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Apr 15, 2008 22:21:01 GMT
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call me thick if you want i know the motorway limit is 70mph but is there a bit of leaway. only asking as i was following a highway agency jeep up the motorway tonight next thing this 3.5T van came speeding past up the fast lane and i thought these highway jeeps were part of the old bill
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tri
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Apr 15, 2008 22:35:19 GMT
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Nah, Highway jeeps don't have the authority to do anything afaik, though don't quote me on that as I'm not sure exactly WHAT they do
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I forgot how to retro...
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Apr 15, 2008 23:24:51 GMT
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I think they have the authority to clear debris from the carriageway (if the police come and help them) other than that, nah, wombles with hi viz. ;D
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in
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topi
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It's a race car officer, I swear!
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They are fun to annoy But basically just clear up, and let the police know of any bad people heading their way
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From my experience they are totally useless, and like security guards they get a uniform and a radio and go power crazy
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I've found in life if someone is an idiot, they generally stay and idiot.
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these muppets are a PITA
drivers think they are police vehicles ( especially in the dark, when the chevrons on the rear reflect for 1/2 mile or so) and they sit behind at 69 MPH, not daring to overtake.
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Someone just shot the elephant in the room.
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I'd always imagined that a lot of them are former coppers, 'retired' on full pensions and doing it as a side-line. A lot of people don't know the difference between them and the Police though.
I think they're a good thing for rush-hour, when aggressive numpties insist on driving far too close to each and have shunts on same parts of the M6/62/60. the Land Cruisers should be used more effectively -Big ploughs to clear stuff off the carriageway!
You certainly see fewer Police cars on the motorways than you used to, which, in budget-conscious times, is possibly in recognition that people travelling at slightly above the speed limit on quiet, empty motorways aren't necessarily a big problem.
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Last Edit: Apr 16, 2008 9:24:39 GMT by mcbodge
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They do have an indirect link to the motorway police, so if you scream past one at 145mph and your passenger is mooning at them out the window, you can expect to have a copper looking out for you! However they can't pull you over, they're just there to help keep the motorway running - clearing debris, helping with brakedowns etc.
I'll quite happily overtake one at 80-85, along with the queue of cars they've built up behind them. They don't carry video equipment or nuffink.
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Never trust a man Who names himself Trevor. Or one day you might find He's not a real drug dealer.
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sparko
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good to know ;D
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Apr 16, 2008 12:01:06 GMT
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they can pull you over if your vehicle is unsafe eg unstable load etc
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speed limitDarrenW
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Apr 16, 2008 12:48:08 GMT
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call me thick if you want I know the motorway limit is 70mph but is there a bit of leaway. Technically, no - you can get prosecuted for doing 71mph. But that never happens, Police Officers aren't daft and know that nobody sticks to 70 rigidly. I've never seen someone come through our court for doing less than about 80. If you're caught doing over 90 though there's a big difference in the penalty you'll receive (the fine etc) and you're far more likely to get some sort of disqualification
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Lex
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Apr 16, 2008 13:07:58 GMT
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My dad once got caught for doing over 100, and was followed by a policeman, and when my dad pulled into a service station the policeman followed him and said he saw he was handling the car well at those speeds and said 'i didnt see you break the speed limit but that was way before I was born... I guess times have changed now.
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Apr 16, 2008 13:36:25 GMT
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i usually bumble past coppers doing 80ish, never had a problem. only ever been pulled once and that was because i was quite rightly using the whole of the road at 4 in the morning, it was a country lane. he thought i might be drunk
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tri
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Apr 16, 2008 13:46:04 GMT
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My dad once got caught for doing over 100, and was followed by a policeman, and when my dad pulled into a service station the policeman followed him and said he saw he was handling the car well at those speeds and said 'i didnt see you break the speed limit but that was way before I was born... I guess times have changed now. I dunno, "someone I know who most certainly wasn't me on my way back from my girlfriends dorm in Cambridge" went past a hidden copper on the A1M at 110 at about 3:30-4am last spring, was nearly a urine soaked drivers' seat situation until someone in an Audi towed past, followed by the cop I'd just passed and they were both doing 120+. He didnt have his blues and twos on or anything, and when I got the Peterborough services they were just both parked up in the car park talking, dude wasn't in the back of the car, so guessing he was just getting an earful. All depends on the circumstances I guess: the guy wasn't drifting across the lanes or driving erraticly or anything. I suppose it's a different story at that time of night, too.
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I forgot how to retro...
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Apr 16, 2008 14:00:48 GMT
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I have been told that some or all highways 4x4s are equipped with cameras that can be used as evidence in court. Not sure how much truth there is in that but its something to think about!
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Apr 16, 2008 15:46:28 GMT
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I was always under the impression that they were like community support officers but for motorways .I've always gone past them when they cruise at 69.9999999 mph laughting at the tail backs behind them.
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Apr 16, 2008 17:32:32 GMT
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I'm saying nothing, I've just applied to join......
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speed limitBenzBoy
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Apr 16, 2008 17:44:27 GMT
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I've always found them to be decent enough - when I detonated my friend's Pug 306 on the motorway they came over to see if I was alright, gave me a space blanket as it was sub-zero that day, and called the AA to get the patrol to hurry up. That last bit of "help" wasn't really that good, because the AA guy had obviously been bombarded with calls to get to me whilst being stuck in traffic. So by the time he got to me and the motorway patrol had b*ggered off, he was in a right foul mood. I suspect that they stop at breakdowns to see if the driver has recovery cover, and if they don't, call the towtruck and hand over a bill for a couple of hundred quid.
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Apr 17, 2008 10:00:20 GMT
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Same here, only experienced them once when sat on hard shoulder after my mates nova threw the cambelt off on the way to santa pod.
They stopped, made sure we were ok and had phoned recovery, gave safety advice about staying on the green side of the barrier,etc (which we knew already), put some cones round the car, then toddled off.
When we saw them pulling in behind us we expected some grief or someone on a power trip but all in all very polite and would have been reasuring for my friend if she was travelling on her own as panics and goes to peices if anything goes wrong.
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speed limitBenzBoy
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Apr 17, 2008 10:08:28 GMT
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When we saw them pulling in behind us we expected some grief or someone on a power trip but all in all very polite and would have been reasuring for my friend if she was travelling on her own as panics and goes to peices if anything goes wrong. Yea I thought the same - saw them pull up and thought "here we go..." but they were really helpful (well, apart from p*ssing off the AA man!) ;D
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