Odd Cop cars on M4 this morning.

[Saabaholic]

Hi all,

0815 this morning. M4 J11 heading london bound.
Saw blue lights in my mirror a long way off, and could see people clearing the outside lane for a very fast Police car. Then all of a sudden a Mini Cooper S with hidden blues comes flying past at easily 120mph. I have never seen a Police car travelling so fast in real life. He was gone in just seconds. Then maybe 30seconds behind him comes a high top white dirty unmarked Merc Sprinter van (with hidden blues on) doing i would estimate approx 110mph. He was absolutely hauling ass. Had to have been tuned up to go that fast for a van.

Left me wondering what that was all about. Maybe some kind of training session ?.

[Saabaholic]

red_slr said:

Was the mini green?

Honestly cannot remember. Was just shocked that it passed SO fast.
Given it was rush hr, that could have really gone Pete Tong if some muppet pulled out into the outside lane.

[Saabaholic]

Uppy89 said:

To be fair there are a lot of assumptions these were unmarked Police vehicles. There are a lot of other people/organisations that can also use them and several of these would likely be unmarked and could use vans.

•for police purposes (but not necessarily a police vehicle, e.g. search and rescue)
•for fire brigade purposes (but not necessarily a fire brigade vehicle)
•for ambulance purposes (but not necessarily an ambulance vehicle, e.g. cave rescue)
•as an ambulance for moving sick, injured or disabled people
•by a specialist company for fire salvage work
•by the Forestry Commission for fire fighting
•by local councils for fire fighting
•for bomb disposal
•for nuclear accidents
•by the RAF mountain rescue
•by the National Blood Service
•by HM Coastguard
•for mine rescue
•by the RNLI for launching lifeboats
•for moving around human organs
•by Revenue and Customs for serious crime
•for mountain rescue purposes
•by the military special forces (e.g. The SAS) for a national security emergency

I could be wrong. But i thought it was only the Police, and Ambulance service that are allowed to break the speed limit. ?.