Police van ?

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Wed 1 Apr 2009 23:06
Police van ? - Ramite
Saw a van the other day pull a HGV over on the M1 around A64 junction.Was a VW transporter crew cab just had blue lights under the grill.Windows were blacked out.Thought it a bit odd police using a van to pull traffic over.Could it have been MOD ? Armed police?Anyone any ideas ?
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Wed 1 Apr 2009 23:09
Police van ? - bell boy
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7977491.stm

maybe escapees needing dosh?
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Wed 1 Apr 2009 23:18
Police van ? - Old Navy
I remember a tv reality programme about crash investigators where they pulled a car with their van on a motorway. The conversation in the van was words to the effect of "If hes daft enough to speed past a marked police vheicle he deserves a ticket", Later conversation stated "we may be in a van but we are still police".
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Wed 1 Apr 2009 23:23
Police van ? - bell boy
i was thinking more of "we are the sweeney son and we havent had our dinner"-
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Wed 1 Apr 2009 23:35
Police van ? - Ramite
The van was unmarked.It had strobes in the rear light clusters.
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Wed 1 Apr 2009 23:37
Police van ? - bell boy
probably a chav on coke then
every other car these days has blue or green lights on them
in my day it was a hanging offence ;-)
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Thu 2 Apr 2009 00:55
Police van ? - welshlad
i was looking for an amber beacon for my car as i often provide H&S cover for local events and found a website for a UK firm that would sell you any manner of flashing light even in blue no questions asked
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Thu 2 Apr 2009 14:40
Police van ? - sooty123
You didn't see anything ok? Nothing to see here, move along please.
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Thu 2 Apr 2009 14:43
Police van ? - Alby Back
May have been customs and excise, particularly if it was a non UK truck ?

Either that or it was Van der Valk.......

Off out now.

;-)
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Thu 2 Apr 2009 14:51
Police van ? - Mick Snutz
Gat ya trousers on, yooo *pink fluffy dice*. You're nicked!

Oh dear, doesn't work when you take the random swearing out... oh well.

Edited by PoloGirl on 02/04/2009 at 18:58

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Sat 4 Apr 2009 00:32
Police van ? - uk_in_usa
Gat ya trousers on. You're nicked!


I bet you guys all think John Thaw was the first person to say this.

Well you're all wrong. It was Patrick Mower in "Special Branch" some years before. Such a brilliant line, the scriptwriters reused it!
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