Police Check

[Tony1951]

I'm just slightly bewildered at the concept of a respectable individual who is not prepared to cooperate with a polite request to say what they are doing by a police officer, when asked, or to identify themselves when asked who they are.

I am put in mind of a video a couple of months ago by a bizzare delinquent, living in some hilly suburb in the north west who filmed and published video of his refusal to stop and fleeing at breakneck speed down footpaths. I easily found his actual address just from the information shown on screen.

Honestly - i think that caracter is a menace and should be in a wire cage up on the moors.

Some people identified with the 'lad'. Don't understand that. He was one of those riff raffy wretches that fit themselves up with a go pro and set out to confront and abuse police doing their jobs while filming them for some riff raff channel on youtube.

Enabling outlawry on e-bikes, or approving of it is no good for any of us. The more it happens the more trouble we will get as riders.

 

[Sparksandbangs]

Road Traffic Act 1988
163 Power of police to stop vehicles
(1)A person driving a motor vehicle on a road must stop the vehicle on being required to do so by a constable in uniform.

(2)A person riding a cycle on a road must stop the cycle on being required to do so by a constable in uniform.

(3)If a person fails to comply with this section he is guilty of an offence.

Road Traffic Act 1988
192 General interpretation of Act
“road”, in relation to England and Wales, means any highway and any other road to which the public has access, and includes bridges over which a road passes,

Common law definition:-
A highway is a way over which there exists a public right of passage, that is to say a right for all Her Majesty’s subjects at all seasons of the year freely and at their will to pass and repass without let or hindrance. (Halsbury’s Laws (2019 Ed) 55[1]).

 

[AndyBike]

Absolute legality is one thing, but if a cop asks you details etc and you refuse, chances are they're not going to salute you and say, thank you for your time Sir, and wave you off on your merry way.
They're going to make the interaction difficult. They're going to then question you about the bike, what you have in your pockets or any number of things.

Have you been drinking Sir, or Your eyes seem a little glazed, have you taken any drugs.
Or even, we've had reports of such and such and you fit the bill
You will then be detained(ie handcuffed, without the cuffs being locked, so any movement they will tighten in a rather uncomfortable way) They'll then demand your id on pain of arrest and a wee trip down the station.

Take two areas in Glasgow(or any 'known' city)
The local lads in the harder areas know the score and are polite, answer whatever questions and that is that, and as long as theres nowt to find, both parties will toddle off on their merry way.
In comparison, the kids in the better areas tend to become cheeky and end up getting picked up by mum or dad from the police station.
Parents get a talking to, and when they get their kid home well...

 

[Tony1951]

I tend not to believe AI unless I've fact checked it first. It wasn't that long ago that Google AI was saying the best way to stick cheese on pizza was to glue it.

The rate of improvement is at an astronomical curve. The progression is really bonkers - but I doubt I need to tell you that.

 

[soundwave]

first thing i did when i got my bike is try get plod to chase me, they never bothered.

i have had plod in my house told them my bike was de restricted as rode past them going through the gate then masked up back then came in my house and took of there masks so sparked up a spliff

 

[Tony1951]

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first thing i did when i got my bike is try get plod to chase me, they never bothered.

i have had plod in my house told them my bike was de restricted as rode past them going through the gate then masked up back then came in my house and took of there masks so sparked up a spliff
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And you are not ashamed to tell us this?

 

[soundwave]

8 years ago lol