Police and Oversteer

[V8Ford]

I once stepped the back end out a touch (nothing too silly) on a wet mini roundabout when I had my '93 Thunderbird. I hadn't seen the marked police car sat observing traffic and he pulled me over (embarrassingly in front of a friend who happened to be coming the other way down the road). Anyway, he was a traffic cop and was more interested in the car (engine size, power etc). In the end he told me to be more careful in the wet and sent me on my way. I was pretty pleased with that outcome but calmed it down after that, so his approach worked. Contrast that with the officer who pulled me over and accused me of doing 90mph in a 40mph limit - I politely denied that I had been doing anywhere near that speed (the truth), and he became rather unpleasant. A persons opinion of the police could be shaped in two very different ways if their only encounter had been with one of the two officers mentioned.

Edited by V8Ford on Sunday 12th October 21:25

[Mound Dawg]

snowen250 said:

...and with a pointed finger yells through the window "YOU......HOME.....NOW!

Now THAT is quality old school coppering.

[nickwilcock]

AlexHillTVR wrote: 'Thing is, there was a police car behind me at the time. I thought "well I'm definitely going to get pulled over for that" so I just continued along at about 30 a bit apprehensively, just waiting. They followed me for about a mile and then turned off into a side road. I was really surprised.'

Perhaps they were just being nice guys and were merely worried that bits might subsequently fall off your plastic kit car?

Edited by nickwilcock on Sunday 12th October 21:40

[vanordinaire]

When I was a student about 30 years ago, I had a job delivering bus and lorry chassis (complete with strapped on old chair, goggles, a big coat, and motorbike gauntlets). Used to love wet roundabouts and driving on wet cobbles through Edinburgh was like dancing on ice. Had a few funny looks from BiB but was never stopped. Must have been a scary sight to watch a 40 foot go-cart sliding about in front of them.

[DocSteve]

mph1977 said:

Police attitude to oversteer ?

in the mid 1990s Lincolnshire positively encouraged it ...

they used to run freesessions for new drivers on the skid pan at Force HQ ...

Ahh, this brings back memories of doing just that at Nettleham in a Granada :-) Thanks for reminding me of how old I'm getting too!!

[Slidingpillar]

Wonder what the boys in blue make of a chain gang Frazer Nash. It is absolutely impossible to turn a corner in any of them, at any speed without 'skidding'. Because there is no rear differential and thus both rear wheels turn at the same rate.