Author Topic: Joyriders not chased because they might hurt themselves.... (Read 2398 times)

Flipside · **on:** July 12, 2006, 01:36:41 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/5132370.stm

Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot. Over.

Unknown Target · **Reply #1 on:** July 12, 2006, 03:23:30 pm

Lol...semi-socialist Western European countries are so funny...

Ghostavo · **Reply #2 on:** July 12, 2006, 03:23:54 pm

I've heard brits say countless times that the police in their country was a joke, but I never thought it was that bad.

Flipside · **Reply #3 on:** July 12, 2006, 03:28:31 pm

What makes me laugh is the Inspectors' comment of...

"We must first consider the safety of the public at large, the time of day, number of people around, are there any pedestrians or young children playing nearby?" he said.

Especially when you consider this..

He was woken in the early hours by the sound of its engine and peered out to see the youths riding up and down the street on his £1,200 Gilera moped.

So, apparently, even in the early hours of the morning, there are pedestrians about and children playing? Well, the second one was true, there were children playing with his moped.

watsisname · **Reply #4 on:** July 12, 2006, 03:33:42 pm

Too bad, that could have made the best court case ever.

"Yeah, I'm suing because I stole his moped, then that officer chased me, causing me to fall off and get a concussion because I wasn't wearing a helmet."

Flipside · **Reply #5 on:** July 12, 2006, 03:35:28 pm

And that's totally beside the fact it's supposedly a criminal offence to ride a motorbike without a lid in the first place.

aldo_14 · **Reply #6 on:** July 12, 2006, 03:45:20 pm

Quote from: Unknown Target on July 12, 2006, 03:23:30 pm

Lol...semi-socialist Western European countries are so funny...

We're not semi-socialist..........

NGTM-1R · **Reply #7 on:** July 12, 2006, 04:49:40 pm

Fully, then.

Flipside · **Reply #8 on:** July 12, 2006, 05:00:27 pm

Hah! Chance would be a fine thing, don't let our national parties Red symbolism fool you, they are conservatives to the core.

karajorma · **Reply #9 on:** July 12, 2006, 05:36:41 pm

Sorry but this is ****ing ridiculous. If they fall off the bike and die it's their own problem. I can understand why they might back off during busy period of the day but this sort of crap is the reason why these bastards think they can get away with this sort of ****.

Fineus · **Reply #10 on:** July 12, 2006, 06:45:59 pm

Hug a Hoodie? Give the joyriders some petrol or something?

Heaven forbid we actually kick the **** out of the criminals...

Flipside · **Reply #11 on:** July 12, 2006, 06:52:05 pm

Thing is, it's not the Police's fault, it's the stupid shield our lawmakers have put around criminals that more or less allows them to carry out their actions without fear of violent retribution. Odd really, considering the laws that are supposed to stop criminals being violent to innocent people are not as stringently enforced as the ones about victims not being violent to criminals.

Grug · **Reply #12 on:** July 12, 2006, 07:11:31 pm

That's a plain brainfart that is.

This is why sometimes, vigilante action is the only way to achieve justice. He should of caught the little bastards and placed them under citizens arrest and waited for the cops to arrive.

Mefustae · **Reply #13 on:** July 13, 2006, 01:05:52 am

Quote from: Flipside on July 12, 2006, 06:52:05 pm

Thing is, it's not the Police's fault, it's the stupid shield our lawmakers have put around criminals that more or less allows them to carry out their actions without fear of violent retribution. Odd really, considering the laws that are supposed to stop criminals being violent to innocent people are not as stringently enforced as the ones about victims not being violent to criminals.

Quite true, it's just them covering their arses in a not-so-subtle fashion. There was an 'incident' not too long ago in Sydney where the police were chasing these dumb-ass joyriders as they had done countless times [bad neighbourhood], the joyriders take a wrong turn and miss their usual getaway route, crash, one of them gets killed, and suddenly half the f***ing city is crying bloody murder and blaming the police! An innocent kid getting impaled in a car-chase is one thing [happened shortly before this one], but blaming the police because some retarded joy-rider finally gets his comupance for acting like a ****wit?! Aaaaugh!! *Brain implodes*

Descenterace · **Reply #14 on:** July 13, 2006, 02:05:28 am

The gene pool needs more chlorine. Especially, it would appear, in the courts. If someone breaks the law, they should no longer be under its protection.

Yes, I'm looking forward to the day when I'm legally allowed to defend my property with a .50cal machine gun, not to mention boobytraps.

aldo_14 · **Reply #15 on:** July 13, 2006, 02:53:29 am

Quote from: Kalfireth on July 12, 2006, 06:45:59 pm

Hug a Hoodie? Give the joyriders some petrol or something?

Heaven forbid we actually kick the **** out of the criminals...

Petrol and a match?

I can understand the logic for not chasing joyriders when it's a nicked Impreza that'd probably just spin off the road into someones house (just get a chopper on them, or hang back until they stop, wherever possible), but a scooter........ daft.

Jetmech Jr. · **Reply #16 on:** July 13, 2006, 03:13:00 am

Right now, I'm laughing at you brits on the outside. Laughing so hard...

But on the inside, I weep tears of sadness and frustration at this lunacy.

castor · **Reply #17 on:** July 13, 2006, 05:31:48 am

On the other hand, police probably has other things to do than chase little kids with mopeds.
I wonder why is it so difficult to make these vehicles harder to steal.

aldo_14 · **Reply #18 on:** July 13, 2006, 05:37:46 am

Quote from: castor on July 13, 2006, 05:31:48 am

On the other hand, police probably has other things to do than chase little kids with mopeds.
I wonder why is it so difficult to make these vehicles harder to steal.

If a bunch of neds twat you over the head and nick your keys, there's probably not much you can do to stop it.

castor · **Reply #19 on:** July 13, 2006, 06:05:56 am

They wouldn't dare

I think in that case it would be a bit more severe, planned criminal act. Aren't these a minority among all the cases anyway?

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