Cop standing by road with a speedgun

taximike · 18 Jul 2010 at 23:23

Am I right in saying that if a uniformed officer is just standing by the roadside holding some kind of speed measuring device that if they clock you over the speed limit they have to send a patrol car / bike to pull you over and they are not allowed to send NIP in the post?

I thought post was just for speed cameras be they mobile or fixed.

Lakeland · 18 Jul 2010 at 23:29

You sure it wasn't a community speed enforcer (I think that's what they're called?)

Either way, I think they have to stop you on the spot if they don't have video evidence?

taximike · 18 Jul 2010 at 23:32

No idea - was Hill Lane in Southampton just before midnight, guy in a reflective jacket holding a speed-gun. Didn't get pulled over, doubt I'll get anything in the post but just double checking!

Pete19s · 18 Jul 2010 at 23:32

One of the drivers at work was clocked doing 36 in a 30 by an officer with a hand-held speedgun. Received a NIP in the post. I had always believed that they had to pull you over and give you a ticket.

Kenai · 18 Jul 2010 at 23:37

taximike said:
No idea - was Hill Lane in Southampton just before midnight, guy in a reflective jacket holding a speed-gun. Didn't get pulled over, doubt I'll get anything in the post but just double checking!

You want to be careful there, they do that road a lot as it's very easy to go over the 30 limit, feels much more like a 40 road.

TS7 · 19 Jul 2010 at 00:54

Not always although that is the most common procedure.

daniel101191 · 19 Jul 2010 at 23:42

If they are volunteers (they usually wear fluresent jackets and are more than 1 of them, most of the time they have deck chairs lol. Anyway, they just send you a letter, cant do ****. So if he/she was one of them you would be fine...

ubersonic · 20 Jul 2010 at 08:24

Are they still allowed to use hand held speed guns without a tripod? O.o

Mucky_Pup · 20 Jul 2010 at 08:37

I'm awaiting to see if anything has happened when I came across a police officer sitting in his car pointing the gun at motorway traffic, when I was tonking it up the outside lane on the way back from Nottingham last Sunday, lol.

The Mad Rapper · 20 Jul 2010 at 09:03

Lakeland said:
You sure it wasn't a community speed enforcer (I think that's what they're called?)

Either way, I think they have to stop you on the spot if they don't have video evidence?

I saw a news piece on this some time ago. Basically, the Community Enforcers just make a note of the registration and forward it to the Police who send you a warning letter, advising you to observe posted speed limits. If there are multiple breaches then one morning you'll find it's the boys in blue holding the speed gun instead, and you're buggered

Hawk Tuah · 20 Jul 2010 at 09:57

I've seen a big surge in cops using hand held speed guns recently.

mast3r · 20 Jul 2010 at 11:18

Once upon a time, last year, en route to the office, the usual route of which speed is normally something of great, i found myself stuck behind a Sunday Driver, coming upto the National > 30MPH Sign i spotted a man propped up against the Speed Sign with a Hair Dryer, i lol'd thinking he must've escaped from the nut house, then i noticed it was a copper, further down the lane, there they were, a flock of them waving in any speeding drivers, on the spot...

Lucky i was stuck behind said Sunday Driver.

EDIT - PS, Bugone, i still find myself looking at your portfolio just to see the missus (if she is your missus) those 100 hits, must all be me.

rotters · 20 Jul 2010 at 11:22

hill lane and winchester road get done a lot....and yes i been caught...0700 easter sunday morning.

rotters

Hawk Tuah · 20 Jul 2010 at 11:34

mast3r said:
EDIT - PS, Bugone, i still find myself looking at your portfolio just to see the missus (if she is your missus) those 100 hits, must all be me.

Ha ha, yes she's still my missus. I should really add the pictures of her with the Baja to the profile.

I took them before I 'ruined' her. She's now 6 months pregnant, so is a bit more rounded.

taximike · 20 Jul 2010 at 12:05

rotters said:
hill lane and winchester road get done a lot....and yes i been caught...0700 easter sunday morning.

rotters

Postal NIP or flagged down at the roadside? Until now I've only ever seen them on the avenue with the handhelds.

mast3r · 20 Jul 2010 at 15:19

Bug One said:
Ha ha, yes she's still my missus. I should really add the pictures of her with the Baja to the profile.

I took them before I 'ruined' her. She's now 6 months pregnant, so is a bit more rounded.

Screen Shot or it never happened!

Kenai · 20 Jul 2010 at 17:38

taximike said:
Postal NIP or flagged down at the roadside? Until now I've only ever seen them on the avenue with the handhelds.

Don't know about postal or stopped but they do indeed target Hill Lane and Winchester Road a lot, The Avenue stuff is normally an ANPR team though with a few bikes and sometimes a pursuit car up nearer The Cowherds rather than for speeding.