Well done plod

Cny49b · 7 March 2011 19:13

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cabbie (06/03/2011)

As you guys know I have little time for the old bill and their pathetic attitude to stupid minor crimes us bikers are guilty of like small (not tiny) plates etc, but today I have to say well done to them, an army of officers and a police helicopterdescended onBrands Hatch in search of stolen bikes and stolen bike parts as many of the bikes stolen end up on the tracks, any bike that came up as stolen was confiscated.

So well doneto the old billand keep up this new offensive in the fight against bike theft.

The problem is that when thosesmall plates are stuck in places that ANPR camera’s (you know, the ones that ping up if a bike is nicked)find difficult to read (such as the one onyour blade) then it makes the Police’s job in finding nicked bikes harder.
I couldn’t care less about plate size as it isn’t something I deal with but then again I have a normal sized plate on my bike as it gives Police less of an excuse for me to get pulled and less for meto get done for, should they wish to get the pen out.
You’re the typical example of someone doing something wrong thenblaming someone else for itwhen someone does there job and reports you for it.

Next you will say bike thiefs use their own vans. The argument of using ANPR to find stolen bikes doesn’t wash. Most bikes will either be broken and parts sold, or cloned and then sold on.Why cant technology be developed to read smaller plates, speed cameras can cope?

Thieves will use false plates or stolen vehicles to steal; some use their own vehicle. ANPR can be a useful tool in trying to combat motorcycle and car crime.

Police don’t design and build ANPR systems; they buy the technology like any other large organisation.

cabbie · 7 March 2011 20:20

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cabbie (07/03/2011)

Baz my old china, why don’t you be a man and admit the truth thattraffic cops target bikes with small plates for one reason and one reason only, MONEY, REVENUE, DOSH !!!

Last Mayday run it was like a cowboy movie, you know when the cowboy’s ride in to the canyon and look up to see 10,00 Indian’s ready to attack, well we was well and truly scalped last Mayday run, a bike cop nearly took my mates front wheel out to get behind me! oh yeah he gave me the same crap you just did “it’s the ANPR camera can’t read the smaller plate and if your bike gets stolen how are we going to know”

I reconthe old billhad side bets going on to see who got the most PCN’s issued :w00t:

Police aren’t on commission.

Police are not revenue targeted.

Traffic haven’t always been targeted on tickets obtained.

Police don’t create legislation.

The police enforce the law; the law states what size plates can be and you’ve been told why.

How do you know what the copper told you was ‘crap’? Do you have experience with ANPR?

You clearly don’t understand the composition of the criminal justice system, but once again, you love to shout loudly about a law you’re breaking. Why don’t you write to your MP instead of wasting your time moaning on an internet forum? I mean, if you genuinely believed it’s there for purely revenue generation then you’d do something about it.

Oh fcuk me it’s Judge Dredd :w00t:

djmrmagic · 7 March 2011 20:33

I work for a company that does that!

Unfortuantly it’s all secure stuff even though I work in the IT dept I still can’t get access

Jewell · 10 March 2011 15:30

ANPR is useful but its simple to fool. It reads numberplates and nothing else…

So I steal a Ford Focus RS and need to get across town…hmmmm, search the Focus RS forum which Im sure there is loads, get a UK number plate from the earliest picture thread you see which matches the colour, get one made up from a local shop for a fiver and stick it on…

And ANPR is beaten.

Saying that, driving down a road, it will pick up cars heading towards you and will alert quickly so quite useful in that aspect.Good for built up areas.

BLADE88 · 10 March 2011 21:45

Fair play to the old bill for the raid at brands read in mcn they found about 16 stolen bikes,but i will agree with some on this post that the old bill do target motorcyclists and also lorry drivers (which i am ) with the sole intention of getting a 60 pound fixed penalty ticket issued think they do it just to make the crime figures look good.Also would like to know how they justify the huge weekly operations at blackwall tunnel pulling mainly vans,lorries and bikes when greenwich and the surrounding areas are full of all other types of crime which they could be dealing with.But is far easier for them to deal out fines for motoring offences than go and deal with nasty robbers,rapists and muggers.Well thats my rant over sorry if i offended anyone:)

mr_bike · 10 March 2011 22:42

fair play too its much easyer to go for the mug who should have know it was stolen, rather than trying to catch the people who are stealing them to orderm besides you lose money and waste time why do that when its easy pickings

“i aint haveing it they should go after the people doing the nicking”

nothing a poll tax riot wont sort out:D

Superbeastbird · 11 March 2011 17:11

Threads like this crack me up! I’m normal plod and not traffic so I don’t have time to deal with incorrect number plates! I’m to busy running from one pointless call to another!
My shift usually revolves around partnered couples who have an argument and wanting plod to sort out their silly problems - ‘he called me a name and I don’t want him to do that’. Meanwhile old mrs miggens down the road is being burgled, something that’ll change her life forever! Or some scum bag is thieving your pride and joy! Where am I? Still dealing with mr and mrs half wit!
This is the clincher though… On the off chance that one of our patrol vehicles does come across a stolen bike, all the slag does is take his helmet off and thanks to policy, the pursuit is called off! Frustration personified!
We have twenty odd officers covering around 35 square miles making it a nigh on impossible to do our jobs effectively! If the public want a better service then I’m afraid it certainly won’t be happening with all the cut backs that will soon be upon us!
Happy days, hey???