Police forces around the UK are often investigating after postings on the social media in the UK. 

Undertakers, speeders, those on Phones / Laptops etc posted on Youtube by others or themselves.

Newspapers report and post the videos as 'exclusives' and prosecutions happen in some cases.

 

We will see if this Police Force later make a U-Turn in this case.

Edited 31 August, 20169 yr by GoneOffSKi

Lots of muck being thrown at the police for this, understandable. But it's the two drivers who were both offered video evidence and declined AND didn't bother reporting anything to the police that should share some of the responsibility.

Edited 31 August, 20169 yr by Dodgy

Lots of muck being thrown at the police for this, understandable. But it's the two drivers who were both offered video evidence and declined AND didn't bother reporting anything to the police that should share some of the responsibility.

 

Agreed - understandable that some people might not want the hassle (providing witness statement & possibly attending court) - maybe they didn't realise how much of a difference the dashcam footage would make? Without it it would just be one word against another and probably not enough evidence to do anything.

 

Still think the Police should be investigating - complaint made or not. No further action doesn't really send out the right message about the potential consequences of the Porsche driver's actions.

Edited 31 August, 20169 yr by vrsTom

It's not up to Joe Public to be insisting upon prosecutions, that is what the police are there for. As I said, are we seriously to believe if the camera had been in a traffic car that this wouldn't have been investigated?

However, in Humberside, try doing 65mph on a clear dry straight NSL road and see what happens. Do you think any member of the public makes a complaint for each ticket dished out like sweeties?

(And no, I'm not bitter. I haven't been given a speeding ticket)

Seen a few like that recently, especially in the lanes up by Peterborough

Ahh the eastern European wacky races as seen daily on the a605

To counter what might appear to be anti police bias on my part...

I was a Special from 1998-2006. I know how hard officers work.

On a recent trip up the M5, Devon and Cornwall police responded promptly to my call that a passenger was carrying a baby on their lap. Said car was seen pulled over by an unmarked car a few miles after my call. Hats off to them for their prompt action.

Unbelievable...almost, and she was wearing SLIPPERS!

 

I'd have ragged them off her feet and whacked her arse with them.

 

Now now, no need to get kinky with her... 

How does that work then, when they'll do someone who posts footage of themselves online for speeding/dangerous driving yet this doesnt warrant being looked into?! If that was a motorcyclist/bicycle they could have killed them. 

To counter what might appear to be anti police bias on my part...

I was a Special from 1998-2006. I know how hard officers work.

On a recent trip up the M5, Devon and Cornwall police responded promptly to my call that a passenger was carrying a baby on their lap. Said car was seen pulled over by an unmarked car a few miles after my call. Hats off to them for their prompt action.

 

Only real risk in that case is to their own baby. In the case of the Porsche driver she's putting other people and their property at risk - more serious in my opinion.

 

How does that work then, when they'll do someone who posts footage of themselves online for speeding/dangerous driving yet this doesnt warrant being looked into?! If that was a motorcyclist/bicycle they could have killed them. 

 

Indeed, I think there have been quite a few cases of people posting their own footage online and facing consequences for it.

How does that work then, when they'll do someone who posts footage of themselves online for speeding/dangerous driving yet this doesnt warrant being looked into?! If that was a motorcyclist/bicycle they could have killed them.

They'd have to investigate what happened, a porsche driver can probably afford a solicitor who will drag the job out. That all makes for a pretty poor return on capital invested, so easier to send the camera van out to "solve crimes" and keep the statistics up.

Police policy - if you can't deal with it there and then, preferably by taking some money off someone, do everything you can not to have to record the crime.

Last year whilst stuck in heavy stop start traffic on the M8, I dialled 101 to let them aware there was a young woman with a child in her arms stranded on the hard shoulder. Due to the number of drivers on the their phones and even laptops, there was a real risk she could get struck by a vehicle. I pointed out I had dashcam footage if they required it.

I was surprised when the operator said she'd send someone round to possibly take a statement. A few days later, two PC's turned up. Straight away their attitude was completely negative. I showed them the footage which clearly showed at least four drivers on their mobiles, one using a laptop on the front passenger seat and one with a map spread out over the windscreen.

Can't use that. Can't use that. Can't use that.

Their final words to me were, and I quote, "if we investigated them, we'd have to investigate every driver we see using a mobile."

This is not a one off with Police Scotland. I have absolutely no faith in these clowns.

Edited 1 September, 20169 yr by Guest

Pretty normal around Peterborough/Cambridgeshire out on rural roads.

Doesn't say where it was.

Pretty normal around Peterborough/Cambridgeshire out on rural roads.

Doesn't say where it was.

the clip with the Porsche? That was in East Yorks, near me.