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I was chatting to a friend of mine over the weekend who said that over the Christmas period he kept getting "randomly" pulled over - three times in one month. He mentioned this to one of his mates, who's a copper, who said asked "you've got a red car and we play car snooker". The rules of which I would assume mean that coppers go for red-colour, red-colour, etc.. As such, a good reason not to buy a red car.
Dunno if it's true or not, any BiB care to elaborate?
Dunno if it's true or not, any BiB care to elaborate?
I've been in Traffic for a few years and car 'snooker' is a load of rubbish. It seems to be mentioned on here every now and then + by people we stop in red or black cars .... but not by anyone else .....
Years ago maybe they did - I wouldn't know .... but certainly in the last 6+ they haven't where I work. Equally when I was a normal divisional officer from the late 80's on I never heard it mentioned - only by people in the pub.
Years ago maybe they did - I wouldn't know .... but certainly in the last 6+ they haven't where I work. Equally when I was a normal divisional officer from the late 80's on I never heard it mentioned - only by people in the pub.
I was on the traffic patrol during early 80's and into the early 90's. In those days, it was a discipline offence to be caught off your route. 12 months motorway unit was tedious to say the least. No option but to drive up and down 40 miles of motorway with a Bic biro behind your ear dealing with breakdowns, abandoned vehicles, lost tourists and occasionally a 4 vehicle shunt in the rush hour.
To make life more interesting, we used to play games like snooker. More often than not though it was on a proper table at the only nick that we were allowed to have our break at during our lunch period in the days when police stations had social clubs. I have played car snooker but it gets difficult when looking for pink cars and gets tedious itself after a couple of hours.
I doubt the fact your friend has a red car is the reason he was stopped so many times. Probably the reason was likely to be his style of driving and the times he was on the road!
These days officers have too much to focus on regarding sanction detections for crime to worry about stopping cars in the order of potting snooker balls.
To make life more interesting, we used to play games like snooker. More often than not though it was on a proper table at the only nick that we were allowed to have our break at during our lunch period in the days when police stations had social clubs. I have played car snooker but it gets difficult when looking for pink cars and gets tedious itself after a couple of hours.
I doubt the fact your friend has a red car is the reason he was stopped so many times. Probably the reason was likely to be his style of driving and the times he was on the road!
These days officers have too much to focus on regarding sanction detections for crime to worry about stopping cars in the order of potting snooker balls.
Edited by Mg6b on Tuesday 12th February 19:19
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