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[tunnie]

One beef I have at the moment is plod breaking the law, without blues and twos on.

Dual carriageway, I was doing 75/80 ish. Plod branded car over takes me, doing around 90 without any blues on. It was a late afternoon empty roads, no one had passed me for a while, so clearly not tailing anyone.

 

Only required to be used if it's beneficial to making progress. Might simply have been looking to catch up with someone surreptitiously 

Not that I could see, very little on the roads in Wales 

[Rods2]

I see Surrey Police have been driving a white lorry cab, so they can view lorry drivers on an equal level and look down into cars. They have caught nearly 500 people in 2 weeks, including quite a few were people typing on ipads and iphones on their laps while driving.

[Crazycarzowner]

One beef I have at the moment is plod breaking the law, without blues and twos on.

Don't have to use em to be honest, when I did my advanced course we were in a plain T5, exemptions are speed limit +20mph on red rings & in nationals / motorways, no restrictions.

[wiliferus]

That'll be a Force specific restriction, the legislation merely gives an exemption, and it's upto the driver to justify how fast they go. Different Forces have different policy guidance for their drivers.

[biggriffin]

I see Surrey Police have been driving a white lorry cab, so they can view lorry drivers on an equal level and look down into cars. They have caught nearly 500 people in 2 weeks, including quite a few were people typing on ipads and iphones on their laps while driving.

Old news, west midlands,Suffolk,The met have all used a Scarnia"limiter removed" to veiw motorists from up high.

[Sir Tigger KC]

I see Surrey Police have been driving a white lorry cab, so they can view lorry drivers on an equal level and look down into cars. They have caught nearly 500 people in 2 weeks, including quite a few were people typing on ipads and iphones on their laps while driving.

Old news, west midlands,Suffolk,The met have all used a Scarnia"limiter removed" to veiw motorists from up high.

You do see some shocking things from a lorry cab! The worst I saw was a Dutch truck who overtook me on the M25 and the driver had his feet up on the dash and was reading a newspaper! 

[X30XE]

Northamptonshire : Lime green Octavia VRS Saloon, Electric Blue Octavia VRS Saloon, Grey BMW X5 4.0d - All looking completely civilian.. (except for doing 80mph down the hard shoulder on concealed B & T with stationary traffic in lanes 1-3 of M1)  . Sneaky little .... 

Met police : Mondeos old enough for Helen of Troy to have had one, the give away being black steelies and no wheel trims most often. 

[omega3000]

Northamptonshire : Lime green Octavia VRS Saloon, Electric Blue Octavia VRS Saloon, Grey BMW X5 4.0d - All looking completely civilian.. (except for doing 80mph down the hard shoulder on concealed B & T with stationary traffic in lanes 1-3 of M1)  . Sneaky little .... 

Met police : Mondeos old enough for Helen of Troy to have had one, the give away being black steelies and no wheel trims most often.

They must do something about those black steelies  If you have a keen eye there is no way you will get caught out doing anything wrong  The camera's are a dead give away at any distance .. trouble is with most folk nowadays is all they do is look forward and never use mirrors and if in a bmw dont use indicators 

[MaxV6]

trouble is with most folk nowadays is all they do is look forward and never use mirrors and if in a bmw dont use indicators 

thought that was just volvo drivers /??

[the alarming man]

I see Surrey Police have been driving a white lorry cab, so they can view lorry drivers on an equal level and look down into cars. They have caught nearly 500 people in 2 weeks, including quite a few were people typing on ipads and iphones on their laps while driving.

that is actually on loan from kent...it is used to catch foreign lorry driver driving down the M20 whilst eating their breakfast

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

There's still a 56-plate Octavia in service around here. And one of the Mk1 vRSs lasted about 9 years, on an 03 plate.