Im on your side liam. I cant stand it when they're pedantic. I've only ever been pulled once - for turning right on a 'No right turn' junction, which everybody does. My mate was with me, and he got pulled 4 days earlier at the same place, for the same thing, by the same copper! They let him off though cos he was driving a nissan micra, but i got a fine as i was in a modified golf. The cop even remembered my mate but said 'tough'.
Another mate is a cop and got pulled doing 36 in a 30 at 10pm... he showed the other cop his id and everything but he still got points and a fine. Some cops are just dicks. Most are decent though.