stupid mistake - on my way back from my mates saw the lights were changing to red and sped up and went through the lights a bit too quickly noticed only once I'd gone through that there was a copper on the other side of the road - did a U-turn and flashed the blues at me

"any reason why you were going warp speed through those lights - in a hurry"

Er...s**t sorry

then explained to me I could get my license ripped up and my car taken away and if they were traffic cops would of given me points and a fine...luckily got away without either...I regret doing what I did but fortunatly got away with just a firm word

my first running with the boys in blue!

yeh red light runing aint good and that really hits ur insurance too as red light running is seen to be loads worse than speeding as it shows you are a risk taker.....at least you just got a word so leson learned I guess

yep defiantly learnt my lesson, wont be doing that again! - was suprised I got just a warning, but didnt look like a typical boy racer as was still in my suit and tie from work!

i have had a number of run ins with the feds, talk to them like decent human beings and they can be alright. talk to them like s**t and you may as well write your own ticket.

Thank your lucky stars that someone give you a bit of a break up high... I've had a running with a motorway traffic cop in a Volvo T5 and i wouldn't be on the road still if he hadn't been a decent guy and thought he'd teach me a lesson instead of causing me grief... I was young, lesson learnt and thank god!

Lol some girl on ER had her licence for about a week and got pulled over twice for going through a red light. Now she has no licence, 6points and has to retake her test with a hefty fine. Not only that, her insurance has doubled now lol <<< not good!

u should never speed or do anything silly in town, its too dangerouse thats what B roads are for, but at least u did have a ticket

...and yet stessex reported that someone was breaking into his car in the middle of the night and the police say they can't do anything. It seems we drivers get plenty of law applied to us, but when it comes to expecting support from the law, we can just sod off.
Sorry, feeling mighty grumpy today.

I think the Police do a fantastic job TBH.
I think they'd do an even better job if you were given guns and be allowed to blow the heads off persistent criminals (and let's face it, you know who they are and what they do) instead of putting them up infornt of the courts who just keep letting them go.
I know the do-gooders would moan but we can just get them to go and live in a bad area for a week, they'll soon be on our side.

CPS is a joke, the Police should decide who to convict and what for.

CPS= Criminal Protection Service.

The problem with arming officers all the time is that although gun crime is getting worse in some areas, by arming officers you will simply prompt more criminals to carry guns regularly as they will see a need to protect themselves. There is also the issue of a police officer being held hostage. E.g. You get an idiot with a baseball bat holding his ex wife and kid hostage because he thinks he got a raw deal in court blah blah blah. Somehow he takes a copper hostage who happens to have a gun on him. Now he isnt just armed with a baseball bat but with a gun. Its a reason as to why Thames Valley Police won't allow their officers to even carry Swiss army knives.

Another issue is the budget they get which most of the time is inadequate. Replacing police officers with Police Support Officers is a joke. They have naff all power to do anything and I really don't see the point. The only reason their job was invented was so Labour could save a few quid and still claim they had 'Police' on the streets. Stop wasting money on stupid projects like bailing Northern Rock out and fund public services better. Imagine what they could do with the 20 odd billion that one took from the tax payer.

Been living in uk for many years and still drive up there sometime can tell u that cops in uk are less on the roads than overhere and then don't pull u over for no reason even if sometime U do make a fault, maybe having a foreign number plates help but still don't see that many on the road try to catch people speeding compare to france were they never stop

STrange - I'm not having a go at the police 'on the ground', I'm blaming the system, which insists on meeting targets. Everything is geared towards gaining 'quick clear-ups' to meet the government imposed targets, so easy stuff like pulling a motorist or doing a kid for 'racial harrassment' (in reality a playground fight) is top of the list, but actually getting out and looking for a criminal comes last.
This little scrote could have been caught in posession of tools etc if the police had turned out and had a good look around, but it would have been a 'hard work' job and probably not worth the points.