Passing a Police Van Convoy

[Daemul]

Hi, new poster here. I came across a situation yesterday when driving to work where I came across a envoy of three police vans.

They weren't escorting anything nor did they have the emergency blue lights on so I assume it was just a routine drive. The issue was that I found myself in a situation where I needed to pass and overtake one of the vans in order to make it to the off ramp that led to my place of work, but I was too afraid to since I thought I would be stopped and get into trouble, so instead I passed off ramp and ended up late for work.

Was I being overcautious in this situation even though there looked like there was no reason to be? Or did I do the right thing?

Any advice welcome

[Daemul]

Pica-Pica said:

It doesn’t sound like a case of being over cautious, more a case of lack of forward planning. You know the route, I presume, so just wait behind. It does not matter if they were a group of police vans or other motorists, if there was no space to pass and then pull in to exit, then just wait.

Thanks for the response. Yeah I think forward planning was also an issue, but there also was actually space between the 2nd and 3rd van available for me to use in order to pass, which is something I should have put in my OP. But I was too afraid to use it and exit since I thought I might be breaking some taboo by getting inbetween Police Vans.

Edited by Daemul on Saturday 18th September 16:08