[-] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago

@frankPodmore this is due to many constabularies downsizing Roads Policing Unit and combining it with Firearms Unit - they lose a portion of expensively trained officers each year who quit the job as its "too woke" (i.e. not enough action and held more accountable these days) - the remaining cops are tied up dealing with OCGs (organised crime groups) whilst the scally who has 5 pints and a couple of cheeky lines before driving home often gets away with it, until one day he ends up in a crash..

[-] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago

@drdabbles @rarely

A few years back some farmer living in Droitwich, England (where the Radio 4 longwave transmitter is situated) lit his barn by connecting an antenna to fluorescent light tubes.

It worked, but also created a "not-spot" in the radio reception which the BBC really didn't like (its part of critical national infrastructure!) - officers from Ofcom turned up at his door, made him take the lot down and ordered him to use more "normal" power sources..

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