HATO do vascar?
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LRdriver II

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1,936 posts

279 months

Monday 17th July 2006
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Heard today those highway support officers will now be authorized to do vascar timing and videoing instead of the trafpol.. any truth to this rumour?

seefive

8,353 posts

263 months

Monday 17th July 2006
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LRdriver II said:
Heard today those highway support officers will now be authorized to do vascar timing and videoing instead of the trafpol.. any truth to this rumour?


I am sure that I passed one on the M3 northbound at Bracknell junction at the start of some road works a couple of months ago - big 4x4 thing with black (and yellow I think) squares all over it and yellow lights on the roof. I thought it was a motorway maintenance car surveying at first due to the yellow lights (not flashing).

He was behind a tripod at the back of his van on the hard shoulder and seemed to film me all the way up to him. Or maybe I am just paranoid....

seefive

8,353 posts

263 months

Monday 17th July 2006
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LRdriver II said:
Heard today those highway support officers will now be authorized to do vascar timing and videoing instead of the trafpol.. any truth to this rumour?


I am sure that I passed one on the M3 northbound at Bracknell junction at the start of some road works a couple of months ago - big 4x4 thing with black (and yellow I think) squares all over it and yellow lights on the roof. I thought it was a motorway maintenance car surveying at first due to the yellow lights (not flashing).

He was behind a tripod at the back of his van on the hard shoulder and seemed to film me all the way up to him. Or maybe I am just paranoid....

MrsMiggins

2,867 posts

265 months

Monday 17th July 2006
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I'm sure the boyz and girlz over on Pepipoo will have something to say about that. There's already a lot of argument about the use of civilians in speed limit enforcement.

How about the BiB, GiB? PCSOs, HATOs...what's next? Will we still have a police force, sorry service in 5 years time?

shuvitupya

3,338 posts

247 months

Monday 17th July 2006
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LRdriver II said:
Heard today those highway support officers will now be authorized to do vascar timing and videoing instead of the trafpol.. any truth to this rumour?


I think this urban myth and complete rubbish.

Just another of those chain email type nonsense I suspect!