What are the plod up to?

[armynick]

I come home after being away and find the police on the motorways, deliberatly slowing down all lanes to 40mph for no reason that I can see. There are no accidents in the area or wide loads etc.

I've been home 5 weeks and seen it as many times and in both directions.

Anyone shed some light? Are they just being bloody minded and slowing us down coz it's good for us???

[FunkyNige]

I've heard (in fact I think one of our resident BiB posted) that they do this if there's a pursuit coming up behind and they need to stop the car being chased.

[Tonyrec]

Could also be TPAC training or in fact real ones.
A sterile area needs to be established and the action is all up ahead in a 'safety zone'

[armynick]

I doubt it's a pursuit thing in this case, it's happening too often.

A training thing would make sense. ing cheek if you ask me, slowing up the public going about their business without a good reason. There's a time and place to do training.

[Dibble]

armynick said:

IA training thing would make sense. ing cheek if you ask me, slowing up the public going about their business without a good reason. There's a time and place to do training.

Like all those "well driven" TA convoys out on the motorways on a Friday evening...

[rude girl]

armynick said:

There's a time and place to do training.

Where would that be then, in this case?

[Pies]

France

[StressedDave]

It could also be a rolling road block to allow debris to be cleared off the carriageway - by the time you get there it's all cleared and there's nothing to see!

[xxplod]

Part of the standard car course usually involves doing a rolling road block. It is joly good fun, slowing down Joe Public. Given that BiB will NEED to do it on a real British motorway, I think that has to be decision made in terms of where it is practised!
I had to do it in a big public order van once, when an aeroplane declared an emergency at Southampton Airport. There were no traffic units near enough!

[mel]

Dibble said:

armynick said: IA training thing would make sense. ing cheek if you ask me, slowing up the public going about their business without a good reason. There's a time and place to do training. Like all those "well driven" TA convoys out on the motorways on a Friday evening...

Now that has made me laugh, in the blue corner we have Constable Dibble, while in the green corner we have Corporal Army Nick.........fight fight fight fight fight

[deltaf]

My money's on Armynick, 2nd round, TKO......

[Dibble]

deltaf said:

My money's on Armynick, 2nd round, TKO......

Surely I'd have the weight advantage...

[SpudGunner]

Thats true, years of eating Donuts must count for something!

[cptsideways]

When I used to commute cross country, every Wednesday morning I'd be overtaken by this well driven escort followed by several white police training cars & marked ones.

A few miles up the road they were training with their spikey tyre bloing things things.

After a few weeks I just put my foot down when mr unmarked was seen in the rear view mirroe. Was rather good fun.

[Flat in Fifth]

deltaf said:

My money's on Armynick, 2nd round, TKO......

RM to take on the winners?

[ratpit]

Big F off sized versus wee crumbly white car ?? I think I will have a fiver on armynick on this one thank you.

Don't think tpac or stinger have a deal of effect on a Challenger 2. That 105 on the turret looks a bit more effective than your CS spray and baton too.

Mind you, could always ram a doughnut up his barrel and spread jammy fingerprints on the periscope so he cannot see where he is going.

>> Edited by ratpit on Tuesday 10th August 14:36

[xxplod]

For all we know, Armynick could be ex-catering corps! That said, the slop jockeys killed more soldiers than the tank regiments and infantry put together!