Gaz6002 Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 http://pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=18247 Pretty cruel and stupid to do this sort of thing, especially in the public domain. If normal drivers made a group like this I'm sure the police would come down extremely hard on them. Opinions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Ding ding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 http://pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=18247 Pretty cruel and stupid to do this sort of thing, especially in the public domain. If normal drivers made a group like this I'm sure the police would come down extremely hard on them. Opinions? Well, the police came down hard on these guys, well not HARD, but most of them have blots on their careers now. I'm pretty sure the police would have no grounds to act if people were posting up their poor driving exploits on the interweb, they'd have no real proof of any offences. Besides which, I'm pretty sympathetic to the police in this instance, they have sirens and lights yet still idiots pull out in front or wander off the kerb (Mrs McCartney?), and when some fool does that, the coppers end up being suspended and investigated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted June 23, 2008 Author Share Posted June 23, 2008 Well, the police came down hard on these guys, well not HARD, but most of them have blots on their careers now. I'm pretty sure the police would have no grounds to act if people were posting up their poor driving exploits on the interweb, they'd have no real proof of any offences. Besides which, I'm pretty sympathetic to the police in this instance, they have sirens and lights yet still idiots pull out in front or wander off the kerb (Mrs McCartney?), and when some fool does that, the coppers end up being suspended and investigated. Good point. It's not the accidents themselves that is the point though, it's the fact that this group contained 200 people who are meant to be setting a "good example" and were found boasting about injuring members of the public on the internet. You don't see ambulance drivers or firemen doing this sort of thing and I'm sure they have just as many stories to tell. If nothing else it encourages them to take a certain attitude when driving that can only lead to bad things. It appears to me to be a case of notches on the bedpost and that's a dangerous mentality to have. It's all down to interpretation though really. The article could have been written in such a way that people draw a conclusion that isn't 100% correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Ah the glorious facebook again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Naughty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Most of the comments that were quoted could easily be seen as a 'joke', although not something most people would joke about I think people in that job get somewhat desensitised to it and amongst themselves they probably will joke about that kind of thing. I'm certain that 99% of those people will still do their job with compassion and respect, and don't actually try to hit pedestrians and get into accidents 'for fun'. I also think that, along the same lines as that guy who had his forum posts scrutinised by the courts, people generally think the internet hides you in a way that allows pretty much anything to be said, and you can just switch off your PC and forget it, so we tend to write things in a different way than we speak in real life. It's a shame that it gets used against us when the people that wrote it are actually innocent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra Size Me Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I don't want to tar the rest of the police force with the same brush but its incidents like this that make the general public respect them a lot less.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbleapple Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 These same photos were on a few car magazines a few months ago. I would be very careful (and dubious) of the things you read on the interweb or facebook. For example there would be nothing stopping a joker joining the 'Police Group' and posting pictures of so called 'accidents' that he had or claiming that he had done certain things. None of the members of the Police that I know would consider for one moment bragging about such a thing (most would be too embarrassed or upset). Saying that though there was one instance last year in which the a young PC left his handbrake off and the car rolled down a hill through some gardens. That was quite funny (and in that case no one was hurt). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Thats disgusting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I seem to remember somebody being prosecuted by the footage he posted on you tube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I seem to remember somebody being prosecuted by the footage he posted on you tube. That was a friend of the mighty Stedz from BurnleyCroooz, he was prosecuted but the events that Stedz filmed on his mobile were also witnessed by an off-duty copper who was undertaken on the hardshoulder by the guy in question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 silly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 These same photos were on a few car magazines a few months ago. I would be very careful (and dubious) of the things you read on the interweb or facebook. For example there would be nothing stopping a joker joining the 'Police Group' and posting pictures of so called 'accidents' that he had or claiming that he had done certain things. None of the members of the Police that I know would consider for one moment bragging about such a thing (most would be too embarrassed or upset). Saying that though there was one instance last year in which the a young PC left his handbrake off and the car rolled down a hill through some gardens. That was quite funny (and in that case no one was hurt).If they've got 18 names for a stiff talking to then I'd suggest there's more to it than random jokers posting pics though. There's good and bad apples in all walks of life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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