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EYorkshire wrote:

Too right
but as a non-emergency, what number are you guys using to call the police?

Thanks for that, I got called away while editing so your quote is now different from I wrote but the answers the same

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NoDo$h wrote:

I have my local force's frequency programmed into my scanner and do the same for any area I'm working over

 At work
At home

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Yeah I had the number programmed in so I could quickly dial using the Bluetooth system.

Just as a quick update on this story, the officer took a brief initial statement from me this morning and said he will contact the Mondeo driver and if he is willing to provide a statement then that will give them enough to start proceedings for dangerous driving or driving without due care in the alternative.

I also telephoned the haulage firm and spoke to the co-owner to complain about him. She said she knew who it was and would have words with him. He is Polish apparently. I passed this info on to the officer and he said he would follow it up with the haulage firm.

I just hope the Mondeo driver gets involved now so the cops can kick his ass. LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
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chicken george wrote:

NoDo$h wrote:

I have my local force's frequency programmed into my scanner and do the same for any area I'm working over

Ah, those were the days

Now they've gone all hi-tech I have to go to all the effort of breaking in to the local plod compound and chaining their rear axles to a convenient bollard.

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i work supplying parts to the truck industry and most of the drivers i meet and know take pride at what thay do
you do how ever get the odd idiot but most of the idots i meet that don;t use hands free are vw/audi/ bmw drivers as mr clarkson says the above said drivers are coc heads and most think that they own the road  rainy-city
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julytourist wrote:

ad210358, do you have one of the fixed forward facing cameras permanently recording? If so is it a personal or a company decision and why? Just curious.......JT

Company decision, we have a monthly competition for the best clips

taztastic wrote:

EYorkshire wrote:

Too right
but as a non-emergency, what number are you guys using to call the police?

Crimestoppers, they will direct you to local force 0800 555 111.

Quote:

Driving and vehicles
Contact your local Police directly with any of the following issues:

using a mobile phone while driving
speeding on the roads
not using seat belts when driving
bald tyres on a car
children not using booster seats.

I had never seen that before, I would think they have put that on the site due to the number of calls being made about the problem?

You are right a national number would be good, but then that too would get overloaded with airheads reporting people for having a "better" car than them.

hmm..problems problems

Concerning the A14 between Huntingdon and Cambridge mentioned in an earlier post as I understand it this road is now covered by average speed cameras with a 60mph limit, you would think that if the LGV's are the cause of so many incidents on this stretch and with them being limited to 56mph the authorities would have imposed a lower limit on this stretch.

ad210358 wrote:

Concerning the A14 between Huntingdon and Cambridge mentioned in an earlier post as I understand it this road is now covered by average speed cameras with a 60mph limit, you would think that if the LGV's are the cause of so many incidents on this stretch and with them being limited to 56mph the authorities would have imposed a lower limit on this stretch.

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iangam wrote:

It is surprising that some lorry driver still use hand held mobiles when driving, the penalties for a professional driver caught doing this are much heavier than car drivers,

The penalty for using a mobile phone is the same for any road user regardless off what they are driving, the only extra thing that can happen to a LGV driver is he can be reported to the traffic commissioner, who can suspend his LGV license for a period of time.
As for LGV drivers being any worse than any other road user, i would have to say that i have seen some unbelievably stupid things from ALL drivers regardless of what they drive. It is just when an LGV driver F**KS up it causes alot more damage.
The Doctor: As for the LGV driver being taken for Dangerous/ Driving without due care and attention, i very much doughty this will happen as all he will say is the mondeo was in his blind spot when he checked his mirrors. Again i very much doughty a report will be generated for his mobile phone usage, for two reasons 1: The mobile phone was not seized at the time of the offence so how do we know that is the phone he was using at the time ? can you describe the make and model of the phone ? ( the courts will ask this) 2: The simple reason it costs quite abit of money to check mobile records.
As the law stands at the moment the only real chance of getting a prosecution for using a mobile phone while driving is for the offender to be stopped at the time of the offence by the Police.

iangam wrote:

ad210358 wrote:

Concerning the A14 between Huntingdon and Cambridge mentioned in an earlier post as I understand it this road is now covered by average speed cameras with a 60mph limit, you would think that if the LGV's are the cause of so many incidents on this stretch and with them being limited to 56mph the authorities would have imposed a lower limit on this stretch.

A14 is 50mph for any commercial vehicle over 7.5 ton. Interesting comment about the 40mph limit on single carrageway, I regularly stick to this and as many as 20% of cars that overtake me abuse me for sticking to the limit. One even rang my company to complain that I must be overloaded as I could only manage 40 on the A17 single carrageway.