robby

driving up the M1 this afternoon i was passed by a bmw coupe, hmm i thought i'll get him back. We got upto the 95-100mph mark when there it was - police range rover parked on a bridge :-(
question is, can he do anything? he didn't move after me/us so i know an on the spot fine is out but would he have photo evidence like the vans use?

polarbearit

It depends...

Sometime people are nicked in this fashion, sometimes the police are just there as a deterant, I have done the same @ much greater speed and heard nothing (on my private stretch of motorway obviously )

ptholt

Alternatively many moons ago in a vr6 i passed one on a bridge and when i looked in the mirror once past, i could see the tripod legs that was standing up behind the front of the land rover where you couldnt see it
sneaky sod was hiding it with the front of the car so only the little box sticking above the bonnet which i didnt see.
3 points arrived in the post 5 days later

polarbearit

And another one I've seen is a police car on a motorway bridge with police motorbikes on the slip road picking out people speeding! Obviously you didn't have that...

RaZe-=Buzz=-

sorry, no..they cant have done that, cos they DONT "hide" them..

Ive heard the police SAY so, so it must be true!




*lying cheating dirty underhanded weasels etc etc*

robby

well i could see the driver in his seat but couldn't see any camera, didn't notice one anyway. thought he would set off after us, isn't that what there supposed to do?

AndiThompson

Raze Buzz, totally off topic, but I played you at CS earlier, how cool..

RaZe-=Buzz=-

shame Im ****

You might have shot me, but I certainly am NOT a challenge for anyone

On the RaZe server I assume? And where you the "RaZe suck" culprit??

AndiThompson

No, but I think I was on then

I'm andi[oV] (imaginitive eh?), was probably a Turbonutter[oV] and possibly a GroovyCarrot[oV] on at the time

yoza

Did he have a MacDonalds coke on the dash,and a Big Mac stuck in his gob?

They usually have when I see them on motorway bridges,visual deterant while they stuff thier faces...........

ustolemyname??stevieturbo

iTrader: (1)

A lot of time when you see the cops sitting somewhere, they are just stuffing their faces. I have lost count of the times I have driven past Tescos, to find 2 police cars parked outside, in the no parking area of course, only to see them coming out with their shopping.
In fact, all they seem to do is stuff their fat faces.

yoza

Are the police actually allowed to use a drive thru,and then eat in a marked car,whilst on duty?

I know they are allowed (if they are married)to sh4g other peoples wives,drink several beers at BBQs then drive,speed and jump red lights when ever they feel like,try to entice you to race them(unmarked car),chit chat to drunken females outside the local night club exchanging numbers,all while on duty.But Im not sure about the drive thru...........

AndiThompson

You'd regret it if we didn't have them though..

yoza

Some of them we could do without..........

Theres good and bad in every outfit,department,office,town,etc

Need better vetting proceedure if you ask me,an ongoing one.......

P1Fanatic

Similar thing happened to me on the M11 last Tuesday morning. Went underneath a Police marked Volvo estate which had a little tripod on the roof. When I looked back I think he had gone so I booted it a bit more and got off the next junction in case he was gonna catch me and give me an on the spot fine. He didnt. Here's hoping he didnt get me - got the nasty 14 days or so to wait to find out. But Im convinced the tripod thing looked like a mini gatso as shown on ukspeedtraps.com

Just hope that he had to book me there and then

Simon