Policeman accused of 11 speeding offences

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...on the same day.

as well as four counts of failing to comply with traffic lights and one charge of failing to comply with a traffic sign.

This cropped up in the local paper and rather intrigued me. Offences include driving at 101, 118, 122mph, as well as 86 and 75 (in a 30),

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/crime/norfolk-policem...

Appearance at magistrates court scheduled for February. Will be interesting to see what went on here (my guess - he was on duty, somebody reported his driving, his superiors had a look at what else he'd been up to...maybe).

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jonwm said:

Seems ott - watching traffic cops there was an officer doing 150mph on the motorway to get to a report of a crash where other units were already in attendance, surely that's not classed as an genuine reason for that kind of speed?

An interesting point, though from watching various programmes - traffic cops, police interceptors et al - it does seem quite normal for them to make their way to incidents at such speeds, more often than not there seems to be other officers there when they arrive, but perhaps there are just seconds or the odd minute or so between arrivals.

I was interested in what Greendubber said earlier - maybe the officer in this case was driving above his grade. I assume the standard officer being able to drive +20 above the speed limit refers to your typical local response officer. I've certainly seen local (non roads policing) cars driven well above the +20 at times but maybe these officers have different levels or standards. In the past you would have local 'panda' cars (maybe a fiesta or Astra) and the bigger 'area' cars (maybe a BMW or similar) but they don't seem to do that now.

Certainly in Norfolk the local officers mainly seem to drive Focus or Astra estates. Not uncommon to see them flying around at well above the +20mph, though on another day you will see a couple of PCSOs in one, so I assume the level of driver in them varies widely.

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Bigends said:

Will those Focuses or Astras hit 122mph?

Parkers (may not be totally accurate...) has - Ford Focus Estate (2011 - 2018) 1.5 TDCi (120bhp) Style 5d at a max 120mph.

Obviously they may not have that engine but looking at the choices I'm thinking it's the most likely.