Unmarked Police Car

[HJR848]

I was driving along a dual carriage way in a chain of car cruising at between 80-90 mph. Then out of the blue, the grey BMW 5 series in front put on his Police Slow sign in the back window before speeding off and pulling over another car quite a bit further down the road.

Despite myself breaking the speed limit, can I presume this was a sincere gesture by a friendly copper for me not to speed up as he did, or can I expect a letter in the post in the next two weeks!?

[HantsRat]

No you will not receive a letter. It's just a friendly warning.

[simon1987]

its just the coppers being dicks, you should have stood your ground and maintained your speed

[Zod]

simon1987 said:

its just the coppers being dicks, you should have stood your ground and maintained your speed

Nice try. Silly boy.

[Sam.F]

Most probably an attitude test that you passed having heeded the warning!

I had something sort of similar a few years ago on the A1 in North Yorks, was in a group of cars maintaining a fair speed in the outside lane when I spotted an unmarked car, pulled in and eased off while the others sped off, couple of minutes later they passed me with the officer on the passenger side making eye contact and a "tut tut" gesture as they passed. Further up towards Scotch Corner they had 2 pulled over.

[ging84]

you were breaking the limit, but an indicated 80-90, is probably means you were only just hovering around the prosecution limit and is fairly normal motorway speed
He just didn't want you or anyone else to take off after him and end up getting in the way

[MattHall91]

As others have said above.

Basically a kind gesture to let you know it's CID.

[AndrewEH1]

HJR848 said:

Then out of the blue, the grey BMW 5 series in front put on his Police Slow sign in the back window before speeding off and pulling over another car quite a bit further down the road.

I've never seen this sign, anyone got a picture of one in use?

[simon1987]

AndrewEH1 said:

I've never seen this sign, anyone got a picture of one in use?

its just a lcd scroll board like you get in tatty shop windows and the like

[AndrewEH1]

simon1987 said:

AndrewEH1 said:

I've never seen this sign, anyone got a picture of one in use?

its just a lcd scroll board like you get in tatty shop windows and the like

Ah, okay. I've never seen one in the wild. Although I guess Walter Mittys could easily have similar set-ups...

[HJR848]

simon1987 said:

AndrewEH1 said:

I've never seen this sign, anyone got a picture of one in use?

its just a lcd scroll board like you get in tatty shop windows and the like

Pretty sneaky because behind blackout glass you can see it until they've switched it on

[anonymous-user]

simon1987 said:

AndrewEH1 said:

I've never seen this sign, anyone got a picture of one in use?

its just a lcd scroll board like you get in tatty shop windows and the like

You mean when it's not saying "Police Stop" it says "iPhone Repairs"?

[simon1987]

Crossflow Kid said:

You mean when it's not saying "Police Stop" it says "iPhone Repairs"?

probably, you know what the police are like. when they arnt issuing fpn and not catching rapists they just sit about fiddling with crap in the police car.

[grumpy52]

Some times if you have been a very good boy the LED sign says "THANK YOU" as they go past .

[HantsRat]

They are more advanced than a stand LED scrolling sign. They fold away and rise up at a push of a button and you select the message on the computer.

[Baryonyx]

HJR848 said:

Pretty sneaky because behind blackout glass you can see it until they've switched it on

Some of them are also stored in a folded position , and don't pop up or down into the rear windscreen until they're activated.

[WilliamWoollard]

AndrewEH1 said:

I've never seen this sign, anyone got a picture of one in use?

https://youtu.be/BquuaVdZ0Y8

[Corbeliere]

We used to have a maroon Sierra Saphire Cosworth 4x4 on our traffic division. The only clue most people got was when we stuck a magnetic blue light onto the roof and shot off after them.

[BertBert]

Corbeliere said:

We used to have a maroon Sierra Saphire Cosworth 4x4 on our traffic division. The only clue most people got was when we stuck a magnetic blue light onto the roof and shot off after them.

Starsky and Hutch stylee?

[9mm]

Corbeliere said:

We used to have a maroon Sierra Saphire Cosworth 4x4 on our traffic division. The only clue most people got was when we stuck a magnetic blue light onto the roof and shot off after them.

I remember losing one of those in an E36 M3 GT. Most satisfying. Local knowledge is everything.

They got me a few weeks later with a camera. Fair play.