Article on spotting unmarked Police cars
Discussion
mybrainhurts said:
Kicks? I don't need kicks, I'm old.
I prefer to call it giving people food for thought.
Really?I prefer to call it giving people food for thought.
Seems you just feel the need to moan when there's an exemption in law that doesn't suit your childish rants.
Police car stops on zig zags
People moan
Moaners have relevant exemption explained and quoted showing the car can of course stop there
You then suggest tickets for being stupid
Well I shall consider my thoughts well and truly fed, probably not in the way you wanted though.
Edited by Greendubber on Sunday 29th March 09:25
All that jazz said:
You sound surprised? You've been here 16 months and still not figured that every thread ends up in a b
h fight..? 
Not surprised. At all.h fight..? I'm equally amazed as I am disappointed, it must take a lot of effort to manage to start a cat fight not matter what the subject.
justanother5tar said:
it must take a lot of effort to manage to start a cat fight not matter what the subject.
Not really it just takes a couple of people to start trotting out the usual misinformed, incorrect, boring nonsense to try and make a cheap point about how useless they think the police are. Then when others point out the idiocy of what they wrote instead of recognising their stupidity they just keep digging. Cat
mybrainhurts said:
Yup...I just knew plod would bite.
Zig zags are there for safety, aren't they? Yes, he should have awarded himself three points for stupidly if nothing else.
Oh the irony! - Criticising the intelligence of others by using completely the wrong word!Zig zags are there for safety, aren't they? Yes, he should have awarded himself three points for stupidly if nothing else.
The word is stupidity - Not stupidly!
Feel free to award yourself three points!
stuart313 said:
USed to be easy in Greater Manchester years ago, they all had the same reg suffix, E***SNE, K***VNA are the two that I can remember.
If I recall, it was K150VNA if that's a Sierra 4x4, that I was a passenger in when it met it's end in a very bad collision with a Honda Civic.NinjaPower said:
I've done a bit of googling and turned up nothing.
I would also be interested in finding out about the transparent number plate/camera thing.
3 holes = 1x video camera, 1x anpr camera and 1x IR lens so the anpr camera can work at night on front plates without the need for additional lighting. I would also be interested in finding out about the transparent number plate/camera thing.
FurtiveFreddy said:
TheEnd said:
Hmmm, if there's infrared illumination coming out of one of the letters on the rear numberplate, that'll screw up any gatsos trying to photograph it.
Er why? A Gatso's strobe is far brighter than a few IR LEDs which won't be pointing up where the Gatso is. The Gatso's camera probably has an IR cut filter on it anyway.4rephill said:
mybrainhurts said:
Yup...I just knew plod would bite.
Zig zags are there for safety, aren't they? Yes, he should have awarded himself three points for stupidly if nothing else.
Oh the irony! - Criticising the intelligence of others by using completely the wrong word!Zig zags are there for safety, aren't they? Yes, he should have awarded himself three points for stupidly if nothing else.
The word is stupidity - Not stupidly!
Feel free to award yourself three points!
I plead being tired and shagged out after a long squawk and man up to my punishment, as is expected within these walls. I have given myself a bloody good thrashing and promise to try harder from now on.
FurtiveFreddy said:
NinjaPower said:
Interesting point.
As you say, if you recorded the rear of the unmarked car with any kind of camera it would presumably look like a relatively bright light shining out of the middle of the plate.
Not necessarily. Not all cameras are sensitive to IR. If you get hold of a proper low light CCTV camera, that will usually be sensitive to most IR LEDs, but a lot of dashcams and GoPro-type cameras have a IR cut filter in front off the sensor specifically to filter out IR.As you say, if you recorded the rear of the unmarked car with any kind of camera it would presumably look like a relatively bright light shining out of the middle of the plate.
I'd be interested to find out more about these cameras they fit behind the rear plate if anyone has any more info?
LED lights either side of front plate.
Unless I'm misreading, nowhere does it say that it has any kind of IR illuminators or bulbs.
Greendubber said:
mybrainhurts said:
Kicks? I don't need kicks, I'm old.
I prefer to call it giving people food for thought.
Really?I prefer to call it giving people food for thought.
Seems you just feel the need to moan when there's an exemption in law that doesn't suit your childish rants.
Greendubber said:
Police car stops on zig zags
People moan
Moaners have relevant exemption explained and quoted showing the car can of course stop there
You then suggest tickets for being stupid
That was meant by way of jest, but seems to have gone right over your head. People moan
Moaners have relevant exemption explained and quoted showing the car can of course stop there
You then suggest tickets for being stupid
Never mind.
Picture this..Officer, that pedestrian just got killed because your parked car obscured the view from the car that hit him
"Yes, but I have exemption".
See? You have lots of exemptions, but you have a responsibility to use them wisely, not just because you can or without engaging your brain.
There's a chance I might be wrong, but I'd hazard a guess that, in the picture we're discussing, there would have been somewhere further along for a safer stop.
Greendubber said:
Well I shall consider my thoughts well and truly fed, probably not in the way you wanted though.
I hope you'll give that some thought.mybrainhurts said:
I hope you'll give that some thought.
There was no jesting in your post at all. And as for the actual stop, unless you were there, you have no idea for the reason behind the stop.
Why not just admit that chip is firmly attached to your shoulder, and we'll all move on.
Mk3Spitfire said:
There was no jesting in your post at all.
And as for the actual stop, unless you were there, you have no idea for the reason behind the stop.
Why not just admit that chip is firmly attached to your shoulder, and we'll all move on.
No no we're missing the point, he's some sort of comedy genius. And as for the actual stop, unless you were there, you have no idea for the reason behind the stop.
Why not just admit that chip is firmly attached to your shoulder, and we'll all move on.
mybrainhurts said:
There's a chance I might be wrong, but I'd hazard a guess that, in the picture we're discussing, there would have been somewhere further along for a safer stop.
The person being stopped ultimately dictates the exact location. People often stop a fair bit after where you request them to. As others have pointed out, perhaps the circumstances were that once the driver had stopped, they didn't want them moving back off.
mybrainhurts said:
Picture this..Officer, that pedestrian just got killed because your parked car obscured the view from the car that hit him
Not really likely around a fully illuminated police car. Mk3Spitfire said:
Greendubber said:
No no we're missing the point, he's some sort of comedy genius.
Ah, in that case, my apologies. Guess I completely misinterpreted his posts...Thankfully, officers I've met face to face have rarely been like you.
Very disappointed to see you ducking the issue with the personal insult diversionary tactic.
mybrainhurts said:
As judges of character and accurate assessment of what people are doing around you, you two disqualify yourselves from good policing.
Thankfully, officers I've met face to face have rarely been like you.
Very disappointed to see you ducking the issue with the personal insult diversionary tactic.
"Box of donugts on dash" standard generic juvenile anti police insult...so I would leave the insult accusations out of it. In fact, I can't see any insults from anyone towards yourself. Facts, but no insults. Thankfully, officers I've met face to face have rarely been like you.
Very disappointed to see you ducking the issue with the personal insult diversionary tactic.
No one is ducking anything.
You tried to have a pop.
You got called out, and proved that you were unaware of certain exemptions.
You didn't like it, and tried to pass it off as"jesting".
Didn't work.
Edited by Mk3Spitfire on Sunday 29th March 21:48
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