Pulled over by the police with blue lights flashing because I BEEPED at them!

And I won’t tell. A formal complaint was upheld and I received compensation.

I think it sounds like you both over reacted. He definitely should not have been aggressive but it also sounds lole
your tone/ attitude wasn’t great either. The mention of sharing the video on TikTok is annoying too!

I understand why you beeped once but the second beep seemed more because you were annoyed than anything else which isn’t why you should beep a horn.

Did he back down on the ticket and you ask why he was backing down or have I misread this?

It sounds like he had his back up but you also had yours up so you both made this progress into something more. I agree his behaviour was wrong and you should report the manner in which he was speaking to you but also feel like this whole thing could have been avoided.

I won’t ask!

Yes.

Seems like bad attitude all round. Police car driving badly. You beeping at Police to tell them off. Police car stopping you and being rude to you. You being rude to them.

The attitude of the police to you was exceptionally poor, though. It was totally unnecessary to be agitated with you. It escalated the situation and police are supposed to deescalate. Police are supposed to be calm in stressful situations, it's a necessary skill to evaluate situations properly, communicate effectively, etc. It's their job.

But it wasn't unreasonable of them to pull you over. You did brake the law and were aggressive to another driver. A police officer's got to be thinking - if the driver will do that to a police car, what on earth are they like to other drivers?

Words of advice seem reasonable, going straight to a ticket seems like overkill for the situation initially, but also words of advice have to be accepted. If they're not and it's a crime (albeit a traffic violation, not a criminal record type of crime) then the normal step is to give a ticket. How can words of advice be a reasonable way of dealing with it if the recipient is defiant and doesn't accept that she shouldn't have done it?

But although that's reasonable, it's totally undermined by the officer being angry and the unreasonable threat of a ticket for being in the bus lane and not moving off that very second when he'd pulled you over into it was ridiculous.

I'd be a bit careful about relying on AI for your complaint OP. It is makes things up. One thing I noticed in your post above was the claim "as his vehicle was unlit and silent, there are no legal exemptions from standard traffic laws." police don't get an exemption from traffic laws because of the lights and sirens. There is no requirement they use them. The exemption is based on operational need. Police frequently don't use lights and sirens when they are trying to be more stealthy (like find a criminal, though I share your skepticism that that's what they were really doing). Nevertheless, I think you're right to put in a complaint. That officer sounds like he shouldn't be in the force.

Is that distrust because of personal experience @Knickerstoya ?

I don’t trust the police. Which is why I would never have got out of my car but I would have locked my doors and wound the window down à wee bit to talk to him.

given what you describe, and regardless of the rights and wrongs of any of the rest of it, you were mad to exit your vehicle.

I would use the evidence and find this numpty badge and name and shame him Find out the station he's at and get footage. Then use a solicitor against this morons who abuse the law. These are things that make life miserable in this country dealing with these clowns

Do you have children @BeepedAtPoliceCar ? Would you have behaved like this in front of them?

You keep going on about driving without due care and attention. It is quite a high bar that, compared to careless driving. I very much doubt he was anywhere near the threshold for driving without due care.

Also, since when has beeping a horn meant that someone isn't indicating, which is what you said you were trying to convey?

Honestly, your attitude on this post demonstrates perfectly how you have managed to get his back up.
I hope you reflect on what happened and maybe don't be so arrogant and argumentative if you ever decide to beep at one (twice) again.

No but you can challenge it, as the OP intends to do.

I think her behaviour was unwise, but it also sounds like the officer very much overreacted. Yes, I know you're not meant to sound your horn at someone's bad driving, but this is common practice for many and if the police are going to pull people over for
that, they're not going to have time for much else. He was clearly just annoyed she had the audacity to "beep" at him.

But you had commited a crime by beeping your horn. This has been explained to you multiple times on this thread.

I'm not worried about the police noticing me on the roads because I have never commited an offence right in front of them.

"No way would l accept that fine or the points."

@DaisyDooley That's not how it works. You don't just decide not to accept it when you are pulled up for a traffic offence.

Haven't RTFT but you sound like a right prat 🤣

E for envelope is how I remember 😁

Who's fault would it have been if there was an accident.

Yours, because you would have been the one who pulled infront of a moving vehicle already correctly proceeding on the roundabout. Whilst it’s not great road craft not to indicate on a roundabout, that’s no reason for you to drive into the path of a moving vehicle if they don’t. Indicating on a roundabout is a ‘should’ (advisory) not a ‘must’ in the Highway Code,

You’re too quick!

’Mornin Super.’

’Mornin wonderful!’

🤣🤣🤣

This. But also the OP was not right to beep. So the two things combined were not going to make for a happy outcome.

You sound like a completel idiot and deserve the tickets. You think you are above the police hopefully this will take you down a peg or two

Ello ello ello! 😂

Morning! 👋🏻

like minded early birds 😂

You sound unhinged. Hope they throw the book at you.

Also, it’s stationary.

Stationery is what you buy in WH Smith.

He was "apoplectic with rage" you say? Well, of course that'll be on account of all the paperwork he's got to do because of you! The police need the money from fines to keep them in stationery. Stationery, geddit? Apologies if 300 people have already pointed this out: I haven't read the full thread yet. I'll get my coat.

I agree.

While I think it’s stupid to bait them, they have no right to use their authority to bully members of the public. Shouting at people, issuing threats and lying are not acceptable. He could have got across his message without this kind of behaviour and I wonder what he would be like in a real crisis situation.

Incidentally he also broke the Highway Code by not indicating when turning right.

Unless there indicating to exit there still on the roundabout
beeping is to warn of your presence you beeped out of temper
basically you pulled into the path of an oncoming car
then you were argumentative