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Made the journey back down home to Herts from Scotland last night and in all my years of traipsing up and down the country I've never seen so many police cars out and about and pulling folk over!
Many times I never see a single marked car, but I passed 6 cars which had been pulled over, and saw at least the same again on bridges, parked on slip roads, and in those special spots they have. I reckon a few folks got off to a shite start to the new year!
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They do this regularly where I am.
They routinely 'swamp' the M6 Toll, 2 camera vans and about 12 police cars, majority unmarked 330d Tourers. Last year I was in convoy with 6 of them lol. Around here it's mainly catching uninsured, banned, druggies, or drunks. A big lay-by near me had around 8 cars that looked to have been either seized or driver nicked. Also seen Vosa doing checks on cars that have been pulled over. Admittedly those are the things I would like seeing more off, rather than just speeding. |
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Thankfully, I'd taken the hint early on, and with the weather absolutely foul I'd set cruise on 80 and just relaxed.
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Yeah between vans on bridges and marked and unmarked cars I gave up trying to make progress between Gretna and Glasgow, and no matter what I just go on cruise control and 75 there. The wife got pulled over about 3 years back and my last points were from a van on a bridge there about 8 years back.
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I can't remember the laws now on this... do they have to witness driving which leads to a suspicion of drink driving in order to breath test, or is it that they can decide to randomly pull anyone over for a test?
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I thought they changed it so they could randomly pull anyone? I maybe wrong on this though.
Are the vans out at night, or do they only operate in daylight hours? |
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Vans are staffed by civilians and only work daylight hours. Though it may actually just be more office hours as I've never seen one out in the evening during summer.
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There may have been vans or vehicles using ANPR and only pulling the vehicles that are showing as no tax, insurance, MOT, and then checking for alcohol once stopped.
More than likely on that day due to the abundance of people travelling home after staying with family or friends over xmas period. It's all good in my eyes, as the more uninsured drivers they pull, the less chance they have of hitting your vehicle and not being able to pay for repairs. Rozzers only pull people over due to the manner of their driving, or the results of checks that they have already done, trust me. |
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Get a few operations like that round here
Police turn up en mass and use ANPR motorbikes marked cars etc. Thankfully they're more after the uninsured unregistered known offenders etc. The rationale being that outlaws won't stick to the rules of the road either. Speaking to alocal beat officer where I used to work stated that as well as motoring they caught several burglars ,one of which was still carrying his loot in the back of the car and seized an assortment of weapons. Don't mind that sort of operation in all honesty - think it's worth doing.
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I used to get stopped all the time when I was young, we'd go for hoons in the Dales late at night and they'd chase us and when they'd caught up , tell us to go home etc.... Ah the good old days....
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I would still try my luck in court... I have been told many times, also have a good friend who is a traffic cop, that they always allow 10% + 3mph, weather permitting. I managed to get off a speeding offence on the M62 many years ago due to an incompetent traffic officer.
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