BiB Motorway tactics
Discussion
Had a very long day in London yesterday and drove back to Bath after 11.00pm. There wasn't much on the M4, so I didn't hang around, but I'm always very careful when I get close to junctions. At Swindon East I slowed to about 75-ish in lane one and spotted a marked car joining the motorway behind me.
The car accelerated pretty rapidly and then sat behind me, uncomfortably close, until a couple of miles before Chippenham, when he suddenly drew alongside. The chap in the passenger seat looked across and made eye contact with me, said something to the driver, and the car then went off at a rate of knots.
Was wondering what their motivation may have been. Were they checking my plate as we were travelling, or just hanging around to see if I hadn't spotted them and would do something naughty?
I'm not complaining, just asking out of interest, although I must say that I did feel that they were a bit too close to my bumper for comfort and felt I was almost being goaded into doing something inappropriate.
The car accelerated pretty rapidly and then sat behind me, uncomfortably close, until a couple of miles before Chippenham, when he suddenly drew alongside. The chap in the passenger seat looked across and made eye contact with me, said something to the driver, and the car then went off at a rate of knots.
Was wondering what their motivation may have been. Were they checking my plate as we were travelling, or just hanging around to see if I hadn't spotted them and would do something naughty?
I'm not complaining, just asking out of interest, although I must say that I did feel that they were a bit too close to my bumper for comfort and felt I was almost being goaded into doing something inappropriate.
silverback mike said:
They would probably have done a pnc check, and had a look to see if you looked 'ok'
Sounds a bit odd, but sometimes the mark 1 eyeball is the best crime detection tool.
Surprised Wiltshire plods motorway horse and carts could keep up ;D
That being the case their detection equipment must have been seriously malfunctioning - it's a long time since anybody suggested that I look 'ok'!
Had a similar experience the other week.
I came onto a traffic light controlled roundabout, with a marked traffic car waiting at the lights on the r'bout to my right.
I passed round the roundabout and looked in the mirror. BiB puts his blues on to come through their red traffic light.
I exit the r'bout in right lane (dual carriageway) and, thinking that BiB will by flying past me in a moment, move to the left lane.
He comes up behind (safe distance, not too close) in my lane and matches my speed (38ish in a 40). I think "oh, time to pull over" and start to look for a safe place to stop.
Then he pulls into the right lane, and cruises alongside. I look across expecting to see the "pull over, sonny" pointy finger, but the BiB in the passsenger seat just looks across, nods (I nod and smile back), and they cruise off into the distance, still with blues on.
I assumed that he was checking that the driver looked "Right" for the car, was happy, and went on their merry way........
May be a similar thing for you?
I came onto a traffic light controlled roundabout, with a marked traffic car waiting at the lights on the r'bout to my right.
I passed round the roundabout and looked in the mirror. BiB puts his blues on to come through their red traffic light.
I exit the r'bout in right lane (dual carriageway) and, thinking that BiB will by flying past me in a moment, move to the left lane.
He comes up behind (safe distance, not too close) in my lane and matches my speed (38ish in a 40). I think "oh, time to pull over" and start to look for a safe place to stop.
Then he pulls into the right lane, and cruises alongside. I look across expecting to see the "pull over, sonny" pointy finger, but the BiB in the passsenger seat just looks across, nods (I nod and smile back), and they cruise off into the distance, still with blues on.
I assumed that he was checking that the driver looked "Right" for the car, was happy, and went on their merry way........
May be a similar thing for you?
Mon Ami Mate said:
although I must say that I did feel that they were a bit too close to my bumper for comfort and felt I was almost being goaded into doing something inappropriate.
Good job you didn't have to brake suddenly
That would have been another written off car and a load of excuses to add to the three on the M6 last week.wee man said:
although I must say that I did feel that they were a bit too close to my bumper for comfort and felt I was almost being goaded into doing something inappropriate.
Good job you didn't have to brake suddenly
You'd love to drive around in a big BiB car...weeman...you know you would
hertsbiker said:
He followed me, left the m-way, but rejoined straight after.
I've heard about this happening, but have never seen how it can work. There's no way a police car can brake for a roundabout, get round it and back onto the motorway in the time you can pass the junction surely? I always wait until plod are just out of sight and give it some gas for 1/4 mile, slowing back down again once I'm well ahead of them.
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