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"This has been going on for a while now but it's just been brought to my attention again via BBC News. I get that the public report certain things but the Police encouraging us to upload footage of bad driving and do their work for them? Is this is a good thing or not?" Absolutely a good thing in my opinion. There are lots of entitled people who still seem to think it’s ok to use a mobile phone while driving and laws don’t apply to them! Would footage sent to the Police / Employer leading to fines or pen points help reduce this? Who knows | |||
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"This has been going on for a while now but it's just been brought to my attention again via BBC News. I get that the public report certain things but the Police encouraging us to upload footage of bad driving and do their work for them? Is this is a good thing or not?" If there was consistency about the way that the Police wanted “crimes” reporting then it would be Ok. The issue I have is that they only want slam dunks reported and not the things that they may need to make an effort. | |||
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"This has been going on for a while now but it's just been brought to my attention again via BBC News. I get that the public report certain things but the Police encouraging us to upload footage of bad driving and do their work for them? Is this is a good thing or not? Absolutely a good thing in my opinion. There are lots of entitled people who still seem to think it’s ok to use a mobile phone while driving and laws don’t apply to them! Would footage sent to the Police / Employer leading to fines or pen points help reduce this? Who knows " Why would footage be sent to employers? | |||
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"This has been going on for a while now but it's just been brought to my attention again via BBC News. I get that the public report certain things but the Police encouraging us to upload footage of bad driving and do their work for them? Is this is a good thing or not? Absolutely a good thing in my opinion. There are lots of entitled people who still seem to think it’s ok to use a mobile phone while driving and laws don’t apply to them! Would footage sent to the Police / Employer leading to fines or pen points help reduce this? Who knows Why would footage be sent to employers? " Why would it not if employees are using their phones when they shouldn’t | |||
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"This has been going on for a while now but it's just been brought to my attention again via BBC News. I get that the public report certain things but the Police encouraging us to upload footage of bad driving and do their work for them? Is this is a good thing or not? Absolutely a good thing in my opinion. There are lots of entitled people who still seem to think it’s ok to use a mobile phone while driving and laws don’t apply to them! Would footage sent to the Police / Employer leading to fines or pen points help reduce this? Who knows Why would footage be sent to employers? Why would it not if employees are using their phones when they shouldn’t " Because it's a police matter. | |||
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"Ss far as I'm aware, Operation Snap is for uploading 'evidence' to the Police so they can investigate criminal offences. It's not for employers. I, of course, would like crime reported but I think I feel a little uncomfortable with 'community policing', there's plenty of CCTV available to Police in most towns should they want to use it." It's like the groups of old guys in high vis jackets who wave speed cameras at me in a small village I drive through, at or below the speed limit I might add. They note down my reg number every time. If I had the time or inclination I'd get out and ask them why a group of men are noting down a lone woman's details when she's committed no offence | |||
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"Ss far as I'm aware, Operation Snap is for uploading 'evidence' to the Police so they can investigate criminal offences. It's not for employers. I, of course, would like crime reported but I think I feel a little uncomfortable with 'community policing', there's plenty of CCTV available to Police in most towns should they want to use it." In general CCTV is never going to catch and help reduce mobile phone use while driving. Which people probably don’t care about until it affects them | |||
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"Ss far as I'm aware, Operation Snap is for uploading 'evidence' to the Police so they can investigate criminal offences. It's not for employers. I, of course, would like crime reported but I think I feel a little uncomfortable with 'community policing', there's plenty of CCTV available to Police in most towns should they want to use it. In general CCTV is never going to catch and help reduce mobile phone use while driving. Which people probably don’t care about until it affects them" Maybe you're right, I'm on the fence on this one tbh | |||
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"I get that the public report certain things but the Police encouraging us to upload footage of bad driving and do their work for them? Is this is a good thing or not?" Well the alternative is that we don't upload the footage and the police do nothing about it. That sounds like a worse option to me. But thanks for the reminder. I have some footage of a guy that brake-tested me on the motorway last weekend that needs uploading to them. | |||
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"I get that the public report certain things but the Police encouraging us to upload footage of bad driving and do their work for them? Is this is a good thing or not? Well the alternative is that we don't upload the footage and the police do nothing about it. That sounds like a worse option to me. But thanks for the reminder. I have some footage of a guy that brake-tested me on the motorway last weekend that needs uploading to them." Absolutely get the footage sent ! | |||
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"This has been going on for a while now but it's just been brought to my attention again via BBC News. I get that the public report certain things but the Police encouraging us to upload footage of bad driving and do their work for them? Is this is a good thing or not? Absolutely a good thing in my opinion. There are lots of entitled people who still seem to think it’s ok to use a mobile phone while driving and laws don’t apply to them! Would footage sent to the Police / Employer leading to fines or pen points help reduce this? Who knows Why would footage be sent to employers? " because most employers have a no mobile phone use whilst driving a company vehicle and any footage showing such would be used for disciplinary action by the employer .we have a dash cam recording both a forward view and the driver after any incidents or accidents this is up loaded and reviewed can sink you or save you has saved me twice from false reports | |||
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"This has been going on for a while now but it's just been brought to my attention again via BBC News. I get that the public report certain things but the Police encouraging us to upload footage of bad driving and do their work for them? Is this is a good thing or not? Absolutely a good thing in my opinion. There are lots of entitled people who still seem to think it’s ok to use a mobile phone while driving and laws don’t apply to them! Would footage sent to the Police / Employer leading to fines or pen points help reduce this? Who knows Why would footage be sent to employers? because most employers have a no mobile phone use whilst driving a company vehicle and any footage showing such would be used for disciplinary action by the employer .we have a dash cam recording both a forward view and the driver after any incidents or accidents this is up loaded and reviewed can sink you or save you has saved me twice from false reports " But that's not what Operation Snap is for  | |||
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"This has been going on for a while now but it's just been brought to my attention again via BBC News. I get that the public report certain things but the Police encouraging us to upload footage of bad driving and do their work for them? Is this is a good thing or not?" Around here it is useless. We have a persistent problem with HGVs cutting through 7.5 tonne limits. I video them doing it, making sure that I get the driver, number plate and the HGV driving past the 7.5 tonne sign. I upload the videos to the GMP website and every time I get a response they decline to prosecute. Completely useless. | |||
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"This has been going on for a while now but it's just been brought to my attention again via BBC News. I get that the public report certain things but the Police encouraging us to upload footage of bad driving and do their work for them? Is this is a good thing or not? Around here it is useless. We have a persistent problem with HGVs cutting through 7.5 tonne limits. I video them doing it, making sure that I get the driver, number plate and the HGV driving past the 7.5 tonne sign. I upload the videos to the GMP website and every time I get a response they decline to prosecute. Completely useless." Well of course GMP and all the other police forces don’t have the staffing or resources. It’s a travesty, this government have stripped this service to the bone. How can they look at all the evidence, it would probably take them years. | |||
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"This has been going on for a while now but it's just been brought to my attention again via BBC News. I get that the public report certain things but the Police encouraging us to upload footage of bad driving and do their work for them? Is this is a good thing or not? Around here it is useless. We have a persistent problem with HGVs cutting through 7.5 tonne limits. I video them doing it, making sure that I get the driver, number plate and the HGV driving past the 7.5 tonne sign. I upload the videos to the GMP website and every time I get a response they decline to prosecute. Completely useless. Well of course GMP and all the other police forces don’t have the staffing or resources. It’s a travesty, this government have stripped this service to the bone. How can they look at all the evidence, it would probably take them years. " I agree in part however given a timed video of an offence, and given that there is a traffic recording camera at the end of the 7.5 tonne limit 500m down the road it shouldn't take more than a few minutes to get the evidence to prosecute. But they can't be bothered. | |||
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"Around here it is useless. We have a persistent problem with HGVs cutting through 7.5 tonne limits. I video them doing it, making sure that I get the driver, number plate and the HGV driving past the 7.5 tonne sign. I upload the videos to the GMP website and every time I get a response they decline to prosecute." Perhaps because you didn't provide the police with any evidence that the vehicle was fully laden. Without that, there's no proof that the vehicle did indeed weigh more than 7.5t. | |||
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"I get that the public report certain things but the Police encouraging us to upload footage of bad driving and do their work for them? Is this is a good thing or not? Well the alternative is that we don't upload the footage and the police do nothing about it. That sounds like a worse option to me. But thanks for the reminder. I have some footage of a guy that brake-tested me on the motorway last weekend that needs uploading to them." Why was someone brake testing you on a motorway? | |||
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"This has been going on for a while now but it's just been brought to my attention again via BBC News. I get that the public report certain things but the Police encouraging us to upload footage of bad driving and do their work for them? Is this is a good thing or not? Around here it is useless. We have a persistent problem with HGVs cutting through 7.5 tonne limits. I video them doing it, making sure that I get the driver, number plate and the HGV driving past the 7.5 tonne sign. I upload the videos to the GMP website and every time I get a response they decline to prosecute. Completely useless. Well of course GMP and all the other police forces don’t have the staffing or resources. It’s a travesty, this government have stripped this service to the bone. How can they look at all the evidence, it would probably take them years. I agree in part however given a timed video of an offence, and given that there is a traffic recording camera at the end of the 7.5 tonne limit 500m down the road it shouldn't take more than a few minutes to get the evidence to prosecute. But they can't be bothered." I think they would, imagine how many videos they probably get, thousands each one has to be properly reviewed and a report needs to be generated then it needs to be sent up to be checked then confirmed as an offence. There are entire processes we as the public don’t see. Now if they had more resources like people to help at the backend it would probably be quicker. The entire justice system is breaking down because of years of neglect. We deserve better for the amount of money we pour in via our taxes, and all this government is doing is wasting money on whatever pet project they want. As much as people want us to believe that technology is going to solve all our problems they forget that people are still needed to carry out the difficult tasks. | |||
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"This has been going on for a while now but it's just been brought to my attention again via BBC News. I get that the public report certain things but the Police encouraging us to upload footage of bad driving and do their work for them? Is this is a good thing or not?" I have loads of bad driving from my dash cam, funnily enough they all display a big red "L".  | |||
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"But thanks for the reminder. I have some footage of a guy that brake-tested me on the motorway last weekend that needs uploading to them." "Why was someone brake testing you on a motorway? " I was driving along in lane 3 at 71mph, overtaking a queue of cars doing 70mph. This bloke came up from behind me, and started flashing his lights. I ignored him and carried on slowly overtaking for the next 95 seconds. When I did pull over into lane 2, he pulled past me, moved into lane 2, then slammed his brakes on. I swerved back into lane 3, and he sped up, moved into lane 3 in front of me, and put his brakes on again. This happened 5 times till I surprised him by accelerating and boxing him in behind another car. Happily, we then entered some roadworks, so everyone slowed down to 50, and I lost him. | |||
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"But thanks for the reminder. I have some footage of a guy that brake-tested me on the motorway last weekend that needs uploading to them. Why was someone brake testing you on a motorway? I was driving along in lane 3 at 71mph, overtaking a queue of cars doing 70mph. This bloke came up from behind me, and started flashing his lights. I ignored him and carried on slowly overtaking for the next 95 seconds. When I did pull over into lane 2, he pulled past me, moved into lane 2, then slammed his brakes on. I swerved back into lane 3, and he sped up, moved into lane 3 in front of me, and put his brakes on again. This happened 5 times till I surprised him by accelerating and boxing him in behind another car. Happily, we then entered some roadworks, so everyone slowed down to 50, and I lost him." So you 'boxed him in' and were speeding doing 71mph. Good luck with that | |||
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"But thanks for the reminder. I have some footage of a guy that brake-tested me on the motorway last weekend that needs uploading to them. Why was someone brake testing you on a motorway? I was driving along in lane 3 at 71mph, overtaking a queue of cars doing 70mph. This bloke came up from behind me, and started flashing his lights. I ignored him and carried on slowly overtaking for the next 95 seconds. When I did pull over into lane 2, he pulled past me, moved into lane 2, then slammed his brakes on. I swerved back into lane 3, and he sped up, moved into lane 3 in front of me, and put his brakes on again. This happened 5 times till I surprised him by accelerating and boxing him in behind another car. Happily, we then entered some roadworks, so everyone slowed down to 50, and I lost him." The second lane is always full of second lane drivers forcing the entire motorway network doing 71 mph + to use one lane. | |||
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"The second lane is always full of second lane drivers forcing the entire motorway network doing 71 mph + to use one lane." That's exactly what was happening in this case. | |||
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"Yes it is and hopefully the police deal with it appropriately " Having been on the receiving end of some very aggressive driving 3 weeks ago that nearly smashed the side and front of my car, which in the drivers stupidity, drove onto a roundabout directly in from of a courier van. Police said not enough evidence however, copy of dash cam from mine and courier sent to CEOs office has got a result- both driver and passenger 'fired' for Gross misconduct and endangerment in operation of a company vehicle. Having started as a tailgating incident by a van towing a 4.5 tonne digger, ended up with an attempt to 'tail whip' my vehicle with the trailer. Most times the police are dismissive, even given absolute proof as they are not willing to pursue and give resources. I've had better results going directly to employers over incidents with company vehicles. | |||
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"Yes it is and hopefully the police deal with it appropriately Having been on the receiving end of some very aggressive driving 3 weeks ago that nearly smashed the side and front of my car, which in the drivers stupidity, drove onto a roundabout directly in from of a courier van. Police said not enough evidence however, copy of dash cam from mine and courier sent to CEOs office has got a result- both driver and passenger 'fired' for Gross misconduct and endangerment in operation of a company vehicle. Having started as a tailgating incident by a van towing a 4.5 tonne digger, ended up with an attempt to 'tail whip' my vehicle with the trailer. Most times the police are dismissive, even given absolute proof as they are not willing to pursue and give resources. I've had better results going directly to employers over incidents with company vehicles." Fair play and good work! | |||
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"But thanks for the reminder. I have some footage of a guy that brake-tested me on the motorway last weekend that needs uploading to them. Why was someone brake testing you on a motorway? I was driving along in lane 3 at 71mph, overtaking a queue of cars doing 70mph. This bloke came up from behind me, and started flashing his lights. I ignored him and carried on slowly overtaking for the next 95 seconds. When I did pull over into lane 2, he pulled past me, moved into lane 2, then slammed his brakes on. I swerved back into lane 3, and he sped up, moved into lane 3 in front of me, and put his brakes on again. This happened 5 times till I surprised him by accelerating and boxing him in behind another car. Happily, we then entered some roadworks, so everyone slowed down to 50, and I lost him." That's just the sort of thing that should be reported rather than someone going through a red light a milli second after it changed although when I did it the cop said I shouldn't have put myself in the position to be brake tested and should have given him more space even though he got 3 points. | |||
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"Sometimes people do make mistakes and it's nice to know some wannabe cop with a dashcam is there to make them pay for it when a normal copper would roll his eyes and keep driving. It does make sense them feel important though." Small minded wannabe's looking for any opportunity to snitch on what is by and large part and parcel of everyday driving..  | |||
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"Sorry but im not a grass, also funny how they only want help where there is a fine involved, get ya house broken into they wont even come and investigate, should try getting of there arses and doing there job themselves" Wonder if you’d be a grass if a family member or Friend got injured due to some Bellend using a phone while driving | |||
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"This has been going on for a while now but it's just been brought to my attention again via BBC News. I get that the public report certain things but the Police encouraging us to upload footage of bad driving and do their work for them? Is this is a good thing or not?" I’ve often thought that the number of cameras along the motorway network that are being used to monitor traffic flow, could also be used to enforce road laws. As an example a lane is closed on a motorway and cars are either ignoring the gantry red cross or using the hard shoulder to get further up the road. Why are the highways agency not being more proactive and capturing these events and passing them to the police for consideration? They might start to make the motorway networks a little safer… | |||
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"I’ve often thought that the number of cameras along the motorway network that are being used to monitor traffic flow, could also be used to enforce road laws. As an example a lane is closed on a motorway and cars are either ignoring the gantry red cross or using the hard shoulder to get further up the road." You'll be pleased to know that cameras are indeed being used for just that. I saw several people driving on a red cross lane and being photographed just last week. | |||
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"Sometimes people do make mistakes and it's nice to know some wannabe cop with a dashcam is there to make them pay for it when a normal copper would roll his eyes and keep driving. It does make sense them feel important though." People can always take matters into their own hands, I dare say the out come would be much worse. | |||
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