Where have all the Traffic Police gone !!!!!!!

[guizer]

Slightly off topic, but Tayside Police ran P999TAY on a traffic car for a while, then the CC's car. Now on a support vehicle, as far as I know.

[whoozit]

outnumbered said:

Don't be tempted to have a "play" with a Silver E39 M5 along the M4 corridor with plate "M5 YEP". You'd get a nasty surprise. >> Edited by outnumbered on Monday 19th September 17:26

Hey! I saw that car a week or two ago, around the Richmond area. Certainly very stealthy, I had no idea it was a pleece car.

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Things are starting to go full circle here. There was a reduction in traffpol numbers in TVP but they are currently recruiting more officers into roads policing. The problem is there are quite a few RPD officers but its actually getting them trained to RPD levels thats the problem.
We have a number of officers waiting to join but cant because of the delays in getting them on the courses. And believe it or not they are not allowed in the cars as Roads Polcing in a Roads polcing role untill they have done the course even as a passenger.

[Dave 500]

^Slider^ said:

And believe it or not they are not allowed in the cars as Roads Polcing in a Roads polcing role untill they have done the course even as a passenger.

Thats mad you must be pulling your hair out....

[streaky]

"Roads policing"!

Now then, that road, get along with you and don't let me see you hanging around outside these shops again .

Streaky

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streaky said:

"Roads policing"! Now then, that road, get along with you and don't let me see you hanging around outside these shops again . Streaky

Have to use the correct terms these days!

I think thats the funniest thing i have seen you post.

Gareth

[puggit]

Last week the traffic lights failed at jc11 of the M4 (A33/Reading). Apparently this situation lasted at least overnight and in to the following rushhour - causing absolute chaos.

The junction in question is a 5 minute walk from TVP's trafpol base at Three Mile Cross. Needless to say no one attended.

Speaks volumes for how stretched they are.

The problem was caused by the original meaning of a computer bug - a spider crawled in to the control box and caused a short circuit!

[Nick_F]

I have, unusually for me, done about 2k miles on the motorways in the past six weeks.

Total tally is one marked T5 on the M5, one marked LandCruiser on the M3 and one unmarked metallic grey Seat Leon - magnetic blue light on the roof, so probably not traffic - and that's it.

[outnumbered]

puggit said:

Apparently this situation lasted at least overnight and in to the following rushhour - causing absolute chaos.

Tell me about it !

[Seesure]

Is this the one you are talking about ????


>> Edited by Seesure on Friday 23 September 18:52

[outnumbered]

Very likely indeed - it was that colour, pity they don't show the last 3 letters of the plate...

The image wasn't showing up for me, so here is the URL in case anyone else has the same problem:

www.m5board.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=4423

Which is the m5board thread where that picture is posted? I couldn't find it on a quick search.

[jazzyjeff]

Beware the numpty's driving around with flashing blue neons or alternate flashing headlights fitted....

...saw an 02 reg black golf doing this down the 3rd lane of the M3 the other day... no way were they fuzz!

[pmanson]

Unmarked dark green volvo saloon on the A40 last saturday evening (about 7pm).

Joined the carriageway alongside us (pulled into the outside lane to allow her to join).

The female police officer then accelerated hard, followed a van for about a mile before leaving the carriageway at Watford.

Sneaky! lol

[Seesure]

outnumbered said:

Which is the m5board thread where that picture is posted? I couldn't find it on a quick search.

This was the thread which I started :

www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=51724

It probably was the car you saw as the owner was from Berkshire and uses the name Mfire .....

[tomtom]

pmanson said:

they are still around in Aylesbury, couple of un marked cars about.

There's a bloody scam van sat on Walton St. today, can't see it until you're on top of it when it's parked there.