Since when did Wales succeed? They are English...joined at the hip... bored and pick on bikes. I was 16 in 1979 living in Cornwall ... obviously nothing has changed. Small minded and badly educated country plod. What a waste of tax payers very hard earnt money.
As a retired cop of 30yrs I’m astounded and disgusted at this utter TRIPE ! Is this what policing nowadays is all about? Why is this cop out in the country/ snowdonia doing checks like this ? Ffs !
Not the same job, is it but I don't understand people with dodgy illegal mods who complain when the police pull them up, I know its illegal but don't you have something better to do!
Modern police love to mess with law abiding people. Real criminals might give them a dig -- or scarier still, might give them a tail home after work. Best to avoid those people at all costs. Notice how fast he responded to the allegation he might be picking on minorities? Best to stick to law abiding middle aged white men. That'll get him a commendation, for sure. They're probably gammon and prone to hate speech so give them a tug, just in case.
As a lifelong biker, 49 years in the saddle I can say this is not uncommon and have many stories of being bullied by dodgy policemen but my advice to anyone is don't argue with them just accept they are a stain on what is otherwise a very noble and honourable profession, ride safe.
The standard of policing in this country is pathetic. They can't find time to investigate assults, burglaries or rapes but can waste time on petty things like number plates which then turn out to be legal after all
@@732466 Poor you, i would rather not be subject to arbitrary rules made up by the paedophile war criminal elite who do everything possible to cause harm to the population... i never voted for them.
@@IIIIIIPETEIIIIIIThey aren't your police. They are the Kings police, they are CROWN servants. You are nothing but a tax slave. The blue gang are simply overseeing the plantation. Not trying to be confrontional, just telling you how it is.
I am a retired Met Police Officer and I could not agree more. Total waste of everyones time and public money. A pointless venture that he had to see through because he knew he had started off on the wrong foot and realised he was on the cusp of some deep doo doo. What we are seeing is damage limitation for some bad policing; trying to find something to prosecute to justify this rubbish. Non-conforming plates are an advisary. Tinted visors are not illegal, I use one all through the summer months, because not being able to see properly in bright or low sunlight IS hazardous.
Got stopped on my bike for going through a red light at a pedestrian crossing. I suggested that the light was actually green and there was no one at the crossing to push the button to activate it. The fine officer was insistent it was red and wrote a ticket. I asked what would happen if I refused to accept it. "Court and your funeral" was the reply. Didn't turn out quite as he'd expected. All I'll say is he hadn't noticed the Gopro on the front of the bike...... (and yes the light was very, very Green!)
Oh, dear that is very embarrassing for the Officer, did you get to show the video in Court? or was the case dropped as soon as you submitted the video.
I live in Ontario Canada, where we no longer have tax discs. The tag, as they were known, used to be stuck to the back number plate. HOWEVER, Ontario bikers are now being pulled over by State Troopers, in the US as they expect to see the tag. I understand this as the scanners simply tell the cop of an infraction. Most of the time, the serial criminal is let go, but some are being cited, which leads to an enormous waste of time, as if you enter the US with this hanging over your gas tank, you are in a world of hurt. This is called progress
The police are trained to take charge in all situations unfortunately the interpretation of this can turn them into arrogant idiots and they won’t back down when challenged by intelligence.
This will go on a bit so I apologise in advance but anyway, about 20 years ago I bought a Honda fireblade which was damaged so instead of fitting new lights so I just fitted cheap race fairings. Because there were no front lights on the bike it had a "daytime only mot" which was fine for riding in the summer and track days. One Sunday evening I was riding home when I was stopped by two members of the Norfolk cunstabulary. They stopped me for not having a headlight, my response was obviously "it's not dark" they tried to tell me that it was a legal requirement to have a headlight so I asked them how it passed an mot? They got increasingly mouthy and refused to accept that the bike was perfectly legal and eventually decided to get vosa. By the time vosa got there it was dusk, the guy had a quick look around the bike and said it was fine, the copper even tried to argue with him but eventually had to admit defeat. At this point it was dark, I had no phone signal and I was 20 miles from home so I asked plod what They were going to do about getting me and my bike home and they just shrugged and said it wasn't up to them to get me home! I remembered passing a house about 500 yards back down the road so I pushed the bike down a pitch black country lane and onto the drive, I knocked on the door not knowing what sort of reception I was going to get but the lady of the house answered the door and immediately invited me in. I relayed what had happened to her husband and while I used their phone to call my wife, who by this time assumed I was dead, the guy emptied his van and we loaded my bike in it and he drove me home. On the journey he told me that they'd been burgled several times and police were completely uninterested, even accusing them of insurance fraud on one occasion. When we got to my house he helped me get the bike out, came inside for a cuppa and helped passify the missus them left refusing to take a penny from me, not even to cover his diesel. I already knew what the police were and nothing I've seen since has changed my mind.
That's the bit that really gets my goat. Have a couple of friends who take being a Police Officer seriously, and the really decent ones like them pay for this little pillock's disgusting attitude towards the public.
@@GilbertdeClare0704 There is Zero such thing as a decent Po-Lice Orrificer. Let me ask you this. If your friends as a passanger in a Po-Lice car seen their mate Orrificer driving break the road traffic laws would they issue them with points and a fine the same as they would Joe public? simple answer is would the hell and that makes them as bent as the rest of them. Po-Lice cover Po-Lice crimes all the time every day and hence the Thin Blue Line Gang saying kicks in.
The perfect example of why the police are losing the common man’s support ..these two people look like the sort of honest citizen that would hand in a ten pound note if they found it in the street and the perfect soft touch for a bullying ego driven copper to stamp his authority on ..
They should simply have not accepted the caution. Because they did, they made his ridiculous on-the-spot prosecution easy for him. If they declined to accept guilt and thus the caution (no, it isn't a rap across the knuckles and getting away with it), then there's a good chance, based on how ludicrously trivial the alleged offence was, that it would have been thrown out as not in the public interest to go to court and if it did, there's a reasonable chance of being found not guilty (mindful the video isn't very clear on what was actually claimed to be unlawful, apart from claimed lack of maker and safety markings on the plate).
Do not talk to the police, we have the right to remain silent so use it. This costumed clown was purely on a fishing expedition so he could financially deprive this couple and had no interest in road safety.
@@huwhodges56 I think you are slightly confused as the "right to remain silent" is an American term. You do not have say anything whilst under Caution in the UK, but ensure you supply them with your details if requested as refusal to do so is an offence!!
I bought a new car and wanted to see how fuel efficient it was so one night after a 12 hour shift and with a 5 hour drive home at 3am I decided to just put it into 6th gear and coast down an empty dual carriageway doing about 40mph at low rpm. I got pulled over by the police for going suspiciously slow. I explained that I wasn't in a rush to get anywhere and wanted to see what mpg I could get. He asked me how much and so I said 75mpg to which he just said 'Oh nice' and he just left.
This is why the filth are absolutely loathed and despised. Clearly he was bored and wanted something to do. Harassing innocent tourists. He should be made to say his reasons for this.
How sad is that. Retired police officer of 31yrs I had a few oddballs to manage but he takes the biscuit, the whole packet. What a complete t....! There was no reason to issue a ticket, having stopped you, that is two sensible riders he has now successfully alienated a huge section of the motoring public against the police. His bosses need to have a word with him. Perhaps you should show the video to the police to demonstrate he ignored some clear offences to pick on bikers. Shame on him, you showed calm restraint well done you.
Thanks, it makes me chuckle to this day! I did once also get caught pushing a GSXR 750 on the pavement. "Where are you going sir?" Home officer. "Is it your bike sir?" Yep "So why are you pushing it?" Chain snapped officer. "So where is your helmet, gloves and leathers" Fair point officer... I got really hot pushing it so called my girlfriend to take them home in her car. " The bike doesn't appear to be registered to you sir". Only just brought it officer, sent the logbook off couple of days ago. "You can see why this might look a bit suspicious sir". YEP. "Can your girlfriend support what your saying sir"? Well it's 2 am and she'll be mad as he'll that I've woken her up again, but she will bring my documents and receipt of purchase to us if I speak to her nicely. " That would be helpful in this situation sir". "OK, so all checks out, sir, appollogies for waking your girlfriend up at this hour, now how can we help"? "Me (jokingly) help me push this thing to my house it's only at the top of this hill... "No probs sir" Absolute legends, I had 2 police officers pushing my bike up a hill, laughing and joking about the situation. I think they kinda enjoy it. They're not all bad 😅
This is a story from a few years ago whilst travelling to work in Sunbury on Thames. I was on a CG125 Honda riding to my station, I was a firefighter based at Sunbury on Thames, my route to work was from Harrow through Greenford, then head towards Hounslow, Feltham and Sunbury. I had just approached the big roundabout under the A40 at Greenford when traffic cop in white Land Rover came around the roundabout, looked at me waiting at the junction, and then pulled over. He got out of his vehicle and signalled for me to pull over. He came to my bike and asked me to remove my helmet, I did this but underneath my top lid I always used to wear a black silk balaclava for warmth in the winter months. I removed this as well and the coppers eyes went like saucers. I wasn't a black guy as he obviously thought I was, I asked why he had stopped me and he actually said "you looked too big for your bike" 😅 When he found I was a fireman going to duty his attitude changed so quickly also. Just thought I would share that with you all.
I also take a similar route (Watford to Kingston) I have never had an issue and they seem to have so many officers along the way. I ride a supermoto which to be honest I would pull over. Perhaps their attitude has changed in recent years.
I was the duty police helicopter pilot one night... Off shift at 0300 and a 30 minute drive through rural lanes to get home.. as I went round a particular dodgy bend a police car going the other way and way to fast near shoved me in a hedgerow! I just knew he was going to turn round and pull me in order to save face but before he did I booted it down the road with a grin! He caught me 15 minutes later and he must have been going like the clappers! I was just over a brow of a hill, slowed to a potter and watched him fly over the top and jam on the anchors... blue lights on and I was stopped - we had a little conversation and I was invited out of the car for a breath test because he could smell alcohol - as I did so, dressed in my flying suit, police wings and unit badges I happened to ask whether he'd been on my last job which was a motorbike pursuit.. Click! that was the breath tester case being snapped shut! he warned me to slow down on the bends got into his car and left! what a chump.
I remember cycling down The Mall under Admiralty Arch turning left through the lights to go up Cockspur Street. This was the 90s when I lived in Victoria and cycled in the evenings after work in lycra. Anyway, as I was going through the lights I saw a police van the other side and as I made my way up Cockspur Street, I heard it put on its sirens behind me. I was surprised when it pulled over in from of me and made me brake hard. Officer jumped out and accused me of going through a red. I said "No, no, no! You had a red officer, because you were coming from Northumberland Avenue and that is how those lights work. Stand here and observe. See all those cars coming around from Admiralty Arch and those cars stopped where you were. Do you understand now? Good." No apology, nothing, he just got back in his van. Presumably before I could identify him.
In South Australia, just outside the then police HQ in Franklin Street in Adelaide, a slow moving police car on the side of the road threw a u-turn and knocked a rider off his scooter. "DIDN'T YOU SEE MY INDICATOR" he screamed, and wrote some fabricated tickets for the rider. Poor old plod was a bit thick - he didn't "see" the CAMERA mounted to the riders helmet. He hadn't indicated, he'd simply swerved across the road and knocked a rider down (physical contact -> collision), then trumped up some tickets. When the video made it to media, the tickets were withdrawn, and the officer "suspended" until further notice. On full pay. On OUR TAX $$$$.
Never talk to the police, only provide what is required and nothing more. Never hand them anything and record everything don’t repeat yourself once provided it is incumbent upon them to remember, note it or record it. Be ready to be locked up but then always contact a solicitor and make a civil claim. They are your enemy not your friend.
Staying calm and silent is your only armour. Paul Bromley gives good advice. No point talking to them as they always try and trip you up, and no point talking answering their questions because they are programmed not to belive a word you say. So no point. Answer all questions with " I have been advised by my Solicitor to remain silent "
Hi, I've just come across this video. I watched it about 400 yards from where you shot it. I know the area very well including these out of the way roads. As a local ex Firefighter have driven an appliance on them As a 70 year old Honda NX650 Dominator rider I see race copy bikes on the local roads passing me doing 55 - 60 like I'm standing still. I've picked up similar riders quite a few over the years and put them in body bags. I worked a lot with the police (different generation), and never have come across an officer like this. The mind boggles. Stay safe and keep two wheels on the road 👍😁.
Police spokesmen regularly claim they don't have the support and the respect of the public any more. After watching this video it's not difficult to see why. Fortunately this couple let the policeman know that he was on camera himself and was also shortly to be starring on You Tube alongside the five Tractors and their illegal trailers that he was conveniently ignoring.
They won't touch farmers because they know dissent will spread like wildfire and come back to haunt them. I see farmers every day, several times a day, on their phones whilst driving (they are hardly ever off them), towing trailers with either no number plate, obscured tractor plates or plates that don't match the tractor. The police never, ever pull them over. But if you don't have the microscopic maker and safety declaration on an otherwise perfect plate on your bike, well, Lord help you!
As a female who often goes out on my bike alone, that's really very scary actually. Dealing with that alone, would be horrible. Bit like being pulled over by the mafia. You convinced me to get my gopro set up on my bike pronto!
How is this guy married and never learnt you don't argue with them. It's a waste of time and will likely make things worser for yourself (like the whole visor thing).
a cpl years ago i watched 6 or so youths break into a building site and get upto no good with the plant. i couldnt get through to my local nick 1/2 mile away on the non emergency number (went to voice) so i rang 999 to report it, and all that happened was about an hour later a young female hobby bobby took a peak then walked off long after they had finished. total joke, they are unfit for purpose
Until you have an accident and they have to come and help scrape you off the road, or you are mugged and beaten up and they have to act on your behalf.
@@Tuberesu Better still wait till your being robbed or property stolen and then all they do is give you a bloody Ref Number WTF is the use of that !! They need to remember who pays their wages same as the useless politicians !!!
@@Tuberesu the 1st one the crows would get there 1st, the second 2 they won't attend unless a caucasian white is the perpetrator i am not referring to any old school cops if any left
DPP are usually pretty good with sensible riders and even those who push things a bit without being complete tw4ts. This chap really was just being a tw4t instead. Ty for your safe and considerate riding in Powys.
I live in Lancashire ,have been a biker for 60 yrs and used to go into Wales a lot. I stopped visiting wales about 10 yrs ago,partly coz of this sort of harrassment by police.
@@arthurmackrell8154 I have, thanks. I was referencing the post that you made and the irresponsible cyclists on rural roads, yet blame the police for trying to stop it.
They must be targeting tourists, because I’m from not the wales, I’ve been riding for 10 years and not once have I ever been topped. Honestly if they behaved like this to me I’d be very pissed off
If the copper doesn't ride a bike how on earth does that qualify him to give advice to a real motorcyclist. This guy just shows again the utter contempt they have for the public. Don't trust them they are not on your side. I bet they would expect help from you if they were being attacked though.
Too be fair he was only doing what he’s been told. I’m a biker and i wish we had more traffic cops on the roads. Maybe not bored ones like this one, but i live in the midlands & some of the driving around here is absolutely disgusting. Keep enjoying your biking sir & madam 👍
I also ride bikes in the midlands, and you're right, the standard of some folks driving is appalling, very rarely see a police vehicle of any kind though.
@@angelanicholson951 It's all part of a legalised and extortion racket! All designed to enslave it. We are currently the witnessing the collapse of the whole system. Watch this space.
What a fine example of a complete power tripping waste of space! I can't think why people hate such police officers! Thankfully, they're not all like this specimen!
6th Feb 2015, I had a backpack (containing corporate laptop, documents, personal effects and money) stolen from the passenger seat of my (unlocked) car as I sat in gridlocked traffic (bicyclist opened my door and grabbed it quicker than I could react). I jumped out and gave chase, STOPPED the thief but received a shattered (not just broken - SHATTERED) leg for my efforts. Within a few hours in hospital I received a visit from police. Cop NEVER asked a single question - was just abusive - repeatedly threatened that I would be charged with "CRIMINAL ASSAULT" (against the thief) unless I signed a "no police action statement" regarding the theft!!! - If I ever see one of these costumed clowns in a severe state of distress, I will NOT assist, I will NOT call for help, I will NOT even stop. I'll try not to smile too hard :)
I got pulled by them in 2016. Myself and my then 6 year old son were asleep in a layby. At 2am they did the same fishing thing. Breathalsed me, drug wipe then took my son out in his pyjamas to search the van, claiming they could smell cannabis. Utter cretins.
Just thought I’d put in my tuppence worth, DVSA motorcycle instructor here & tinted visors are legal if they have embossed day time use only on them. This officer is an absolute disgrace, silly little man on a power trip. Well done for keeping your cool, I’d have lost the rag I think by that point. On another note farmers seem to get away with absolute murder, missing number plates, old trailers not fit for the road with no working indicators, but they always get away with it.
the reason they do that is because of the cameras. They all try it when they've got nothing else. The justification is that insurance companies consider making UA-cam content, because it can be monetised, to be a business use of the bike hence not covered under an SD&P policy. The way around this is to state that the cameras are there in case of an incident involving you or your vehicle. It's then on them to prove that you're not using a latest-model Go Pro or Insta360 or whatever, as a really expensive dashcam.
It's a common question to those bikers who they dislike. I know someone who said they was on there way to work when asked why they was out. Then asked to see the insurance policy and the guy hadn't included commuting on the policy. 6 points and lost the licence. It's a crafty trick the police hold in reserve, as it's common not to know the finer points of insurance for young riders apparently. half the food delivery scooters around town don't have the correct cover either, which can also be used against them if they get lippy.
@@BLG80 It's a "crafty trick" to catch people who are breaking the law by driving/riding while uninsured..? I guess catching bank robbers, by catching them in the process of robbing a bank, is also a "crafty trick" too...
I'm an advanced driver and driving to the conditions, what you can see, what you can't see, anticipating things happening means that in some circumstances you aren't able to go the speed limit to ensure safety. If anyone should know this, it's him. You should be commended on your safe, considerate riding in my opinion
As an ex police officer, working in traffic for 20 years, my apologies. If I thought you were going to slow, I would have stopped you to see if you had a problem and offered help if needed. I was way more interested in people going way too fast & other fools with driving licences.
Funny, I've always found _real_ traffic police to be highly professional and the best of the bunch. It's the fella on a bike who knows he's blown his chances of career advancement, and the jumped-up storm trooper in his panda car who failed Advanced Driving who usually have the bad attitude.
He truly is the station King Cnut given the conversation you had with the other cops in the van! Nothing better for him to do than waste everyone's time. Good job putting it on UA-cam! People like him are simply not compatible with being in the Police force.
Same thing happened to me 3 years ago during a rural ride. I'm now 68 and the officer's face dropped when I removed my helmet and revealed my age. I mentioned, "I've been riding 50 years officer and know what is a safe speed for the conditions". He seemed rather embarrassed that he obviously thought I was a young feller to be picked on and turns out I've been riding long before he was born.😁🏍️
No obligation to answer any question at all apart from providing your name and address ( not date of birth ) if you don't have your driving licence on you.
Ask them what law they suspect you to have broken, if none, then ask them if you are being detained and under what law is that detention lawful If not, ride/drive/walk/cycle off. these bags of shit have no control over law abiding citizens, don't give them consent to rule over you!
Thank you so much for putting in the effort to make this vid. It’s absolutely typical, Welsh coppers vs English bikers. They hate us and prove it on a regular basis. I’m sure most of us watching this have experienced similar. The stats for serious injury are quite high, but like pro boxers, rock climbers…. It’s our choice to take the risks involved and we don’t need the Welsh cops making things a miserable as they possibly can for us. Most of us are getting on a bit and rarely take stupid chances on our machines. So WPC’s….. cut us some slack.
Thanks for your comment and it’s so true. Most bikers are responsible, we know the risks and we do everything possible to mitigate the risks as best we can. Yes we do cross the line occasionally, but we are generally way more aware of what we’re doing than the average car driver. A few people do let the side down but that’s the same with anything. Ride safe👍
I was told years ago by a proper cop in South Wales that traffic cops give proper cops a bad reputation. The public tend to refuse to help the proper cops to do their jobs.
That's interesting, many years ago (30plus) it was the opposite. Traffic cops cared and just wanted the traffic to flow smoothly. I remember being stopped several times around London and just got advice and a little telling off, never a ticket. That taught me to be respectful and to recognise the cops as friends. Very sadly, that is no longer the case. Ego is the biggest problem, they need to remember that they represent the law, they are not the law and that they as individuals have no part In the job they do. Another word that they should have tattooed into their sole is professionalism. Far too stupid to separate themselves from their job.
@@HarryCrabb-j9q I think it depended on the area. I remember i used to travel to Glasgow every weekend to deliver frozen foods. It was the old A74 then at the end of the M6. The police would hide and wait to catch you. It was a horrible road, hilly bendy and slow, so when you could build up speed thats what you did and the police knew where to sit and catch you. The trucks getting off the ferry at Stranraer put dusters over their number plates to stop being identified, Such fun back then. No cameras, just proper plod work
I'm well and truly of the understanding that police have a job to do, including traffic, but this guy is an absolute jobsworth! Unfortunately I've had interactions that have been very similar with police and instantly go into these types of situations on the back foot when dealing with police of any kind. You handled it very well and weren't being polite for police's sake, fair play
He’d be a social pariah if he started playing silly buggers with the farmers so it’s ‘ stop the English bikers’ who are riding respectfully and put money into the economy. Thought his ilk disappeared in the 70’s
In 1990 I was pulled one Saturday Morning while travelling at 60mph along the the A55 N.Wales & it was fairly early, around 7am as I was out running in a new GSXR1100L, carrying my wife as pillion - it was an unmarked car & I immediately recognised it as such from the aerials & light clusters in the rear window, I pointed to it while informing my wife & that clearly infuriated the traffic cop - there was no other traffic on the road & I initially approached the car from the inside lane while he was occupying the outer lane travelling around 40mph - I backed off & pulled into the outside lane, flashing my main beam, to which he responded by braking & coming to a stop in the outside lane, holding me behind him - the conversation was heated & he accused me of riding too close to his vehicle (I didn't), I countered with accusing him of baiting me to undertake, his partner calmed things down & I eventually went on my way - he had a brake light out BTW 😐
If a vehicle is hogging the outside lane and going below the speed limit, it’s not undertaking if you pass them on the inside lane if you didn’t specifically switch to that lane to pass them
I had one do that to me once on the A55 on my home from Anglesey. He nearly ran me into the back of a truck as i was going through the newly opened Conwy tunnel. He blocked my overtake by plulling along side as I was a Preparing to pull across to outside lane (truck doing about 50-55) he effectively stalled me in the inside lane behind the truck. The sort of behaviour you'd expect from boy racers on a Saturday night. Not a police officer. He never pulled me over, but seemed to be on a power trip of some sort. Utter psychopath.
No such traffic offence as undertaking .... as stated by a traffic police officer running the bike safe course I was on...... you should just have carried on in your lane and overtake the police obviously not exceeding the speed limit
I'm now 66, been riding for 50 years exactly, out one day when I indicated to turn on a dual carriageway when a police car put his blue lights on and followed me, I pulled in and he just sat there! When I approached him to ask what the problem was, he turned off the lights and siren and started to drive off so I gave a few expletives which got his attention. He then tried to pick fault with a week old Honda CB1100. With no faults found he then started to do insurance and identity check. As I was literally near my house I went home and waited with a cup of tea, he was not happy.
It's actually a WORLDWIDE phenomenon. "Covid" was a little power trip that's been planned for a very long time. Unfortunately, most people don't see the reality unfolding around them.
Here's one for you. I was on holiday in Wales with my family, driving past a school and going downhill behind another car, we were both pulled over and by a waiting police car into a layby. The copper talked with the guy in front and let him go. He then came to me to tell me I was speeding which I contested. I asked why he let the other guy go as he was in front of me and therefore must have been doing the same speed. He said that they guy in front was going slower, I said if I was going faster than the guy in front I would have crashed through him. I then asked if he was let go as he had welsh number plates and that I was a visitor. That didn't go down well and he got stroppy. When he finished and gave me my paperwork I asked him to write all of my comments down on his device and let me have a copy. this kept him there for a good half hour as he made lots of mistakes. I of course had to pay the bribe of £90.00 and go on a speed awareness course so that I didn't get an endorsement on my license. They still do not like the English.
I used to drive an M5 you know the 205mph one. So I had cameras and data logging for my protection. I was done for driving in a bus lane. I produced footage of my waiting in a queue of traffic finally seeing a minor crash in the car lane and everyone using the bus lane to get past. TfL operator would have seen that to issue the ticket but would have sent out hundreds of tickets I wonder how many people just paid?
while in Wales a few years ago, a group of us riding motorcycles, two friends, separated from the group, were pulled over and accused of crossing a solid white line, they were adamant they didn't, but it was a Welsh coppers word against theirs, no video evidence, I fitted cameras to my bike after that, to protect myself from such situations.
This reinforces why you should not answer questions from the police unless in the presence of a solicitor. Simple advice/reply is I don't answer questions
It's been like this for a while ! Years back in Crewe I called the police because a woman neighbour came round for help ax her boyfriend was threatening her with a knife. The police said " we will put it down for passing interest". Plod came round 17 hrs later!
Please pull the police footage it should make interesting viewing. Just FYI agricultural machinery being towed doesn't need a number plate IF the tractor has plates in each side. Otherwise it must have a plate that matches any tractor from the same farm not necessarily the one towing it. The rake that passed on video didn't need one because the tractor one was visible.
This jobsworth makes us appreciate the good guys who, just ''have a word'. And actually the 'word' tends to stay with you, you you do generally respect what they've said, because its more common sense advice. Good vid
I live on Exmoor and the roads are the same as you were riding, you ride according to the conditions not the speed limit. If he'd have been a biker he would have known that. Ride safe :0)
@@jacquikowalewsky7691: Yeah, I was about to say that "if you hold any licence you would know that, the golden speed limit above everything else is "that which allows you to stop within the distance you can see to be clear" and all", but then we have this wonderful specimen here...
I was stopped by a motor cycle cop in Newton abbot about twenty years ago , I was riding my xjr1300 four days after passing my test ,I handed him the piece of paper proving I had passed my test , he glanced over it and just advised me to watch my speed ,He was the friendliest cop I've ever spoken to.
I was Devon and Cornwall traffic police. The attitude towards bikers is one of protection. If we prosecute or give you a blocking it was for your own good. We used to be much more lenient with bikes than cars.
Sure, I would normally agree with that 100% However, sadly the policeman set the tone in the first 30 seconds of speaking too us(for which we did receive an apology), so it goes both ways. Respect has to be earnt👍
I was once reported by a copper that I knew was behind me on his way to work. He radioed ahead and got me stopped for 'swerving all over the road'. He was late for work and eveytime he tried to pass me something came the other way stopping him ovetaking me. Like I said. I knew he was behind me.....I knew him....I went to school with him. The copper who stopped me said I should be riding " a foot from the kerb"..... The thing is...my dad who advised me on my riding and bought me the police motorcycle training manual 'roadcraft' for my 16th Birthday was an ex motorcycle cop himself. He was so incensed when I told him that the cop who stopped me advised me to ride a foot from the kerb he jumped in the car dragging me along to the police station to complain.
Better still, ask him to spin around his licence and name the very first category he's entitled to operate as a car licence holder... yep, 50cc/28mph restricted mopeds. Almost certainly they're permitted on that road, and so that's a genuine speed you could travel at, so to get onto *any* motorcycle going relatively slowly yet not holding anyone up or otherwise being suspicious/a nuisance (and that's ignoring the road conditions as it is!) is just a twunt move.
@@phillipsmiley5930 Lacking any medical qualifications, I wasn't sure if my (former) manager would be classed as a bipolar Narcissist, or a Psychopath with a cyclic need to hurt people. Over time, I came to realise he had some psychiatric "need" to force people against their will. Into what? It didn't matter, as long as he believed he had "forced" someone against their will. I successfully played that for a couple of years (if I had an idea I wanted to implement, I'd mention that I'd "looked at" something but it wouldn't work / wasn't viable / too hard - he'd then relish MAKING me do it), but the day he no longer held "coercive control" over me (I didn't take the covid jab) he went full fruitloop and fabricated grounds for dismissal. Very odd bloke - he used to follow staff into toilets and watch them - apparently he got it into his head it was his JOB to "make sure nobody is smoking or using drugs in the workplace". The funniest aspect of all, he was a manger of an IT team of 6 people working for an Australian Bank.
I was a bit concerned at your statement that it's illegal to wear a tinted visor, as my helmet has one built in (that I can move up / down as required)... so I looked it up. Here is the result of my search: Tinted Visors: You can wear a tinted visor during daylight hours. However, according to UK ‘Fitness to Drive’ rules, avoid using tinted visors at night or in poor visibility. Mirrored visors are generally considered illegal, but road-legal Pinlock-style mirrored inserts are available for most major brands.
Interesting point about built in visors, I really don't know where they fit in, I wonder if there's an exemption for them as they are technically fitted with 2 visors - clear and tint. I think with the external visors some are legal (very light tint) but the darker ones are technically illegal - however the ACPO guidelines are don't prosecute during daylight hours. The law is clearly a bit of mess, makes you wonder if it'll ever be re-visited.
We got stopped in North Wales last weekend for a similar number plate ‘offence’. No manufacturer logo or some bollocks. The number plate was pointed out to us on a bike safe course (organised by the police) but they told us they’d look at your riding first then would pick other things up if that wasn’t good. Obviously they’d not met their North Wales police colleagues!
The Welsh 🏴 traffic police always on the lookout for English motorists to penalise. Anyone would think the Welsh police don’t like the English lol.
Total nonsense... I've lived and ridden in Mid Wales for over 40 years.... There's so little crime in the are,the traffic police are keen on the most minor of offences,or anything they can do to deter motorcycles from the area,raise some revenue etc.
Hi Keith, yes I think you're right. But I think the tractor has to display a plate either side, someone posted a very good explanation which was interesting.
@@mattbikes46 I was told years ago that you can tow a trailer with a number plate that is different from the towing vehicle as long as the trailer number plate matches a taxed and insured vehicle. Ie you can borrow someone else’s trailer or caravan without having to buy a numberplate to match your towing vehicle. It was a neighbour policeman who told me this when I asked about him towing a borrowed trailer.
they were just trying to get a nick from absolutely nothing they should be reprimanded for victimisation they should know that there is not a law for driving too slow and it does not give them the right to pull over anyone for it
The nice thing about the way Welsh police keep treating motorists is the level of desperation that I notice creeping in to Welsh tourist board advertising.
I remember getting a ticket from a police officer targeting Trucks/Lorrys, he said speeding, doing 70 in a 50. It was a 70 zone. he said "well i guess we'll see you in court". Went to court, prosecutors had to dismiss case
Wonder what he would be like if you had happened to be an off duty police motorcyclist. I once got pulled over by a cop on my bike, at the time I was riding a 250cc bike with a faring, he said it was a 650cc faring, I laughed and asked him where was it's engine, he said what you on about, I said, you said it was a 650cc fairing so where is its engine to be a 650cc? He then got agressive, he said our motorcycles have these and they are 650cc. I laughed and said it is a form of pretection against wind and rain, nothing to to do with engine size. He went to his van to walk on the radio then came back and said, Well when you get home remove it and I'm letting you off with a warning. I never said anymore but I forgot at the time to take his number, I rode that bike for years after till I got a bigger one, totally clueless cop making his own rules up.
And the police wonder why people are losing (have lost) all respect for them - what a complete and utter wally (I was going to call him something else beginning wa...., but as you were so polite to him I thought I'd do the same!)
That is the most idiotic policing I have ever seen. Had you not recorded the event I'd have found it hard to believe your story. That cop needs posted down to London for a year or two and then he might just appreciate ordinary descent folks like yourselves out for a sensible and safe bike run. What a waist of tax payers money.
I was riding my FJ1100 with my younger brother on the pillion between Ashford and Chatsworth in the 1980's, which is a winding country road, and we came up behind a car which was going slightly below the speed limit but not holding us up as it was a lovely day and we were enjoying the sunshine and the lovely countryside. Behind us was a police car which had been following for the last few miles. Once we had slowed behind the car, he turned on his blue lights and pulled us over. He came over to the bike and asked us why we didn't overtake the car? I was nonplussed. I said that we were enjoying a leisurely ride and was it now a legal requirement that we had to drive at the speed limit and overtake the car? The officer replied that on a powerful bike like mine I could easily have accelerated past the car. I replied that I could have done but I could see a police car behind us so was erring on the side of caution as we were not in any rush. The officer replied that he thought we should have gone for the overtake but agreed that it was my decision and got back in his car and drove off. Absolutely madness! Just for context, on the same bike a few weeks earlier, I had been riding up the A5 on my own on the way to Sheffield and the road was very quiet so I popped her up to 140mph just to blow off the cobwebs. 👍 Richard
I havent been to wales for about10 years now since a run in with police over parking. i live 15 miles from the welsh border but i go to the peak district because not just the police but a lot of the locals hate the English.
Rural single lane road. Free roaming sheep on the road… but you’re going too slow. Police man is a prat.
Not a Prat, has an agenda.
Police was upset you were disturbing his girlfriends. (We call them sheep)
Would the cops stop a pedal cyclist for going too slow???
They all are !
A WELSH PRAT
Good to see the Welsh police are as big a waste of time as English police
Dyfed/Powys police are the worst, a bunch of wankers. So yeah, just like the English police.... 😂
DIFFERENT HEADS OF THE SAME SNAKE
sane here in scotland
We have police in England?
Since when did Wales succeed? They are English...joined at the hip... bored and pick on bikes. I was 16 in 1979 living in Cornwall ... obviously nothing has changed. Small minded and badly educated country plod. What a waste of tax payers very hard earnt money.
You know the Police have lost all respect when even a middle class couple are back-chatting at how daft the cop is being.
He's a perfect example of the sort of person who should not ever be allowed to be a police officer or be in any position of authority.
he's the perfect example of a person who was bullied at school and thought he'd become a a police officer just for the power trip
Is this in the same Wales that introduced 20mph limits to slow traffic down to reduce accidents?
Brilliant comment! That topic is worth a video in its own right👍
@coilinmiller LMFHO brilliant comment 😂
Yes the same wales that have now changed their minds on it
Brilliant just brilliant point
They want their fine money, one way or the other….🤬
Thanks for giving this officer the publicity he deserves.
As a retired cop of 30yrs I’m astounded and disgusted at this utter TRIPE ! Is this what policing nowadays is all about?
Why is this cop out in the country/ snowdonia doing checks like this ? Ffs !
Not the same job, is it but I don't understand people with dodgy illegal mods who complain when the police pull them up, I know its illegal but don't you have something better to do!
Obviously Because you’re re-tired you’ve got plenty of traction on the matter.
If it’s by Pen y Fan it’s not Eryri.
To be a cop you must hate the people you serve he’s a prize fool
Modern police love to mess with law abiding people. Real criminals might give them a dig -- or scarier still, might give them a tail home after work. Best to avoid those people at all costs. Notice how fast he responded to the allegation he might be picking on minorities? Best to stick to law abiding middle aged white men. That'll get him a commendation, for sure. They're probably gammon and prone to hate speech so give them a tug, just in case.
Going too slow in a Country that has blanket 20 mph speed limits in the towns. This cop is an utter bell end ,typical modern copper.
There are NOT blanket 20 mph speed limits in towns. Not in the towns I know of around here!!
Sadly the 20 has been a disaster, although it looks like they're going to re-visit. Some stretches of the A40 through towns are now 20!
@@mattbikes46 What gear is your bike happy in, at 20mph?
@@petetimbrell3527 Good question, it's only a 300 so probably 3rd.
@@mattbikes46 Complete joke innit?
Even his colleague's thought he was a joke and drove off 😂
Yeah, respect to those real police men.
decent coppers know a bad one as much as we do
That says A LOT usually they'll back each other up in front of public no matter what.
You have to give it to the other guy "typical traffic officers" was absolutely hilarious
As a retired police officer, ten of those as a traffic officer(car and bike) this really is disgusting.
cheers nev ;-)
As a lifelong biker, 49 years in the saddle I can say this is not uncommon and have many stories of being bullied by dodgy policemen but my advice to anyone is don't argue with them just accept they are a stain on what is otherwise a very noble and honourable profession, ride safe.
So, police officers are like bikers.
There’s a small minority fuck it up for the majority.
A bit like society as a whole, really. 🤔
Well said sir.
Well said mate.
The standard of policing in this country is pathetic. They can't find time to investigate assults, burglaries or rapes but can waste time on petty things like number plates which then turn out to be legal after all
i would rather deal with a British bobby than a USA law officer
@@732466 Facts.👍
@@732466 Poor you, i would rather not be subject to arbitrary rules made up by the paedophile war criminal elite who do everything possible to cause harm to the population... i never voted for them.
It’s like they aren’t our police and we don’t pay for their salaries through our taxation!
@@IIIIIIPETEIIIIIIThey aren't your police.
They are the Kings police, they are CROWN servants.
You are nothing but a tax slave. The blue gang are simply overseeing the plantation.
Not trying to be confrontional, just telling you how it is.
I am a retired Met Police Officer and I could not agree more. Total waste of everyones time and public money. A pointless venture that he had to see through because he knew he had started off on the wrong foot and realised he was on the cusp of some deep doo doo. What we are seeing is damage limitation for some bad policing; trying to find something to prosecute to justify this rubbish. Non-conforming plates are an advisary. Tinted visors are not illegal, I use one all through the summer months, because not being able to see properly in bright or low sunlight IS hazardous.
👍Thankyou
Got stopped on my bike for going through a red light at a pedestrian crossing. I suggested that the light was actually green and there was no one at the crossing to push the button to activate it. The fine officer was insistent it was red and wrote a ticket. I asked what would happen if I refused to accept it. "Court and your funeral" was the reply. Didn't turn out quite as he'd expected. All I'll say is he hadn't noticed the Gopro on the front of the bike...... (and yes the light was very, very Green!)
Oh, dear that is very embarrassing for the Officer, did you get to show the video in Court? or was the case dropped as soon as you submitted the video.
Result!! 😂
Well done, you! I hope you took it further and put in a complaint about that corrupt moron.
I live in Ontario Canada, where we no longer have tax discs. The tag, as they were known, used to be stuck to the back number plate. HOWEVER, Ontario bikers are now being pulled over by State Troopers, in the US as they expect to see the tag. I understand this as the scanners simply tell the cop of an infraction. Most of the time, the serial criminal is let go, but some are being cited, which leads to an enormous waste of time, as if you enter the US with this hanging over your gas tank, you are in a world of hurt. This is called progress
Brilliant 😂 same happened me.had already crossed stop line on amber but accused of red till I showed him dash cam. Not happy 😂😂
Once they pull you, their massive ego's kick in, must find a fault !
Are they on some form of commission these days.
More faults more bonus.
The police are trained to take charge in all situations unfortunately the interpretation of this can turn them into arrogant idiots and they won’t back down when challenged by intelligence.
This will go on a bit so I apologise in advance but anyway, about 20 years ago I bought a Honda fireblade which was damaged so instead of fitting new lights so I just fitted cheap race fairings. Because there were no front lights on the bike it had a "daytime only mot" which was fine for riding in the summer and track days. One Sunday evening I was riding home when I was stopped by two members of the Norfolk cunstabulary. They stopped me for not having a headlight, my response was obviously "it's not dark" they tried to tell me that it was a legal requirement to have a headlight so I asked them how it passed an mot? They got increasingly mouthy and refused to accept that the bike was perfectly legal and eventually decided to get vosa. By the time vosa got there it was dusk, the guy had a quick look around the bike and said it was fine, the copper even tried to argue with him but eventually had to admit defeat. At this point it was dark, I had no phone signal and I was 20 miles from home so I asked plod what They were going to do about getting me and my bike home and they just shrugged and said it wasn't up to them to get me home! I remembered passing a house about 500 yards back down the road so I pushed the bike down a pitch black country lane and onto the drive, I knocked on the door not knowing what sort of reception I was going to get but the lady of the house answered the door and immediately invited me in. I relayed what had happened to her husband and while I used their phone to call my wife, who by this time assumed I was dead, the guy emptied his van and we loaded my bike in it and he drove me home. On the journey he told me that they'd been burgled several times and police were completely uninterested, even accusing them of insurance fraud on one occasion. When we got to my house he helped me get the bike out, came inside for a cuppa and helped passify the missus them left refusing to take a penny from me, not even to cover his diesel. I already knew what the police were and nothing I've seen since has changed my mind.
NPD
@@patoneill4431trained 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
'We're off to do some real policing'. Priceless!!😅😅😅
He was disgraceful and really hope you have made a formal complaint about him.
Problem with officers like him is he gets everyone a bad name 😢😢
That's the bit that really gets my goat. Have a couple of friends who take being a Police Officer seriously, and the really decent ones like them pay for this little pillock's disgusting attitude towards the public.
99% of them are tossers these days. Its the culture of the “authorities” in this era.
@@GilbertdeClare0704 There is Zero such thing as a decent Po-Lice Orrificer. Let me ask you this. If your friends as a passanger in a Po-Lice car seen their mate Orrificer driving break the road traffic laws would they issue them with points and a fine the same as they would Joe public? simple answer is would the hell and that makes them as bent as the rest of them. Po-Lice cover Po-Lice crimes all the time every day and hence the Thin Blue Line Gang saying kicks in.
Only good as your weakest link.
@@soulstep967 definitely 🙄
The perfect example of why the police are losing the common man’s support ..these two people look like the sort of honest citizen that would hand in a ten pound note if they found it in the street and the perfect soft touch for a bullying ego driven copper to stamp his authority on ..
It’s a racism thing in Wales sadly. 😢
I thought they looked like a right dodgy couple of hoodlums!😂😂😂😂😂
Losing? Lost.
@@John-c1n9t my apologies mate , you are correct ..
Totally useless - is it any wonder that we feel the police are a total waste of time. This is a prime example !
This is absolutely insane! This guy should be fired for abusive conduct.
You can put a police costume on a clown. Underneath he's still a clown.
You can't polish a turd!
I quite like 'You can wrap a turd in a ribbon but it's still a turd' which is quite apt in this case also!
Another innocent couple financially deprived by the road pirates, perhaps a “racist” road bandit too? OUTRAGEOUS!
♥
Two guys were eating a clown and one says to the other: Does this taste funny to you…
Cop make up his own illegal laws shows he is a Muppet
They all are lol.
They should simply have not accepted the caution. Because they did, they made his ridiculous on-the-spot prosecution easy for him. If they declined to accept guilt and thus the caution (no, it isn't a rap across the knuckles and getting away with it), then there's a good chance, based on how ludicrously trivial the alleged offence was, that it would have been thrown out as not in the public interest to go to court and if it did, there's a reasonable chance of being found not guilty (mindful the video isn't very clear on what was actually claimed to be unlawful, apart from claimed lack of maker and safety markings on the plate).
I thought it was amusing that his colleague's thought he was a Muppet too!
Do not talk to the police, we have the right to remain silent so use it. This costumed clown was purely on a fishing expedition so he could financially deprive this couple and had no interest in road safety.
@@huwhodges56 I think you are slightly confused as the "right to remain silent" is an American term. You do not have say anything whilst under Caution in the UK, but ensure you supply them with your details if requested as refusal to do so is an offence!!
I bought a new car and wanted to see how fuel efficient it was so one night after a 12 hour shift and with a 5 hour drive home at 3am I decided to just put it into 6th gear and coast down an empty dual carriageway doing about 40mph at low rpm. I got pulled over by the police for going suspiciously slow. I explained that I wasn't in a rush to get anywhere and wanted to see what mpg I could get. He asked me how much and so I said 75mpg to which he just said 'Oh nice' and he just left.
This is why the filth are absolutely loathed and despised. Clearly he was bored and wanted something to do. Harassing innocent tourists. He should be made to say his reasons for this.
He couldnt catch a sheep to shag , thats why.
Yep, my feelings too..
How sad is that. Retired police officer of 31yrs I had a few oddballs to manage but he takes the biscuit, the whole packet. What a complete t....! There was no reason to issue a ticket, having stopped you, that is two sensible riders he has now successfully alienated a huge section of the motoring public against the police. His bosses need to have a word with him. Perhaps you should show the video to the police to demonstrate he ignored some clear offences to pick on bikers. Shame on him, you showed calm restraint well done you.
It seems that most coppers with any sense have, like you, retired or left the force.
@@phillipgriffiths9624 Still here, still trying. Not traffic, mind.
Lid
The police bosses is where this kind of over enforcement originates from so they wont do shit about it and its rubbish advice suggesting otherwise.
Thanks, it makes me chuckle to this day!
I did once also get caught pushing a GSXR 750 on the pavement.
"Where are you going sir?"
Home officer.
"Is it your bike sir?"
Yep
"So why are you pushing it?"
Chain snapped officer.
"So where is your helmet, gloves and leathers"
Fair point officer...
I got really hot pushing it so called my girlfriend to take them home in her car.
" The bike doesn't appear to be registered to you sir".
Only just brought it officer, sent the logbook off couple of days ago.
"You can see why this might look a bit suspicious sir".
YEP.
"Can your girlfriend support what your saying sir"?
Well it's 2 am and she'll be mad as he'll that I've woken her up again, but she will bring my documents and receipt of purchase to us if I speak to her nicely.
" That would be helpful in this situation sir".
"OK, so all checks out, sir, appollogies for waking your girlfriend up at this hour, now how can we help"?
"Me (jokingly) help me push this thing to my house it's only at the top of this hill...
"No probs sir"
Absolute legends, I had 2 police officers pushing my bike up a hill, laughing and joking about the situation.
I think they kinda enjoy it.
They're not all bad 😅
This is a story from a few years ago whilst travelling to work in Sunbury on Thames.
I was on a CG125 Honda riding to my station, I was a firefighter based at Sunbury on Thames, my route to work was from Harrow through Greenford, then head towards Hounslow, Feltham and Sunbury.
I had just approached the big roundabout under the A40 at Greenford when traffic cop in white Land Rover came around the roundabout, looked at me waiting at the junction, and then pulled over. He got out of his vehicle and signalled for me to pull over.
He came to my bike and asked me to remove my helmet, I did this but underneath my top lid I always used to wear a black silk balaclava for warmth in the winter months.
I removed this as well and the coppers eyes went like saucers. I wasn't a black guy as he obviously thought I was, I asked why he had stopped me and he actually said "you looked too big for your bike" 😅
When he found I was a fireman going to duty his attitude changed so quickly also.
Just thought I would share that with you all.
I had a similar stop. Thought my 250 was "too small for the motorway", even though I was cruising at a steady 65mph. Just fishing.
I also take a similar route (Watford to Kingston) I have never had an issue and they seem to have so many officers along the way. I ride a supermoto which to be honest I would pull over. Perhaps their attitude has changed in recent years.
I was the duty police helicopter pilot one night... Off shift at 0300 and a 30 minute drive through rural lanes to get home.. as I went round a particular dodgy bend a police car going the other way and way to fast near shoved me in a hedgerow! I just knew he was going to turn round and pull me in order to save face but before he did I booted it down the road with a grin! He caught me 15 minutes later and he must have been going like the clappers! I was just over a brow of a hill, slowed to a potter and watched him fly over the top and jam on the anchors... blue lights on and I was stopped - we had a little conversation and I was invited out of the car for a breath test because he could smell alcohol - as I did so, dressed in my flying suit, police wings and unit badges I happened to ask whether he'd been on my last job which was a motorbike pursuit.. Click! that was the breath tester case being snapped shut! he warned me to slow down on the bends got into his car and left! what a chump.
I remember cycling down The Mall under Admiralty Arch turning left through the lights to go up Cockspur Street. This was the 90s when I lived in Victoria and cycled in the evenings after work in lycra. Anyway, as I was going through the lights I saw a police van the other side and as I made my way up Cockspur Street, I heard it put on its sirens behind me. I was surprised when it pulled over in from of me and made me brake hard. Officer jumped out and accused me of going through a red. I said "No, no, no! You had a red officer, because you were coming from Northumberland Avenue and that is how those lights work. Stand here and observe. See all those cars coming around from Admiralty Arch and those cars stopped where you were. Do you understand now? Good." No apology, nothing, he just got back in his van. Presumably before I could identify him.
In South Australia, just outside the then police HQ in Franklin Street in Adelaide, a slow moving police car on the side of the road threw a u-turn and knocked a rider off his scooter. "DIDN'T YOU SEE MY INDICATOR" he screamed, and wrote some fabricated tickets for the rider. Poor old plod was a bit thick - he didn't "see" the CAMERA mounted to the riders helmet. He hadn't indicated, he'd simply swerved across the road and knocked a rider down (physical contact -> collision), then trumped up some tickets. When the video made it to media, the tickets were withdrawn, and the officer "suspended" until further notice. On full pay. On OUR TAX $$$$.
Never talk to the police, only provide what is required and nothing more. Never hand them anything and record everything don’t repeat yourself once provided it is incumbent upon them to remember, note it or record it. Be ready to be locked up but then always contact a solicitor and make a civil claim. They are your enemy not your friend.
Staying calm and silent is your only armour. Paul Bromley gives good advice. No point talking to them as they always try and trip you up, and no point talking answering their questions because they are programmed not to belive a word you say. So no point. Answer all questions with " I have been advised by my Solicitor to remain silent "
Wow you must be a real gangsta bro
I fully agree , the claims we can make r of course paid for by us the taxpayer NOT the nazi pigs !
Well said my thoughts entirely
@@alanbarsteward7630 You must you be a real "gangsta" too......"bro".
Speaking as an ex copper, this officer is an absolute muppet.
Plod really don't do themselves any favours.
‘We’re off to do some real policing!’ That was gold
Even they don't like him. He must be a right dick. I'd like to know what his police nickname is, because he so has to have one.
Yes but what is real policing sending out pictures of dead bodies found in parks
Hi, I've just come across this video.
I watched it about 400 yards from where you shot it. I know the area very well including these out of the way roads.
As a local ex Firefighter have driven an appliance on them
As a 70 year old Honda NX650 Dominator rider I see race copy bikes on the local roads passing me doing 55 - 60 like I'm standing still.
I've picked up similar riders quite a few over the years and put them in body bags.
I worked a lot with the police (different generation), and never have come across an officer like this. The mind boggles.
Stay safe and keep two wheels on the road 👍😁.
How many illegal electric or real motorcycles he has ignored because it's too much like hard work..Proper Tosser
He doesn't see them .
They were likely driven by locals who he knows
Police spokesmen regularly claim they don't have the support and the respect of the public any more. After watching this video it's not difficult to see why.
Fortunately this couple let the policeman know that he was on camera himself and was also shortly to be starring on You Tube alongside the five Tractors and their illegal trailers that he was conveniently ignoring.
They won't touch farmers because they know dissent will spread like wildfire and come back to haunt them. I see farmers every day, several times a day, on their phones whilst driving (they are hardly ever off them), towing trailers with either no number plate, obscured tractor plates or plates that don't match the tractor. The police never, ever pull them over. But if you don't have the microscopic maker and safety declaration on an otherwise perfect plate on your bike, well, Lord help you!
The 'trailer' that passed on camera was trailed machinery and doesn't need a number plate as it would be impractical in use.
@@MrMesospheric Not true unfortunately. Though they are fond of blitzing certain groups in targeted campaigns
They hate being scrutinised! Now we know why!
As a female who often goes out on my bike alone, that's really very scary actually. Dealing with that alone, would be horrible. Bit like being pulled over by the mafia. You convinced me to get my gopro set up on my bike pronto!
They are a mafia. What do you think the freemasons are?
That cop clearly thinks he's onto something but he absolutely isn't. He is exactly what undermines peoples impression of policemen
How is this guy married and never learnt you don't argue with them. It's a waste of time and will likely make things worser for yourself (like the whole visor thing).
What wrong with the visor? People wear sunglasses while driving, what's the difference! 😂 @@blacktemplar2377
100% KNOB like 99% of the police !
a cpl years ago i watched 6 or so youths break into a building site and get upto no good with the plant. i couldnt get through to my local nick 1/2 mile away on the non emergency number (went to voice) so i rang 999 to report it, and all that happened was about an hour later a young female hobby bobby took a peak then walked off long after they had finished. total joke, they are unfit for purpose
yes they only employ diverse knobs
Until you have an accident and they have to come and help scrape you off the road, or you are mugged and beaten up and they have to act on your behalf.
@@Tuberesu Better still wait till your being robbed or property stolen and then all they do is give you a bloody Ref Number WTF is the use of that !! They need to remember who pays their wages same as the useless politicians !!!
@@Tuberesu the 1st one the crows would get there 1st, the second 2 they won't attend unless a caucasian white is the perpetrator i am not referring to any old school cops if any left
DPP are usually pretty good with sensible riders and even those who push things a bit without being complete tw4ts. This chap really was just being a tw4t instead. Ty for your safe and considerate riding in Powys.
I live in Lancashire ,have been a biker for 60 yrs and used to go into Wales a lot. I stopped visiting wales about 10 yrs ago,partly coz of this sort of harrassment by police.
Emergency services are probably sick of scraping bikers off the roads. Rural Wales is not a race track.
@@Will-nc7lp you obviously haven't read this. In 20mph Wales, they were stopped because they were going too SLOW, with sheep around and tractors.
@@arthurmackrell8154 I have, thanks. I was referencing the post that you made and the irresponsible cyclists on rural roads, yet blame the police for trying to stop it.
They must be targeting tourists, because I’m from not the wales, I’ve been riding for 10 years and not once have I ever been topped.
Honestly if they behaved like this to me I’d be very pissed off
@@Sparrowash97I was under the impression that the only locals they "topped" were the sheep 😂
If the copper doesn't ride a bike how on earth does that qualify him to give advice to a real motorcyclist. This guy just shows again the utter contempt they have for the public. Don't trust them they are not on your side. I bet they would expect help from you if they were being attacked though.
Domestic terrorists
They do exactly the same thing when I'm driving a HGV. It's all about the power trip.
He’s safe in his traffic role so it requires a pedant scared of dangerous police work to do it.
If a policeman isn’t a murderer, how on earth does that qualify him to charge a real murderer. Do you realise how absolutely insane your argument is?
Let them know we have total contempt for them too. TOTAL
Too be fair he was only doing what he’s been told. I’m a biker and i wish we had more traffic cops on the roads. Maybe not bored ones like this one, but i live in the midlands & some of the driving around here is absolutely disgusting. Keep enjoying your biking sir & madam 👍
I also ride bikes in the midlands, and you're right, the standard of some folks driving is appalling, very rarely see a police vehicle of any kind though.
Too much reliance on cameras these days. More about cash than people’s safety
Road traffic policing is 99% about raising revenue.
Spot on. From the cops right through to the courts - solicitors, judges, and all the staff - it's all about the money.
100% ;)
@@angelanicholson951 It's all part of a legalised and extortion racket! All designed to enslave it. We are currently the witnessing the collapse of the whole system. Watch this space.
This is what happens when you replace real police with service droids!
What a fine example of a complete power tripping waste of space! I can't think why people hate such police officers! Thankfully, they're not all like this specimen!
The police broke the social contract years ago. I will never help them under any circumstances.
6th Feb 2015, I had a backpack (containing corporate laptop, documents, personal effects and money) stolen from the passenger seat of my (unlocked) car as I sat in gridlocked traffic (bicyclist opened my door and grabbed it quicker than I could react). I jumped out and gave chase, STOPPED the thief but received a shattered (not just broken - SHATTERED) leg for my efforts. Within a few hours in hospital I received a visit from police. Cop NEVER asked a single question - was just abusive - repeatedly threatened that I would be charged with "CRIMINAL ASSAULT" (against the thief) unless I signed a "no police action statement" regarding the theft!!!
- If I ever see one of these costumed clowns in a severe state of distress, I will NOT assist, I will NOT call for help, I will NOT even stop. I'll try not to smile too hard :)
I got pulled by them in 2016. Myself and my then 6 year old son were asleep in a layby. At 2am they did the same fishing thing. Breathalsed me, drug wipe then took my son out in his pyjamas to search the van, claiming they could smell cannabis. Utter cretins.
Oh, the old " I can smell cannabis" nonsense..gives them the idea they can do a search. When they find nothing it's an illegal search
Just thought I’d put in my tuppence worth, DVSA motorcycle instructor here & tinted visors are legal if they have embossed day time use only on them. This officer is an absolute disgrace, silly little man on a power trip. Well done for keeping your cool, I’d have lost the rag I think by that point. On another note farmers seem to get away with absolute murder, missing number plates, old trailers not fit for the road with no working indicators, but they always get away with it.
Instead of harrassing people for using the road he should be sweeping it 😂😂😂😂
He tried so hard to get you to incriminate yourself. Voiding your insurance is a new one to me fishing follow this up please
the reason they do that is because of the cameras. They all try it when they've got nothing else. The justification is that insurance companies consider making UA-cam content, because it can be monetised, to be a business use of the bike hence not covered under an SD&P policy. The way around this is to state that the cameras are there in case of an incident involving you or your vehicle. It's then on them to prove that you're not using a latest-model Go Pro or Insta360 or whatever, as a really expensive dashcam.
That question isn't going to void your insurance. Not even possible.
It's a common question to those bikers who they dislike. I know someone who said they was on there way to work when asked why they was out. Then asked to see the insurance policy and the guy hadn't included commuting on the policy. 6 points and lost the licence. It's a crafty trick the police hold in reserve, as it's common not to know the finer points of insurance for young riders apparently. half the food delivery scooters around town don't have the correct cover either, which can also be used against them if they get lippy.
@@BLG80 It's a "crafty trick" to catch people who are breaking the law by driving/riding while uninsured..?
I guess catching bank robbers, by catching them in the process of robbing a bank, is also a "crafty trick" too...
I'm an advanced driver and driving to the conditions, what you can see, what you can't see, anticipating things happening means that in some circumstances you aren't able to go the speed limit to ensure safety. If anyone should know this, it's him. You should be commended on your safe, considerate riding in my opinion
As an ex police officer, working in traffic for 20 years, my apologies. If I thought you were going to slow, I would have stopped you to see if you had a problem and offered help if needed. I was way more interested in people going way too fast & other fools with driving licences.
As an ex Police officer please can you explain what speed is "Too slow" How would you explain that to a Magistrate?
@@robertbaylis9714 Extremely slow in comparison to average speed on the road in question I would think.
Funny, I've always found _real_ traffic police to be highly professional and the best of the bunch. It's the fella on a bike who knows he's blown his chances of career advancement, and the jumped-up storm trooper in his panda car who failed Advanced Driving who usually have the bad attitude.
@@mjh5437 Any human magistrate would kick that to the curb unless there were other "crimes" included. Total waste of resources.
It was because u where English them pigs told me when they stopped me once
I'm a biker and normally supportive of the Police but that was ridiculous. What a pratt.
Transfer him to the Met; he'll fit in very well!
😂😂😂
Why not do what I did? While the pig was checking my vehicle, I was checking his police car. The front offside tyre on his Focus was illegal....
He truly is the station King Cnut given the conversation you had with the other cops in the van! Nothing better for him to do than waste everyone's time. Good job putting it on UA-cam! People like him are simply not compatible with being in the Police force.
It was refreshing to watch a couple of riders just having an enjoyable safe scenic ride.
Same thing happened to me 3 years ago during a rural ride. I'm now 68 and the officer's face dropped when I removed my helmet and revealed my age. I mentioned, "I've been riding 50 years officer and know what is a safe speed for the conditions". He seemed rather embarrassed that he obviously thought I was a young feller to be picked on and turns out I've been riding long before he was born.😁🏍️
But he still went for you and wasted your time plus advertised the Police are not to be trusted .
Same happened to me on my Gixxer . When I removed my lid he said . " I thought you were younger ! " I said , " so did I "
@@brikfiendTalk about adding insult to injury😂.
No obligation to answer any question at all apart from providing your name and address ( not date of birth ) if you don't have your driving licence on you.
Ask them what law they suspect you to have broken, if none, then ask them if you are being detained and under what law is that detention lawful If not, ride/drive/walk/cycle off.
these bags of shit have no control over law abiding citizens, don't give them consent to rule over you!
But no crime has been committed so r they realy required to give name & address to these knobhead "nazi pigs " !?
You are partly incorrect my friend, S164 of the Road Traffic Act makes it an offence not to produce your driving licence or name and date of birth.
@@dave-ef2fd In prescribed circumstances.
Thank you so much for putting in the effort to make this vid.
It’s absolutely typical, Welsh coppers vs English bikers.
They hate us and prove it on a regular basis.
I’m sure most of us watching this have experienced similar.
The stats for serious injury are quite high, but like pro boxers, rock climbers…. It’s our choice to take the risks involved and we don’t need the Welsh cops making things a miserable as they possibly can for us.
Most of us are getting on a bit and rarely take stupid chances on our machines.
So WPC’s….. cut us some slack.
Thanks for your comment and it’s so true. Most bikers are responsible, we know the risks and we do everything possible to mitigate the risks as best we can.
Yes we do cross the line occasionally, but we are generally way more aware of what we’re doing than the average car driver.
A few people do let the side down but that’s the same with anything. Ride safe👍
“Absurd in the extreme” sums up all British policing these days. They’re absolute 🗑️
Rhymes with bosses or tankers ?
I was told years ago by a proper cop in South Wales that traffic cops give proper cops a bad reputation. The public tend to refuse to help the proper cops to do their jobs.
That's interesting, many years ago (30plus) it was the opposite. Traffic cops cared and just wanted the traffic to flow smoothly. I remember being stopped several times around London and just got advice and a little telling off, never a ticket. That taught me to be respectful and to recognise the cops as friends. Very sadly, that is no longer the case. Ego is the biggest problem, they need to remember that they represent the law, they are not the law and that they as individuals have no part In the job they do. Another word that they should have tattooed into their sole is professionalism. Far too stupid to separate themselves from their job.
@@HarryCrabb-j9q I think it depended on the area. I remember i used to travel to Glasgow every weekend to deliver frozen foods. It was the old A74 then at the end of the M6. The police would hide and wait to catch you.
It was a horrible road, hilly bendy and slow, so when you could build up speed thats what you did and the police knew where to sit and catch you.
The trucks getting off the ferry at Stranraer put dusters over their number plates to stop being identified, Such fun back then. No cameras, just proper plod work
I'm well and truly of the understanding that police have a job to do, including traffic, but this guy is an absolute jobsworth! Unfortunately I've had interactions that have been very similar with police and instantly go into these types of situations on the back foot when dealing with police of any kind. You handled it very well and weren't being polite for police's sake, fair play
He’d be a social pariah if he started playing silly buggers with the farmers so it’s ‘ stop the English bikers’ who are riding respectfully and put money into the economy.
Thought his ilk disappeared in the 70’s
1870s
They stop us Welsh bikers too for crap like this. Utter twats
Plus that last tractor definitely displays a plate.
He is a social outcast with his own police force, clearly, as most traffic plod are.
In 1990 I was pulled one Saturday Morning while travelling at 60mph along the the A55 N.Wales & it was fairly early, around 7am as I was out running in a new GSXR1100L, carrying my wife as pillion - it was an unmarked car & I immediately recognised it as such from the aerials & light clusters in the rear window, I pointed to it while informing my wife & that clearly infuriated the traffic cop - there was no other traffic on the road & I initially approached the car from the inside lane while he was occupying the outer lane travelling around 40mph - I backed off & pulled into the outside lane, flashing my main beam, to which he responded by braking & coming to a stop in the outside lane, holding me behind him - the conversation was heated & he accused me of riding too close to his vehicle (I didn't), I countered with accusing him of baiting me to undertake, his partner calmed things down & I eventually went on my way - he had a brake light out BTW 😐
If a vehicle is hogging the outside lane and going below the speed limit, it’s not undertaking if you pass them on the inside lane if you didn’t specifically switch to that lane to pass them
I had one do that to me once on the A55 on my home from Anglesey. He nearly ran me into the back of a truck as i was going through the newly opened Conwy tunnel. He blocked my overtake by plulling along side as I was a
Preparing to pull across to outside lane (truck doing about 50-55) he effectively stalled me in the inside lane behind the truck. The sort of behaviour you'd expect from boy racers on a Saturday night. Not a police officer. He never pulled me over, but seemed to be on a power trip of some sort.
Utter psychopath.
No such traffic offence as undertaking .... as stated by a traffic police officer running the bike safe course I was on...... you should just have carried on in your lane and overtake the police obviously not exceeding the speed limit
North Wales police are disgrace, they hate bikers
I'm now 66, been riding for 50 years exactly, out one day when I indicated to turn on a dual carriageway when a police car put his blue lights on and followed me, I pulled in and he just sat there! When I approached him to ask what the problem was, he turned off the lights and siren and started to drive off so I gave a few expletives which got his attention. He then tried to pick fault with a week old Honda CB1100. With no faults found he then started to do insurance and identity check. As I was literally near my house I went home and waited with a cup of tea, he was not happy.
It's all police everywhere, their training is absolutely horrendous.
Waste of tax payers money 🙄
It's actually a WORLDWIDE phenomenon. "Covid" was a little power trip that's been planned for a very long time. Unfortunately, most people don't see the reality unfolding around them.
Here's one for you. I was on holiday in Wales with my family, driving past a school and going downhill behind another car, we were both pulled over and by a waiting police car into a layby. The copper talked with the guy in front and let him go. He then came to me to tell me I was speeding which I contested. I asked why he let the other guy go as he was in front of me and therefore must have been doing the same speed. He said that they guy in front was going slower, I said if I was going faster than the guy in front I would have crashed through him. I then asked if he was let go as he had welsh number plates and that I was a visitor. That didn't go down well and he got stroppy. When he finished and gave me my paperwork I asked him to write all of my comments down on his device and let me have a copy. this kept him there for a good half hour as he made lots of mistakes. I of course had to pay the bribe of £90.00 and go on a speed awareness course so that I didn't get an endorsement on my license. They still do not like the English.
Or the Welsh
They're not our police they are their police
I used to drive an M5 you know the 205mph one. So I had cameras and data logging for my protection.
I was done for driving in a bus lane. I produced footage of my waiting in a queue of traffic finally seeing a minor crash in the car lane and everyone using the bus lane to get past.
TfL operator would have seen that to issue the ticket but would have sent out hundreds of tickets I wonder how many people just paid?
I can see why he didn't like you. !!!
while in Wales a few years ago, a group of us riding motorcycles, two friends, separated from the group, were pulled over and accused of crossing a solid white line, they were adamant they didn't, but it was a Welsh coppers word against theirs, no video evidence, I fitted cameras to my bike after that, to protect myself from such situations.
@@gavinedwards5797 Yeah, he wanted to have his boots licked while picking and choosing how to apply the law.
This reinforces why you should not answer questions from the police unless in the presence of a solicitor. Simple advice/reply is I don't answer questions
This is the country that imposed a blanket 20MPH on their roads..LOLOLOLOL
there is no blanket 20mph on the roads here
HAHAHAHA. There’s no such thing as a blanket limit. Basic driving/riding knowledge .
The Llywydd ( speaker in westminster) of the welsh assembly has banned the word blanket from any speed limit discussions by members.
That totally useless policeman should be sacked
It's been like this for a while ! Years back in Crewe I called the police because a woman neighbour came round for help ax her boyfriend was threatening her with a knife.
The police said " we will put it down for passing interest". Plod came round 17 hrs later!
Police have no reputation these days . if you had a Palestinian flag flying from you bike he would not have dared to stop you .
Or a turban instead of a crash helmet
@@phillipsmiley5930Yea! Here come the racists!
Is it racist to speak the truth? Seiks i have met are very nice ..but why the different laws ..i always thought laws applied to all equally
@@Gordon-e4nlearn to spell mate!
@@bob521i Facts aren't racist.
You are.
Please pull the police footage it should make interesting viewing. Just FYI agricultural machinery being towed doesn't need a number plate IF the tractor has plates in each side. Otherwise it must have a plate that matches any tractor from the same farm not necessarily the one towing it. The rake that passed on video didn't need one because the tractor one was visible.
That’s interesting, thank you 👍
orange lights ?
@@stewartlancaster6155only on dual carriageways.
This jobsworth makes us appreciate the good guys who, just ''have a word'. And actually the 'word' tends to stay with you, you you do generally respect what they've said, because its more common sense advice. Good vid
I live on Exmoor and the roads are the same as you were riding, you ride according to the conditions not the speed limit.
If he'd have been a biker he would have known that.
Ride safe
:0)
riding according to the conditions applies to all road users cars, trucks etc.
@@jacquikowalewsky7691: Yeah, I was about to say that "if you hold any licence you would know that, the golden speed limit above everything else is "that which allows you to stop within the distance you can see to be clear" and all", but then we have this wonderful specimen here...
I was stopped by a motor cycle cop in Newton abbot about twenty years ago , I was riding my xjr1300 four days after passing my test ,I handed him the piece of paper proving I had passed my test , he glanced over it and just advised me to watch my speed ,He was the friendliest cop I've ever spoken to.
@jasonvoorhees5640He said ,No problem with your riding but you came up the carriageway a bit quick , it's 30mph and I was riding closer to 60.
I was Devon and Cornwall traffic police. The attitude towards bikers is one of protection. If we prosecute or give you a blocking it was for your own good. We used to be much more lenient with bikes than cars.
You must remember to be polite as you were antagonistic and with attitude. I find if I’m polite and cooperative. It all runs smoothly.
Sure, I would normally agree with that 100% However, sadly the policeman set the tone in the first 30 seconds of speaking too us(for which we did receive an apology), so it goes both ways.
Respect has to be earnt👍
I was once reported by a copper that I knew was behind me on his way to work. He radioed ahead and got me stopped for 'swerving all over the road'. He was late for work and eveytime he tried to pass me something came the other way stopping him ovetaking me. Like I said. I knew he was behind me.....I knew him....I went to school with him. The copper who stopped me said I should be riding " a foot from the kerb"..... The thing is...my dad who advised me on my riding and bought me the police motorcycle training manual 'roadcraft' for my 16th Birthday was an ex motorcycle cop himself. He was so incensed when I told him that the cop who stopped me advised me to ride a foot from the kerb he jumped in the car dragging me along to the police station to complain.
And you wonder why respect for the Police had gone south!
You should have asked him what the minimum speed limit was and then asked him what speed you were going.
Of course he couldn't say😅.
Better still, ask him to spin around his licence and name the very first category he's entitled to operate as a car licence holder... yep, 50cc/28mph restricted mopeds. Almost certainly they're permitted on that road, and so that's a genuine speed you could travel at, so to get onto *any* motorcycle going relatively slowly yet not holding anyone up or otherwise being suspicious/a nuisance (and that's ignoring the road conditions as it is!) is just a twunt move.
Unbelievable, just goes to confirm the modern attitude of policing.
All about generating money from tickets.
Unbelievable!!
His colleagues will be having a good laugh at him (again) 😂
Psychopaths dont care, that's what makes them Psychopaths
yup i bet this cop spent a lot of time in the lockers at school ,,,
@@phillipsmiley5930 Lacking any medical qualifications, I wasn't sure if my (former) manager would be classed as a bipolar Narcissist, or a Psychopath with a cyclic need to hurt people. Over time, I came to realise he had some psychiatric "need" to force people against their will. Into what? It didn't matter, as long as he believed he had "forced" someone against their will. I successfully played that for a couple of years (if I had an idea I wanted to implement, I'd mention that I'd "looked at" something but it wouldn't work / wasn't viable / too hard - he'd then relish MAKING me do it), but the day he no longer held "coercive control" over me (I didn't take the covid jab) he went full fruitloop and fabricated grounds for dismissal. Very odd bloke - he used to follow staff into toilets and watch them - apparently he got it into his head it was his JOB to "make sure nobody is smoking or using drugs in the workplace". The funniest aspect of all, he was a manger of an IT team of 6 people working for an Australian Bank.
I was a bit concerned at your statement that it's illegal to wear a tinted visor, as my helmet has one built in (that I can move up / down as required)... so I looked it up. Here is the result of my search:
Tinted Visors:
You can wear a tinted visor during daylight hours.
However, according to UK ‘Fitness to Drive’ rules, avoid using tinted visors at night or in poor visibility.
Mirrored visors are generally considered illegal, but road-legal Pinlock-style mirrored inserts are available for most major brands.
Interesting point about built in visors, I really don't know where they fit in, I wonder if there's an exemption for them as they are technically fitted with 2 visors - clear and tint.
I think with the external visors some are legal (very light tint) but the darker ones are technically illegal - however the ACPO guidelines are don't prosecute during daylight hours.
The law is clearly a bit of mess, makes you wonder if it'll ever be re-visited.
And all because that cop's boyfriend forgot to give him a goodbye kiss before he left for the pigpen.
oink oink
The policeman was parked "within 10 meters of a junction". Did he give himself a ticket? He sure seemed anal enough to do so...
Typical gobsh*** cop. This was more about massaging his ego and the rider's failure to bow down to this cretin and his interpretation of the law.
_If it wasn't for their double standards, they'd have NO standards at all!_
I think you’re getting the law and the Highway Code mixed up!
Ones the law, the others the Highway Code. 🙄
@@andrewknight665 Thank you. Either way he should not have been parked there.
@@andrewknight665 Very interesting. And what's the difference? Or don't you know?
We got stopped in North Wales last weekend for a similar number plate ‘offence’. No manufacturer logo or some bollocks. The number plate was pointed out to us on a bike safe course (organised by the police) but they told us they’d look at your riding first then would pick other things up if that wasn’t good. Obviously they’d not met their North Wales police colleagues!
The Welsh 🏴 traffic police always on the lookout for English motorists to penalise. Anyone would think the Welsh police don’t like the English lol.
Total nonsense... I've lived and ridden in Mid Wales for over 40 years.... There's so little crime in the are,the traffic police are keen on the most minor of offences,or anything they can do to deter motorcycles from the area,raise some revenue etc.
Thanks for sharing with us!
Stay safe out there!
Cheers 🥂
Wasn’t worth a stop in the first instant. But once stopped he could have easily given advice keeping everyone onside. Awful policing.
This is the police attempting to restore the confidence and trust in the public 😉👍
I don't know if you've noticed but if you mix English and Welsh for police you get HEADLICE.
🤣😂🤣
Minus the 'A'
I think that agricultural tractors don’t have a requirement to have number plates on their trailers
Hi Keith, yes I think you're right. But I think the tractor has to display a plate either side, someone posted a very good explanation which was interesting.
@@mattbikes46 I was told years ago that you can tow a trailer with a number plate that is different from the towing vehicle as long as the trailer number plate matches a taxed and insured vehicle. Ie you can borrow someone else’s trailer or caravan without having to buy a numberplate to match your towing vehicle. It was a neighbour policeman who told me this when I asked about him towing a borrowed trailer.
they were just trying to get a nick from absolutely nothing they should be reprimanded for victimisation they should know that there is not a law for driving too slow and it does not give them the right to pull over anyone for it
The nice thing about the way Welsh police keep treating motorists is the level of desperation that I notice creeping in to Welsh tourist board advertising.
I remember getting a ticket from a police officer targeting Trucks/Lorrys, he said speeding, doing 70 in a 50. It was a 70 zone. he said "well i guess we'll see you in court". Went to court, prosecutors had to dismiss case
Wonder what he would be like if you had happened to be an off duty police motorcyclist. I once got pulled over by a cop on my bike, at the time I was riding a 250cc bike with a faring, he said it was a 650cc faring, I laughed and asked him where was it's engine, he said what you on about, I said, you said it was a 650cc fairing so where is its engine to be a 650cc? He then got agressive, he said our motorcycles have these and they are 650cc. I laughed and said it is a form of pretection against wind and rain, nothing to to do with engine size. He went to his van to walk on the radio then came back and said, Well when you get home remove it and I'm letting you off with a warning. I never said anymore but I forgot at the time to take his number, I rode that bike for years after till I got a bigger one, totally clueless cop making his own rules up.
And the police wonder why people are losing (have lost) all respect for them - what a complete and utter wally (I was going to call him something else beginning wa...., but as you were so polite to him I thought I'd do the same!)
That is the most idiotic policing I have ever seen. Had you not recorded the event I'd have found it hard to believe your story. That cop needs posted down to London for a year or two and then he might just appreciate ordinary descent folks like yourselves out for a sensible and safe bike run. What a waist of tax payers money.
I was riding my FJ1100 with my younger brother on the pillion between Ashford and Chatsworth in the 1980's, which is a winding country road, and we came up behind a car which was going slightly below the speed limit but not holding us up as it was a lovely day and we were enjoying the sunshine and the lovely countryside. Behind us was a police car which had been following for the last few miles. Once we had slowed behind the car, he turned on his blue lights and pulled us over.
He came over to the bike and asked us why we didn't overtake the car? I was nonplussed. I said that we were enjoying a leisurely ride and was it now a legal requirement that we had to drive at the speed limit and overtake the car?
The officer replied that on a powerful bike like mine I could easily have accelerated past the car. I replied that I could have done but I could see a police car behind us so was erring on the side of caution as we were not in any rush.
The officer replied that he thought we should have gone for the overtake but agreed that it was my decision and got back in his car and drove off. Absolutely madness!
Just for context, on the same bike a few weeks earlier, I had been riding up the A5 on my own on the way to Sheffield and the road was very quiet so I popped her up to 140mph just to blow off the cobwebs. 👍
Richard
Nice one! So all in all your average speed was quite acceptable
This is why I will never visit Wales. They hate anyone on the road.
Especially the English.
They don't discriminate, they're equally condescending to Taffs.
Yep, proper communist state
I havent been to wales for about10 years now since a run in with police over parking. i live 15 miles from the welsh border but i go to the peak district because not just the police but a lot of the locals hate the English.
Agree.
Thank you for logging and publicising this
If I remember correctly, Auditing Britain had trouble with these fools from Heddlu.