melthebell Posted August 5, 2010 Author Share Posted August 5, 2010 Sky report and video here.. http://video.news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Two-Police-Officers-Are-Removed-From-Duty-After-Smashing-A-Drivers-Car-Window/Article/201008115677821?lpos=UK_News_Top_Stories_Header_2&lid=ARTICLE_15677821_Two_Police_Officers_Are_Removed_From_Duty_After_Smashing_A_Drivers_Car_Window_ The bobbies were a bit rough on him hm i looked all over the site for that...7.19 bet it was upped after i looked look at the fury of the guy hitting the windscreen tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamChiChi Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 He thought they were escorting him home? He doesn't sound like he has the sense to be on the road. Yes they may have over reacted, but you can see why they took that route. The guy is an obvious idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player 1 Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I think you should be alowed to not wear a seat belt if you dont want to. It would be dangerous not to, but i've never understood why its a crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snook Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I think the police had every right to do that. He drove off after they had pulled him over and then didn't pull over even though they followed him for 17 minutes! It has nothing to do with the original reason they pulled him over. It sounds like he shouldn't be on the road at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weazel2006 Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I think you should be alowed to not wear a seat belt if you dont want to. It would be dangerous not to, but i've never understood why its a crime. In a high speed impact a small child and sometime a full grown adult becomes a projectile and can cause fatal injuries to themselves or others....pretty simple to pull it around you, listen for the click and stand a higher chance of living through a crash and not killing yourself or someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berberis Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 surely smashing their way in to a driver ISNT the best way to deal with a none worn seatbelt? No, and the courts would have a similar opinion however the IPCC would no doubt protect their own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 The OP is very misleading. Police did not smash the windows etc because he wasn't wearing his seatbelt, that is false. He was stopped for not wearing a seatbelt and the motorist driven off whilst they were issueing the fixed penalty notice, so at that point the incident entered into a pursuit. Thanks to the silly old duffer not stopping, now two cops are under investigation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swan_Vesta Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 17 minute chase. Stinger deployed. I really can't imagine that the coppers weren't without blues and twos. 70 year old or no, if he's that much of a halfwit then I have no sympathy for him ...... The man's an unobservant tit. The OP is very misleading. Usually when the authorities are concerned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weazel2006 Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Yeah but come on he is how old?....dragging him out like that is a risky thing to do. Agreed on him being a tit though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depoix Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 I think the police had every right to do that. He drove off after they had pulled him over and then didn't pull over even though they followed him for 17 minutes! It has nothing to do with the original reason they pulled him over. It sounds like he shouldn't be on the road at all.an easier option would have been to follow him home or meet him there,having had a few strokes i am medically banned from driving myself as its unsafe really,perhaps the old lad shouldnt be on the road if he gets to confused as to why the police were following him but the police seemed to be over the top when it came to stopping him ,he must have been in a state of panic when the windows went through,anything could have happened ,suppose in his panic he decided to try to escape ? a large vehicle with a driver thats confused racing off would be far more dangerous to the public than a driver not wearing a seat belt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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