Snitching to HM Filth

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <19971217142755.15536.qmail@hotmail.com> "Mike Del Tergo" writes:

> I believe Phil Payne said
> 
> "On the way back I was passed by a Sierra Cosworth doing 100+ in the
>  roadworks south of Norman Cross near Peterborough.  I rang HM Filth
>  and reported it - they seemed to know and were tracking him south.
>  Obviously pinched."
> 
> Not entirely familiar with the regional colloquialisms, I took "I rang 
> HM filth and reported it" to mean you snitched to the local 
> constabulary.  As one who sometimes takes generous liberties with 
> "suggested" terminal velocity regulations, I am put off.

I have no objection whatever to doing twice the 'suggested' velocity, but 
there's a time and a place.  The Norman Cross roadworks are large, complex, and 
changing by the hour - the suggested 50 mph is (IMO) too much in some places.  
This character was doing 100+ when _I_ saw him, but in a totally reckless and 
dangerous manner - not only to himself, but also to other road users and (most 
important of all) to the workers in the roadworks.  There are radar cameras set 
at 61 mph all over the place - this guy was ignoring them, and was thus most 
likely _NOT_ the person who would eventually receive the brown envelope.

-- 
 Phil Payne
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club