A1
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 09:00 AM |
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cops in edinburgh
for anyone concerned - theres loads of cops around edinburgh right now, watch out on queensferry road esp. coming into town, they sit in the petrol
stations and catch people with no belts or on the phone. theres lots hiding up side roads too, so watch out! theyre also stopping folk for things like
noise. (my friend was stopped in his impreza with the standard prodrive exhaust )
noticed one on a bike overtaking all the traffic going up the chevrons in the middle of the road... like to see them let anybody else off with it.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 09:04 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by A1
noticed one on a bike overtaking all the traffic going up the chevrons in the middle of the road... like to see them let anybody else off with it.
 just buy a bike 
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02GF74
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 09:13 AM |
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Originally posted by A1
they sit in the petrol stations scoffing doughnuts and catch people on the phone. .
That's a good thing, innnit?
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iank
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 09:24 AM |
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Don't have any problem with people being pulled and ticketed for phones (and to a lesser extent belts).
Do they have a sound gun for the noise or are they just guessing?
But on the whole it sounds like they need to get their annual figures up so the brass get their bonuses.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
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macspeedy
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 09:50 AM |
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better fix the hole in the exhaust then..! 
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 10:06 AM |
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Originally posted by iank
Don't have any problem with people being pulled and ticketed for phones (and to a lesser extent belts).
Do they have a sound gun for the noise or are they just guessing?
I got pulled over once for a loud exhaust, actually the back box had fallen off my last bluebird and the cop (only one in the car) said it wasn’t
legal. I told him he didn’t know what he was talking about and I only legally needed one silencer on the car anyway and since there was a mid box it
was perfectly legal
He then claimed he pulled any boy racer over who had a loud exhaust, which I explained he shouldn’t as they had twice the number of silencers that are
required for an MOT. At that point he gave up and got back in the car. That’s the only time I’ve got the better of them 
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mcerd1
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 10:23 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by macspeedy
better fix the hole in the exhaust then..!
where is the hole ?
I might still have 95% of the old one (I'd have to check though, I've been having a big clearout)
[Edited on 8/9/09 by mcerd1]
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macspeedy
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 11:26 AM |
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its at the front of the back box, welded on extra plate but now i think that has deformed the coupling, was looking into just welding the 2 parts
together..
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scootz
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 11:47 AM |
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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
I got pulled over once for a loud exhaust, actually the back box had fallen off my last bluebird and the cop (only one in the car) said it wasn’t
legal. I told him he didn’t know what he was talking about and I only legally needed one silencer on the car anyway and since there was a mid box it
was perfectly legal
He then claimed he pulled any boy racer over who had a loud exhaust, which I explained he shouldn’t as they had twice the number of silencers that are
required for an MOT. At that point he gave up and got back in the car. That’s the only time I’ve got the better of them
Doesn't matter if you have 5 back boxes, one or none - if it was noise he pulled you up for (as you said), then it's noise! The number of
silencers is irrelevant.
Clearly he was just a pup then who hadn't grown his cojones... had he been a proper Cop, a Cop this nation should be proud to have, a Cop for
our times, then he should have called in the Traffic guys to go over your car with a fine-tooth-comb and had them ram you with everything they could
find just for being a smart-arse!
Or he could have just got back in his car and doddled off as he had better things to do than argue with a madman driving a Bluebird!
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mcerd1
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 11:58 AM |
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Originally posted by macspeedy
its at the front of the back box, welded on extra plate but now i think that has deformed the coupling, was looking into just welding the 2 parts
together..
the bit I've got won't be much use to you then - its rotten at the same bit
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macspeedy
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 12:04 PM |
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thanks for looking rob
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A1
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 01:19 PM |
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if youre going to quote me 02gf74, make sure its what i actually put, yea?
I dont have a problem with them catching people on the phone or without belts, buut, they do it at rush hour when theres queues, so theyre stopped...
plus, any extra cop presence is a bad thing, unless its on the beat in town, catching pickpockets etc, but that would require work so they go sit in
petrol stations...
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tomprescott
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 04:41 PM |
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Normally police really irritate me as they seem to pull people in order to generate cash (but usually under the guise of public safety!), however
recently there's been a crime spate near me and the police are nowhere to be found!!! Too busy sitting in lay-by's to stop more serious
crimes!
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