Police guidelines published

[Vonlipvig]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-52312560

According to this, it would be considered reasonable to drive for exercise, like a walk, as long as the duration of the exercise was greater than that of the drive to get there.

Looks like I'm going for an hour's walk on Dartmoor daily!

 

[enuff_zed]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-52312560

According to this, it would be considered reasonable to drive for exercise, like a walk, as long as the duration of the exercise was greater than that of the drive to get there.

Looks like I'm going for an hour's walk on Dartmoor daily!

Me too!
From Norfolk

 

[firebobby]

Stay at home you lot oke: oke:
I'm enjoying these quiet roads :rofl:
I drove from junctn 5 to 4 on the M40 last night and didn't see a single vehicle on my side. the other side was very quiet too :driving: :driving:

 

[NickDE]

Why the f are the police coming up with these guidelines to enforce government policy. It is the governments job to provide guidance on how to apply their rules. The police are enforcement, not policy generation.
But I guess that a vacuum....

 

[Mr Tidy]

Yes, but this is from the lefty anti-government BBC don't forget!

"Police guidelines" could mean guidelines issued by the police, or guidelines issued to the police (presumably by the Government) - they just don't seem to go into detail for the source, just the content. And I have to pay a licence fee for this "selective" reporting - or is that non-reporting? :headbang:

 

[scootr]

It looks like 'I have to drive my car to avoid killing my wife' is a valid excuse for being out and about then.
I plan on getting out as soon as her next batch of cookies have cooled sufficiently to transport.

 

[buzyg]

I can feel a walk on Bodmin moor coming on, doubt I will even see anyone up there, let alone meet them I"ll take the daily shed though.

 

[mr wilks]

Why the f are the police coming up with these guidelines to enforce government policy. It is the governments job to provide guidance on how to apply their rules. The police are enforcement, not policy generation.
But I guess that a vacuum....

This all came about yesterday after the government " highlighted guidelines " to the police commission ( reported on BBC news yesterday PM ) , its not the police that came up with them , they have simply put together a more detailed document for their forces to follow after wildly differing responses in a variety of situations .
So the Derbyshire force who were shaming walkers with drone footage of them were clearly wrong along with the Northampton police chief who stated they were prepared to go into supermarkets & check what items were being bought , both utterly ridiculous but not the best by any stretch , that must go to the lady officer telling the guy with children they weren't allowed out in their own front garden https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/coronavirus-lockdown-uk-children-fine-police-latest-a9466541.html

 

[enuff_zed]

I suspect they've had these guidelines for a while but just published them on the same day as the next 3 week announcement to calm everyone down a little bit.

 

[Nictrix]

Does everybody really need the police or the government to give them guidelines about how to stay as safe as possible and what to do in limiting your contact with the rest of the country?
Common sense tells you to limit your time outside amongst others who may or may not be carrying the virus and could pass it to you.
Since I stopped working I have honestly left my garden once a week to go and get shopping and it was straight there and back again.
I went for our weekly shopping this morning and there are still families going to the shops. To do the shopping it does not require mum, dad and 3 kids. The shops should be stopping families from entering the shop. One parent and the kids could either stay at home or wait in the car. It only takes 1 person to shop, and a list if its me.

 

[pvr]

Supermarkets here already have the 1 person rule, and also a one way system now.

 

[obewan]

Stay at home you lot oke: oke:
I'm enjoying these quiet roads :rofl:
I drove from junctn 5 to 4 on the M40 last night and didn't see a single vehicle on my side. the other side was very quiet too :driving: :driving:

I saw drone footage of the motorways on TV last night, showing how quiet they were
Undoubtedly yes, but I noticed that there were still drivers hogging the middle lane
Least of our problems I guess, but....

 

[Ewazix]

Maybe the guidelines haven't reached the London yet! :headbang:

I hope plenty of tickets were issued.

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[firebobby]

Stay at home you lot oke: oke:
I'm enjoying these quiet roads :rofl:
I drove from junctn 5 to 4 on the M40 last night and didn't see a single vehicle on my side. the other side was very quiet too :driving: :driving:

I saw drone footage of the motorways on TV last night, showing how quiet they were
Undoubtedly yes, but I noticed that there were still drivers hogging the middle lane
Least of our problems I guess, but....

Must admit, on my return journey that morning, there was a few twats who hogged the middle lane for mile after mile.

 

[Haggisman]

Does everybody really need the police or the government to give them guidelines about how to stay as safe as possible and what to do in limiting your contact with the rest of the country?
Common sense tells you to limit your time outside amongst others who may or may not be carrying the virus and could pass it to you.
Since I stopped working I have honestly left my garden once a week to go and get shopping and it was straight there and back again.
I went for our weekly shopping this morning and there are still families going to the shops. To do the shopping it does not require mum, dad and 3 kids. The shops should be stopping families from entering the shop. One parent and the kids could either stay at home or wait in the car. It only takes 1 person to shop, and a list if its me.

From a fellow Scot in New Zealand I’m with you. Strong guidelines here under our lockdown. 1 person allowed to shop with shoppers getting in 5 at a time to maintain a limit on the number in the shop. No inter regional travel. Need a valid reason to drive anywhere, eg chemist, Dr or food shopping. Nothing else open, huge numbers at home of course. OK for me as I’m retired but going to be tough financially on so many people.

 

[NickDE]

the lefty anti-government BBC

Thanks, I needed a good laugh !
The BBC have become the apologists for the soft fascists. WHO is pushing for Test and Trace, which is behind the approaches used by the countries most successfully dealing with the pandemic. But the BBC keeps very quiet about the governments repeated failure to ensure testing is in place for NHS workers, missing their own targets, and quietly dropping tracing weeks ago. BBC happily reporting on the Barbour and Burberry 'feel good' story, but took over a week to report the reality that UK contract garment manufacturers have been trying to offer to manufacture on a large scale professional grade PPE for the NHS, but the government didn't even respond to their trade body. And this weekend the NHS will run out of moisture resistant gowns, and all the government can offer is disposable aprons and wash your forearms.

 

[TitanTim]

Does everybody really need the police or the government to give them guidelines about how to stay as safe as possible and what to do in limiting your contact with the rest of the country?
Common sense tells you to limit your time outside amongst others who may or may not be carrying the virus and could pass it to you.
Since I stopped working I have honestly left my garden once a week to go and get shopping and it was straight there and back again.
I went for our weekly shopping this morning and there are still families going to the shops. To do the shopping it does not require mum, dad and 3 kids. The shops should be stopping families from entering the shop. One parent and the kids could either stay at home or wait in the car. It only takes 1 person to shop, and a list if its me.

Probably not everyone but unfortunately yes, this is what pisses me off about the % of people who think its perfectly fine to carry on regardless and stick 2 fingers up to anyone remotely in Authority whether it be Police/Gov't or traffic warden, then there is the % who are generally thick and not too intelligent and then there is the % who push the boundaries to see how far they can go and then become immediately apologetic when rumbled.

The only thing that cheers me up and gives me hope over all of this are the selfless people working tirelessly in the background to ensure ohers are being looked after and looked out for in the community.

Like everything in life, rules govern whether society falls apart or keeps it together.

Tim.

 

[Dav the wheel nut]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-52312560

According to this, it would be considered reasonable to drive for exercise, like a walk, as long as the duration of the exercise was greater than that of the drive to get there.

Looks like I'm going for an hour's walk on Dartmoor daily!

I personally think this is common sense. I can walk around the village where I live and it is awash with families walking with snotty nosed kids , dog walkers, joggers and spitting cyclists but I can drive 10 minutes to the Mendip Hills and walk for an hour and literally see no one.
No prizes for guessing which I do :|

 

[john-e89]

No prizes for guessing which I do :|

You could always try the Mendips for a change Dav.....

 

[Dav the wheel nut]

No prizes for guessing which I do :|

You could always try the Mendips for a change Dav.....

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