"You never know who it is mate"

[fq400]

So yesterday, midnight, take the DB7VV for a drive to cambridge from london. Driving down a two-lane london road, 40 limit, get to a traffic light behind some green n-reg saloon, lights go green and he heads off relatively quickly but still too slow for my liking at that time of night.

I pop round him at about 50, and see a barrage of blue lights appear on the bonnet. Crapping myself I hit the hazards - my usual plan of action when I've done something stupid in front of an undercover. As I pull over in a bus stop he goes right past me - but a few metres down the road I see him slow down in the left lane and open his window.

I oblige pull out and stop next to him and drop my passenger window - he gives me a cheeky grin and goes "You never know who it is, do you mate?" and nails it, undercuts a whole bunch of people and is gone for ever.

What a joker... :clap: :thumbup:

[gilbertd]

Was he in uniform? In Peterborough there's an unmarked S reg Vectra with full set of blues behind the grille and proper two tones. Doing a job recently with local traffic and asked them about it and was told it isn't one of theirs and even if it was, would have been pensioned off years ago. Thinking about it, the only time I've seen it has been forcing his way through traffic at busy times of the day. It's a hell of a way of avoiding sitting in a queue. Unlikely to get pulled either, any local plod seeing it will assume it's RCS or similar.

[fq400]

That sounds pretty cheeky - he's gonna get done sooner or later!

I think my guy really was an undercover though - he was just nice enough not to give me grief - what he said made more of an impact on me anyway, I would just have got stressed if he'd pulled me and gone through the usual VIN verification that comes with owning the DB7.

[7db]

If he tries pulling you over and he's not in uniform, take good note of the reg and call 999.

[rewc]

los angeles said:

Similar story. 2am, empty Edinburgh streets, waiting at red light, see only one dark car behind me in my rear view mirror. Five minutes go by light is still red. Then seven minutes. Lights must be broken, so I signal left, pull out into the junction cautiously, only to see flashing blue light behind. I pull over and the two Boys in Blue can't speak for holding their sides laughing. Got off with a swift lecture. "Technically, sir, the driver must get out his car and look left and right, then get back in before moving off."

Sounds like the Police. sit there and wait knowing you are going to risk moving at sometime. You couldnt expect them to get out of their car and assist a member of the public who they are supposed to be serving. Many years ago I was driving a lorry with demolition ruibble and lost a few bits of ceiling lathe through the netting. I was stopped by the Police whom said we have been following you for 3 miles and had dropped several bits. I asked why they hadn't stopped me when they saw me loose the first bit but all I got was a shrug of the shoulders.

[Pigeon]

rewc said:

Sounds like the Police... You couldnt expect them to get out of their car and assist a member of the public who they are supposed to be serving.

They have done that for me.