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Author: | StuartW [ Mon Jun 17, 2024 6:51 pm ] |
Post subject: | Edinburgh PHD breaks rule |
Hold the front page. Maybe it's worse than it sounds, but certainly doesn't seem as 'crucial' or 'vital' as it's portrayed here. But rehashing tweets into a news article makes for easy copy. Edinburgh taxi driver halted by police after breaking crucial rule in city centre https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/ed ... e-29366313 Police officers were patrolling the city centre on Sunday before noticing one driver make a 'prohibited' no right turn onto Candlemaker Row from George IV Bridge. An Edinburgh private hire vehicle was halted in the city centre after police officers spotted a vital rule break. Road police were patrolling the city centre on Sunday morning, June 16, before stopping a driver on Grassmarket. The motorist was spotted making a 'prohibited' no right turn onto Candlemaker Row from George IV Bridge. Police issued the driver with a conditional offer of fixed penalty. It comes as officers continue to crackdown on road crime across Edinburgh and the Lothians. Road Policing Scotland wrote on X, formally known as Twitter: "#EdinburghRP stopped this private hire vehicle as they observed it carry out a prohibited no right turn onto Candlemaker Row from George IV Bridge. "The driver was issued with a conditional offer of fixed penalty. #DriveCarefully". Edinburgh Live reported on Sunday how officers stopped another vehicle on West Harbour Road in Granton as the motorist was on the road without valid insurance. Police wrote on X: "Edinburgh Road Police stopped this vehicle today on West Harbour Road, Edinburgh after a check showed that there was not a policy of insurance for the vehicle. "The driver was reported for summons and the vehicle was seized." |
Author: | edders23 [ Mon Jun 17, 2024 7:12 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Edinburgh PHD breaks rule |
I would describe that as police actually doing their job correctly |
Author: | Sussex [ Mon Jun 17, 2024 7:32 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Edinburgh PHD breaks rule |
edders23 wrote: I would describe that as police actually doing their job correctly Indeed, the law is the law. However, I would very much appreciate that level of enforcement when it comes to more serious crimes. |
Author: | StuartW [ Mon Jun 17, 2024 7:41 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Edinburgh PHD breaks rule |
edders23 wrote: I would describe that as police actually doing their job correctly Indeed, but I could make a long list about tons of other stuff that isn't enforced, including stuff a lot more serious than what's happened here. And I know things are all well and good down your way but I doubt it's the perfect law-abiding nirvana you seem to portray it as And I doubt you're as naive about a lot of that kind of stuff than you're sounding - I'd guess you're just disagreeing with me for the sake of it - who'd have expected that? Smacks of performative/PR policing/policing by press release, if you ask me. Or policing by Twitter. Or X, as we're now expected to call it |
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