I've got a valid MOT and had it done with the current plate on! So no I haven't altered it, I never put the plate on it, it was on it when I bought it and never even gave it a second glance as it really didn't stand out and make me think there was anything wrong with it. Thats what i'm getting at, its not a p!ss taking plate the size of a cigarette packet or got lettering in italics thats barely readable. Its simply lettering that is slightly different to standard. It would be read by any ANPR as its very plainly readable! So giving me a fine for it was totally unnecassary other than for raising cash.

These no response personnel, shouldn't they be helping out with more important tasks like the bundles of paperwork we always hear the police complaining about that they have to do, then if there were more people clearing the red tape quicker real criminals going to court would get to court quicker?

I can just imagine the briefing now for this anti bike operation, right lads issue as many tickets as possible and annoy the **** out the bikers, oh and whoever raises the most cash gets a promotion! When the police want to be improving community relations they are instead p!ssing off more and more groups by the day. And they wonder why so many people have such a bad attitude towards them I've met my fair share of good coppers and bad coppers, unfortunately the jobsworths/cash raisers are becoming the majority now and the sensible ones who use discretion are becoming a dieing breed.

 

Also to add, I take your point about the CPS, having seen them at work first hand and how they let my bike thief off pretty much scott free I think i'll take my chances with them

 

LOL only the police themselves could try that one on. How about zero tolerance on burgalers? I think the general public would be right behind that policy of zero tollerance instead of zero tollerance on any offence that raises us lots of cash.

BTW I still can't see how you can think sending out officers from say an armed response unit to act as traffic wardens is a good use of resources. I have no issues with spot checks on the road as yes you may well catch someone doing something dodgey but to deliberately target a bike park where the owners wont be about is nothingless than easy cash generation. Its indefensable. You say my non standard plate is a defect, how exactly? Its easily readable, its not too small, its not dangerous or cause any destraction to other road users. All it is is a very minor technicality, not a defect as it has no bearing on the safety of my bike. I am all for taking vehicles off the road with defects, defects such as no MOT and being dangerous through bald tyres or no brakes, drivers with no insurance or licences. However targetting bikes that are parked up for the day isn't going to get you any results on checking for MOT's or licenses or insurance. Its only going to get you minor indescrepancies that you can issue a fine for that isn't in fact going to make the roads any safer what so ever. If its not making the roads safer through removing dangerous vehicles or drivers then its a total waste of police time. The public do not see issuing fines for technicalities a good use of police resources, its cash generation which the whole country is on to the police about and very p!ssed off about.

 

Hi Nathan

no £40 mate, its London pricing don't forget, everything is more expensive there, even the fines

 

LOL you've had a busy week mate I'm glad I don't use the A21 anymore then, but then you'd have trouble catching me in that ropey old Skoda you've got They are still using Volvo T5's on the M20 so I have to be a good boy - i've seen how fast they go lol

 

On the roads fair game, at least you get to have an argument face to face over what you've done None of those events were even in Sherwood or Showfields, you had the easy shift then.

Well now i've got a ropey old Skoda I feel I can comment on their ropiness, but do need the same mods as you've got as for scarey in the rear view mirror, thats down to that looney Daisy you were with who appeared out of no where and cut up about 4 cars going across the round about to catch up with me lol

 

If you can't read all the posts together and understand where my arguments/points came from then it surprises me you managed to get into the armed response unit as I thought their selection process was quite tough to pass!

Felix claims your type of unit for example would be used on duties such as ticketing bike parks, yet you say you have never seen your unit put on these type of duties. I'm not surprised because I think its laughable that a specialised unit such as armed response would ever be used for such menial tasks.

As for his argument against mine where I said more coppers should be out responding to urgent calls for help and him saying its not response officers that are used for ticketing duties, well the officer who gave me the ticket was a standard bobby on the beat so no not an officer from some other division helping out. Obviously couldn't find anything better to do than write out tickets.

Also the fact she is a new recruit makes me laugh, good to see she was being trained up on the important duties first such as targetting motorists for issuing fines. She should have applied to be a traffic warden to do that. Surely a new recruit should be being trained up on the important parts of the job first such as catching real criminals?