Can Traffic Police send NIP via Post?

[sonnenschein3000]

Hello,

A mate of mine was going along a dual carriageway (2 lanes either side) when an unmarked police car behind him put their blue lights on, at which point he moved into the left lane and made sure that he was under the speed limit. The police car then switched their lights off, overtook him slowly, front passenger officer told my mate to slow down using hand movements, and then carried on.

My mate said that the road he was on was such that it was hard to stop on (he thinks there was a solid white line on the side of the road).

Is it possible that the police have sent a NIP via post rather than to pull him over?

[vonhosen]

sonnenschein3000 said:

Hello,

A mate of mine was going along a dual carriageway (2 lanes either side) when an unmarked police car behind him put their blue lights on, at which point he moved into the left lane and made sure that he was under the speed limit. The police car then switched their lights off, overtook him slowly, front passenger officer told my mate to slow down using hand movements, and then carried on.

My mate said that the road he was on was such that it was hard to stop on (he thinks there was a solid white line on the side of the road).

Is it possible that the police have sent a NIP via post rather than to pull him over?

Possible - Yes
Likely in the circumstances - No

[Dave Hedgehog]

yep

i have been blessed with such a thing

[surveyor]

My betting would be that he will hear no more..... Traffic Police in my experience would stop someone for a proper bking if they were upset enough to prosecute.

[sonnenschein3000]

Dave Hedgehog said:

yep

i have been blessed with such a thing

What police force was yours?

[HantsRat]

Yes entirely possible. Camera vans issue NIP via post on a daily basis.

In your circumstances though, I would say no he won't receive anything.

[Dave Hedgehog]

sonnenschein3000 said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

yep

i have been blessed with such a thing

What police force was yours?

kent, but it was a long time ago

[sonnenschein3000]

thanks for your replies!

Dave Hedgehog said:

kent, but it was a long time ago

ah ok

[HappyMidget]

Have had this behaviour many times from TrafPol and heard nothing. You should be fine.

[sonnenschein3000]

Well it's certainly scared him! He's not the kind of guy to drive fast either, so he was crapping himself all day

[esxste]

Sounds like he was doing a speed high enough to attract their attention, but not high enough to encourage them to do any paperwork

They'd likely have pulled him over for an attitude test if they were thinking of prosecuting

[bigandclever]

sonnenschein3000 said:

He's not the kind of guy to drive fast either

Course not, it's always the first time they've ever done it

[supermono]

I guess even though perhaps he was lanehogging (able to move left immediately, but not certain from description) he probably impressed by having the awareness of the blue lights and did the right thing: didn't jump on brakes, moved left and slowed down a bit.

I've had this a couple of times and heard nothing else.

[MorganP104]

sonnenschein3000 said:

front passenger officer told my mate to slow down using hand movements, and then carried on.

The copper was giving your mate a warning. I would be VERY surprised if he hears anything more about it.

[williamp]

sonnenschein3000 said:

Well it's certainly scared him! He's not the kind of guy to drive fast either, so he was crapping himself all day

Then they've done their job properly and he will drive slower and with more caution in the future!

[sonnenschein3000]

williamp said:

Then they've done their job properly and he will drive slower and with more caution in the future!

Yes indeed

Thanks for the replies, much appreciated