HeliX Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 3 minutes ago, Ringy Rose said: The police clearly thought it was a crank call and reacted accordingly. What are you basing that on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Just now, cissolt said: This isn't an isolated incident for the police on social media, the RPU is particularly condescending. Shows the true colours of some policeman and how they view the public. Perhaps there may be a connection between cars and dicks? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Gladys said: Wow. Do you need to understand physics to drive a car? Separately, yes I actually do wish the basic physics in play about weight transfer and grip (particularly how "using up" grip for longitudinal forces removes available grip for latitudinal forces...) was taught, but it's also certainly not something to mock people who are currently not taught about it over. Edited September 28, 2023 by HeliX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 Just now, Gladys said: Perhaps there may be a connection between cars and dicks? Right up the exhaust pipe? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringy Rose Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 3 minutes ago, Gladys said: Do you need to understand physics to drive a car? It’s probably a good idea to have a basic understanding as to how physics affects the two-ton lump of metal you’re in charge of. 1 minute ago, HeliX said: What are you basing that on? The very first line of the police’s post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 Just now, Ringy Rose said: The very first line of the police’s post. What part of that suggests they think it's a crank caller? It even acknowledges the caller was worried. And the police response was to be a dick about it. Not that I'm surprised, mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringy Rose Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 2 minutes ago, HeliX said: And the police response was to be a dick about it. The post was needlessly dickish. But let’s not let the girl off that easily either. A dumb call, wasting police time, and the fact she’s allowed out on the road quite frankly terrifies me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 6 minutes ago, Ringy Rose said: The post was needlessly dickish. But let’s not let the girl off that easily either. A dumb call, wasting police time, and the fact she’s allowed out on the road quite frankly terrifies me. I'd rather someone who realises they need help when unconfident rather than someone who ploughs on without any of the requisite ability. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cueey Lewis And The News Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 13 minutes ago, HeliX said: I'd rather someone who realises they need help when unconfident rather than someone who ploughs on without any of the requisite ability. If my daughter thought she was in genuine danger and called 999 for assistance like that and ended up being publicly ripped by the police for the trouble I’d be absolutely furious. They are paid to deal with difficult situations or time wasters. Sometimes people call as they’re scared and think it’s an emergency. They need support and help. The fact that it was a windy night and someone fancied sitting on their arse taking the piss rather than passing by and making sure they were safe needs to be investigated. It just puts even more people off making an emergency call. They’re even going to try to second guess if you really need an ambulance in future. Maybe we should all just plug into the matrix? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice of Reason Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 27 minutes ago, Ringy Rose said: The post was needlessly dickish. But let’s not let the girl off that easily either. A dumb call, wasting police time, and the fact she’s allowed out on the road quite frankly terrifies me. Well everyone is safe. Let’s hope both parties ( girls and police ) do learn lessons from this. As for smartarses suggesting that the girls should have said they had some weed in the car to get a better response, hopefully they will grow up a bit too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcousticallyChallenged Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 24 minutes ago, Ringy Rose said: The post was needlessly dickish. But let’s not let the girl off that easily either. A dumb call, wasting police time, and the fact she’s allowed out on the road quite frankly terrifies me. Better than taking up their time, an ambulance’s time and fire brigade’s time if it goes wrong. She realised she was in a situation beyond her ability, stopped and tried to seek assistance, which is something a lot of people wouldn’t do. Some would just crack on without considering the consequences. By the sounds of it, she would’ve called her parents, but had no signal to do so. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Not unexpectedly, plod fucked up. Unexepectedly they have now apologised nothing to see here - move on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cueey Lewis And The News Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, The Voice of Reason said: Well everyone is safe. Let’s hope both parties ( girls and police ) do learn lessons from this. What do the girls need to learn? Not to be inexperienced 17 year olds who might need a bit of support in a challenging situation? Edited September 28, 2023 by Cueey Lewis And The News 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Ringy Rose said: She thought her car was going to blow away in a 70mph wind. A car which faces a 70mph wind every time it moves forward down a motorway. A car is going down the motorway at 70 mph. It experiences a 70 mph sidewind gust. Does the car turn or move:- left right sideways just goes straight on Answers to be classified by front/mid/rear engine car (or Citroen Dyane, in which case it will just fall over). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Mainwaring Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 If it's where I think it happened, by the old shelter at Howstrake, then I can believe how frightening it could have been. The wind in that spot funnels up the crevasse in the cliff and over the wall. It's much more intense than the wind either side of this spot (terrain induced wind). I've seen someone blown off their feet and into the road there on a day much less windy than yesterday. It's surprising just how windy that spot can get. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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