Did the Police Let A Speeding Motorist Go on Lea Road?

By photogenic88 | Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 15:37

I heard recently from my friend in a pub, that somebody who was speeding along Lea Road in Tiverton at 70mph was allowed to get away with it because he is the son of a policeman in the Devon & Cornwall Police.

I don't know if it is true or not, but it does sound very believable.

Apparently the man in question was actually pulled over by the police and was allowed to get away with it, with probably nothing more than a ticking off.

I think this is quite shocking, and beggars belief and that is why I had to write it on here to see if anyone else had heard this or had even heard of anything else the police may have been up to which might rectify this story?

I read in the Tiverton Gazette how police were cracking down on speeders on this particular road,but obviously if you're related to the police yourself, then you can get away with it.

I know most of the police officers do a good job, and we don't have much crime in Tiverton, or at least not where I live in Westexe but again, this sort of thing wouldn't surprise me if it was going on.

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Fred has the only correct response to this - no evidence, no credibility. Heard from a friend of a friend is not evidence.

I think this likelihood of this story being correct is 0.01%. I say this because every stop by a traffic officer would have been recorded before the officer/s would know who was driving the target vehicle, and auditors look very closely at inconsistencies. Normal PCs can stop you but without evidence you would need to admit the offence. PCSOs cannot stop you for any reason.

If there is any truth in this story it may be that someone was stopped for apparently speeding but the officer could not prove it and the driver did not admit to any offence. In this case the officer could only give an unofficial verbal warning and let the driver go without charge.

Being an absolute offence it would be very foolish for anyone to go around claiming they had been let off for speeding as they could be convicted based on their own testimony alone. If they claim to have lied when asked for their speed under oath then they have comitted two offences.

I am also left wondering just how you could do 70mph along Lea Road. I know speeding is a problem there, but with the road layout and zero traffic I would probably struggle to get to 50mph on the downhill bit. Anyone attempting it would also need to be extremely stupid as the risk of mounting the pavement and causing injury/death is pretty much guaranteed.

By xdave at 13:41 on 16/12/09
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I was told by a relation while having a discussion with family - although he regrets saying anything because I was in the room, and from my understanding, there was a lot of panic when it got out into the public.
My relation (can't name names) is friends with the offending chap that Photogenic mentioned, and said it while not being anywhere near bitter or lager!
I tried to dig deeper to get some hard evidence, but couldn't.
The point remains, why would my relation say that their friend had got away with speeding in such detail if it wasn't true - and react in a way where it clearly wasn't a joke.

By Lewis_Clarke at 12:39 on 15/12/09
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Whats your reliable source Mr Clarke? Lager or Bitter?? If it's a really credible source let's hear who it is!

By MrDiplomacy at 11:42 on 15/12/09
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I think stories like this should only be published alongside the evidence that supports their credibility. So far there is no evidence and so I give the story no credence.

By Fred_Mandrake at 15:55 on 11/12/09
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Stories which start with "I heard recently from my friend in a pub" are usually unreliable...
You are an uneducated inbread ****!

By madginger at 12:31 on 10/12/09
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