Cops! No Wonder They Got A Bad Name

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Cops use plane to nab apple-eating driver

LONDON (Reuters) - Police called in a spotter plane, helicopter and video-equipped patrol car to help convict a woman who ate an apple while driving to work, newspapers have reported.


After nine court hearings and a trial lasting more than two hours, nursery nurse Sarah McCaffery was fined 60 pounds on Monday when a court upheld a police decision to give her a penalty ticket.


Police used the plane, helicopter and car to film road conditions on the route she took in Tyneside, northeast England, after officers pulled her over in December 2003.


"It is a joke they put so much effort into this," McCaffery, 23, told the Sun newspaper on Tuesday. "You would think they had better things to do."


She said she had both hands on the wheel of her Ford Ka and was driving safely.


But police and public prosecutors said she was not in control and they were obliged to gather evidence when she chose to fight the fine in court.
 
What a hussy. She should have been sent down. How can you control a car properly, turning a corner, with a Golden Delicious in your hand? Or even a Cox?

Come to think of it - how many people did you see today smoking whilst driving? How many cases have you heard about where Plod has prosecuted smokers at the wheel? Are they any better in control with a burning object between their fingers than a poor lass who has missed her breakfast? I think it must have been a sexist policeman.

Never mind - the latest crime figures show a downward trend. Not surprising really. What was it Mr Blah or one of his spin doctors said? TOUGH ON CRIME, TOUGH ON THE CAUSES OF CRIME. Too many rotten apples in the barrel it would appear.
 
Crikey! Looks like I may have had a narrow squeak, then, on the way back from Fontwell. I drank a small bottle of o.j., using the cup-holder to keep it steady, on the way back home. Would my consuming it mainly while stopped on red count as a "yes, but I didn't inhale" kind of defence? I didn't know it was an offence to indulge in the munchies while driving - I quite often have a packet of Lamb & Mint Crisps on the go.
 
Last weekend I pulled up in the inside lane at a set of lights. In the right hand lane was a car from a driving school. Glancing over I saw it was just one of the instructors and she was on her mobile and then screeched across the flow of traffic coming the other way steering one handed.

It's good to know our learner drivers are being taught by people who drive properly.
 
£60.00 fine :what: . I bet she got the right pip!

Just as well that well known old crab called Granny Smith wasn't driving or the outcome could have been a car in a right old crumble if she had hit a tree. She has been known to be a bit of a tart and would have found a way to get out of paying a fine. Probably convinced them that their chance of a conviction would be pie in the sky.
 
IF it would have been a COX's!! in her hand(as Ray H said) well that surely would be different but only would be a FOREty pound fine? SKINny really....... :o :D

I am a professional when it comes to COX's...............?because of my gardening expertise.....
 
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