twizzle wrote:They are going to send out a "who was the driver" letter, I said I would pursue the matter if he was a repeat offender... otherwise it's just intel. No point going to court for a he-says-she-says matter.
I really have no real idea how the police work their systems. However, my story begins before around a decade ago when they moved their radios to digital. For many years before that I used to listen in to the police frequencies on my (very legal) scanner "just for fun" ( perfectly legal , you just can't transmit on their frequency or boy you are in trouble)
I'd be working in my garage with the scanner on instead of the am/fm radio ( usually on my bikes but whatever needed fixing ) and you would hear eg this about a traffic stop after the patrol car radioed in the number plate ( usually , they do this whilst they are following you ) . The base station would then reply with : " warnings- driver
may speed at pedestrian crossings. Driver
may overtake other vehicles unsafely. Driver
may keep a Glock under drivers seat ( seriously !!) and other stuff.... my assumption at the time , is that these "warnings" - particularly as they pedantically used the word "may"- resulted ( perhaps ? ) from some member of the public reporting this driver at various times, and although it might not be followed up or proven it was tagged to the driver/licence plate . My point is , I seriously do not think anyone is wasting their time by reporting things to the police. MY 2 cents worth , I happily stand to be corrected by those who know more than me !