Pulled by plod today

[simonspider]

Was coming back from Lambo Manchester today on the M62 when I notice one of those very annoying 'Traffic 'Officer' Shoguns that most people think are the Police. There must have been a 200yd tailback of people not wanting to overtake so I pulled alongside (he was in the middle lane) and floored it in 4th and left him standing. 10 mins later and plod in an X5 appears in my rear view and immediatly pulls me near Rochdale. Very nice chap simply asked for my docs and asked why I was goading his colleagues in the highways dept.Apparently the guy had contacted the Police and said I sped away at 120mph. Yea Right.Anyway he had a sit in the Lambo, then a look around and saw the little black box at the front on the grill. 'Parking sensor I suppose?' he says smiling. 'Umm of course officer' I said. 'Go on, on your way' with a grin, and off I went.
So the moral is don't take the p*ss out of the Highways agency guys

[simonspider]

sjn2004 said:

simonspider said:

Was coming back from Lambo Manchester today on the M62 when I notice one of those very annoying 'Traffic 'Officer' Shoguns that most people think are the Police. There must have been a 200yd tailback of people not wanting to overtake so I pulled alongside (he was in the middle lane) and floored it in 4th and left him standing. 10 mins later and plod in an X5 appears in my rear view and immediatly pulls me near Rochdale. Very nice chap simply asked for my docs and asked why I was goading his colleagues in the highways dept.Apparently the guy had contacted the Police and said I sped away at 120mph. Yea Right.Anyway he had a sit in the Lambo, then a look around and saw the little black box at the front on the grill. 'Parking sensor I suppose?' he says smiling. 'Umm of course officer' I said. 'Go on, on your way' with a grin, and off I went.
So the moral is don't take the p*ss out of the Highways agency guys

You need to be careful around there, there is a Police station at Birch Services on the north bound side. They quite often wait on the slip road on the Heywood/Middleton exit. How did the X5 catch you up anyway?

I saw him a good half a mile behind, I think he'd been on a slip road but I slowed right down when I saw him. Those highway guys are on £25k a year according to an article I read. Quite a good job for cruising up and down coning stuff off etc. Am I the only one who thinks they go overboard 'overconing' everything? They put their cones absolutely everywhere.

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f308 man said:

i apologise for the hijack of your thread, simon .... but by chance i will be passing Xscape at no earlier than 8:30pm tomorrow evening.


wanted: one sofa to rent, one night only ... apply within.

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Dave/Steve I'm in Italy Thursday till Sunday at the factory so can't do it this time