Does this anger you like it does me? "Simon Dear"

thepharcyde · 26 Feb 2007 at 21:13

Tommorow they enforce a £60 fine and 3 penalty points for driving while using your mobile phone something for which I am in favor of.......but for anyone watching "Road Wars" on BBC1 does not apply whatsoever to PC Simon Dear, man this really makes me annoyed as he changes gear while talking on his walkie talkie

Puzzled · 26 Feb 2007 at 21:16

Lol

Just saw that myself.

Remember though he has special police training so he can steer with his mind.

thepharcyde · 26 Feb 2007 at 21:17

MonkeyMan said:
Lol

Just saw that myself.

Remember though he has special police training so he can steer with his mind.

Vulcan mind meld!

paradigm · 26 Feb 2007 at 21:18

One rule for us...

divine` · 26 Feb 2007 at 21:23

When was that filmed though?

I recall watching a program about traffic cops and one was local, except they stopped a woman outside a shop that has been gone for almost 6 years!

edit - point being that may have even been before the first mobile restrictions came in.

paradigm · 26 Feb 2007 at 21:26

divine_madness said:
edit - point being that may have even been before the first mobile restrictions came in.

I think its possible tbh, I've seen this episode before, a while back, but I'm not quite sure when.

Nitro_Junkie · 26 Feb 2007 at 21:27

frequently see coppers on walkie talkies driving round town

Sp!ke · 26 Feb 2007 at 21:35

Nitro_Junkie said:
frequently see coppers on walkie talkies driving round town

Which suprisingly is not an offence.

For example, as a licensed radio amateur I am not necessarily liable to prosecution if I use a hand held microphone whilst driving. The caveat being of course I must be driving with due care and attention, if I'm not, then they can and would fine me + points etc.

S

MikeHunt79 · 26 Feb 2007 at 21:41

surely it would be safer if they used an earpiece plugged into the walkie?

The_Dark_Side · 26 Feb 2007 at 21:45

the mobile phone law.
grr.
a load of rubbish IMHO.

Scottland · 26 Feb 2007 at 21:47

I sitll think that BT headsets are more distracting than the phones themselves. Annoying little blighters, never work!

Firestar_3x · 26 Feb 2007 at 21:47

divine_madness said:
When was that filmed though?

Exactly, back in 1986 a copper used his police car phone, quick do him!

Six6siX · 26 Feb 2007 at 21:57

Scottland said:
I sitll think that BT headsets are more distracting than the phones themselves. Annoying little blighters, never work! and make you look super cool

I work in retail and get loads of 'cool' people wearing them in store. Not actually using them, like. Just wearing them.

FreeStream · 26 Feb 2007 at 22:00

The police didn't want this law passed in the first place did they?

TBH doesn't bother me AT ALL that he did that...

andi · 26 Feb 2007 at 22:11

They also don't have to wear seatbelts. zomg no!

Difference is, they need to do it, you don't. Same reason they can speed and you can't.

TripleT · 26 Feb 2007 at 22:40

The_Dark_Side said:
the mobile phone law.
grr.
a load of rubbish IMHO.

Completely agree.

Farse.

Deep · 26 Feb 2007 at 22:52

andi said:
Difference is, they need to do it, you don't. Same reason they can speed and you can't.

exactly

Will Gill · 26 Feb 2007 at 22:57

the police are bred from birth to be amazing drivers, its almost genetic, it might seem like one rule for them and another for everyone else but when you are basically a super being you can see the huge gaping difference between us and them.

The_Dark_Side · 26 Feb 2007 at 23:00

the_one_deep86 said:
exactly

needing to do something doesn't automatically make it safe for you to do so.
contrary to popular belief the police forces around the UK hire human beings who posess exactly the same skills as the rest of us in varying amounts.
all police officers are not automatically good drivers.
all police officers are not by default 100% honest.
etc
etc.

the point? just because it's been deemed necessary for an officer to use his/her radio and therefore be exempt from this handset law the rest of us are bound by, doesn't mean that every one of those officers is any more or less safe by doing this than any other motorist would be.

Nitro_Junkie · 26 Feb 2007 at 23:01

Will Gill said:
the police are bred from birth to be amazing drivers, its almost genetic, it might seem like one rule for them and another for everyone else but when you are basically a super being you can see the huge gaping difference between us and them.

either a slight hint of sarcasm there or you're a copper