Posted on 03/05/2009 8:04:11 AM PST by BGHater
When Gary Sanders was pulled over by police he was sure he had done nothing wrong.
The company director was obeying the speed limit and not driving dangerously.
But to his astonishment he was told he had been stopped for excessive laughing.
Mr Sanders had been talking on a hands-free kit and was chuckling at what his friend had said.
But the officer who ordered him to stop at the exit to the Mersey Tunnel told him: ‘Laughing while driving a car can be an offence.’
If that had been the end of the matter then Mr Sanders, 47, would probably have laughed the whole thing off.
But he subjected him to a 35-minute grilling, with questions about everything from his ethnic group to details of distinguishing scars on his body.
And despite not being charged with an offence, he still had to waste a further 90 minutes of his time producing his driving licence and other documents at a police station.
Due to the delay Mr Sanders,the managing director of Liverpool-based Spontex Workwear,missed an important business appointment.
He said:'I couldn't believe it when he told me I'd been pulled over for for laughing.I was driving very safely in the Birkenhead Tunnel and took a call from a friend on my hand-free phone.
'He said something funny and I was laughing-simple as that.I never took my eyes off the road and was in full control of the car.
'Then I noticed the police car flashing its lights and the officer signalling me to pull over.I definitely wasn't speeding so I asked what the problem was and he told me I was laughing too much.
'The officer accused me of throwing my head back in a dangerous way, which I denied since it is definitely not something I do.
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What the HELL happened to England?
too funny.
1984 practice field. Until it goes global. Practice makes perfect.
Anytime you think it is bad here, just look at what happens in the UK.. they always seem to be a couple of steps down hill from us.
Political Correctness and Multi-Culturalism
Yeah, but it always seems like they do it there first, then it comes here. :(
Must be Sharia law
Muslims can’t laugh...
Is this a parody?
No laughing!!! No showing of emotion!! Robots are to be emmulated!!!
Sheeesh, I can not stand the Laugh Nazi’s.
And a 35-min. grilling? About his ethnic group? Since when are any police allowed to ask questions like that? Good Lord!
I was wondering How can a cop see you laughing if he is behind you? Then I figured it out. There was probably a camera hanging from a tree branch (over 4 million of them in England) and the copper downloaded this guy’s image onto his computer.
You won’t be able to pick your nose while driving in England anymore. In fact, you won’t be able to pick your nose if you’re a backseat passenger either.
Charlie X
OH, OH! The other day I was driving along, and I suddenly found myself THINKING! That surely would take your mind off your driving. Should I turn myself in?
What’s scary is that none of these stories coming out of Britain even surprise me anymore!
Giggety!
You cannot drive while being silly!
The UK is done for. God save the Queen.
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