police cars and speed bumps
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police cars and speed bumps
quick question. i just saw a bmw 3series traffic car absolutely hoofing it down the road, blues and twos, and he was hitting the speed bumps flat out, no braking and he was really doing some serious speed 70-80 id say.
my question is, how can they do that without doing major damage? i hit the bumps in my mondeo at about 25 and its unbearable.
dan
my question is, how can they do that without doing major damage? i hit the bumps in my mondeo at about 25 and its unbearable.
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you get to learn which speed bumps can be hit at speed.. most of the ones that you can straddle barely need a second thought and a lot of the table top ones throw you around a bit but barely register for the car
we dont go around trying to break cars
we dont go around trying to break cars
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never seen police interceptors, they got a shop full of decent mechs, cars broke, 24hrs later, cars fixed.
fair play though,70-80 hitting a speed bump, even rally drivers hit the brake at the brow of a crest to ensure not too much air lol
fair play though,70-80 hitting a speed bump, even rally drivers hit the brake at the brow of a crest to ensure not too much air lol
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8554106.stm
I guess being Crown Property they do not carry insurance LOL
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I guess being Crown Property they do not carry insurance LOL
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i work in the moter trade and once saw a peugeot 407 on demo to the police with the suspension tops up through the bonnet, iv go some pics somewhere. the police said it was doing 30, more like 130
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Not sure about that Dan but
I was driving back from the piston heads meet round the M25
Doing mid to high 70s in a line of traffic
All of a sudden there is a single driver dog mondeo in the rear view mirror
He was about 5m back with no blues and 2s on
Jackie asked me to pull over which I did when safe
Then the driver did the same to the next car in the line
He panicked and braked, then pulled over as did the rest
I pulled out behind the copper and followed at a safe distance with my speedo showing 85mph, I assumed that we were not speeding as the police cars have calibrated speedo's and as he had no b&2's on he was not on a call.
He later slowed to 60mph and I passed him now doing 70mph to see him checking me out on his radio
He followed me to the next junction where I pulled off and got stuck at lights
He told my wife to lower the window and asked me if I knew the speed limit for motorways
I asked if he knew the stopping distance at that speed
He claimed to be on a call and that he doesn't need his lights or sirens on for this, is this true and I have been miss informed
Or was he just the **** I thought he was?
I was driving back from the piston heads meet round the M25
Doing mid to high 70s in a line of traffic
All of a sudden there is a single driver dog mondeo in the rear view mirror
He was about 5m back with no blues and 2s on
Jackie asked me to pull over which I did when safe
Then the driver did the same to the next car in the line
He panicked and braked, then pulled over as did the rest
I pulled out behind the copper and followed at a safe distance with my speedo showing 85mph, I assumed that we were not speeding as the police cars have calibrated speedo's and as he had no b&2's on he was not on a call.
He later slowed to 60mph and I passed him now doing 70mph to see him checking me out on his radio
He followed me to the next junction where I pulled off and got stuck at lights
He told my wife to lower the window and asked me if I knew the speed limit for motorways
I asked if he knew the stopping distance at that speed
He claimed to be on a call and that he doesn't need his lights or sirens on for this, is this true and I have been miss informed
Or was he just the **** I thought he was?
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Thats what I thought Ricky
If plod don't have B or 2s on how do we know they are approaching us at a speed we are not used to
That said how can we allow for our reactions
Hence why I said it would be dangerous
If plod don't have B or 2s on how do we know they are approaching us at a speed we are not used to
That said how can we allow for our reactions
Hence why I said it would be dangerous
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Otherwise we would have oil slicked him on the anti lag
He even had the front to say
"I know you are driving a flash car fella"
What a ****
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You should indeed. Glad that ***** of a copper ended up in jail for this.
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