I think it boils down to the differences in people, in their personalities - and that applies on both sides, the bobby and the motorist.
One person will accept advice that's given with, perhaps, a slightly humorous edge to it, and say the bobby was firm but fair, a decent bloke....the next will call that same bobby a patronising bastard! But they'll have walked away with a caution, not a ticket. Perception and personality at work!
I worked with bobbies who had
no sense of humour at all, everything was black and white to them - 36 in a 30? Ticket, end of, bike or car, all the same. 30 over a given limit?....dangerous driving, every time, let CPS pick the bones out of it while the driver/rider sweats it out for a few months wondering if he's looking at a 12 month ban with an extended retest at the end of it. Perception and personality at work again, this time on the part of the bobby. Its how it is, its the real world, and its most definitely not consistent, because the human element is at play, coupled with other elements that might affect how the bobby deals with something in one way today, but differently tomorrow.
Is it fair? Hard to say really. I always felt that I dealt with people fairly - I used to apply the rule that when dealing with the average motorist, I'd treat them as I'd want my mum or dad to be dealt with if they'd been pulled, because for an awful lot of people, their only interaction with the police would be at the roadside in their car or on their bike. But....sometimes, that 'average motorist' would be an obnoxious, foul-mouthed **** who just wouldn't
let you be a decent bloke, or at least they made it very difficult - although pointing out to them, mid-rant, that they were only getting a bollocking usually took the wind out of their sails! Perception and personality again.
Your quote from my post was me pointing out that one (some?...I can't remember) forces were inviting members of the public to send in their own footage of driving that they, the motorist, thought should warrant police action. My example, making progress at roundabouts, is, I'd say, on a rather lesser scale than doing +30 over a limit, but yes, I'd probably feel a bit annoyed if I was 'spoken to' about it, especially as its how the police taught me to ride! If I were ever to be prosecuted for it, as per the guidelines, I'd be going not out and defending it at court - if I was pinged at 90 in a 60, I'd be going to court also, but on bended knee!
We're singing from the same hymn sheet fontana, but perception and personality sometimes gets in the way!
Pete
Instead of being cryptic, spell it out.....the problem is that, quite often, things don't come across the same when written as they do when spoken. 
