Unmarked police?
Discussion
kingstondc5 said:
Dark met grey Vovlo saloon, 60 plate was attending an accident on the A1 yesterday evening.
Accident was some MX5 running with crazy camber at the rear and the front had the top of the wheels equally pointing out at crazy angles
Came across this one in Hatfield today, has ANPR camera mounted on boot lid.Accident was some MX5 running with crazy camber at the rear and the front had the top of the wheels equally pointing out at crazy angles
I can confirm the silver Superb. I saw it this morning in a layby alongside a marked 5 series Touring on the A1 near Brampton Hut. There is also a burgundy one that operates in the same area.
Some others that I've noticed:
Black Audi A6 Avant usually on the A141/A47 Chatteris, March, Wisbech area
White Vauxhall Insignia estate, 63 plate, attending an RTA on the A1 near St Neots today
Black BMW 5 series, 63 plate, near Royston
Blue Focus, 57 plate, Huntingdon
Black Octavia VRS, A1M near P'boro
Some others that I've noticed:
Black Audi A6 Avant usually on the A141/A47 Chatteris, March, Wisbech area
White Vauxhall Insignia estate, 63 plate, attending an RTA on the A1 near St Neots today
Black BMW 5 series, 63 plate, near Royston
Blue Focus, 57 plate, Huntingdon
Black Octavia VRS, A1M near P'boro
I've seen a few more on my travels these last few weeks.
1. Dark Blue Insignia 4x4 Turbo (ANPR on boot lid)in Hitchin. OU62 or something along those lines. Quite a nice looking piece of kit.
2. Dark Blue S60 D5 on a 62 plate, who pulled into the layby I'd stopped in on the A421. Thank god it was dark and he was too busy fiddling with his phone/camera as I was mid-slash
3. Black 63 plate 3 Series stopping a C Class on the A14 near Milton.
4. Black 61 plate 3 Series parked up at Brampton Hut Services.
5. White Insignia estate on the M1 near Flitwick, on a 62 plate.
6. White Seat Leon on a 60 plate, A1M near Hatfield.
1. Dark Blue Insignia 4x4 Turbo (ANPR on boot lid)in Hitchin. OU62 or something along those lines. Quite a nice looking piece of kit.
2. Dark Blue S60 D5 on a 62 plate, who pulled into the layby I'd stopped in on the A421. Thank god it was dark and he was too busy fiddling with his phone/camera as I was mid-slash
3. Black 63 plate 3 Series stopping a C Class on the A14 near Milton.
4. Black 61 plate 3 Series parked up at Brampton Hut Services.
5. White Insignia estate on the M1 near Flitwick, on a 62 plate.
6. White Seat Leon on a 60 plate, A1M near Hatfield.
88racing said:
I personally don't think the police should use unmarked cars for road patrols - they allow you to commit the crime then act, whereas a marked car may well stop you committing the crime in the first place. The first role of policing should be prevention, not prosecution.
Excellent and very valid point but it seems they are just a money making machine these days I personally don't think that they are interested in prevention or anything that takes up excessive paperwork time in relation to its seriousness (unless there's money involved). I remember when they used to pull me up in my youth for riding on the pavement along A1000 Chequers in Welwyn Garden City on my pushbike. Said pavement now has cycle path too - I was just ahead of my time. It's not a very busy pedestrian route either and was even less so in my youth.
Yet, I can drive half a mile and pass three cars with one headlight out and nothing is done about it. There seems to be a huge amount of cars with just a single headlight showing (and/or defective brake lights too). At night they often give the appearance of a motorcycle and I think this could well cause an accident if coupled with poor visibility or other factors . But, probably won't issue any fine for warning about a bulb that's blown - no money, no policing it seems...
I've always been amazed how the traffic police seem to get themselves top spec models to cruise around in. I picked up a German colleague from the airport the other day and he was staggered to see our Boys in Blue patrolling in BMW X5s. That's about a 60 grand car! Give 'em Mondeos and save us all some money for Christ's sake.
LotusOmega375D said:
I've always been amazed how the traffic police seem to get themselves top spec models to cruise around in. I picked up a German colleague from the airport the other day and he was staggered to see our Boys in Blue patrolling in BMW X5s. That's about a 60 grand car! Give 'em Mondeos and save us all some money for Christ's sake.
The police are virtualy given the top end cars by the manufacturers. Herts police were offered some Range Rovers a while back so cheap they could've run them for a year and sold them on for a profit!Give a Trafpol a top end BMW and in 3 years time it will still have a few thousand in resale value.
Give a Trafpol a Mondeo and if it lasts 3 years it will be worth about £95... £40 for the part worn tyres, £20 for the cat in the exhaust, £20 for the fuel in the tank and £15 for the 1/8th of cannabis some scrote stuffed down the back seat after getting arrested outside the Hilltop pub...
globalfish said:
Excellent and very valid point but it seems they are just a money making machine these days I personally don't think that they are interested in prevention or anything that takes up excessive paperwork time in relation to its seriousness (unless there's money involved).
I remember when they used to pull me up in my youth for riding on the pavement along A1000 Chequers in Welwyn Garden City on my pushbike. Said pavement now has cycle path too - I was just ahead of my time. It's not a very busy pedestrian route either and was even less so in my youth.
Yet, I can drive half a mile and pass three cars with one headlight out and nothing is done about it. There seems to be a huge amount of cars with just a single headlight showing (and/or defective brake lights too). At night they often give the appearance of a motorcycle and I think this could well cause an accident if coupled with poor visibility or other factors . But, probably won't issue any fine for warning about a bulb that's blown - no money, no policing it seems...
yes this annoys the hell out of me too...far too many cars with dodgy lights, and the dark evenings will start to bring more of them out in coming months too...I remember when they used to pull me up in my youth for riding on the pavement along A1000 Chequers in Welwyn Garden City on my pushbike. Said pavement now has cycle path too - I was just ahead of my time. It's not a very busy pedestrian route either and was even less so in my youth.
Yet, I can drive half a mile and pass three cars with one headlight out and nothing is done about it. There seems to be a huge amount of cars with just a single headlight showing (and/or defective brake lights too). At night they often give the appearance of a motorcycle and I think this could well cause an accident if coupled with poor visibility or other factors . But, probably won't issue any fine for warning about a bulb that's blown - no money, no policing it seems...
Don't most modern cars even tell you that a light is defective?
LotusOmega375D said:
I've always been amazed how the traffic police seem to get themselves top spec models to cruise around in. I picked up a German colleague from the airport the other day and he was staggered to see our Boys in Blue patrolling in BMW X5s. That's about a 60 grand car!
Except, its not a 60 grand car, as BMW don't charge 60k for a Police spec X5, and BMW (and Volvo) are among the few manufacturers to offer special build spec cars for Police etc., that are in effect 'poverty' spec without a lot of the pointless gubbins that are built into cars for joe public. The deals they get on these from BMW etc. are considerable. So, far from costing the tax payer a lot of money, they are actually getting very good value for the tax payers money, much more so than buying a car that to the public would seem to be a cheaper option.It's like the Army buying 100's of LR Defender's, over the years, they weren't paying what you or I would pay walking into a LR dealer, not even a fraction of it!!
jogger1976 said:
Heads up for a red 14 plate 330d. I saw it today at Brampton Hut alongside a marked X5.Reg was NY/NK14YR*? or similar.
Safe driving :-)
that 3 series pulled me over in April: I overtook him at full chat on a single carriage way early on a Sunday morning heading to the gym.. They were crawling along at about 40-50 and i'd just gone past some police slow signs 400yds earlier but visibility was good and the road was 'clear' Safe driving :-)
I was very surprised to see a smaller gap than expected in the rear view after about 20 seconds, I eased off as i approached a junction, the bmw got very big in the rear view very quickly and then on came the blue lights
One quite large (and i'm not small), bobby got out , leaving his mate in the car. The red mist was down and he looked like he was going to chin me,but kept it too a proper b
king 
I can only assume they were unable to get an average speed reading as he basically told me to bugger off i was making him angry rather than writing a ticket, either that or i'm more charming than i give myself credit for
Tango13 said:
I had a fking idiot of a traffic cop accuse me of driving round the roundabout under the A1(M) at Baldock services at 70mph last night.
PC 728 (with the second rate beard) if you're going to make up bullst about motorists at least make it believable...
Entirely possible to do 70 around that.king idiot of a traffic cop accuse me of driving round the roundabout under the A1(M) at Baldock services at 70mph last night.PC 728 (with the second rate beard) if you're going to make up bulls
t about motorists at least make it believable...A friend told me.
Tango13 said:
I had a fking idiot of a traffic cop accuse me of driving round the roundabout under the A1(M) at Baldock services at 70mph last night.
PC 728 (with the second rate beard) if you're going to make up bullst about motorists at least make it believable...
As you'll know, if he didn't measure your speed, he doesn't have a case. king idiot of a traffic cop accuse me of driving round the roundabout under the A1(M) at Baldock services at 70mph last night.PC 728 (with the second rate beard) if you're going to make up bulls
t about motorists at least make it believable...So what is the speed limit on that roundabout - 50? Agree with jon, it can probably be travelled much faster.
LotusOmega375D said:
I've always been amazed how the traffic police seem to get themselves top spec models to cruise around in. I picked up a German colleague from the airport the other day and he was staggered to see our Boys in Blue patrolling in BMW X5s. That's about a 60 grand car! Give 'em Mondeos and save us all some money for Christ's sake.
Also it was proved some time ago that German brands work better financially - A Base spec X5 with 130k on the clock still has a decent value at the end of its service whereas as a base spec Hyundai 4x4 with 130k at 5yrs old is near on worthless.Heads up for a black S80 D5 SW14 J something spotted near Hatfield today.
The first thing that attracted my attention was how utterly st his driving was. He exited the A1M without indicating from lane 2, then went all the way around the roundabout without indicating and was in the wrong lane, so had to cut across another car to make his exit. He then exited the roundabout into Hatfield town centre like a stabbed rat (No blues).
I wonder how that would have gone if a civvy had driven like that?
The first thing that attracted my attention was how utterly s
t his driving was. He exited the A1M without indicating from lane 2, then went all the way around the roundabout without indicating and was in the wrong lane, so had to cut across another car to make his exit. He then exited the roundabout into Hatfield town centre like a stabbed rat (No blues).I wonder how that would have gone if a civvy had driven like that?
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