Speeding? behind plod

[Cotty]

I was driving around on saturday and ended up following a police van down a road with a 30mph limit. The van was obviously exceeding the speed limit with no lights/siren on. The road was wide, with little other traffic clear dry conditions. I followed the van at their speed but wondered what would happen if they tried to pull me for speeding. Paul

[Cotty]

quote:As a general rule non traffic officers do not deal with speed offences, they can however choose to do so but would have to get the speedo checked by a traffic patrol, so be warned. As for following a traffic patrol they can do you by using the VASCAR unit. Just because they are speeding it dos'nt mean you can,

This raises an interesting point if the police car im following records me exceeding the limit then they must also be exceeding the limit other wise I would run into them. I think it would be worth taking this to court, ie if its safe for the police to exceed the limit then it is ok for me. I also remember a story from way back, my dad was driving and were overtaken by a police Range Rover on the motorway, my dad put his foot down and we followed the police at aprox 85mph in the outside lane. The police car moved into the middle lane hoping we would pass him. My dad pulled in behind and we continued to follow them. When we turned off the motorwar the lights went on and they pulled us over, they said that they should not have been speeding but that is no excuse for us to follow and let us off. Paul