On the one hand I have had to get the car in front to pull over and stop before now by flashing at them. Not because I am a wanabe copper, or they were speeding, rather they were driving on a very flat tyre and they had not realised it. If they had kept on driving they would have either lost control in a corner or damaged their car even more. Sure I don’t have any powers to pull anyone over, but in reality I was doing nothing but warn them I was there as according to the highway code that’s all flashing headlights mean, considered it being a good citizen.

Actually its happened a few times. Once it was a lone female who had just picked up a hire car and she thought they were all that noisy!

So I am not entirely sure ignoring a warning to pull over is entirely good advice, although I would be telling them to be super careful. Its as least as likely it’s a genuine warning from someone like me as it is someone up to no good.

On the other hand I have seen coppers act really stupid in the way they go about their work, one particular idiot copper was standing on the line of the hard shoulder on the M4 pointing a radar gun at traffic coming towards him. That particular way of trying to enforce speed limits is just dangerous beyond belief. And so on.

When you hear the unmistakable roar of a car being driven on a flat tyre - the completely oblivious driver is invariably a woman. Opps, no, sorry - I forgot they are better drivers. Silly me. I make this observation because I ALWAYS look to see who's driving in such circumstances. In the rare cases it's not a woman, it's usually an elderly man.

So always a woman except when it's a man! LOL

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Yes, especially the part are having someone in uniform present if you're pulling someone over. Anyone can buy a speed camera on ebay. This guy was obviously just bored/enjoying throwing his weight around etc.

Police uniforms in the UK are often black in colour and he would have had a ID card,he was pointing out it was 30mph not 40mph quite within his rights had he have been throwing his weight abiut he would have booked the culprit.

Thats the point, no ID and not a uniform by anyone's standards. No name or explanation given. You would expect a genuine plod to explain who he was and why he'd pulled over and produce ID - especially when you're dressed in Tesco black jeans and polo shirt! The car was also completely unmarked, and his action of standing in the road to point a camera was also very dubious behaviour for a genuine doughnut hogger.

He would have had ID if you had asked just think yourself lucky there is no fine to pay or points on the licence.Plenty of unmarked plain clothes police in all counties including the UK.If your daughter had not been breaking the law she would not have stopped I would think myself lucky and not be complaining about it.

Before jumping to the usual self righteous mantra at least read my post to get the facts right. It was my wife, and HE should have identified HIMSELF on pulling her over. Pulling people over for speeding(or not) is not the issue, would you be so blase if it was your wife/daughter and this had happened, perhaps on a nice dark winters night.