Okay to overtake a police car?
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If this is on a motorway then not a problem, if it was an A road for example there's no point because as soon as you get to any traffic and need to slow down the emergency vehicle will catch you straight back up and now you'll be in their way.
I drive a fire appliance and have had cars try and outrun me, I haven't had one beat me yet.
I often wonder if the old bill enjoy sitting on a motorway in the inside lane doing 62mph knowing all the ***** munchers on the road will be too scared to overtake them and thefore block up all the lanes doing a steady 60mph. I often imagine plod sitting there captivated by the sight oif queuing traffic in their rear view mirrors cackling at the power they think they have over motorway traffic, quite probably this is why they pull people over who actually overtake as it dents their pride and disrupts their rolling road block?
thats not an excuse, its an description of their behavour/driving style. its not tailgating, its M&S tailgating. extremely close, dropping back, catching up quickly again, all unnecessarily, which my reaction to is "stupid sod cant drive, im getting away from them before they cause an accident due to their lack of driving ability"
your foot goes down and hey presto theyve got a potential tug
I'm just as surprised as everyone else that I didnt get pulled on those occasions, that was my expectation.
I know they saw me, they know that I know they saw me. On each occasion I was prepared to be pulled over but it didnt happen. Im fairly sure if I still owned a corsa (it was a 1ltr A>B car not a chavmobile) they would have been all over me.
When I had the corsa I had as others have described police riding my ass on several occasions trying to see if I would go over the speed limit, It was the only car I ever got pulled for speeding in, I made the honest mistake of thinking the etruria road in stoke was a 40 (it IS a 40 now, but it was 30 at the time) but i wasnt fortunate enough to get any leniency on that occasion as the cop thought I was one of the chav brigade that hung out at festival park despite the horrible pale blue colour of the car, stock non-lowered suspension, lack of stickers, lack of blow off value or any modified lights hell there wasnt even a girl in the passenger seat wearing too much make up and big hoop earrings (*appologies if any motors folk here fit this kind of profile, Im only jesting)
pretty much not a fan of the police at all to be honest, got pulled of them twice in the space of a month, the first time was driving along at 70MPH on a 70MPH dual carriageway minding my own business, pulled over and asked if I was insured, the second time had me baffled for about three days, pulled over and some copper came alongside me driver window and calmly asked me if I had seen a bloked in a grey hooded jacket...
, random or what? when I first got my HGT a short while ago got pulled over on the way back from me mates house in Newcastle and the officer asked me 'what I was doing on the road that night...?', what sort of a question is that?!
what else, got fined for having a faulty nearside headlight which I didn't know about it, it worked most of the time but had fault so it went off from time to time so I got slapped with a £30 fine when the arses could have just pulled me over and said 'mate you got a headlight out...' so to be honest im not big fan of the police at the moment. back on topic, sure you can overtake a police car if its doing under the speed limit, won't even be frowned upon either.
, random or what? when I first got my HGT a short while ago got pulled over on the way back from me mates house in Newcastle and the officer asked me 'what I was doing on the road that night...?', what sort of a question is that?!what else, got fined for having a faulty nearside headlight which I didn't know about it, it worked most of the time but had fault so it went off from time to time so I got slapped with a £30 fine when the arses could have just pulled me over and said 'mate you got a headlight out...' so to be honest im not big fan of the police at the moment. back on topic, sure you can overtake a police car if its doing under the speed limit, won't even be frowned upon either.
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pretty much not a fan of the police at all to be honest, got pulled of them twice in the space of a month, the first time was driving along at 70MPH on a 70MPH dual carriageway minding my own business, pulled over and asked if I was insured, the second time had me baffled for about three days, pulled over and some copper came alongside me driver window and calmly asked me if I had seen a bloked in a grey hooded jacket...
You do realise these are all fairly normal things for a Police officer to do?
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Or the they couldn't pull you over because of a myriad of other reasons, like they needed to be available to help stop a drug dealer etc.
lol, really? why pull someone up late at night driving home in his Punto with a mate and ask them what they are doing, isn't that a tad obvious?
also the one driving along a dual carriageway and getting asked if I have seen a bloke in a grey hooded jacket..? course I haven't Im paying attention to whats infront of me not people walking along the path..! failing to see how those could be considered 'normal' for any reason..?Not reallypulled over and some copper came alongside me driver window and calmly asked me if I had seen a bloked in a grey hooded jacket...
They were obviously looking for someone in a grey hooded jacket and were wondering if you'd seen him. How did this manage to leave you baffled for 3 whole days?
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lol, really? why pull someone up late at night driving home in his Punto with a mate and ask them what they are doing, isn't that a tad obvious?
Maybe they thought you were a drink driver and when they were talking to you they smelt your breath, didn't smell any alcohol and so let you go?
As for the second instance, maybe someone had just dumped a car after being chased and they wanted to know if you knew what direction he went in?
I sometimes get pulled weekly, they use "we want to make sure the car isnt stolen", it gets a little bit tiring but I suppose if it was stolen I'd be very impressed with their diligence, fortunately it's not yet annoyed me or held me up for anything important and they are usually nice enough so I'm happy to oblige
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hm ill crawl past a policecar if its not in the outside lane, but i wont go over 75~ on my speedo to do so.
but isnt going over 60mph on a sliproad illegal or something?
but isnt going over 60mph on a sliproad illegal or something?
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really? i thought it was. damn i wont be hanging back any longer fearing 'safety' cams designed to trip peoples up on the onramp!
What right does a policeman have to ask you what you are doing? Last time I looked, driving around is a legal thing providing you are taxed, insured etc.
Nosy sod.
anti terrorism laws have given the police the power to stop and search anyone they like, that was my understanding anyway.
to be fair unless you have something to hide its only a ten minute affair and generally they are as nice to you as you are to them.
to be fair unless you have something to hide its only a ten minute affair and generally they are as nice to you as you are to them.