Traffic Cops BBC1 2-9-10

[monman321]

Just a heads up for this tonight (THURSDAY) at 9pm, always a good source of discussion on here.

[Laurel Green]

Yup, have the PVR set to record it as, will be watching the last installment in The Hunt for Britain's Sex Traffickers on C4.

[killsta]

Laurel Green said:

Yup, have the PVR set to record it as, will be watching the last installment in The Hunt for Britain's Sex Traffickers on C4.

That's on C4+1 at 10pm....

[Laurel Green]

killsta said:

That's on C4+1 at 10pm....

Silly me, so it is. Never used it before so might give it a go this evening. Cheers!

[Jonny671]

What was that crazy road they caught up with the Impreza on? Motorway with no central reservation?

That Mercedes was shifting some too.. Thing that annoys me is each of these bds have no insurance, when people like me pay £2500 a year

[XG332]

Jonny671 said:

What was that crazy road they caught up with the Impreza on? Motorway with no central reservation?

What is with that?

[jas xjr]

Jonny671 said:

What was that crazy road they caught up with the Impreza on? Motorway with no central reservation?

That Mercedes was shifting some too.. Thing that annoys me is each of these bds have no insurance, when people like me pay £2500 a year

it is called the Aston expressway. I think it is the A38

[Jonny671]

jas xjr said:

Jonny671 said:

What was that crazy road they caught up with the Impreza on? Motorway with no central reservation?

That Mercedes was shifting some too.. Thing that annoys me is each of these bds have no insurance, when people like me pay £2500 a year

it is called the Aston expressway. I think it is the A38

How did that road ever get through the Health&Safety Daily Wail brigade in this Country? Does it work well or is it abit mental?

[omgus]

At no point has anyone ever found themselves in lane 1 of the other side, never.

[anonymous-user]

It's a tidal flow IIRC, so the number of lanes heading in each direction can change depending on the time of day, there's always one lane kept clear to seperate the two sets of traffic, so it's not quote like a single carriageway. Odd to drive on though.

[Deva Link]

Jonny671 said:

That Mercedes was shifting some too..

I would have expected the owner to have been charged with permitting though, or else the driver should have been done for TWOCing. Seems very slack to me.

And the Audi story was weird - I didn't expect the driver to get it back.

[Laurel Green]

Deva Link said:

And the Audi story was weird - I didn't expect the driver to get it back.

That sounded right dodgy. Personally, it sounded as if the trader was in on it. Him and the mate that he lent the car to and, not reporting it stolen until after the mate had sold the car on, thus coming up clean when being HPI'd.

[Deva Link]

Laurel Green said:

Deva Link said:

And the Audi story was weird - I didn't expect the driver to get it back.

That sounded right dodgy. Personally, it sounded as if the trader was in on it. Him and the mate that he lent the car to and, not reporting it stolen until after the mate had sold the car on, thus coming up clean when being HPI'd.

What would the trader gain from doing that?

The only scenario I can think of is that he leaned on the guy who sold it to hand over the money.

[dudleybloke]

jas xjr said:

Jonny671 said:

What was that crazy road they caught up with the Impreza on? Motorway with no central reservation?

it is called the Aston distressway!

EFA!

[Laurel Green]

Deva Link said:

What would the trader gain from doing that?

The only scenario I can think of is that he leaned on the guy who sold it to hand over the money.

At a guess; pocket half the money from the sale, plus, reselling the car once returned by police.

[EDLT]

I didn't know a Mercedes C220 could do 140mph!

[killsta]

EDLT said:

I didn't know a Mercedes C220 could do 140mph!

A C220 diesel from what I recall. Which have a book top speed of between 130 and 139mph apparently

[North West Tom]

It was a C180 wasn't it?

[AdeTuono]

It was a C220, and when they were booking him they said his speed was 133-134 mph.

[va1o]

It was a C220 CDI, it would probably hit 140 downhill but its official top speed is something like 136

Soon to be for sale under the MB Approved Used scheme no doubt.

Edited by va1o on Saturday 4th September 19:44