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A reliable friend was regailing me of his porsche activities today. He was out for a blat in his newish 911 on a SC NSL road he knows well in the midlands doing some big and very fast overtakes. He had seen an M5 with man and woman in it behind and not thought more of it (doh). Of course it's unmarked and follows him at a distance doing the same overtakes. When it finally pulls my friend, the Bib's estimate of speed was 120. My friend thinks he was generous. Anyway it seems that plod was so astounded that my mate had seen the M5 and not considered it might be plod that he gave him a bollocking and went on his way!!! How lucky is that?
Bert
Not condoning the action, just reporting the episode with some degree of astonishment. BTW it was actually a friend and I think he's a birk (in this respect).
Bert
Not condoning the action, just reporting the episode with some degree of astonishment. BTW it was actually a friend and I think he's a birk (in this respect).
EDLT said:
Don't the police pull infront of you when they pull you over, allowing him to see the badges and extra exhaust pipes?
I've been pulled a couple of times (no charges i might add!) and they've flashed the blues, i've pulled over, they pull over behind and keep the blues on to warn approaching traffic. Pretty standard i thought. I think they only swerve in front on Police, Camera, Action
it's perfectly possible that it wasn't an M5. But my mate got to see all of it as he had gone past it previously on a DC prior to the hooning on the A road. Also when he was finally pulled, he had turned into an estate toward his home and stopped to see what the mystery Beemer was about! I assume he was beginning to get an inkling by then!
I share plod's disbelief in my mate's utter stupidity in not working it out!!!!!
Bert
I share plod's disbelief in my mate's utter stupidity in not working it out!!!!!
Bert
BertBert said:
it's perfectly possible that it wasn't an M5. But my mate got to see all of it as he had gone past it previously on a DC prior to the hooning on the A road. Also when he was finally pulled, he had turned into an estate toward his home and stopped to see what the mystery Beemer was about! I assume he was beginning to get an inkling by then!
I share plod's disbelief in my mate's utter stupidity in not working it out!!!!!
Bert
So the police are more lenient towards those who are lacking in brain cells? Obviously our best chance is therefore to act stupid if we're stopped. Or perhaps adopt a foreign accent and "no understand" stance?I share plod's disbelief in my mate's utter stupidity in not working it out!!!!!
Bert
This sounds odd. No self-respecting BiB would let someone off 120+ in a 60 on the basis that they were too stupid to notice they were being followed. There must be more to it than we're being told? Perhaps the car's speedo calibration hadn't been validated that day, or the 2 BiBs couldn't agree on what charges to bring?
Peter Ward said:
BertBert said:
it's perfectly possible that it wasn't an M5. But my mate got to see all of it as he had gone past it previously on a DC prior to the hooning on the A road. Also when he was finally pulled, he had turned into an estate toward his home and stopped to see what the mystery Beemer was about! I assume he was beginning to get an inkling by then!
I share plod's disbelief in my mate's utter stupidity in not working it out!!!!!
Bert
So the police are more lenient towards those who are lacking in brain cells? Obviously our best chance is therefore to act stupid if we're stopped. Or perhaps adopt a foreign accent and "no understand" stance?I share plod's disbelief in my mate's utter stupidity in not working it out!!!!!
Bert
This sounds odd. No self-respecting BiB would let someone off 120+ in a 60 on the basis that they were too stupid to notice they were being followed. There must be more to it than we're being told? Perhaps the car's speedo calibration hadn't been validated that day, or the 2 BiBs couldn't agree on what charges to bring?
Yes there is an M5 about btw.
dont forget that plod didnt say, I'm letting you off because you were very stupid in not spotting we were unmarked. Plod seemed to talk about my mates stupidity in not spotting them and also on taking the risk with his licence.
He said that the overtakes were not inherently unsafe and used something like "he couldnt get a lock", I guess referring to the speed detection equipment.
End result, my mate will now think twice when he is hooning about as the licence loosing prospect suddenly became pant-soilingly close. He has a lot of respect for the way he was dealt with.
Good policing, unfair? Dunno. Lucky?? I'd say so!
Bert
He said that the overtakes were not inherently unsafe and used something like "he couldnt get a lock", I guess referring to the speed detection equipment.
End result, my mate will now think twice when he is hooning about as the licence loosing prospect suddenly became pant-soilingly close. He has a lot of respect for the way he was dealt with.
Good policing, unfair? Dunno. Lucky?? I'd say so!
Bert
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