A34 - Watch out Plod have a new toy

[cptsideways]

Spotted a few times over the past week, a rather proactive unmarked white BMW 3 series 4 door, seen patrolling from the Oxford end of the A34 down at least to the A303.

Spotted nearly every day this week pulling people over & yesterday seen "driving enthusiaticaly" through the SPECS zone & then pulling someone over. I did'nt say baiting but that would appear to be the case from what I've seen.

[the_lone_wolf]

Out of interest, as it's an A34 thread, has anyone else spotted a GTR out patrolling the A34?

Saw it stopped pulled over a customer on the northbound carriageway several weeks ago when passing through

Gunmetal grey paint with minimalist battenburg - perhaps on lone from Nissan but if not they're in for a surprise when it has it's first minor bump...

[Nickyboy]

cptsideways said:

Spotted a few times over the past week, a rather proactive unmarked white BMW 3 series 4 door, seen patrolling from the Oxford end of the A34 down at least to the A303.

Spotted nearly every day this week pulling people over & yesterday seen "driving enthusiaticaly" through the SPECS zone & then pulling someone over. I did'nt say baiting but that would appear to be the case from what I've seen.

That'll more than likely be a Hampshire car as they use Beemers, TVP dont

[bryan35]

As the SPECs system still records you details and speed,
woulnd't it be ironic if you could use the SPEC's evidence to prove that you weren't speeding?

[Davidonly]

the_lone_wolf said:

Out of interest, as it's an A34 thread, has anyone else spotted a GTR out patrolling the A34?

Saw it stopped pulled over a customer on the northbound carriageway several weeks ago when passing through

Gunmetal grey paint with minimalist battenburg - perhaps on lone from Nissan but if not they're in for a surprise when it has it's first minor bump...

I always thought a minimum requirement for un-marked cars would be having 4-doors, to put awkward perps in as required. That could be tricky in a coupe.... So they can use sports cars too eh?

[PeteG]

Davidonly said:

the_lone_wolf said:

Out of interest, as it's an A34 thread, has anyone else spotted a GTR out patrolling the A34?

Saw it stopped pulled over a customer on the northbound carriageway several weeks ago when passing through

Gunmetal grey paint with minimalist battenburg - perhaps on lone from Nissan but if not they're in for a surprise when it has it's first minor bump...

I always thought a minimum requirement for un-marked cars would be having 4-doors, to put awkward perps in as required. That could be tricky in a coupe.... So they can use sports cars too eh?

Locals had a Civic Type-R as an ANPR car a few years back. And many more years earlier, XR3is and Astra GTEs...

[baldy1926]

Years ago the met had a fully marked up 928 club sport on trail-never saw it driving around but i did see the m3 that they had as well

[vonhosen]

baldy1926 said:

Years ago the met had a fully marked up 928 club sport on trail-never saw it driving around but i did see the m3 that they had as well

It was a 968 CS, not a 928.

[Jon_Bmw]

What would be more tricky, is fitting anyone who has limbs in the back of a GTR!

[EU_Foreigner]

Just kick the front and the force has a 15k repair bill ...

[Puff the magic..]

bryan35 said:

As the SPECs system still records you details and speed,
woulnd't it be ironic if you could use the SPEC's evidence to prove that you weren't speeding?

You could have a try but how would you do it?

Because the SPECS evidence is an average over a distance between the cameras you can do 150mph at the entry or the exit camera yet do a much lower speed for the majority of the measurement zone.

Hence your defence would fail.

It may be ironic but it simply doesn't form a defence.

[S3_Graham]

EU_Foreigner said:

Just kick the front and the force has a 15k repair bill ...

great... useful knowledge you have there.

[Paul_B]

the_lone_wolf said:

Out of interest, as it's an A34 thread, has anyone else spotted a GTR out patrolling the A34?

Saw it stopped pulled over a customer on the northbound carriageway several weeks ago when passing through

Gunmetal grey paint with minimalist battenburg - perhaps on lone from Nissan but if not they're in for a surprise when it has it's first minor bump...

How much do I want that coppers job!! Whereabouts on the A34?

[p1esk]

cptsideways said:

Spotted a few times over the past week, a rather proactive unmarked white BMW 3 series 4 door, seen patrolling from the Oxford end of the A34 down at least to the A303.

Spotted nearly every day this week pulling people over & yesterday seen "driving enthusiaticaly" through the SPECS zone & then pulling someone over. I did'nt say baiting but that would appear to be the case from what I've seen.

Back in the good old days when plod was on a bike we didn't have all this trouble with innocent motorists being victimised.

....and we call this progress?

Best wishes all,
Dave.

[vonhosen]

p1esk said:

cptsideways said:

Spotted a few times over the past week, a rather proactive unmarked white BMW 3 series 4 door, seen patrolling from the Oxford end of the A34 down at least to the A303.

Spotted nearly every day this week pulling people over & yesterday seen "driving enthusiaticaly" through the SPECS zone & then pulling someone over. I did'nt say baiting but that would appear to be the case from what I've seen.

Back in the good old days when plod was on a bike we didn't have all this trouble with innocent motorists being victimised.

....and we call this progress?

Best wishes all,
Dave.

There's nothing in the post that gives the reason they were stopped.

[Ninjaboy]

the_lone_wolf said:

Out of interest, as it's an A34 thread, has anyone else spotted a GTR out patrolling the A34?

Saw it stopped pulled over a customer on the northbound carriageway several weeks ago when passing through

Gunmetal grey paint with minimalist battenburg - perhaps on lone from Nissan but if not they're in for a surprise when it has it's first minor bump...

What a waste of a lovely car

[vonhosen]

Ninjaboy said:

the_lone_wolf said:

Out of interest, as it's an A34 thread, has anyone else spotted a GTR out patrolling the A34?

Saw it stopped pulled over a customer on the northbound carriageway several weeks ago when passing through

Gunmetal grey paint with minimalist battenburg - perhaps on lone from Nissan but if not they're in for a surprise when it has it's first minor bump...

What a waste of a lovely car

At least it'll get used rather than just brought out for a couple of miles on a Sunday morning.

[Ninjaboy]

vonhosen said:

Ninjaboy said:

the_lone_wolf said:

Out of interest, as it's an A34 thread, has anyone else spotted a GTR out patrolling the A34?

Saw it stopped pulled over a customer on the northbound carriageway several weeks ago when passing through

Gunmetal grey paint with minimalist battenburg - perhaps on lone from Nissan but if not they're in for a surprise when it has it's first minor bump...

What a waste of a lovely car

At least it'll get used rather than just brought out for a couple of miles on a Sunday morning.

Used to generally piss the public off and be driven round like yobs on a joy ride.

[vonhosen]

Ninjaboy said:

vonhosen said:

Ninjaboy said:

the_lone_wolf said:

Out of interest, as it's an A34 thread, has anyone else spotted a GTR out patrolling the A34?

Saw it stopped pulled over a customer on the northbound carriageway several weeks ago when passing through

Gunmetal grey paint with minimalist battenburg - perhaps on lone from Nissan but if not they're in for a surprise when it has it's first minor bump...

What a waste of a lovely car

At least it'll get used rather than just brought out for a couple of miles on a Sunday morning.

Used to generally piss the public off and be driven round like yobs on a joy ride.

Oh yeah of course (& it would be put to tremendously good use in your hands )

Edited by vonhosen on Thursday 3rd December 18:23

[Ninjaboy]

vonhosen said:

Ninjaboy said:

vonhosen said:

Ninjaboy said:

the_lone_wolf said:

Out of interest, as it's an A34 thread, has anyone else spotted a GTR out patrolling the A34?

Saw it stopped pulled over a customer on the northbound carriageway several weeks ago when passing through

Gunmetal grey paint with minimalist battenburg - perhaps on lone from Nissan but if not they're in for a surprise when it has it's first minor bump...

What a waste of a lovely car

At least it'll get used rather than just brought out for a couple of miles on a Sunday morning.

Used to generally piss the public off and be driven round like yobs on a joy ride.

Oh yeah of course (& it would be put to tremendously good use in your hands )

Edited by vonhosen on Thursday 3rd December 18:23

Your probably right a mortal like me could never dream to attain the superhuman driving ability of the traffic police.