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50mph speed limit on police car let ATM raid gang flee
The Belfast Telegraph ^ | 4/29/2019 | Gillian Halliday

Posted on 04/29/2019 5:17:10 PM PDT by fruser1

Police officers can only drive faster than the speed limit when they are responding to an emergency situation where they believe there is an immediate and serious risk to life.

Not only do we have to adhere to the speed limit like every other driver - unless we are responding to a situation where a person is in danger - but there is also technology in our vehicles that monitors the speed at which we are travelling.

If we go over that limit it triggers an alert and we have to justify to our bosses why we breached that limit.

(Excerpt) Read more at belfasttelegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Government; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: europe; ireland; monitoring; police; speed
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The government will never actually control the speed of your car in the future because there's too much revenue to be had in fining you.

When something like nazi-pass innocently becomes required on all vehicles, the games will begin.

1 posted on 04/29/2019 5:17:10 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: fruser1

I never heard of such dumbassed sh*t in my life.


2 posted on 04/29/2019 5:20:32 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: fruser1

Liberal Brains at work ,LOL


3 posted on 04/29/2019 5:26:17 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: fruser1

Sppeding is a perk of being a cop around here.


4 posted on 04/29/2019 5:27:31 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: Midwesterner53

Now if they can just figure out how to make the turn signals work.


5 posted on 04/29/2019 5:31:14 PM PDT by River_Wrangler (Nothing difficult is ever easy!)
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To: carriage_hill

Never been in police work have you.


6 posted on 04/29/2019 5:31:56 PM PDT by riverrunner ( o the public,)
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Miles not kilometers?


7 posted on 04/29/2019 5:32:33 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: River_Wrangler

I believe all turn signals in America have been permanently disconnected.

I think I saw one the other day but it was probably just a reflection from the Sun.


8 posted on 04/29/2019 5:35:06 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: fruser1

Don’t worry, they will make you post a huge bond account and do auto-debit whenever the GOOGLE transponders detect a violation


9 posted on 04/29/2019 5:38:16 PM PDT by KTM rider ( .......than to post and remove all doubt)
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To: carriage_hill

I used to date the county sheriffs daughter in high school. He gave me rides a lot of times. 80 in a 35 was pretty typical for him.


10 posted on 04/29/2019 5:44:09 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: carriage_hill

It’s the UK. At least Northern Ireland has much better gun laws than England.


11 posted on 04/29/2019 5:45:45 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: fruser1

12 posted on 04/29/2019 6:03:36 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: SaveFerris

The rules here are:

1. Not using turn signals is preferred. It just confuses people half the time.

2. If you feel that you must use them, use them no more than five feet before _or after_ you start turning, and definitely _after_ you start braking for the turn.


13 posted on 04/29/2019 6:34:35 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.”)
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To: carriage_hill

Chicago.


14 posted on 04/29/2019 6:36:05 PM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: carriage_hill

Are You sure ? How about the F1 charging by the Point for Teams to Race the next season ?


15 posted on 04/29/2019 6:42:35 PM PDT by mabarker1 (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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To: Gene Eric

Great Britain and Northern Ireland use MPH.

The Republic of Ireland uses KPH.


16 posted on 04/29/2019 7:26:45 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!")
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To: SaveFerris

I use my turn signals for every turn and every lane change, when I was learning to drive my Father taught me to use both turn signals and hand signals.
Most folks today are just to lazy, stupid, or self absorbed to let other folks in traffic know what idiotic thing they are about to try next.


17 posted on 04/29/2019 7:38:08 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: 5th MEB

Yep, it’s a habit with me.

Part of the time, I drive a small car and try to stick to the speed limit. I pretty much get blown off the road; constantly.

Don’t tell anyone, but on the freeway I might go an extra 5 mph. Keeps some vehicles off my tail.

Let’s keep this a secret.


18 posted on 04/29/2019 8:06:32 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: carriage_hill

The collective IQ of public officials has gone down 40 points in the last two decades.


19 posted on 04/29/2019 8:27:36 PM PDT by DoughtyOne
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To: DoughtyOne

This is northern Ireland.


20 posted on 04/29/2019 8:31:36 PM PDT by Mears
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