Undercover cop with personalised plate?

[aeytr5]

Been idly watching YouTube and came across a compilation of cars crossing the Rufford Ford in Notts. I have always been under the impression that, if that plod-looking black 5 series on the motorway has a personalised plate, it isn't a copper... but skip to 1:28 in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU7wg_mRc3s , and there is an apparently undercover car with blues on and numberplate 'L18 GHH'. The other thing which threw me off is that the car is MOT'd, and I thought that police cars had their own inspections and did not need an MOT.

Is this some with blues on his Audi, or has spotting an undercover just got much harder?

[aeytr5]

Thanks all - interesting stuff. Hadn’t realised that this is how it works for senior fire staff. Only reason I immediately thought police is as, in my part of the world, almost all unmarked traffic cars are Audi A4/6s and BMW 5 series. Actually seen brand new S4 Avants on the A3/A31 behind pulled over cars.
Re the Fiesta and 307cc comments... the only surprising car that I’ve seen out of London was a blue Ford Galaxy flying down the hard shoulder with lights on. It’s inside London that everything gets scary and unpredictable... Seen various Mercedes, Range Rovers and even a Golf GTI.

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MattyD803 said:

Sorry a bit off topic, but I do love these videos.....most suprising for me is just how susceptible the taller VW Crafters / Sprinter vans are to water ingress.....admittedly they are not always driven correctly, but I'd still have expected the air intakes to be tucked under the scuttle.....but obviously not! The often get out waded by things like low slung saloons!

Strangely addictive, huh? I agree though. There is definitely driver error in most cases, but it is strange that an S5 Cabriolet can pass through unharmed and a LWB high-roof Sprinter cuts out at the first drip. Cannot understand why people think that slamming into the water and flooring it is the solution though... forcing water up the bonnet and creating a huge bow-wave is obviously going to flood it.