doesn't

make any difference. You were still exceeding the speed limit"

me "If you were local you would know about the national limit sign on the post which is kind of hard to see since the council put a sign up which almost hides it"

Dibble "well we didn't see it"

me "does that mean it's not there then?"

Dibble "no, but it does mean that in our opinion you were speeding"

me "so you are going to give me a ticket for doing 58mph in a 60 mph zone because you didn't see the sign? Who's going to ring the local papers - you or me?"

Dibble "don't get sarcastic with me"

me "shall we go back and have a look at that sign now?"

Dibble "no I'll wait here with you and my partner will go back and check"

me "I'll lock my car up and we can all go back together - I can show you where the sign is then"

Dibble "do you think we are incapable of seeing a sign at the side of the road?"

me "I'm not going to answer that one because you'll probably accuse me of being sarcastic.........but isn't that why you stopped me in the first place"

Dibble then went to his car and sent his mate off to have a look, 2 minutes later he's back and the two of them are having a bit of a chat

Dibble "You are half right, there is a sign there but because it's partly obscured by other signage and the hedge then it doesn't apply"

me "you've just made that up haven't you?"

Dibble "no that's how it works so although the sign is there because you can't see it then it doesn't apply so you were speeding"

me " I did see it, that's why I accelerated from 40 mph to 60 mph, it was you that didn't see it which is why you stopped me for not speeding"

Dibble "I've told you about being sarcastic"

me "so if I were going the other way and didn't slow down for the 40mph sign which is actually partly hidden in the hedge at the moment I could use this argument and quote you to avoid getting nicked - would you write it down for me along with your name and number?"

Dibble "I've told you about being sarcastic"

me "Look this is going nowhere, either give me a ticket for speeding or let me go home"

I then got a pen out of my car door pocket and started to write down his number

Dibble "what are you doing"

me "without wishing to sound even slightly sarcastic, I'm writing down your number so that I can report you"

Dibble "OK, go on then, carry on, go home or wherever you were going just don't do it again"

me "don't do what again?"

Dibble - no answer just got in his car and they drove off

[AlanHo]

Wow..... :lol: :lol:

[andsome]

Like it. :lol: