heading up the motorway last night and a striped up BMW 5 series went past very rapidly 'advertising' After about a mile the roof lights went off and it sat in with the rest of the traffic. On rounding a bend there he was on the hard shoulder behind a Vectra, roof lights back on. Do the police 'get in position' to do their timing thing for speeders and then pounce or could there be another explanation?
Also if the speeder had an accident whilst the police were in 'stealth mode' could there be grounds for saying if they'd stopped him sooner the accident wouldn't have happened?
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It's entirely possible that the first task was cancelled before he got on scene, so he turned his lights of. Then encountered Vectra with some "issue", so stopped him.
No - no grounds as you describe. Imagine the claims....
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Vectra could have been a breakdown and they put the lights on for safety.???
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there are an enormous amount of possibilities.......does it matter?
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no, not really - I'll keep my ponderings to myself in future - flounces to door - SLAM!
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Do the police 'get in position' to do their timing thing for speeders and then pounce
They certainly do do that - but not normally with roof lights on, as that would alert the target vehicle.
It's something I haven't seen lately (maybe because it's fairly unusual to see a marked car on the motorway these days) but I've certainly seen Police cars driving *very* fast through traffic in the past, only to suddenly slow down and appear to be biding their time.
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normd2,
Having re-read my last, it would appear that it was a tad direct and rude. Please accept an apology.
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absolutely not necessary but thank-you - I was only having a laugh there earlier
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Golly, this is a very polite string!
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don't worry Lud or Mapmaker will be along in a minute - only joking guys!
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Yes golly indeed ! I was talking to my traffic cop friend, he let out a tale of playing Motorway snooker. Stop a red, then a "colour" then a red until ultimately potting a black car. That's one advantage of driving a metallic grey car...
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'I was talking to my traffic cop friend, he let out a tale of playing Motorway snooker. Stop a red, then a "colour" then a red until ultimately potting a black car. '
mmmmthat story was doing the rounds 20 years ago..I can assure you it doesn't happen... :-)
as for 'who can travel the furthest on a night duty'....that's a different story...i think the Met traffic won that one...channel tunnel/ France rings a bell
Your inadvertent swearfilter activation edited for you ! - PU
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That's one advantage of driving a metallic grey car...
You should be ok with White too unless the cop is a rubbish snooker player :) I'll get me coat.
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So if ever I get pulled in my black car I should shout "Frame set and match" at plod. :)
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Yes golly indeed ! I was talking to my traffic cop friend he let out a tale of playing Motorway snooker. Stop a red then a "colour" then a red until ultimately potting a black car. That's one advantage of driving a metallic grey car...
Oh Pooh! I've got a red one!
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Dunno about the police stealth mode, but our local fire service operates in the noisy mode.
A while back I was close to the fire station when a single engine emerged - lights and horns going - and shot off up the road. I was headed in the same direction on the same road behind it and heard the horns getting fainter. After a while they started getting louder, and before long a single fire engine appeared, headed towards the fire station - maybe they'd forgotten something.
Another time a fire engine was coming towards me using his 'bullhorn' thingy, timing it nicely. Several cars jumped out of the way and as we passed I could see the driver and his mate both laughing their heads off. (no crew on board). I must say that I had to laugh as well
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I was told the bullhorn should be used sparingly, on tight corners, roundabouts etc to give 'direction' to the wail/yelp/two tones, or if all other methods of alerting motorists/road users/pedestrians has failed.
It's intimidating and can easily startle a drivers into making irrational decisions like stopping as soon as they hear it, thereby impeding progress of the appliance.
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