That's reasonable enough. Think of it from their side, they don't know if you are insured in that situation. I'm sure any cop that has had to tell someone their son / daughter / father / mother has been seriously injured or killed by an uninsured driver will want to be sure anything suspect is clarified. That's the side of their job we simply do not see. I can't even imagine the courage required to knock on someone's door knowing you are about to deliver news that will destroy the persons life.
Havent been stopped for some time now,but the vast majority of plod have been sound enough.Perhaps hed had a shit day.
It was only right at the end he was asking about the car and driver. Bottom line is reguardless of who is right and who is wrong his attitude stunk.
Another thing that may work in my favour (unintentionally) is that I'm not exactly an imposing looking person. Any cop stopping me is unlikely to consider me as a threat. Perhaps with a person of a more imposing stature such as figaro they immediately feel more need to show authority? It would be interesting to see how cops address two people at relatively opposite ends of the physical spectrum (this is not a dig at you BTW fig) Pretty much all cops are considerably bigger and heavier than me so they probably feel they have psychological control of the situation from the off.
around 1998 I did four in one village one after the other……….lad had taken mums cabrio, got the mates in the car, tff on a bend, ironically only the driver survived….you get the same look even if you are knocking the door to do door to door enquiries re a stolen moped...
Copper. Please move you car. Me Why Cooper, Your under the flight path Me But this is a public highway with no restrictions Copper, yes but under Aviation act you cant park here Me Ok so why no double yellows or signs? Copper Whats your name? Me, Whats the offence? but reading this its you that has escalated the conversation you even put at the beginning he said "please move your car"...
Ugh, what a terrible situation. When the police knock on the door surely it can only ever normally be bad news?
Civil Aviation Act 1971 You are here: 1971 c. 75 Part II Operation of aerodromes by the Authority Section 31 Table of Contents Content More Resources Previous: Provision Next: Provision Plain View Print Options What Version [FONT=Gill Sans / Gill Sans MT]Latest available (Revised)[/FONT] [FONT=Gill Sans / Gill Sans MT]Original (As enacted)[/FONT] Opening OptionsExpand opening options More Resources Original Print PDF View more Status: This is the original version (as it was originally enacted). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. 31Byelaws (1)The Authority may, in respect of any aerodrome in the United Kingdom which is owned or managed by it, make byelaws for regulating the use and operation of the aerodrome and the conduct of all persons while within the aerodrome, and in particular byelaws— (a)for securing the safety of aircraft, vehicles and persons using the aerodrome and preventing danger to the public arising from the use and operation of the aerodrome ; (b)for preventing obstruction within the aerodrome ; (c)for regulating vehicular traffic anywhere within the aerodrome except on roads to which the road traffic enactments apply, and in particular (with that exception) for imposing speed limits on vehicles within the aerodrome and for restricting or regulating the parking of vehicles or their use for any purpose or in any manner specified in the byelaws ; (d)for prohibiting waiting by hackney carriages except at standings appointed by such person as may be specified in the byelaws; (e)for prohibiting or restricting access to any part of the aerodrome; (f)for preserving order within the aerodrome and preventing damage to property in it; (g)for regulating or restricting advertising within the aerodrome ; (h)for requiring any person, if so requested by a constable or aerodrome official, to leave the aerodrome or a particular part of it or to state his name and address and the purpose of his being on the aerodrome; (f)for restricting the area which is to be taken as constituting the aerodrome for the purposes of the byelaws. (2)A person contravening any byelaws made under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding such amount as may be specified by the byelaws in relation to the contravention, but no amount so specified shall exceed £100. (3)Byelaws made under this section shall not have effect until they are confirmed by the Secretary of State, and the provisions of Schedule 7 to this Act shall apply to any such byelaws. (4)If, in the case of any aerodrome owned or managed by the Authority, byelaws made or having effect as if made under section 2 of the Civil Aviation Act 1968 (which relates to byelaws for aerodromes of the Secretary of State) were in force in respect of the aerodrome immediately before the date when it vested in or came under the management of the Authority, the byelaws shall have effect as if made and confirmed under this section but with the substitution of references to the Authority for references to the Secretary of State and with any other necessary modifications. (5)In this section— " aerodrome official" means a person authorised by the Authority to act for the purposes of byelaws made by virtue of paragraph (h) of subsection (1) of this section ; and " the road traffic enactments" means the enactments (whether passed before or after this Act) relating to road traffic, including the lighting and parking of vehicles, and any order or other instrument having effect by virtue of any such enactment; and an aerodrome official shall not exercise any power conferred on him by byelaws made by virtue of the said paragraph (h) without producing written evidence of his authority if he is required to do so. Does this help?
Manners didn't last long and I'm still allowed to ask why? Maybe the public servant should have stayed professional and explained after the simple request rather than making threats with a couple of minutes. I don't take kindly to being threatened with arrest. Even more so when I have done Fuck all.
Which begs the question where exactly is the Aerodrome boundary to which such rules would be enforceable. Can't see those rules extending to the residential area I was in.
I can definitely see the manners side if the argument, and it looks like their was a communication issue. It does appear he was correct in asking you to move though, so yes, you had done something 'wrong' from that side of things. Both sides appear to have made it a less than slick 'transaction' (based purely on what I've interpreted here) Oh, FWIW some areas subject to blanket parking restrictions do not have to have it signed everywhere, just at the entrance and exit of the zones.
FFS. There are good and bad however you decide to categorise humankind. Why not just be polite? If the other person is not, don't stoop to their level. There are several ways of saying "Why", with verbal inflection, volume, facial expression, stance and so forth. I.e. WHY? (spits and fumes and implies "you cunt") or Why, officer, I am waiting for my wife and she will only be a few minutes? Where would you like me to park? Sounds to me like an unnecessary escalation into playground "my dad is bigger than your dad" nonsense. If they were cunts, you were on a loser. Most are not cunts if you don't act like one yourself.
Unlike some here I've spent a fair bit of time in the company of the old bill, usually after a minor infraction on my part, and for the most part they're decent people. But why can't you see that some coppers are not nice? Why must it be us that has to be nice when the Sweeney can say and do what they like in front of us? Why do they feel its acceptable to speak to people like a piece of shit? Don't tell me to be nice to someone who isn't being at least halfway decent with me, cos it ain't gonna happen.
Police cannot make up rules, they are only there to enforce laws and this policeman did not know what law (if any) he was trying to enforce. Andyb are you a policeman? You sound like one, I fully support what MrC said and I would have done exactly the same. Just because the guy was wearing a uniform does not entitle to speak to or treat anyone in anyway he likes and I would have made a complaint against this officer as I have done so in the past because of the shocking attitude of the officer and the manner in which I was spoken to when I had done nothing wrong or broken any law even though the officer was convinced I was in the wrong and wrongly claimed what he said was law when I knew for a fact it wasn't.
please don't insult my intelligence …..the powers that be can and do generally make the rules up particularly anti terrorism as and when to suit any situation like airports for example
you are not expected to quote section and article of any offence……..a person in authority as above from the section of law ……..please move your car generally works, which is what he said!
Look, it's very straightforward. He's the the cop. He's in charge. He's the boss of you. You follow his instructions. He says, "Move your car", you say, "Yessir! How far, sir?". What could be simpler? You don't have to know why, in fact you have no right to know why ... you just ask, "Where to?" and move it.
