Wrong place, wrong time!

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Thu 21 Oct 2004 22:48
Wrong place, wrong time! - cockle {P}
Let me paint you a little picture; dual carriageway 40 limit with two side roads joining from left, junctions about 1/4 mile apart, between the side roads a single carriageway service road for the houses, 30 limit, running parallel with the dual carriageway. Service road joins the side roads at either end at a T junction giving way to the side roads. Traffic trundling along at 20-25, me in my Transit, MGF behind, police traffic car in front. Guy in the MGF decides he's far too important to wait, exits into service road and screams down it at about 60 to try and beat the traffic at the next side road. Policeman shakes his head and watches as the MGF speeds along with driver busy watching the gap in the main road traffic he's aiming for. Sadly the MGF driver wasn't watching straight ahead otherwise he would have seen the Range-Rover waiting to join the main road at the next junction, sees it too late a ploughs straight into the side of the R-R with a squeal of brakes and a lot of blue smoke.
Policeman in front shakes his head quite a bit more, puts on his blue lights a pulls over, probably already licking his pencil.

I've seen the MGF do this little trick several times before, today he choose exactly the wrong time to get it badly wrong, or from my point of view exactly the right time and with exactly the right witness!

Cockle
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Thu 21 Oct 2004 23:09
Wrong place, wrong time! - tyre tread
This must be an all time first......

A policeman when you want one!!!!

If only all the other maniacs could be made to read this but I suspect they'd adopt the "it won't happen to me" attitude.
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Fri 22 Oct 2004 00:10
Wrong place, wrong time! - Hugo {P}
Cockle - I hope you offered your details to the Police Officer as a Witness. Although he saw the event for himself, your statement would add weight to the impending prosecution.
If only all the other maniacs could be made to read
this but I suspect they'd adopt the "it won't happen to
me" attitude.


Tyre Tread - your making two dangerous assumptions here....

1 These people can actually read

2 These people are capable of intelligent thought

H
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Fri 22 Oct 2004 00:21
Wrong place, wrong time! - tyre tread
Points noted and accepted.

I always give people the benefit of the doubt!
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Fri 22 Oct 2004 14:50
Wrong place, wrong time! - Soupytwist
A127 in Southend ?
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Matthew Kelly
No, not that one.
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Fri 22 Oct 2004 14:52
Wrong place, wrong time! - frostbite
A127 in Southend ?


Nr. Kent Elms?
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Sat 23 Oct 2004 12:16
Wrong place, wrong time! - cockle {P}
>> A127 in Southend ?
Nr. Kent Elms?


Bang on, obviously this little cut through's fame has spread far and wide.

Hugo, didn't stop at the time mainly because the officer had plenty to sort and there were quite a few others who had stopped but I did contact the local traffic police unit and leave my details so I can be contacted if required. I'll be more than happy to be a witness, the twit in the MGF deserves everything he gets. It's not so much the trying to get by everyone but the manner in which he did it; 50-60 down a service road in front of houses is just not on. The next you know there'll be speed humps and all sorts to stop just this sort of thing but will cause inconvenience to all because of a few.

Cockle
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Sat 23 Oct 2004 21:13
Wrong place, wrong time! - barney100
Nice one, only wish Mr. Policeman would notice some of the motorcyclists who weave in and out on the motorway at great speed putting their bikes through gaps no self respecting Maltese bus driver would consider.
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