Cop Cars - Unmarked - What & Where, as much detail on cars!!

[SB10]

BonzoG said:

I'm sure a few days ago I heard Real Radio mention Strathclyde were having a year-long speeding 'crackdown'?

That no just mean they are doing their job? :laughing:

[BonzoG]

Yeah, but occasionally you'll hear them come out and say they're targeting young drivers/speeding/rural roads/drink driving/mobile phones etc specifically for a period of time.

Which is really annoying, because they're basically saying last week/month/year they wern't that bothered about it? If they were really serious about targeting a specific issue, they'd just do it and not tell anyone. Folk will soon get the message, rumours put the sts up people quickly enough.

Just proves what a load of ste it all is. If a law is worth enforcing they should put the same effort into it all the time.

Edit: Bingo, found it. Sounds more like a Glasgow City Council thing.

Edited by BonzoG on Monday 5th March 20:06

[SB10]

The blue focus ST has been pulling people for tints around the North Glasgow area the last few days.

[ultraheed]

Silver Astra SF61 Astra pulled a white Mazda on Renfrew Road just up from the shell garage.

Definitely need to keep an eye out for this one, seems like it gets about! Very discrete tbh

[matchmaker]

moanthebairns said:

matchmaker said:

Fabric 2.2 said:

Saw an unmarked Dark Blue Jag XF pulling someone in Alloa earlier, on an AU60 plate. Very stealthy!

Yes, saw it pulling someone in Bridge of Allan a couple of weeks ago.

must have been the one i seen last night on the m876 towards new bridge. very inconspicuous

It was out again this afternoon on the Alloa road near Blackgrange. Parked up in a layby.

[BonzoG]

ultraheed said:

Silver Astra SF61 Astra pulled a white Mazda on Renfrew Road just up from the shell garage.

Definitely need to keep an eye out for this one, seems like it gets about! Very discrete tbh

Spotted this afternoon on the M80 South at Old Inns, pulled someone on the hard shoulder.

Very discrete, looks a bit too poverty-spec for you to think potential traffic car.

Didn't catch any aerials, mirrors etc.

[Fabric]

matchmaker said:

It was out again this afternoon on the Alloa road near Blackgrange. Parked up in a layby.

There's two XF's doing the rounds in the Central area now - drove past someone being pulled by the dark silver/grey one underneath the Marches in Stirling earlier this evening, very had to spot them.

[stevensdrs]

BonzoG said:

ultraheed said:

Silver Astra SF61 Astra pulled a white Mazda on Renfrew Road just up from the shell garage.

Definitely need to keep an eye out for this one, seems like it gets about! Very discrete tbh

Spotted this afternoon on the M80 South at Old Inns, pulled someone on the hard shoulder.

Very discrete, looks a bit too poverty-spec for you to think potential traffic car.

Didn't catch any aerials, mirrors etc.

Saw the same astra on the 30mph stretch behind greenfaulds railway station this afternoon, pulled someone for speeding.

[jsc15]

At least one of these unmarked Astras is a 5-door in dark metallic grey, with reg SF61KYN

Saw it in Hamilton earlier having pulled over a taxi driver outside the Phillips factory

[BMR]

I saw an umnarked silver Astra in Heathfield Road in Ayr the other day. So are these cars quite common in the force then?

Also spotted that silver unmarked 3 series in Irvine t'other day too. Saw the lights on the corners of the front bumpers..

[monthefish]

SF10 DVA - Silver Focus Estate with a very police-like heavy duty 'dog guard' between boot and back seats.

Not 100% sure if it was an unmarked car - anyone else seen this one?

[BigCraig94]

Black Focus, plate SF09 PKE seen in Uddingston pulling someone over

[shambolic]

Another poverty spec and filthy Astra on the new M74 at Polmadie, very small lights along top of glass in rear hatch and behind rear headrests SF61KTX. He came flying up behind me (I saw it miles behind and was doing speed limit by the time he caught up), right behind from lane 3 into Lane 2, behind me then cut off into filter lane and flew down off ramp at 70 ish. Don't know if he was making a point as I was making good progress for a while!

[Craigie]

Why do I just get the feeling that shortly my clean licence of 25 years will be collecting its first points?

Been able to dodge all the normal traffic unmarked Volvos, BMs etc but now seeing more and more poverty spec Focus and Astras being used.

The final straw will be if they drop the SF plates!

[jsc15]

I'm also convinced I saw an unmarked older-style (2008-ish) 5-door Astra on the M74 at Hamilton one day a couple of weeks back. It had the flashing LED in the back window, but with a private plate I think was M33CHC

[monthefish]

Craigie said:

Why do I just get the feeling that shortly my clean licence of 25 years will be collecting its first points?

Been able to dodge all the normal traffic unmarked Volvos, BMs etc but now seeing more and more poverty spec Focus and Astras being used.

The final straw will be if they drop the SF plates!

I find its easier/safer to assume every car is, and then discount it on the basis of age/colour/type/condition etc.

[XDA]

jsc15 said:

I'm also convinced I saw an unmarked older-style (2008-ish) 5-door Astra on the M74 at Hamilton one day a couple of weeks back. It had the flashing LED in the back window, but with a private plate I think was M33CHC

Fire fighters car?

[jsc15]

XDA said:

Fire fighters car?

Not sure, but it was parked up on the hard shoulder behind someone, and the flashing LED was on the *back* window, which looks odd on a fire car

[KB_S1]

Not unmarked but there has been a lot of cars getting pulled by the trafpol at the section of the A725 just before it meets the A8 junctions.

[chriis]

Sneaky .