Unmarked police cars on M6

[Bob]

I was visiting a friend in Dudley yesterday and was traveling between J13 and J12, overtaking in the outside lane. I had a car behind me which got very close to me, it made me a bit nervous as I really don’t like it when someone is sitting so close to me so I ended up going a little faster to get past quicker. All of a sudden the car turned into a disco ball of blue flashes, I moved straight into the middle lane, half expecting the car to pull me up but they pulled up the side of me and made a slowdown gesture then disappeared off into the distance. That was me well and truly told and the remainder of the journey was spent sat behind a huge wagon in the slow lane. Has anyone else had this? Should I be expecting a fine in the post?

 

[wizzard]

Seems like a friendly little warning to watch your speed. If they really wanted to talk to you, then they would have pulled you over.

 

[My Name is URL]

Suspect it was an unmarked car that either a) had something better to do or b) couldn't be bothered with the paperwork for pulling you over, so a nice friendly warning.

How fast are we talking?

Perhaps you got lucky and got a copper with a bit of commonsense who rather than do you for 73mph, decided just a bit of friendly advice might do the trick.

 

[John Marwood]

There are no unmarked police cars -

some have the mark of the Volvo, others ..

well, that would be tellin...

 

[proactive]

I'd forget about it. They will have.

 

[Bob]

How fast are we talking?

Perhaps you got lucky and got a copper with a bit of commonsense who rather than do you for 73mph, decided just a bit of friendly advice might do the trick.

For fear of incriminating myself I maybe should not specify but will only say that I wasn’t travelling at a speed that was massively over the limit.

 

[shoes]

The un-marked cars really are hilarious, you can spot them at a thousand paces. They may as well paint them pink and write 'covert police vehicle' on every panel.

 

[shoes]

For fear of incriminating myself I maybe should not specify but will only say that I wasn’t travelling at a speed that was massively over the limit.

I got pulled once for speeding, apparently the officer had to speed excessively to catch up with me. Turns out they couldn't prove jack shit and were a bit sheepish when I asked them if I could have it in writing that they were speeding excessively without blue lights or sirens on in order to catch up with me. Suffice so say they were somewhat reluctant to provide me with such a statement.

Gotta love traffic cops though, I'm yet to encounter one who isn't a fat bastard. Want to be in the police? Catching real criminals too much effort? Sign up to the traffic corp now where you can pull people for heinous crimes such as the wrong kind of number plate, going three miles per hour over the limit, being asian, being young, or simply because you cannot afford as nice as car as the man in front.

No doubt they'll make me eat my words one day, but I can rest safe in the knowledge that if I leg it I can significantly extend my period of liberty before they catch up with me at home, once they've been to Asda for the fourth time that day, of course.

 

[Gramaisc]

Sign up to the traffic corp now where you can pull people for heinous crimes such as the wrong kind of number plate, going three miles per hour over the limit, being asian, being young, or simply because you cannot afford as nice as car as the man in front.

Or pull a bloke for having a wrong-sized plate on his bike and then issue him a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt..

http://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/...anatic_Paul_fined___for_not_wearing_seatbelt/

 

[monkey bidness]

I got pulled once for speeding, apparently the officer had to speed excessively to catch up with me. Turns out they couldn't prove jack shit and were a bit sheepish when I asked them if I could have it in writing that they were speeding excessively without blue lights or sirens on in order to catch up with me. Suffice so say they were somewhat reluctant to provide me with such a statement.

Gotta love traffic cops though, I'm yet to encounter one who isn't a fat bastard. Want to be in the police? Catching real criminals too much effort? Sign up to the traffic corp now where you can pull people for heinous crimes such as the wrong kind of number plate, going three miles per hour over the limit, being asian, being young, or simply because you cannot afford as nice as car as the man in front.

No doubt they'll make me eat my words one day, but I can rest safe in the knowledge that if I leg it I can significantly extend my period of liberty before they catch up with me at home, once they've been to Asda for the fourth time that day, of course.

Perhaps just a teeny, weeny touch of hyperbole ?

 

[Gramaisc]

Perhaps just a teeny, weeny touch of hyperbole ?

Or hyperbolics..?

 

[monkey bidness]

Or hyperbolics..?

Task, tsk .... Language! What will shoes think?

 

[proactive]

Task, tsk .... Language! What will shoes think?

Whatever the Daily Mail tells him to?

 

[ATJ]

You could always get in there first and make the complaint that a trained police driver was tailgating you with no lights on or emergency to go to.

Leeway on speeding is generally 10%. If you weren't doing over 77, I wouldn't worry too much. They probably wanted to enjoy speeding themselves, got impatient waiting for you to pull in, so decided to have some fun and give a shock.

 

[Graham]

I had a friendly 'slow down' gesture from them one quiet sunday morning on the M6. Doing an indicated ton on the bike so I thought it was decent of them not to pull me. Also got pulled in the truck towing a digger. Was slightly overweight on one axle plus a few other minors. Dealt with fairly and only ticketed for one offence.