Embarrassing moment for Plod
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I was passenger in a car on the M6 Toll yesterday, we were sat behind an unmarked S60 who appeared to be keeping close tabs on a Transit in front.
Lo and behold, a couple of miles before the toll itself, a marked car flies up behind us, then puts himself right behind the unmarked one.
As we pull up to the toll, two more marked V70s, blues and twos on, fly up and block the booth being used by the van and an officer runs up and talks to the van driver (by this time it looks like some kind of major incident!).
Van driver is allowed to proceed through the toll with the unmarked car behind and pulls over on the hard shoulder a couple of hundred yards ahead.
The two marked V70s are left behind the toll barrier, so queue up and wait for the woman to lift the gate, which she duly does. Sadly for V70 No2, the toll barrier only lifts for one car, so when he tries to dart through behind the first car, down comes the barrier onto his bonnet and everything comes to a sudden halt.
Then you have this hilarious moment where the Police officer obviously has a very red face, the toll supervisor woman who's been running around like a headless chicken doesn't know whether to raise the barrier or be arrested and everyone else is chuckling like f*ck. Shouldn't have laughed, but it was a real Mr. Bean moment.
No idea what the incident was, as soon as all the Police got through the toll, all but the unmarked car buggered off.
Lo and behold, a couple of miles before the toll itself, a marked car flies up behind us, then puts himself right behind the unmarked one.
As we pull up to the toll, two more marked V70s, blues and twos on, fly up and block the booth being used by the van and an officer runs up and talks to the van driver (by this time it looks like some kind of major incident!).
Van driver is allowed to proceed through the toll with the unmarked car behind and pulls over on the hard shoulder a couple of hundred yards ahead.
The two marked V70s are left behind the toll barrier, so queue up and wait for the woman to lift the gate, which she duly does. Sadly for V70 No2, the toll barrier only lifts for one car, so when he tries to dart through behind the first car, down comes the barrier onto his bonnet and everything comes to a sudden halt.
Then you have this hilarious moment where the Police officer obviously has a very red face, the toll supervisor woman who's been running around like a headless chicken doesn't know whether to raise the barrier or be arrested and everyone else is chuckling like f*ck. Shouldn't have laughed, but it was a real Mr. Bean moment.
No idea what the incident was, as soon as all the Police got through the toll, all but the unmarked car buggered off.
Dwight VanDriver said:
Must have been a T-PAC training exercise.
No Plod in his right mind would allow a 'villan' to drive forward.....collar first - move after.
dvd
No Plod in his right mind would allow a 'villan' to drive forward.....collar first - move after.
dvd
Not sure, the van was liveried up with a local builder/plumber type service. I didn't see if the potential villian was removed from the van's drivers seat then the van was moved, which might have been the case.
for the barrier incident10 Pence Short said:
I was passenger in a car on the M6 Toll yesterday, we were sat behind an unmarked S60 who appeared to be keeping close tabs on a Transit in front.
Lo and behold, a couple of miles before the toll itself, a marked car flies up behind us, then puts himself right behind the unmarked one.
As we pull up to the toll, two more marked V70s, blues and twos on, fly up and block the booth being used by the van and an officer runs up and talks to the van driver (by this time it looks like some kind of major incident!).
Van driver is allowed to proceed through the toll with the unmarked car behind and pulls over on the hard shoulder a couple of hundred yards ahead.
The two marked V70s are left behind the toll barrier, so queue up and wait for the woman to lift the gate, which she duly does. Sadly for V70 No2, the toll barrier only lifts for one car, so when he tries to dart through behind the first car, down comes the barrier onto his bonnet and everything comes to a sudden halt.
Then you have this hilarious moment where the Police officer obviously has a very red face, the toll supervisor woman who's been running around like a headless chicken doesn't know whether to raise the barrier or be arrested and everyone else is chuckling like f*ck. Shouldn't have laughed, but it was a real Mr. Bean moment.
No idea what the incident was, as soon as all the Police got through the toll, all but the unmarked car buggered off.
shame you dident have a cam.Lo and behold, a couple of miles before the toll itself, a marked car flies up behind us, then puts himself right behind the unmarked one.
As we pull up to the toll, two more marked V70s, blues and twos on, fly up and block the booth being used by the van and an officer runs up and talks to the van driver (by this time it looks like some kind of major incident!).
Van driver is allowed to proceed through the toll with the unmarked car behind and pulls over on the hard shoulder a couple of hundred yards ahead.
The two marked V70s are left behind the toll barrier, so queue up and wait for the woman to lift the gate, which she duly does. Sadly for V70 No2, the toll barrier only lifts for one car, so when he tries to dart through behind the first car, down comes the barrier onto his bonnet and everything comes to a sudden halt.
Then you have this hilarious moment where the Police officer obviously has a very red face, the toll supervisor woman who's been running around like a headless chicken doesn't know whether to raise the barrier or be arrested and everyone else is chuckling like f*ck. Shouldn't have laughed, but it was a real Mr. Bean moment.
No idea what the incident was, as soon as all the Police got through the toll, all but the unmarked car buggered off.
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