I'm not a happy person today. Whilst on my way to work this morning in my van, I'm a self employed heating engineer, I was directed into a side road by a police officer stood on the main road. Another officer spoke to me as soon as I'd parked and immediately cautioned me. It turns out that I was spotted by a plain clothes officer on the main road who was 'planted' there to look out for people using mobile phones whilst driving or doing other things they shouldn't.
The officer told me that he would have to write me a ticket. OK, I said, and let him carry on. I decided that there was no point in arguing as it would take more time and I needed to be somewhere. When he had finished the ticket and given me a breath test he asked me if there was anything I wanted to say in my defence. I told him that his 'man' up the road had assumed that I was using my phone when I was in fact silencing an alarm on my BG meter that I had set in error. I also told him that I wasn't denying that I was holding something but it was not what he thought. The look on his face said it all.
I had to get some fuel this morning on the way out and my receipt is timed at 9.02 the alarm was set on my meter in error for 9.03 instead of 10.03 Where I was seen is 0.2 miles from the fuel station and he had written out the ticket by 9.13 and that took him approximately 5 minutes.
Tonight I went to pick my son up from his work. My car needed fuel so I stopped on the way to put some in at the same fuel station and then drove 2.2 miles to his work down the same road which took 7 minutes. This shows how fast the traffic was moving this morning!!!
This road is a notorious traffic jam everyday and routinely takes 15 minutes to travel along it's one mile length in the mornings.
I've since found out that my father in law who is a bus driver got pulled as well when he was driving his bus this morning in the same spot because as the traffic was so slow he turned over his newspaper to read a it more of it. However, they said that he was not in control of the vehicle as he had both hands off the wheel but weren't going to report him but they would ring his company to let them know.
I'm two weeks into taking Gliclazide in addition to Metformin as my levels have slowly crept up over the last three years and having tried a couple of the newer alternatives including Trulicity injections, which gave my pancreatitis which I don't recommend, I now need to test regularly. My Doctor wanted me to test first thing in the morning, before each meal and then before bed for two weeks and after a review yesterday that showed my levels have dropped significantly we decided to start test two hours after meals hence the setting of the reminder in error.
As I say, I'm not denying that I was holding something in my hand when I was spotted but I will be pleading not guilty as it was assumed that I was using a phone when I wasn't and it's OK for someone driving a bus with people on board not to get a ticket for having both hands off the wheel. Ironically, my son was on that bus this morning and was also late for work!!!
I will update when I have an outcome.
The officer told me that he would have to write me a ticket. OK, I said, and let him carry on. I decided that there was no point in arguing as it would take more time and I needed to be somewhere. When he had finished the ticket and given me a breath test he asked me if there was anything I wanted to say in my defence. I told him that his 'man' up the road had assumed that I was using my phone when I was in fact silencing an alarm on my BG meter that I had set in error. I also told him that I wasn't denying that I was holding something but it was not what he thought. The look on his face said it all.
I had to get some fuel this morning on the way out and my receipt is timed at 9.02 the alarm was set on my meter in error for 9.03 instead of 10.03 Where I was seen is 0.2 miles from the fuel station and he had written out the ticket by 9.13 and that took him approximately 5 minutes.
Tonight I went to pick my son up from his work. My car needed fuel so I stopped on the way to put some in at the same fuel station and then drove 2.2 miles to his work down the same road which took 7 minutes. This shows how fast the traffic was moving this morning!!!
This road is a notorious traffic jam everyday and routinely takes 15 minutes to travel along it's one mile length in the mornings.
I've since found out that my father in law who is a bus driver got pulled as well when he was driving his bus this morning in the same spot because as the traffic was so slow he turned over his newspaper to read a it more of it. However, they said that he was not in control of the vehicle as he had both hands off the wheel but weren't going to report him but they would ring his company to let them know.
I'm two weeks into taking Gliclazide in addition to Metformin as my levels have slowly crept up over the last three years and having tried a couple of the newer alternatives including Trulicity injections, which gave my pancreatitis which I don't recommend, I now need to test regularly. My Doctor wanted me to test first thing in the morning, before each meal and then before bed for two weeks and after a review yesterday that showed my levels have dropped significantly we decided to start test two hours after meals hence the setting of the reminder in error.
As I say, I'm not denying that I was holding something in my hand when I was spotted but I will be pleading not guilty as it was assumed that I was using a phone when I wasn't and it's OK for someone driving a bus with people on board not to get a ticket for having both hands off the wheel. Ironically, my son was on that bus this morning and was also late for work!!!
I will update when I have an outcome.
