Won’t be long before some bright spark remembers the Police used to offer cash rewards for snitching. Andy
West with fat finger syndrome would be eest. Or weat. Seems even when obviously incorrect they can’t admit it U.K., the new China.
Maybe they are looking for dash cam footage of the 2 bikes? Not sure I like the sound of that at all. If the bikes had been involved in a nasty crime then I’m sure the police would find the car driver and visit at home to ask for footage. So with absolutely no evidence at all are we to think that the cops are lazily seeking ways to issue traffic violations?
Given the location, my guess is the riders were, in the opinion of the officers, riding inappropriately. Obviously not in a position to give chase so resorting to the public for (damming) information. I can’t see it being long before surveillance cameras are erected along that stretch of road, for the benefit of the outraged locals of course. Andy
I live very near West/East Meon and Loomies, and although I enjoy a cuppa at Loomies, a walk round the bikes in the car park, and a ride up and down the wonderful A32, even I am glad my back garden doesn't back on to the A32 in that area on a Sunny Sunday. I'm a hypocrite I know, as I ride an old M900 with Remus DP Exhausts. Nasher.
Anyone thinking of handing over dash-cam footage. They must have the start & too the end of your journey. So they cannot just use the crop '1 minute' of footage. Of said bikers speeding past,...if the range-rover driver got a move-on on a quiet bit of road. He/she would be also facing self-incriminating evidence. This has already been tried by a police force in the uk & the judge threw it out because the defendant wanted full footage to show. As we all know everyone can have a moment of madness. But for the most part unlike other countries. When the police go on strike we don't desend into looting & mass murder for some unknown reason. ps: because we are civilized culture!
https://snap.northants.police.uk/faq.html these are the rules of engagement near to me... its certainly not the start finish of your journey, but more the incident and they will also want an amount of time before and after.
I would not hand over any footage to the Police in nearly any circumstance, I don't want to feel as though we're turning into East Germany even though we've possibly more CCTV than any other democracy. I certainly wouldn't be dobbing anyone in to 'The Feds', even the Audi driver who very kindly but unsuccessfully to force me of the road and throw some of the contents of his car at me the plonker. Least I know my brakes are spot on in any case so he actually did me a great service unknowingly. I would hope the incriminating footage has been recorded over during the normal function of a dash cam.
Wast, qest, rest, sest, maybe he just confused directionally though bladders, when I look back on some things I've typed which made perfect sense to me at the time. Re-read make no sense whatsoever to the
When did that start then ? I must have been distracted .... or dozing .... .....or some other word beginning with "d"
Beyond the narrow minded view of they is out to get us poor bikers.. it has its place.. for example I dealt with a double fatal road death where the offending vehicle had done one There were several witnesses in the subsequent queue created by the blocked road two of them had dash cams and had recorded said fleeing vehicle! ...early identification of the registration got to the driver as he arrived back at his h/a still pissed..
If the case goes to court then your full name is given as the provider of the evidence and effectively the prosecutor. With the sort of monumental cock ups in police administration and through your own witness statement you could easily give away personal information to the accused to make it possible for them to trace you. Brick though my windscreen one night, no thank you.
Only grassing I'd do would be someone pissed and getting in to drive or leaving scene of an accident. Otherwise, my glass house shall remain in tact
100%. If it to help solve a crime that has been committed (real crime, not traffic offence) or help support accident work where serious injury/fatality, I'd be happy to supply the info as would (most) right thinking people I'd imagine.
