The police speeding trap

[Shutup and Deal, I'm Losin']

A policeman approaches a driver after just pulling him over.

"Is there a problem Officer?"

The policeman says, "Sir, you were speeding. Can I see your licence please?"

The driver responds, "I'd give it to you but I don't have one."

"You don't have one?"

The man responds, "I lost it four times for drink driving."

The policeman is shocked. "I see. Can I see your vehicle registration papers please?"

"I'm sorry, I can't do that."

The policeman says, "Why not?"

"I stole this car."

The officer says, "Stole it?"

The man says, "Yes, and I killed the owner."

At this point the officer is getting irate. "You what!? "

"She's in the boot if you want to see."

The officer looks at the man and slowly backs away to his car and calls for back up.

Within minutes, five police cars show up, surrounding the car. A senior officer slowly approaches the car, clasping his half drawn gun.

The senior officer says "Sir, could you step out of your vehicle please!"

The man steps out of his vehicle. "Is there a problem sir?"

"One of my officers told me that you have stolen this car and murdered the owner."

"Murdered the owner?"

The officer responds, "Yes, could you please open the boot of your car please?"

The man opens the boot, revealing nothing but an empty boot.

The officer says, "Is this your car sir?"

The man says "Yes," and hands over the registration papers.

The officer, understandably, is quite stunned. "One of my officers claims that you do not have a driving licence."

The man digs in his pocket revealing a wallet and hands it to the officer. The officer opens the wallet and examines the licence. He looks quite puzzled. "Thank you sir, one of my officers told me you didn't have a licence, stole this car, and murdered the owner."

The man replies,

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"I bet you he said I was speeding, too!"

[johnfowles]

Originally posted by Fading Away:
A policeman approaches a driver after just pulling him over.

"I bet you he said I was speeding, too!" North Americans should be grateful that As Far As I Know there are no "Gatso"s over here.
You what!??
http://robert.thegeakes.co.uk/images/gatso.jpg
a Gatso speed camera
Named after their inventor a Dutchman named Gatsonides and made by the
Dutch company Gatsometer BV, founded by the 1950s rally driver Maurice Gatsonides,
These pesky devices have proliferated throughout the UK as a revenue raising method
Technical details at:-
http://www.radardetectors.co.uk/gatso_speed_camera.htm
I got caught once doing almost 90 mph in a 70 limit, fortunately it was at the top of a hill after the end of a section of dual carriageway (divided highway) where I had been doing over the ton.
I was reminded of these fiendish devices last weekend , when on a visit to our local "triple A" office
(American Automobile Association), I spotted a UK printed road atlas issued by the British AA
(Automobile Association) which boldly announced on its cover that it included speed camera locations
which must be illegal??

[Jesse Joe]

Good one Fading Away, that is one way to get out of a speeding ticket. :D :)

[ June 16, 2006, 11:41: Message edited by: Jessi -Joe ]

[Auburn Annie]

"I was reminded of these fiendish devices last weekend , when on a visit to our local "triple A" office (American Automobile Association), I spotted a UK printed road atlas issued by the British AA (Automobile Association) which boldly announced on its cover that it included speed camera locations which must be illegal??"

Probably covered under free speech. Reminds me of the CB (citizen's band) radio craze of the 70s/80s where truckers would radio ahead to one another the nearest location of "Smokey" (state police) up ahead. See any Smokey and the Bandit movie or Dukes of Hazzard episode. And here's a link to more CB phrases: http://www.cbgazette.com/slang.html

[Jesse Joe]

Very interesting Auburn Annie. In 1976,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85. Down here every household owned a CB radio. It was a real craze. I of course was Lightfoot, and we had many a laughs, with those things. :D Today they seemed to be all gone. :( I dont own one anymore myself. There was a time when I had 5 CB's. Base & mobiles... JJ. :)

[brink-]

We had one of those in Denver, John. I found out by getting a picture of myself driving from the police in Denver along with a nice note saying I owed the $63.00 and a copy of the posted speed and the speed that I was going - they weren't the same.

[Shutup and Deal, I'm Losin']

Seems like those speed recording devices read higher, but I think it's done on purpose so you'll want to slow down more. I've seen it read 33mph when I was only doing 27. :confused: But the speed limit was 35, so they still can't write me a ticket. :D

[Janice]

Originally posted by brink-:
We had one of those in Denver, John. I found out by getting a picture of myself driving from the police in Denver along with a nice note saying I owed the $63.00 and a copy of the posted speed and the speed that I was going - they weren't the same. Was it at least a good picture?? For $63 bucks, it should have been worthy of a frame :D