#Undercover police plates driver

The met generate the speeding tickets for the m25 (from those overhead gantries) I always got an assumption that your counties force patrols that section? But as the M25 itself really belongs to met (whole orbital) most the home counties patrol it (like essex, herts, surrey, kent). I live right next to the m25 and see a lot of unmarked police cars come down. Possibly met or belongs to a special branch (like drugs or something)

Speaking of Dartford, i remember queuing for the tolls (m25 dartford crossing) and a volvo (dunno which one) and a black audi a4 avant came down. This one i see a lot! Icey blue looking lexus always patrolling from Sevenoakes to Dartford. Jaguar (prob 2001?) old looking, but unmarked! Saw it in Surrey nr jnc 9 on the M25.īlue looking ford focus? Saw it near clacket lane services (m25) so could be kents or surrey. This is separate from the cars speedo.įinally we currently use umarked BMW's and still have a couple of Omegas. If you watch Police camera action type programmes and you see the video footage it has a speed displayed in the corner of the screen. It is a rarely used method of speed enforcement as I cannot remeber the last time I drove a police car or rode a police bike that didn't have a calibrated speedo but it does address a comment made earlier that a police car has to have a calibrated speedo.Īll traffic cars also have a second method of measuring speed which is calibrated weekly.

#Undercover police plates driver

It is then up to the magistrate to weigh up our evidence and the account given by the driver accused, some we win and some we lose. They will ask all sorts of questions about our driving experience, level of training, how regularly we drive in excess of the speed limits and other factors that lead us to the conclusion the other car was travelling at the speed we have given our opinion of. It is the same for us, and when it ends up in court we will be questioned by the motorist/defence lawyer/magistrate how we formed that opinion. Similarly when waiting to pull out of a junction you will automatically estimate the speed and distance of an approaching car so you can decide whether to pull out safely. 120 or whatever it may be, you don't think, I bet he's doing 89mph or 91 mph even if he was. You immedialetly think, he must be doing at least 90. Just think back to the last time you were on a motorway or A road and something goes flying past you. It's something every motorist does everyday. No you're right they cannot conclusively say that some one was doing 101mph, but they can say that in their opinion the car was travelling in excess of 100mph, 110 mph, 130 mph etc etc. In their expert opinion I am sure they can confirm the driver was doing more than 70mph but could they conclusively say the driver was exceeding 100mph? If someone is stopped doing what appears to be 101mph on the motorway but the Police car does not have a calibrated speedometer or other speed reading equipment what happens.

Were you dressed like a chav, smart casual or did you look like you had swiped something?:D I hadn't swore!:zx11:Īnyway, a quick 15 min check to see if i was a wanted man, and i was on my way. to which he said 'swear again and you'll be in the back of the van!'. Next thing you know 5 of them pull up and i said theres no need for that kind of language. and when i did turn around he slammed me against the wall. Next thing i know, somebody behind me grabs my arm and says 'let go or i'll break your wrist!'įirstly, i didn't have a clue who it was but let go of the bottle anyhow. I was in Manchester on a night out about 3 weeks ago, Walked out of this club at home time, with half a plastic bottle of Bud'. When its your word against theirs, we lose every time! :( Thanks Rob, As i said, i think he just wanted a chat :D. He only warned you as this could be called 'entrapment' you are not allowed to lead someone into crime so you can arrest them ) he wasn't your typical plod, and it was more of a chat than a telling off. I know the police do this for other types of crime and I still think this too is out of order :zx11: I cannot believe that they are allowed to get away with it.