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Oct 10, 2006 20:22:13 GMT
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odd reg number for an unmarked though i saw a black merc on black plates in York yesterday too - reg no: 61928 - must be diplomatic plates if that is the number it is from Gurnsey diplomatic plates have a small cd in the corner |
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Oct 10, 2006 20:26:17 GMT
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odd reg number for an unmarked though i saw a black merc on black plates in York yesterday too - reg no: 61928 - must be diplomatic plates if that is the number it is from Gurnsey diplomatic plates have a small cd in the corner no that was the entire plate, black plate white numbers i was at waiting traffic lights and wrote it down to check it dvla/c website its not on their computer |
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Someone just shot the elephant in the room. |
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Oct 10, 2006 21:24:17 GMT
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in Durham there is a pursuit drivers course where almost all UK police drivers come for training i often see them 3 up in a new beemer or 605 pug boombing around at silly speeds on 30 MPH roads and there are NO fixed speed cameras Coincidence? Its 406`s they use. But they also go up as far as Edinburgh as part of the training using the A1 and the A68 as well as other back roads. I know that it sometimes involves blue lighting it all the way back as well  Its not just a pursuit drivers course. All drivers in the police that drive a town car up over have to pass this course. If they don't they cant drive anything other than the riot vans. They also have the skid pan at Aykley heads  |
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Oct 10, 2006 21:57:04 GMT
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I used to work in Safeway when I still lived in Berwick - there was usually always a couple of rozzers-in-training being debriefed (fnar) in the car park.
For the uninitiated, Safeway in Berwick was (now Morrisons) right at the roundabout joining the Bypass with the A1 north...So we used to get everyone stopping in :s
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if that is the number it is from Gurnsey diplomatic plates have a small cd in the corner no that was the entire plate, black plate white numbers i was at waiting traffic lights and wrote it down to check it dvla/c website its not on their computer Because the channel islands aren't part of the DVLA system... Which is why my friend smokes around in a Guernsey registered six series and has done for the last three years without a problem on a traders policy. No valid tax or test on the car. As for unmarked cars, there's an Omega runs around Somerset with a W plate, and GB stickers. But it's deffo the five-O. Traffic too. High end Fire Brigade personnel don't have light bars, they do have a magnetic light and sirens though, albeit a different tone to Police and other services. I like Dom's answer to the old 'do you know how fast you were travelling' question, (Yes) hadn't used that before. I always say no comment until they can prove otherwise. I had a very interesting conversation with a senior ranking traffic policeman who informed me of a few tricks that people pull. And if I had to put up with a quarter of the curse word those guys do, I'd explode. In short we all know what the speed limit is, so what the hell? You can be as militant as you want, the law is the law. I've been prosecuted three times, twice in very dodgy circumstances yet I still have faith in the Police, just. It'll be a sad day when I fully lose it, and time for me to leavethe country I suspect. |
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Volvo, Buggy, Discovery and an old tractor.
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The plod often get you to "admit" to speeding if they didnt manage to get a clear reading of your speed, i.e ask you how fast you were going, and when you reply 90mph thats classed as an admission of guilt and is enough to prosecute you on. Best to tell them you don't know how fast you were going, like in this case. No, because if you adnmit to not knowing your speed that is "Driving without due care and Attention" .... better beleive it If you are ever stopped when you know you are speeding and you are not sure that they know (They have just joined on a slip road as you come past then Lights etc) The immortal line "Do youknow what speed you were doing?" Should be answered "Yes" thereby fullfilling your legal obligations ;D They really don't like it though so if you have anything dodgy on the car be prepared for some grief If they don't find anything and cant do you and are really stroppy then Taking their number and reporting them for "wasting police time" is a good one...... but not if you live in their area I love Police me "do you know how fast you were going sir?" "yes" "ive noticed your headlight is broken, thats an offence you know" "Its not broken officer!" *SMASH* |
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1987 Maestro 1.6 HL perkins diesel conversion 1986 Audi 100 Avant 1800cc on LPG 1979 Allegro Series 2 special 4 door 1500cc with vynil roof. IN BITS. HERITAGE ISSUES.  |
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I think its far too old to be a police car. if it were 7 years old if would be pushing 500,000+. it would have been binned far before it got to this milage. i think that it was someone messing around. Very strange though Guy Whilst working for a car hire company we got a call from a dealer that had an enquiry from the fuzz asking about low mileage, 3 year old + cars for use as undercover cars  Has anyone got that picture of the old shape M5 that the met bought for use on the M25? It had a personal plate and a BMW dealer tax disc holder  The same company supplies cars on hire to the NHS and the Fire Service and they can and do order pretty much anything as their own car, and depending on their job they can fit the +2s and go razzing about the place. It's not long since the government issued guidelines qualifying who could actually have blue lights and who couldn't as they'd started proliferating a bit ;D I just realised something ... ...this car is NOT a 'Government Vehcile'! If it was you would NOT have had anything appear on the DVLA reg check Why not? Slightly different I know, but at work during a slow moment I was looking at one of those pictures of crashed car websites and we HPI'd a blatantly write off fodder uniform Focus from one of the photos. The traders site gave us the full details and that it was still on the road (predictably). Plus any of the government cars that are hired to them (even the NHS tax exempt ones) just have normal V5s and would appear in the hire companies' name on any check. That includes ambulances, paramedic cars, fire service cars and police cars |
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We've got local plod using a K-plate Corsa and until recently a similarly "old" Nissan Primera. Sneaky b'stards! They seem to use the Corsa for catching 16 year olds riding dangerously on scooters.
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My fleet:
Suzuki GSX-R600Y SRAD with bald, melted tyres
A borrowed Mondeo
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in Durham there is a pursuit drivers course where almost all UK police drivers come for training i often see them 3 up in a new beemer or 605 pug boombing around at silly speeds on 30 MPH roads and there are NO fixed speed cameras Coincidence? Its 406`s they use. But they also go up as far as Edinburgh as part of the training using the A1 and the A68 as well as other back roads. I know that it sometimes involves blue lighting it all the way back as well Its not just a pursuit drivers course. All drivers in the police that drive a town car up over have to pass this course. If they don't they cant drive anything other than the riot vans. They also have the skid pan at Aykley heads gotta try out that skid pan - oh, sorry officer i thought it was the car park ;D |
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Someone just shot the elephant in the room. |
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Has anyone got that picture of the old shape M5 that the met bought for use on the M25? It had a personal plate and a BMW dealer tax disc holder 
