How Random

[JingleBells]

So, I've just got back from a night out in London town with my workmates, getting the train back to lovely Leatherhead. As we leave the station, we notice that and the end of the road there's a rather large puddle, one of my mates makes a dash across the road, while I realise that a car is coming and wait. Along comes a VW Polo, straight through the puddle (I'm sure he aimed at it too), large amount of splashes, but as we stopped no damage done and we think nothing of it.

We amble back to our hotel, and then a cop car slows down and stops, out hops the passenger who walks up to me and says that he'd like to apologise for splashing us with his car. Copper gets out with him, saying she'd seen him zoom through, even though my workmates were fairly oblivious to it happening, we say thanks and carry on home.

Now my workmate is rather miffed that his tax money is spent on coppers watching youths splash through puddles, while I'm pleased as technically he's committed an offence (driving without due care I think). Thoughts?

 

[nath]

I dunno really. Obviously if there was someone getting mugged that she missed due to this, then yeah it's a pretty bad move by the copper. Chances are, however, that not a lot would have happened anyway - so choosing to make the chav scum apologise for being a dick is pretty decent.

 

[dancer1210]

New jordan shoes

*spam*

 

[Raven]

you suck at colours mr dancer

 

[dysfunction]

I would have thought the copper would have just been passing by at the right time and decided to act on the boy racers antics.

If they didnt have nything else more pressing to do then I'm all for it...

 

[old.Tohtori]

I say it's a good thing that there's still cops around who actually serve and don't just protect.

Saw someone being a dick, thought "not on my watch" and did something about it.

 

[JingleBells]

I would have thought the copper would have just been passing by at the right time and decided to act on the boy racers antics.

If they didnt have nything else more pressing to do then I'm all for it...

I think we walked past the copper by the station, it was the last train of the night so presumably they were on the watch for drunkards

 

[Sparx]

Its the old small town mentality. I bet this copper used to be in one of the smaller areas before london. I've always found, especially where i grew up, that coppers were more caring about their patches rather than figures.

 

[Trem]

I love driving through puddles by people

My best was when I worked for Lester and I was out in the works van, all lettered up, I drove through a puddle by loads of women and they got soaked. I got back the shop and told Lester in case they complained but he laughed as much as me.

Its an unwritten rule that if theres a big puddle a car is allowed to get you with it, I'm like a ninja when out walking the dogs after its rained, I hide and wait for cars to go past the bigger puddles.

Am I a bad person?

 

[DaGaffer]

I

Am I a bad person?

YES! Yes you are. I'm very disappointed frankly. ****

 

[Trem]

YES! Yes you are. I'm very disappointed frankly. ****

I thought everyone did it

 

[old.Tohtori]

I hide and wait for cars to go past the bigger puddles.

Am I a bad person?

Yes, yes you are. It's another unwritten rule that "thou shalt not avoid big puddles for it shall deny the drivers their god given right and duty to soak thee!"

 

[Sparx]

Toh is correct, its the rule of the land, if your driving you must go through it and if you are walking you are not allowed to change walking pace

 

[Chilly]

I love driving through puddles by people

My best was when I worked for Lester and I was out in the works van, all lettered up, I drove through a puddle by loads of women and they got soaked. I got back the shop and told Lester in case they complained but he laughed as much as me.

Its an unwritten rule that if theres a big puddle a car is allowed to get you with it, I'm like a ninja when out walking the dogs after its rained, I hide and wait for cars to go past the bigger puddles.

Am I a bad person?

I'd lob a brick at you if I saw you coming via a puddle.

 

[Trem]

I'd lob a brick at you if I saw you coming via a puddle.

While you were bending down picking the brick up you would already be wet.


Thing is if someone splashed me I would laugh my tits off, it is the law of the land that I deserve to get splashed. I wouldn't go all shitty or try and be tough (chilly) because of it.

Such things in life are fun, I do actually just love driving through puddles whether its for a reason or not, it makes me smile.

 

[Sparx]

I know people who kill their lights just before going through a puddle to really get that fear factor in the victim. Now thats how it should be done

(cue all the "Oh my god you cant do that" Brigade)

 

[ECA]

Trem you'd love my road theres gaping potholes that when full of water are undetectable. You'd smash your car to bits trying to soak me.


Also: Yes, accelerating and hitting puddles is a must.

 

[Trem]

Trem you'd love my road theres gaping potholes that when full of water are undetectable. You'd smash your car to bits trying to soak me.


Also: Yes, accelerating and hitting puddles is a must.

Damn you and your rubbish roads!!

Not one bloody puddle gathers on my road

 

[DaGaffer]

Seriously, a snotty little chav splashed me deliberately when I lived in Shepherd's Bush and I turned round and chased him until he got stuck at the next junction, I then threatened to rip his nuts off and feed them to him, and booted his door for good measure; scared the little fucker shitless; pedestrian rage ftw! (Of course if I hadn't caught up to him, or he'd turned out to be huge I'd have been embarrased and/or dead).

 

[Trem]

Seriously, a snotty little chav splashed me deliberately when I lived in Shepherd's Bush and I turned round and chased him until he got stuck at the next junction, I then threatened to rip his nuts off and feed them to him, and booted his door for good measure; scared the little fucker shitless; pedestrian rage ftw! (Of course if I hadn't caught up to him, or he'd turned out to be huge I'd have been embarrased and/or dead).

Fair play really, I am prepared to accept what may happen for my puddle fun