Under Cover Traffic Police in the North East

Under Cover Traffic Police in the North East

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Watchyourmirror

1 posts

143 months

Friday 20th April 2012
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This forum makes me giggle. Do you really think the police arent clever enough to change the cars around, change the plates and have better tactics to catch those who wish to break the law? The easiest way to avoid getting done by a "sneaky unmarked bib" is to stick to the rules.

reaper668

495 posts

208 months

Saturday 21st April 2012
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Silver 61 plate BMW X1 in Stockton tonight.

smiiithy

13 posts

171 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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An ex-traffic copper told me that Northumbria have decommissioned their unmarked cars. Could this be true?

asnail99

60 posts

230 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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no they haven't.

PBD

26 posts

190 months

Saturday 26th May 2012
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This one and the marked one just to the left came and poked around us as we had a little meet in the Windmill car park back in March.



Kids got the copper to run the blues and they were all over it in every gap!

Wedg1e

26,760 posts

264 months

Thursday 9th August 2012
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NX12 AAJ on an Octavia tonight. Dark colour I think (it was dark out!)...

ShampooEfficient

4,266 posts

210 months

Friday 10th August 2012
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Wedg1e said:
NX12 AAJ on an Octavia tonight. Dark colour I think (it was dark out!)...
Handily runs in sequence with a few of the marked cars...

Wedg1e

26,760 posts

264 months

Saturday 11th August 2012
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ShampooEfficient said:
Handily runs in sequence with a few of the marked cars...
This particular one had stopped in an odd place with its hazard lights on.
Then around the next bend was a marked car that had nicked someone; I had the impression that maybe the unmarked car had followed the target until the jam sarnie could do the pull and then pulled over to avoid being seen. Maybe I need a tinfoil hat hehe

PRTVR

7,072 posts

220 months

Monday 10th September 2012
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A friend was driving down the A19 near Thirsk the other day and was passed at some speed by a RR evoque in white with blue and twos going, very discrete fitting of blue light.

FreeLitres

6,039 posts

176 months

Monday 10th September 2012
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Paddy_N_Murphy said:
So long as the keep to plates with "NX" !!

My first check I make !
I haven't read the whole thread, but I wanted to comment that NX reg plates are quite common and not reserved for the Police.

I have got one on the Co. Car!

MonkeyHanger

9,198 posts

241 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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My old 1.8T vRS was on an NX plate. It got rather annoying when people would come tearing up the outside lane only to clock the plate & anchor up rolleyes

Before i bought it i had a test drive in another NX plated car...which went out to its new owner a day or 2 later and ended up with some very sneaky extra lights fitted cop

My current TFSi vRS isn't on an NX plate....it still has the same effect on some people banghead

ShampooEfficient

4,266 posts

210 months

Saturday 15th September 2012
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Paddy_N_Murphy said:
sorry.

I notice the trend for big bikes to look like plod, and one trundled through Yarm today with obviously Blue side marker lights. Surely that is bordering on impersonation?
Stockton's "Enforcement Officers" are now pootling about on Pan-type bikes. I await the number of people panicking when they see them...

MonkeyHanger

9,198 posts

241 months

Saturday 15th September 2012
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Paddy_N_Murphy said:
sorry.

I notice the trend for big bikes to look like plod, and one trundled through Yarm today with obviously Blue side marker lights. Surely that is bordering on impersonation?
No need to be sorry. I tend to "make progress" where possible so there's no need to mistake me for Plod ambling about at Patrol speed but people still do it. I'm looking to swap to something a bit less plod-like next year so hopefully i won't have to put up with it much longer smile

As for the bikes you're spot on. The amount of plain white bikes with white helmeted riders in black leathers is annoying.

Mastodon2

13,818 posts

164 months

Saturday 15th September 2012
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Paddy_N_Murphy said:
sorry.

I notice the trend for big bikes to look like plod, and one trundled through Yarm today with obviously Blue side marker lights. Surely that is bordering on impersonation?
No different to the mongs who put a folded up high vis on the parcel shelf of their car in the hopes that people will mistake them for an undercover car.

Baryonyx

17,990 posts

158 months

Sunday 16th September 2012
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And I can guarantee you, whilst we all know there are unmarked cars operating all over the country, no copper would be as daft as obscure their rear view with the very thing they are trying to disguise (ie the fact they are police officers)!

Actkillerby

1 posts

138 months

Monday 24th September 2012
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Parked outside my house. Blue lights in the rad grill. Silver ford focus CF58LZK. Catterick Richmond area

AGumbo

516 posts

180 months

Thursday 27th September 2012
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PRTVR said:
A friend was driving down the A19 near Thirsk the other day and was passed at some speed by a RR evoque in white with blue and twos going, very discrete fitting of blue light.
There are a few of these around, as far as I have been able to tell there are high ranking fire officers cars. Well the black one near Bedale is as he lives in my village.

ED209

5,740 posts

243 months

Thursday 27th September 2012
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AGumbo said:
PRTVR said:
A friend was driving down the A19 near Thirsk the other day and was passed at some speed by a RR evoque in white with blue and twos going, very discrete fitting of blue light.
There are a few of these around, as far as I have been able to tell there are high ranking fire officers cars. Well the black one near Bedale is as he lives in my village.
Correct a lad on the evoque forums has a red one with blues fitted as his fire service job car.

PRTVR

7,072 posts

220 months

Thursday 27th September 2012
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ED209 said:
AGumbo said:
PRTVR said:
A friend was driving down the A19 near Thirsk the other day and was passed at some speed by a RR evoque in white with blue and twos going, very discrete fitting of blue light.
There are a few of these around, as far as I have been able to tell there are high ranking fire officers cars. Well the black one near Bedale is as he lives in my village.
Correct a lad on the evoque forums has a red one with blues fitted as his fire service job car.
They could at least do the decent thing, if they are going to drive around in strange cars ,have have them all red and have a small ladder on the roof.hehe

ED209

5,740 posts

243 months

Friday 28th September 2012
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PRTVR said:
ED209 said:
AGumbo said:
PRTVR said:
A friend was driving down the A19 near Thirsk the other day and was passed at some speed by a RR evoque in white with blue and twos going, very discrete fitting of blue light.
There are a few of these around, as far as I have been able to tell there are high ranking fire officers cars. Well the black one near Bedale is as he lives in my village.
Correct a lad on the evoque forums has a red one with blues fitted as his fire service job car.
They could at least do the decent thing, if they are going to drive around in strange cars ,have have them all red and have a small ladder on the roof.hehe
One night years ago, I saw a random black rover driving through whickham with blues flashing, not very fast at about 3am. I did a check on it and it was reg to some lease company. I then stopped it to see what was happeneing. Cue one very angry fire officer who couldnt see why i might have stopped him.

Well if his car had any identifying marks on it or was even reg to the fire service I might not have, But you did look a bit suspiscious!