Police crash a confiscated Evo VIII into someone's garden... :/

ubersonic said:
He was arrested for drink driving, meaning he failed the breathalyser, why the police crashed we don't know, maybe stupidity, maybe a genuine problem with the car, all we know for certain is the owner has got what he deserves ^^
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I must have missed the part where he was convicted, oh no wait.....
 
A police spokesman said: “Following the arrest of the driver, officers drove the vehicle from the scene. The car then collided with two front gardens.”
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They came out of nowhere guv!
 
ubersonic said:
They don't arrest you for passing a breath test... He may not have been convicted/sentenced yet but he is defiantly guilty
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because the roadside breath test devices are totally and utterly faultless, infact they are so beyond reproach they are used as the sole purpose of prosecution, oh no wait.....
 
Will Gill said:
because the roadside breath test devices are totally and utterly faultless, infact they are so beyond reproach they are used as the sole purpose of prosecution, oh no wait.....
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Who's to say he even was drunk, perhaps he just got the hump with two stroppy coppers pulling him, who then got the hump and arrested him and went on to crash his car.

Also being half a glass over the limit is not like 2 bottles of vodka worth, i wouldnt say every drink driving conviction should come with a car destroyed sentence.
 
maybe stupidity, maybe a genuine problem with the car, all we know for certain is the owner has got what he deserves ^^
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maybe there was a problem with the car hence why the driver was driving 'badly' and hence why the cops binned it as soon as they tried to drive it?
 
DiamondMark said:
Who's to say he even was drunk, perhaps he just got the hump with two stroppy coppers pulling him, who then got the hump and arrested him and went on to crash his car.

Also being half a glass over the limit is not like 2 bottles of vodka worth, i wouldnt say every drink driving conviction should come with a car destroyed sentence.
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you don't mean that coppers pull people over just because they drive nice cars?? surely they aren't that fickle :confused:

and I disagree if you get breathlised at the roadside your car should be instacrushed, regardless of the official result on the intoximeter back at the station.

obey my authoritai
 
/sigh I should have realised that saying something bad against a drink driver in a police trashing thread on a motoring forum was suicide :P

Ok:

Will Gill said:
because the roadside breath test devices are totally and utterly faultless, infact they are so beyond reproach they are used as the sole purpose of prosecution, oh no wait.....
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This happened 14 hours ago, if he had passed the retest back at the station he would have been released by now.


DiamondMark said:
Also being half a glass over the limit is not like 2 bottles of vodka worth, i wouldnt say every drink driving conviction should come with a car destroyed sentence.
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Thats like saying intercourse with a 14yr old is ok cos its not like their 12 or something, In both the half pint and vodka case the driver puts peoples lives at risk just to save on bus fare, Trashed car sounds like a light punishment tbh.
 
odd that, even by your calculations he will now have been released yet there is no mention of him being charged, would could that mean?
 
Will Gill said:
because the roadside breath test devices are totally and utterly faultless, infact they are so beyond reproach they are used as the sole purpose of prosecution, oh no wait.....
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They are just as effective as the ones at the police station now. Hence why legislation is in the pipeworks to allow them to be the sole evidence required.
 
ubersonic said:
Thats like saying intercourse with a 14yr old is ok cos its not like their 12 or something, In both the half pint and vodka case the driver puts peoples lives at risk just to save on bus fare, Trashed car sounds like a light punishment tbh.
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Well no, forget the under age bit for a minute.

One of the drink driving scenarios can be an accident, one is a **** take, there is a difference.
 
Burnsy2023 said:
They are just as effective as the ones at the police station now. Hence why legislation is in the pipeworks to allow them to be the sole evidence required.
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in the pipework, not here now though ;)

anyway this is all by the by, the point I was quite clearly eluding to :p was that the guy is innocent, until any evidence is presented to the contrary and charges are subsequently made that is the only fact on which we can rely
 
Will Gill said:
in the pipework, not here now though ;)
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The technology is already being used, changing the law takes a lot longer though.


Will Gill said:
anyway this is all by the by the actual point I was quite clearly eluding to :p was that the guy is innocent, until any evidence is presented to the contrary and charges are subsequently made that is the only fact we can rely on :)
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Presumption of innocence is never a bad place to start :)
 
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