Increase in unmarked Police Cars
Increase in unmarked Police Cars
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Rocket-man

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76 posts

241 months

Monday 23rd June 2008
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Is it just me or...

...does there seem to be a lot of un-marked Police cars frequenting our roads recently?

I've noticed several unfortunates on the hard shoulder of various motorways recently having been snared by unmarked Police cars.

I just don't think the rules are fair anymore!

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stigmundfreud

22,454 posts

233 months

Monday 23rd June 2008
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the theory being they make you slow down out of paranoia. Reality is you chance your luck same as ever - jam butties on side verges is what we need more of.

VXR_Daz

1,830 posts

243 months

Monday 23rd June 2008
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why are the people being pulled over unfortunate?

Bonnie and Clyde

11,701 posts

215 months

Monday 23rd June 2008
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VXR_Daz said:
why are the people being pulled over unfortunate?




Let me guess, your gonna say we should'nt be speading on public roads, that way we would'nt be pulled over. YES?

VXR_Daz

1,830 posts

243 months

Monday 23rd June 2008
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Bonnie and Clyde said:
VXR_Daz said:
why are the people being pulled over unfortunate?


Let me guess, your gonna say we should'nt be speading on public roads, that way we would'nt be pulled over. YES?


Almost.....

But if you are big enough to do the crime then you are big enough to do the time....

stigmundfreud

22,454 posts

233 months

Monday 23rd June 2008
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Bonnie and Clyde said:
VXR_Daz said:
why are the people being pulled over unfortunate?
Let me guess, your gonna say we should'nt be speading on public roads, that way we would'nt be pulled over. YES?
pretty much, I just tend to stick with the rest of traffic speed sometimes I sneeze and skip a few but once I open my eyes I'm back with the flow

stevieturbo

17,961 posts

270 months

Monday 23rd June 2008
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VXR_Daz said:
Bonnie and Clyde said:
VXR_Daz said:
why are the people being pulled over unfortunate?
Let me guess, your gonna say we should'nt be speading on public roads, that way we would'nt be pulled over. YES?
Almost.....

But if you are big enough to do the crime then you are big enough to do the time....
please define crime ??


just because there are laws, doesnt mean they are justified.

VXR_Daz

1,830 posts

243 months

Monday 23rd June 2008
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stevieturbo said:
VXR_Daz said:
Bonnie and Clyde said:
VXR_Daz said:
why are the people being pulled over unfortunate?


Let me guess, your gonna say we should'nt be speading on public roads, that way we would'nt be pulled over. YES?


Almost.....

But if you are big enough to do the crime then you are big enough to do the time....


please define crime ??


just because there are laws, doesnt mean they are justified.


Crime = A criminal offence, i.e. breaking the law.

And just because you think it isn't justified doesn't mean you have the right to ignore it

stevieturbo

17,961 posts

270 months

Monday 23rd June 2008
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VXR_Daz said:
stevieturbo said:
VXR_Daz said:
Bonnie and Clyde said:
VXR_Daz said:
why are the people being pulled over unfortunate?
Let me guess, your gonna say we should'nt be speading on public roads, that way we would'nt be pulled over. YES?
Almost.....

But if you are big enough to do the crime then you are big enough to do the time....
please define crime ??


just because there are laws, doesnt mean they are justified.
Crime = A criminal offence, i.e. breaking the law.

And just because you think it isn't justified doesn't mean you have the right to ignore it tongue out
Lets face it....almsot every person in the country breaks some law, probably every day.
Do they deserve punished ?? no, because a lot of them are nonsense.

yet the serious criminals, if they ever get caught, dont get punished at all.

Laws only "work" for ( or is it against ) the submissive idiots like us who are fool enough to try and abide by them, and in failing to do so, have our wallets raped.

If you dont care about the law....then it seems, the law doesnt care about them either, and leaves them to it.

S600VXR

5,877 posts

223 months

Monday 23rd June 2008
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Question: Does your Ro with AP's fitted (or good factory setup for those who are poor!) stop quicker than an old austin Allegro...? Take into account the same reaction time and road conditions... now if the Ro and the Alegover passed the same point, Ro doing 40mph and the Alegover doing 30.01mph then both had to emergency brake Im pretty sure the Ro will stop before and first! This is why people ignore the speed limits sometimes as I can stop so fast from 30 it hurts if I really stamp on the brake... also if some stupid person wants to run out in front of me - tough! your going to get hurt and as a result (if you still can walk) you will learn not to do it again. The nanny state we are getting into will mean we are pushing our cars soon.... just in case that illegal immigrant trips over and lays on the road waiting for free emergency aid! Rant over! getmecoat

C8PPO

20,483 posts

226 months

Monday 23rd June 2008
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This topic (the sanctimonious bit) is getting exceedingly boring. It crops up about once an hour, every day, on just about every road vehicle forum which exists.

But as usual, it gives us all the opportunity to congratulate the sanctimonious one (step forward, Daz) for quite clearly having never exceeded a speed limit in their life. Well done, chap, although it strikes me that you may have purchased at least 5000 more cubic centimetres than you really need.

Edited by C8PPO on Monday 23 June 23:38

S600VXR

5,877 posts

223 months

Monday 23rd June 2008
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5050cc actually... my daily runabout corsa (which would seem to suit some "good" people is about 950cc and struggles to top 70 at times! biggrin

chr15b

3,467 posts

213 months

Monday 23rd June 2008
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C8PPO said:
This topic (the sanctimonious bit) is gettingexceedingly boring. It crops up about once an hour, every day, on just about every road vehicle forum which exists.

But usual, it gives us all the opportunity to congratulate the sanctimonious one (step forward, Daz) for quite clearly having never exceeded a speed limit in their life. Well done, chap, although it strikes me that you may have purchased at least 5000 more cubic centimetres than you really need.
i never saw him put he never exceeds the speed limit confused

S600VXR

5,877 posts

223 months

Monday 23rd June 2008
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chr15b said:
C8PPO said:
This topic (the sanctimonious bit) is gettingexceedingly boring. It crops up about once an hour, every day, on just about every road vehicle forum which exists.

But usual, it gives us all the opportunity to congratulate the sanctimonious one (step forward, Daz) for quite clearly having never exceeded a speed limit in their life. Well done, chap, although it strikes me that you may have purchased at least 5000 more cubic centimetres than you really need.
i never saw him put he never exceeds the speed limit confused
Pedantic sod! whistle

C8PPO

20,483 posts

226 months

Monday 23rd June 2008
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chr15b said:
C8PPO said:
This topic (the sanctimonious bit) is gettingexceedingly boring. It crops up about once an hour, every day, on just about every road vehicle forum which exists.

But usual, it gives us all the opportunity to congratulate the sanctimonious one (step forward, Daz) for quite clearly having never exceeded a speed limit in their life. Well done, chap, although it strikes me that you may have purchased at least 5000 more cubic centimetres than you really need.
i never saw him put he never exceeds the speed limit confused
True. He didn't, although it may or may not have been implied.

Still ridiculously sanctimonious though.


C8PPO

20,483 posts

226 months

Monday 23rd June 2008
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As an aside to my commnents above, I went out for a ride on my bike this evening. Lovely weather, just the opportunity for a trip to the coast.

But the ride was spoilt by the permanent (and increasing) paranoia around being caught by some or other form of hidden trap - not when you're doing your best Vale impression, but when your speed just wanders north of the posted limit by a relatively small amount. It took a big edge off my evening and has genuinely made me start to question the wisdom/sanity of owning any sort of high performance vehicle, because, let's face it, you're going to tap into the performance from time to time, and there are considerably more chances of being caught (usually anonymously) now than there ever used to be.

chr15b

3,467 posts

213 months

Monday 23rd June 2008
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S600VXR said:
chr15b said:
C8PPO said:
This topic (the sanctimonious bit) is gettingexceedingly boring. It crops up about once an hour, every day, on just about every road vehicle forum which exists.

But usual, it gives us all the opportunity to congratulate the sanctimonious one (step forward, Daz) for quite clearly having never exceeded a speed limit in their life. Well done, chap, although it strikes me that you may have purchased at least 5000 more cubic centimetres than you really need.
i never saw him put he never exceeds the speed limit confused
Pedantic sod! whistle
why's thatwink

C8PPO

20,483 posts

226 months

Monday 23rd June 2008
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chr15b said:
S600VXR said:
chr15b said:
C8PPO said:
This topic (the sanctimonious bit) is gettingexceedingly boring. It crops up about once an hour, every day, on just about every road vehicle forum which exists.

But usual, it gives us all the opportunity to congratulate the sanctimonious one (step forward, Daz) for quite clearly having never exceeded a speed limit in their life. Well done, chap, although it strikes me that you may have purchased at least 5000 more cubic centimetres than you really need.
i never saw him put he never exceeds the speed limit confused
Pedantic sod! whistle
why's thatwink
Fee-fi-fo-fum..... rolleyes

chr15b

3,467 posts

213 months

Monday 23rd June 2008
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C8PPO said:
chr15b said:
S600VXR said:
chr15b said:
C8PPO said:
This topic (the sanctimonious bit) is gettingexceedingly boring. It crops up about once an hour, every day, on just about every road vehicle forum which exists.

But usual, it gives us all the opportunity to congratulate the sanctimonious one (step forward, Daz) for quite clearly having never exceeded a speed limit in their life. Well done, chap, although it strikes me that you may have purchased at least 5000 more cubic centimetres than you really need.
i never saw him put he never exceeds the speed limit confused
Pedantic sod! whistle
why's thatwink
Fee-fi-fo-fum..... rolleyes
love it!

why is it if you fit into the category where you believe - speed but know you risk being caught, you are instantly wrong?

however in answer to the original question, i've not noticed an increase myself in unmarked cars, but there tend to be a lot of them round Manchester anyway.

Personally i think there should be more police on the road to catch the general bad driving yuo see day to day - i'm talking about the serial tailgators, the drivers who always slow down for the couple of hundred yards where there is a camera, then only to speed up in traffic. The undertakers, i'm not talking about the subtle ones who have the choice of following the outside lane missile for a hour or carefully undertake to proceed on the road, but the ones who carve up all the lanes like their making their way round a f1 circuit.

I dont 'believe' the cameras should go, i believe the cameras should supliment a responsible police presance picking up the other factors that make the roads a dangerous place.

I also believe if a lot more drivers drove like the other cars on the motorway 'might' be a undercover police car waiting to extract some cash from their wallets for their spectacular display of driving, the roads might be safer and better flowing


and whilst i'm on my rant i think the motorway cameras should be used to fine the people who cruise the middle and outer lanes for miles overtaking little or nothing - i mean is it so hard to return left when finished overtaking

rant over biggrin

Edited by chr15b on Monday 23 June 23:55

headhoon

268 posts

242 months

Tuesday 24th June 2008
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VXR_Daz said:
stevieturbo said:
VXR_Daz said:
Bonnie and Clyde said:
VXR_Daz said:
why are the people being pulled over unfortunate?


Let me guess, your gonna say we should'nt be speading on public roads, that way we would'nt be pulled over. YES?


Almost.....

But if you are big enough to do the crime then you are big enough to do the time....


please define crime ??


just because there are laws, doesnt mean they are justified.


Crime = A criminal offence, i.e. breaking the law.

And just because you think it isn't justified doesn't mean you have the right to ignore it



A traffic offence is not a criminal offence. Although they make you feel it is, if it was a criminal offence along with other minor law making legislation covering every aspect of your/our life then it would make every person in the UK a criminal.

Edited by headhoon on Tuesday 24th June 03:04