🚔⚠️ WHAT YOU SAY TO POLICE CAN GET YOU INTO TROUBLE 😳📹🔥

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:10]In this video, you're driving home, blue lights appear behind you.

[00:00:18]The police pull you over.

[00:00:22]Then comes the question, "Do you know why we stopped you?"

[00:00:26]Seems harmless, but what you say next could completely change the outcome.

[00:00:41]Because sometimes >> [music] >> people talk themselves straight into trouble. In this clip, watch how quickly a normal traffic stop >> [music] >> turns into questioning. 40 miles an hour. It's another driver with a speed problem. He was only doing around 35 to 40 miles an hour. He's either distracted We do 30 mile an hour.

[00:01:03]Listen.

[00:01:05]When you see someone driving that slowly on a fairly quiet motorway, it's going through your mind, "Oh, we've got a drink driver here." He He just He didn't speed up. Um and whilst [music] you know, we go on this that speed kills, >> [sighs and gasps] >> unfortunately, sometimes driving too slowly can can cause collisions.

[00:01:28]The driver's [music] going to be pulled over to see just what his game is.

[00:01:32]Are you Kenneth?

[00:01:34]All right.

[00:01:35]Just step over here for me for a second.

[00:01:37]The reason we've stopped you is just cuz of your lack of speed.

[00:01:41]I know it might sound like a strange thing.

[00:01:44]You're doing 30 to 40 miles an hour coming up the slip road and then join the motorway at at at 40 miles an >> slowed down on the motorway. I haven't been drinking.

[00:01:54]All right.

[00:01:57]You got your driving license with you?

[00:01:58]No, but I've got some ID. What's your ID? Please.

[00:02:02]It's not just the young and speedy that are drawn to the attention of the cops.

[00:02:07]Kenneth is 69, not out.

[00:02:11]This is the first time in 69 years that I've ever been stopped by the police.

[00:02:16]This is an experience.

[00:02:18]>> [laughter] >> All right, you can note this one down.

[00:02:21]Okay. All right, what's What's your date of birth?

[00:02:23]>> 23rd of November, 1941. It was a Sunday.

[00:02:25]23rd of November Which is the hospital somewhere? 1941 during an air raid. Oh.

[00:02:30]Explains a lot, doesn't it?

[00:02:31]>> [laughter] >> Didn't get hit while you were being born, did you? No, no.

[00:02:35]My mum was worried I'd apparently What, you're just checking on me to see if I'm legit? Yeah, yeah. I've got to be honest I've got to be honest with you, Kenneth. We thought you might have had a drink or two because of the speed. No.

[00:02:46]Or lack of it.

[00:02:47]>> No.

[00:02:48]When I first spoke to him I still thought we've probably got a drink driver here cuz he was a little you know, a little bit woozy, a little bit Why?

[00:02:55]>> [laughter] >> Um but that's obviously just his way.

[00:02:59]And many drivers start talking without understanding the legal consequences.

[00:03:05]Watch carefully because this is where many roadside stops begin changing tone. The officer raises concerns and almost immediately the driver starts defending himself. So, all right.

[00:03:17]So, what all the chumps here was about?

[00:03:19]Well, what was it? The flashing lights?

[00:03:21]You didn't have your blue lights on. You come up behind me. You just come and put your flash me up the bum.

[00:03:27]The first one is your speed and the second one is you sat in the outside lane for no reason. Well, because I was about to overtake the cars in front.

[00:03:33]Went all the way there the way up and down the M6, mate.

[00:03:38]Notice how the conversation quickly becomes emotional. The driver begins explaining, justifying, disagreeing, and debating the officer roadside.

[00:03:48]And this is where many people get themselves into difficulty [music] because once emotions take over, people often stop thinking carefully about what they're actually saying.

[00:03:59]Now, that does not mean you can't disagree with police. You absolutely can.

[00:04:04]But roadside arguments rarely help the situation. Then notice something important here as we continue [music] watching the clip. The stop is no longer really about speeding. It's now becoming a roadside debate.

[00:04:17]The longer the conversation continues, the more emotional it becomes [music] and the more likely people are to say things they later regret. I wasn't doing 70. Okay, well, that's [music] the question. Uh so, if if you were to speeding, all right, and I was probably doing about 68-70 mph, is there a reason why I didn't smash into the back of you?

[00:04:37]No, it's not, mate.

[00:04:39]Look, I've got it all on dash cam. It'll show there there's no way I was doing 70 mph. I wasn't going any any faster than the cars on the inside of me. Yeah, you were speeding as well. Mate, it's All right, well, it's all on here. So, whatever you want to do, do and it's all on here.

[00:04:53]Mate, whatever you want to do, do it and it's all on here.

[00:04:56]I'm not I'm not sure why you've got such a poor attitude, sir.

[00:04:59]>> [laughter] >> I haven't got a poor attitude. You're accusing me of doing 70 mph and that is not true.

[00:05:04]>> you were doing.

[00:05:05]>> I wasn't. This is the moment where communication completely starts breaking down.

[00:05:10]Both sides become frustrated. People begin interrupting each other and the interaction becomes less productive with every sentence. Well, maybe you just need to change your attitude, mate.

[00:05:22]>> Mate, fine, fair enough, right? Listen, I'm not I wasn't doing any harm.

[00:05:26]You've come up behind me. You've Then you've you've done you've done talk.

[00:05:29]Right, and you you're not abiding by the rules of the road, are you? That's why I come to speak to you. If that's what you're saying, I apologize.

[00:05:35]All right, that's fine. Fine. The thing is, sir, with road traffic, you either have or you haven't committed the offense. Right, fine. It's not Like I say, it's all on camera. Okay, fine.

[00:05:43]Same same. Sir, you're not listening to me. You keep talking over me. I'm trying to explain to you what you're saying. I have let you all speak, right? So, please let me speak. All right, sweet talk. Yeah.

[00:05:53]>> All right, sweet talk.

[00:05:55]And this is why understanding your rights matters, because there's a huge difference between complying lawfully >> [music] >> and accidentally escalating the situation yourself.

[00:06:06]Notice how quickly this person begins volunteering information, [music] often before police even ask questions.

[00:06:14]And sometimes, that's [music] exactly what creates the evidence. Okay, listen.

[00:06:18]Do you know why I pulled you over? Yeah.

[00:06:19]What good is that? I know I was going fast. I just got this, and I didn't want it to spill everywhere. They filled it way too much. Like, this is actually dangerous. I thought if I drove slower, it would move more, so I sped up.

[00:06:30]You were going 20 over the speed limit.

[00:06:33]First comes denial, then justification, then partial admissions.

[00:06:39]And officers are trained to listen carefully to every word.

[00:06:43]Let me call this explain what I've hard information to say that this vehicle has been driving 140 mph on the year one at some point in the day.

[00:06:58]Have you been driving this vehicle on the year one today? Um year one I don't know what the car I'm in right now.

[00:07:06]I probably already asked you this earlier. Nobody else has had access to this vehicle this afternoon, this morning.

[00:07:15]Um cuz I'll be honest with you. It's been clocked at 140 mph on the year one um by a speed camera van.

[00:07:27]Have you been driving on the year one?

[00:07:29]Not what I recall right now. Not from what you recall. Basically, this is the car I'm in right now.

[00:07:34]I'm going to arrest you right now.

[00:07:35]>> 40 51 40 51, you're under arrest, all right, on suspicion of dangerous driving, okay?

[00:07:42]So, you do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defense. If you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely in court and you can adduce evidence of you giving evidence.

[00:07:49]All right?

[00:07:50]You've got all your problems loose.

[00:07:52]I can't catch you can't catch you clear.

[00:07:55]Do you know the speed limit of a motorway for a car? Yeah. What is that?

[00:08:00]>> 70 mph. Okay.

[00:08:01]How busy were the roads? Well, it wasn't busy at all really. Okay. There was no cars there.

[00:08:07]No cars at all in front of me for as far as I could see.

[00:08:10]How would you describe your driving driving at 140 mph? Yeah, surprising. I didn't think I was going that fast.

[00:08:20]I wasn't being careless cuz I was paying attention and but when you say I was going that fast I'm more scared of like how fast I was I didn't realize I was going that fast.

[00:08:29]Okay.

[00:08:30]When you're in a car that's that fast and you you put your foot down and you're there within seconds I wouldn't really say it's dangerous.

[00:08:36]I'd say it's more careless and someone's being put in a position where the car is like so fast. It felt like I was going maybe 80 90 or something.

[00:08:44]Which to be fair is still over the speed limit. Yeah, but it didn't feel like I was So, there was similarities in things.

[00:08:50]You say your driving is careless but not dangerous in your opinion. Just to clarify.

[00:08:54]>> Yes. Careless not dangerous. Okay. What would make that dangerous from your >> intentional being So, you're still going with careless not dangerous in your opinion. Yeah. Okay.

[00:09:06]So, we've got no further questions for you Lewis.

[00:09:09]Let's clear this up properly because millions of drivers interact with police every year.

[00:09:15]Under section [music] 163 of the Road Traffic Act police can require drivers to stop their vehicle.

[00:09:23]Police can require driving license, [music] insurance, MOT evidence.

[00:09:28]This is where many drivers get themselves [music] into difficulty.

[00:09:33]You are not required to speculate against yourself. [music] Many people panic and start over explaining.

[00:09:41]Polite silence is not [music] obstruction.

[00:09:44]Being stopped by police does not automatically mean you've done it something wrong.

[00:09:51]And sometimes the smartest thing to say is less.

[00:09:56]I'm Know Your Rights, a UK-based [music] independent citizen journalist, where you learn the law they hope you don't know.

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