Overtook someone doing just shy under 50 in a 60 along a straight road passed them and they flashed there lights at me they catch up and she starts taking down my number plate to me it looked like she was a nurse or cleaner definately not an offduty policewoman as far as i can see , can anything become of this?
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she may of been doing it to annoy you, she may report it to the poice.
Im not sure how they will deal with it though, they may get in touch with you and say there has been a complaint and ask you about the incident, they may just mark it on a record and then if someone else complains they will follow it up then!
If they do get in touch, simply tell them what happened and where, and that she put her foot down, sped towards you while flashing her lights and then took her hands of the wheel in order to write your number plate down
Anyway, why the hell did you let her catch up
Im not sure how they will deal with it though, they may get in touch with you and say there has been a complaint and ask you about the incident, they may just mark it on a record and then if someone else complains they will follow it up then!
If they do get in touch, simply tell them what happened and where, and that she put her foot down, sped towards you while flashing her lights and then took her hands of the wheel in order to write your number plate down
Anyway, why the hell did you let her catch up
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if police do get in contact bring up the fact she shouldnt have been writin down your number while driving which is distracter her form the road. 
wedgie22 said:
did i say anything about losing a licence?
We had an incident where we reported someone for kicking the side of the g/fs golf, he admitted kicking it but because we couldnt prove that he caused the damage (even though i had photos of the scuff marks and dents) the g/f was advised to drop the case.
However, she was told that if someone else reported him for another driving offence that they would have enough complaints to follow through with legal action!
If you complained about someone threatening to kill you, do you think the police would investigate? Or ignore it because you have no proof.
If several independant people make complaints about the same person then action will be taken and those complaints can be seen as proof that this person is a dangerous driver (not saying the OP is)
I was using that as an example of action being taken as a result of a complaint so don't throw a fit.MNuTz said:
Kicking someones car, Threatening to kill someone, neither of those are driving offences. Both are terrible analogies. You can't compare someone making an accuasation along the lines of a threat to kill, to someone complaining about poor driving.MNuTz said:
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wedgie22 said:
No, but its gets the point across that complaints add up, otherwise what is the point of actually having a complaints system?
Youd have no proof of a verbal death threat, just like no proof of a driving offence however, both could lead to the death of someone, and the police will act.
As for kicking the car, he was being done for road rage, which i believe is classed as a driving offence (he got out of his car, shouted abuse and then kicked the car as i pulled off when the lights changed. Resulting in the smell of brakes pads, reversing at speed and then him backing off when i got out along with him telling me to 'come on then!'.)
As has been said, its her word against his, however, if he already has a complaint against his driving its then 2 against him, or maybe 5 against.
This is how it should work, but whether the police will do anything about it god knows!
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The main problem I see is that it's not as simple as saying 'I want to complain about x kicking my car door/making threats aginst me'.
Unless it's a definate case of right or wrong, it's all down to interpretation. There are people who no doubt class many things as bad driving, whether they are or not is another matter.
In the case of the OP, doesn't sound like he's done anything wrong. He's overtaken someone who was well below the speed limit, on a straight road and i'm assuming with no oncoming traffic. If police action was to be taken against someone then a charge would have to be made, complaints of poor driving isn't a crime.
I know police can take action when threats are made or damage to property is done, but I don't know of a single example of police action being taken against someone solely on the back of complaints of poor driving being made.
Unless it's a definate case of right or wrong, it's all down to interpretation. There are people who no doubt class many things as bad driving, whether they are or not is another matter.
In the case of the OP, doesn't sound like he's done anything wrong. He's overtaken someone who was well below the speed limit, on a straight road and i'm assuming with no oncoming traffic. If police action was to be taken against someone then a charge would have to be made, complaints of poor driving isn't a crime.
I know police can take action when threats are made or damage to property is done, but I don't know of a single example of police action being taken against someone solely on the back of complaints of poor driving being made.
wedgie22 said:
Thats what the OP said, and we've taken it as truth.
However, she could be telling the police that the road was busy with oncoming traffic and that he crossed white lines, he then swung the car back in front of her with no indication forcing her to smash her brakes on.
Its the job of the police to look into every complaint made (in theory), and to then interpret the statements and any evidence.
Complaints of poor driving isnt a crime, but poor driving is depending on what youve done. If someone cut you up and you ended up smashing into a tree, if you had that person number plate would you not want to police to follow the complaint up?
They may not be able to take you to court over several complaints (i cant say if they could or couldnt here) but it would certainly give them enough of a shove to start monitoring your driving.
That only proves my point. Do you think the police don't know that the person making the accusation may not be telling it as it was?MNuTz said:
You're taking it a step further when you talk of smashing into a tree. Police are automatically going to want to know what happened in the event of an accident being caused. I'm talking only in the case of the OP, where it's simply a case of someone being annoyed at another persons driving and possibly making a complaint. Anything on top of that is a whole other scenario and not relevant.MNuTz said:
I'll say it again, I don't know of a single example of police action being taken against someone over nothing more than complaints on the standard of their driving.
Events caused by bad driving is another subject, but simply bad driving (in the interpretation of the accuser) isn't a crime unless the police actually have something to use against you. They can't just say '5 people have told us you're driving is terrible, we believe them, you're nicked'
wedgie22 said:Events caused by bad driving is another subject, but simply bad driving (in the interpretation of the accuser) isn't a crime unless the police actually have something to use against you. They can't just say '5 people have told us you're driving is terrible, we believe them, you're nicked'
no, but it wont stop them getting in touch with you to let you know that complaints have been made. This woman could be the 20th person to make a complaint about the OP, do you seriously not think that the police will start to look into someone who has 20 independant complaints about their driving?
My point is, that it is entirely possible that the police could be in touch depending on whether he has any other complaints against him or whether the woman provides a compelling statement.
I still stand by my original point that i reckon she was trying to scare you and will probably do nothing about it!
Interesting one this.
I mentally note the number plates of at least 5-10 cars every morning and mentally threaten to shop them but then get to work and have a coffee and forget about it.
Mostly for using the bus lane or (my pet hate) I come to a T-junction and there are 2 lanes one for left and one for right. I got left (normally a 10-15 car queue going left and 1-2 car queue for right).
At least twice a week someone will zoom down the right hand lane then turn left usually forcing other cars to brake sharply or swerve to avoid collision or they simply start the turn left but remain 'parked' infront of the cars that are waiting at the T junction for the lights to turn green.
I know someone who uses the bus lane every day and when I ask them why they say because the police don't bother, and even if they get stopped once per year there are no penalty points in Begium so they say it's worth the 5 minutes they save each day for the once per year fine. (Installing a camera in the bus lane to catch these people would be much better than those speed cameras on the motorway.)
I mentally note the number plates of at least 5-10 cars every morning and mentally threaten to shop them but then get to work and have a coffee and forget about it.
Mostly for using the bus lane or (my pet hate) I come to a T-junction and there are 2 lanes one for left and one for right. I got left (normally a 10-15 car queue going left and 1-2 car queue for right).
At least twice a week someone will zoom down the right hand lane then turn left usually forcing other cars to brake sharply or swerve to avoid collision or they simply start the turn left but remain 'parked' infront of the cars that are waiting at the T junction for the lights to turn green.
I know someone who uses the bus lane every day and when I ask them why they say because the police don't bother, and even if they get stopped once per year there are no penalty points in Begium so they say it's worth the 5 minutes they save each day for the once per year fine. (Installing a camera in the bus lane to catch these people would be much better than those speed cameras on the motorway.)