mistertwo Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-12115179 Man has been prosecuted after he flashed his lights to warn oncoming traffic that there was a traffic pig with a speed gun. There was me thinking the 'war on motorists' was over... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Thompson, of Augustine Avenue, was also ordered to pay £250 costs and a £15 victim surcharge at the hearing at Grimsby Magistrates' Court. £15 victim surcharge? Who the hell was the victim? He claimed he was flashing his headlights merely to try to warn motorists to prevent them braking dangerously when they saw the mobile speed trap. Perfectly resonable excuse, makes sense. A CPS spokeswoman said: "Cost is not a consideration in our decision to prosecute." Nor is some good old common sense. Oh well as long as it is the tax payers money who cares, we are only in a recession because of things like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attero Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 My friend did the same thing... but then realised he flashed a cop car. He managed to get away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogmaw Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I didn't know people do this kind of thing any more, it used to be commonplace for people to flash their lights to oncoming traffic if the police were ahead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barneybrendan Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 WTF.What is this country coming to now,i thought this had been common place for as long as i can remember.How could he be obstructing as the officer would of been sat on her ass in a van or car.And who is too say any motorists would be speeding.Surely he would of been acting the same as a high visibility speed camera detering any speeding.so thus he would of been aiding the police as that is supposed to be their policy isint it,not just to nick people but to deter speeding in the first place. DISGUSTING ! you wait they will have officers hidden up the road now to catch people flashing their lights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannhauser Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 £450 in total. Holy crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurteen0 Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Disgusting no other word for that Lunacy !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 My friend did the same thing... but then realised he flashed a cop car. He managed to get away. would that be me on sandown sea front last year its ridiculous to get fined for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attero Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 would that be me on sandown sea front last year its ridiculous to get fined for it. You did that? It was Jordan... a month ago, near the big roudabout near East Cowes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Poor bloke. [sHOCK][/sHOCK] A criminal record for flashing his lights? I do it by accident sometimes when I'm indicating and very diliberately at people who forget to turn them on when it's dark. I've seen it loads of times. What about people who leave their raised beams on too long or having only one working headlamp? They're so common now that it must be about one in twenty vehicles. This is yet another test case by the sound of it to gauge public reaction. The complete lack of empathy or common decency exibited by the prosecution, (an absurdity in itself to even be involved), is evidence of orders from higher up the food chain. Who wrote the Code for Crown Prosecutors anyway? Will be interesting research. Probably someone in Brussels fronted it. The police always have discretion or the right to be reasonable but this is just a case of "Make an example out of someone". It could just be an overzealous and ambitious employee, of course. Plenty of people put their own career before their principles, if they even understand the concept. Most of us are forced to compromise our ethics to make a living but this takes the biscuit. There's an agenda to be implemented and they have to push the boundaries wherever they can now. If there's no outrage, it will become standard practice and yes, there will be civilians and/or police, watching for drivers warning others as they try to nab them. Maybe even cameras monitoring the cameras! This guy just cost them a few prospective customers, afterall. How would you like it if someone was waving customers past your shop window and telling them that you're closed? It's just more proof that it's more about the money and less to do with safety. If this isn't a wake up call, I don't know what is, as the abuse of power is only going to get more egregious until we're forced to accept the abolition of cash, a Verichip in our arm and a transponder in our car so we can be tracked wherever we go and have nowhere to hide if they decide to come after us or tax us on every transaction. That's the ultimate goal (or the first major step towards it) and would be easy to implement with brainwashed Sheeple like these cops/courts around. Of course, that's just a lunatic conspiracy theory and could never happen. Nothing to worry about if you've done nothing wrong, I say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 You did that? It was Jordan... a month ago, near the big roudabout near East Cowes. Yeah mate thought i told you. Last year in the renault i went out for a drive up sandown seafront one evening and there was a cop in yaverland car park, so i drove past him turned round to drive back and i saw headlights coming towards me so i flash to warn them and it was another cop but got away with it lukily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistertwo Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 A criminal record for flashing his lights? I do it by accident sometimes when I'm indicating and very diliberately at people who forget to turn them on when it's dark. I've seen it loads of times. What about people who leave their raised beams on too long or having only one working headlamp? They're so common now that it must be about one in twenty vehicles. Good post, you sound almost identical to a friend of mine! Let us examine the facts, the highway code does state that you can only flash your headlights to alert another road user to your presence and you must not use it to convey any other message. Now let's apply this to an every day situation - you use headlights to flash another driver to allow him to pull out of a side road, but strictly speaking this is as illegal as flashing your headlights to warn the same motorist about PC plod. I would suggest this PC wanted to make a name for herself, but at the expense of the tax payer? It's nothing more than an affrontery in otherwise difficult economic times. It would be very intersting for the CPS bureaucrat who made the decision to be tested on this. I wonder what members of society would think there is benefit in prosecuting this man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 thats terrible if i knew the fella i would chip in to sort him out , hes 64 FFS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I always thought flashing was illegal? H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistertwo Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 I always thought flashing was illegal? H. It is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 It is. What about in your own home? Or to someone who is actually horny? H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistertwo Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 What about in your own home? Or to someone who is actually horny? H. Shit...misread what your first post said....been a long day! Whatever floats your boat I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 who will get nicked first *edit* that chav is a bit on the tall side fail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 This is ridiculous. The guy has been prosecuted for "obstructing a police officer in the course of her duties". Not for actually flashing his lights. The problem with that is that it's effectively prosecuting someone for them telling someone not to do something otherwise they'll get nicked. So if anyone is planning to rob a bank, I can't tell you "not to do it because you'll get nicked", as that would be obstructing the police. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I find the worse bit being the gentlemen is a 64 year old chap! But this is the problem, we find this outragous but what can we do about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 poor bloke. [shock][/shock] there's an agenda to be implemented and they have to push the boundaries wherever they can now. If there's no outrage, it will become standard practice and yes, there will be civilians and/or police, watching for drivers warning others as they try to nab them. Maybe even cameras monitoring the cameras! This guy just cost them a few prospective customers, afterall. How would you like it if someone was waving customers past your shop window and telling them that you're closed? It's just more proof that it's more about the money and less to do with safety. If this isn't a wake up call, i don't know what is, as the abuse of power is only going to get more egregious until we're forced to accept the abolition of cash, a verichip in our arm and a transponder in our car so we can be tracked wherever we go and have nowhere to hide if they decide to come after us or tax us on every transaction. That's the ultimate goal (or the first major step towards it) and would be easy to implement with brainwashed sheeple like these cops/courts around. Of course, that's just a lunatic conspiracy theory and could never happen. Nothing to worry about if you've done nothing wrong, i say! spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony tt Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Thats terrible, the country is truely fu##ed! But we all knew that already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 can we actually find this guy and pay his fine ? i would put a tenner in then that would mean finding another 44 people who think like me that this is totally wrong some one in grimsby know where Augustine Avenue is ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 This is ridiculous. The guy has been prosecuted for "obstructing a police officer in the course of her duties". Not for actually flashing his lights. The problem with that is that it's effectively prosecuting someone for them telling someone not to do something otherwise they'll get nicked. So if anyone is planning to rob a bank, I can't tell you "not to do it because you'll get nicked", as that would be obstructing the police. Good post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 can we actually find this guy and pay his fine ? i would put a tenner in then that would mean finding another 44 people who think like me that this is totally wrong some one in grimsby know where Augustine Avenue is ? Doesn't exist but this one does, although it might seem like a shameless publicity stunt to mention the club's generosity to the local newspaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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