RLJ (Red Light Jumping). (The definitive bikeradar thread)

explorer There are a lot of twats in uniform in this town. I factor the occasional ticket in, but the attitude and abuse I sometimes get is just out of order.
I learned (at my expense :-) that the City police are the worst, so now I (mostly) respect lights in the square mile and that seems to do the job.

You are so right!

You should try skateboarding in the city - you can see the cops excitement as they think - woo easy, non-violent 'criminals' to lecture.
They literally have nothing to do in that sterilized boredom zone that is the city.

Once me and my girlfriend were driving back through the city after a festival.
Our numberplate was a bit faded so it was getting hard to make out.
We get pulled over and three city police separate us and ask us if we have drugs in the car
independently question us to check our "stories", after about 40 minutes of this shit they let
us go but not until they've taken both of our details down, given us a huge lecture and
"1 hour to get off the road", threatened us with possible jail terms and so on.
PRICKS!

All it would have taken was "excuse me - do you realise you numberplate is getting difficult
to read? Make sure you get that replaced asap ok?"