Rob B
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Hi guys,
Just for my own piece of mind really,
I came off the motorway onto a wide national speed limit road. There was a silver 05 plate Toyota land cruiser infront of me, i could see no signs of it being a police car. I passed the car at around 85mph and as soon as i saw the high VIS vest and what looked like a police officer i slowed down to the national speedlimit,
I was probably behind him for 5 seconds, then overtook at 85ish then slowed down to national speed limit. He was behind me for a good 5 miles then, when we go to the town centre he just turned off. There was no flashing of lights at all.
Have i been lucky? or in that brief 5 second period i was infront of him doing over the speedlimit could he have clocked me and be sending me a NIP through?
Cheers Rob
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Steve
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bet it wasnt even a police officer loads of professions wear hi vis vests
even if it was he would have pulled you over there and then
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adiohead
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you are fine.
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Rob B
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
bet it wasnt even a police officer loads of professions wear hi vis vests
even if it was he would have pulled you over there and then
Yeah, that did spring to mind but thought i could see a black walky talky on his shoulder area too 
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pow
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You'll be fine, I'm 50/50 if I got zapped by a camera van on Sunday doing 40 in a 30 but I dont' think he had the window in the back open so fingers crossed!
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N3CRO
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
loads of professions wear hi vis vests
This.
My dads a factory worker and even he wears one.
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adiohead
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Land Cruiser isn't going to be a traffic car.
Too slow
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chrisritch
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quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
Land Cruiser isn't going to be a traffic car.
Too slow
This. Will probably have been Highway Maintenance
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Rob B
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With a walky talky? I hate being paranoid about these things, my cars difficult enough to insure!
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chrisritch
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob B
With a walky talky? I hate being paranoid about these things, my cars difficult enough to insure!
Yeah probably. They have to talk to people other end of roadworks etc and have to be able to respond to accidents. Traffic Wombles.
Youll be reet
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Ronson
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Cops don't usually bother you til you do 90+, don't take my word for it though its just what I was told once, obviously if a cop is having a bad day then he may just rape you.
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Ingham
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I sometimes go out wearing my his vis vest and pretend to be the police, but that's because I have no life.
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Steve
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i got told they wont touch you unless you do 90 or above aswell
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Rob B
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On a national speed limit road?>
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Steve
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yes
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moka
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This happened to me on my first week of driving but it was a MARKED police car and i was going around 90! 
Still to this day have no idea why he didnt pull me over... Very lucky...
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ajscorsa
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could have been a copper going home for lunch or something?
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Steve
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i remember when a police officer pulled us over once because he claimed he saw us throw an apple core out the window at someone, he was just off duty though so on lunch or something, on his own in his own personal car but in his uniform.
he pulled us over all angry and could tell he was itching to do us for something, i do wonder if he was actually allowed to pull us over given his off duty circumstances
as it wasnt a cop car, he didnt even blues and twos me just started flashing his headlights
[Edited on 15-03-2011 by Steve]
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derick-sport
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quote:
Originally posted by Jonny Ingham
I sometimes go out wearing my his vis vest and pretend to be the police, but that's because I have no life.
look more like community support officer in a fiesta
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XE Col
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob B
With a walky talky? I hate being paranoid about these things, my cars difficult enough to insure!
Moral of this story is dont speed if you dont want points
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N3CRO
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quote:
Originally posted by moka
This happened to me on my first week of driving but it was a MARKED police car and i was going around 90!
Still to this day have no idea why he didnt pull me over... Very lucky...
I once had a speed gun pointed at me while speeding yet the other cop car down the road never gave chase.
Also been thru a couple of cameras and not heard anything.
It happens.
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daymoon
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One night I was coming back from Peterborough, probably around 11pm. Went from round about at full thottle(straigh through exhaust, only one box, very loud). Was doing well over 60 and probably around 5k rpm when I though to myself: "I dont remember so many reflective stuff being here" Then it clicked. There were several police vans, probably 10 police oficers, a police car futher down the road. No one stopped me at all needless to say i nearly shat myself when i realised what had happened.
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SportBoy
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
i remember when a police officer pulled us over once because he claimed he saw us throw an apple core out the window at someone, he was just off duty though so on lunch or something, on his own in his own personal car but in his uniform.
he pulled us over all angry and could tell he was itching to do us for something, i do wonder if he was actually allowed to pull us over given his off duty circumstances
as it wasnt a cop car, he didnt even blues and twos me just started flashing his headlights
[Edited on 15-03-2011 by Steve]
no he didnt have a right to pull you over .. i had this years ago and got chased by them ... thinkin it was just some nutjob pulled over to give him a piece of my mind. said he was an off duty officer and asked if i always drove like a cunt. i said yes and told him to gtf as your offduty and not allowed to pursue *sp cars in your own vehicle. got in his car and drove off
he could allso of been some random bellend pretending but i never heard a thing ... allso undertookhim on a roundabout just after he pulled off with the inside wheel litup on the corsa just to wind him up some more
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sc0ott
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"Police cars here are only factory tuned.If you can do better than 180K they can't catch you, so they don't even try"
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richc
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quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
Land Cruiser isn't going to be a traffic car.
Too slow
We have one around here. Its full of cones, camera device etc.
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