They must be strapped for cash for the Christmas season.
They were out in force today on Penistone Rd going town direction pulling several cars at a time.
Anyone getted pulled there.

Not yet but I'm heading that way in an hour or so :|

Let us know if you survived! :D

Originally posted by Space
Let us know if you survived! :D

Will do, I'm hoping they won't see me whiz past :hihi:

You see, I'm on a mission from god :heyhey:

I came on Penistone Rd about 4.40 but didn't see them then......... might have been driving too fast for me to see them or them to see me :D:

It's a shame they aren't on patrol on P. road after middnight every night when the boy racers/asians/drug dealers in their souped up cars use the town-centre end of the road as a drag track. The exhaust noises wake me up every ****ing night.

I came back about 3pm and they had gone.
It was in full swing around 12.00.

I personally would welcome some more police checks like this. It seems that there are so few traffic police any longer just gatso cameras.

Now they have started crushing cars which are not insured, maybe some of the thieving scum who drive around unisured and untaxed will get a taste of some proper justice for once.

The rest of us pay an extra third in our vehicle insurances which covers all the unisured accidents. How can any legitimate properly insured driver complain about a crackdown?

And before anyone says why aren't they catching murderers, I would like to remind you that more people die on the UK roads every year than all the murders put together in the UK for the last century.

Well said Muddy :thumbsup: I agree 100%

I went passed @ 11:30 ish & a mate was there in his new BMW, so seems not looking for "shed"type cars, just a general "pull & check". Agree with muddy though!

Originally posted by muddycoffee
I personally would welcome some more police checks like this. It seems that there are so few traffic police any longer just gatso cameras.

Now they have started crushing cars which are not insured, maybe some of the thieving scum who drive around unisured and untaxed will get a taste of some proper justice for once.

The rest of us pay an extra third in our vehicle insurances which covers all the unisured accidents. How can any legitimate properly insured driver complain about a crackdown?

And before anyone says why aren't they catching murderers, I would like to remind you that more people die on the UK roads every year than all the murders put together in the UK for the last century.


it's surprising how many wanted criminals and illegals caught at ordinary vehicle checks.

Originally posted by Space
Let us know if you survived! :D

There was only a couple along the whole of Penistone Road, I made it safely through :)

There were at least 6 police vehicles on city road as i drove up there at 12.30 this afternoon.

Originally posted by Ubiquitous
It's a shame they aren't on patrol on P. road after middnight every night when the boy racers/asians/drug dealers in their souped up cars use the town-centre end of the road as a drag track. The exhaust noises wake me up every ****ing night.

im glad some one else mentioned that! there was one night a few months back and it frightened the life out of me, i didnt know what was going on. suprised they didnt kill them selves! dearie me!

I got pulled over on Parkway at about 3.00 this afternoon and asked me all kinds of unusual questions about the car.

I also saw loads on Penistone Road at about 12.30ish too.

Without sounding like some tabloid wheeling idiot, I know of a mugging and a burglary over the weekend which my friends saw/were victims of so you'd think they could concentrate their efforts elsewhere.

Originally posted by GamlaStan
Without sounding like some tabloid wheeling idiot, I know of a mugging and a burglary over the weekend which my friends saw/were victims of so you'd think they could concentrate their efforts elsewhere.

There are police teams who are concentrating on that. But because there has been a mugging all other policing does not stop until the mugger is caught. South Yorkshire police have enough officers to investigage more than one crime at a time ;)

Anyway I know someone who was hit by an uninsured driver at the weekend, so I'm pleased the police are concentrating their efforts on that.

They were stopping cars in the Queens Road area today.

I was being followed by a dodgey looking clapped out old banger. Then the driver spotted the police and moved into the inside lane, and went past them trying to "hide" behind my car. :suspect:

Originally posted by GamlaStan
I got pulled over on Parkway at about 3.00 this afternoon and asked me all kinds of unusual questions about the car.


Like what?

Originally posted by msdiane
I came on Penistone Rd about 4.40 but didn't see them then......... might have been driving too fast for me to see them or them to see me :D:

just aswell they didn't see you if you were doing that!!

sorry to lower the tone

oooooh well and truely lowered :blush:

Originally posted by muddycoffee


And before anyone says why aren't they catching murderers, I would like to remind you that more people die on the UK roads every year than all the murders put together in the UK for the last century.

I don't know where you get that from. The annual murder rate is about 800, and the annual death rate on the roads is about 3,500.

The murder rate is on an upward trend, while road deaths have tended to fall, despite an increase in the number of vehicles.

I'm not suggesting that the police do too much road safety work. On the other hand, random stops like this are often more to do with tax evasion, immigration, benefit fraud and the like then road safety. I'm also not sure how they stand legally, stopping cars without reasonable suspicion.

Originally posted by Dear_Ladies
I don't know where you get that from. The annual murder rate is about 800, and the annual death rate on the roads is about 3,500.

The murder rate is on an upward trend, while road deaths have tended to fall, despite an increase in the number of vehicles.

I'm not suggesting that the police do too much road safety work. On the other hand, random stops like this are often more to do with tax evasion, immigration, benefit fraud and the like then road safety. I'm also not sure how they stand legally, stopping cars without reasonable suspicion.

yeah, muddy has got the facts completely wrong but i see the point raised though

Section 163 Road Traffic Act.—(1) A person driving a motor vehicle on a road must stop the vehicle on being required to do so by a constable in uniform.

(2) A person riding a cycle on a road must stop the cycle on being required to do so by a constable in uniform.

(3) If a person fails to comply with this section he is guilty of an offence.