Traffic stops, I guess the type of car does make a difference.

Burnsy2023 · 30 Dec 2011 at 14:02

Disco Boy said:
Maybe you drive like a tool without realising it?

That's probably it.

jaybee · 30 Dec 2011 at 14:06

So you have an M5, thanks for telling us.

[TW]Fox · 30 Dec 2011 at 14:10

jaybee said:
So you have an M5, thanks for telling us.

All about the bling

NVP · 30 Dec 2011 at 14:14

Burnsy2023 said:
That's probably it.

But surely they'd mention that when they pull me over :confused:

jaybee said:
So you have an M5, thanks for telling us.

...you're welcome?

[TW]Fox;20910661 said:
All about the bling

Seriously? This again?

Burnsy2023 · 30 Dec 2011 at 14:29

NVP said:
But surely they'd mention that when they pull me over

Not necessarily. If I think someone is possibly drunk and get them to stop, I'll have a quick chat and if I don't smell alcohol I'll let them get on their way.

NVP · 30 Dec 2011 at 14:31

Oh ok, maybe I need to check the way I drive...

bigjimmyauk · 30 Dec 2011 at 14:36

Burnsy2023 said:
Not necessarily. If I think someone is possibly drunk and get them to stop, I'll have a quick chat and if I don't smell alcohol I'll let them get on their way.

Are you a policeman?

Burnsy2023 · 30 Dec 2011 at 14:36

bigjimmyauk said:
Are you a policeman?

Only on the weekends

SS-89 · 30 Dec 2011 at 14:37

bigjimmyauk said:
Are you a policeman?

Just a vigilante

bigjimmyauk · 30 Dec 2011 at 14:38

Burnsy2023 said:
Only on the weekends

I don't get it ? i've been ill for 5 days and my brain is working slow :mad:

LeonT · 30 Dec 2011 at 14:43

jaybee said:
So you have an M5, thanks for telling us.

Hardly boasting was he? It's not as if it's a £50k car, is it?

DRZ said:
Asian male driving flash car in getting pulled over a lot shocker.

I don't know if the Nuneaton Asian wideboy krew are anything like the Manchester Asian wideboy krew but if they are similar (and given that it appears to be broadly the same everywhere else, that seems likely) then it is absolutely no surprise that they are the subject of heightened Police attention.

OP an M5 with a young looking driver is always going to get pulled, according to my uncle who is a traffic officer for Surrey police.

What the hell has it got to do with him being Asian? Utter drivel. :rolleyes:

Defcon5 · 30 Dec 2011 at 14:46

Who did you buy the car from? Bet it makes an ANPR computer light up like a christmas tree

NathWraith · 30 Dec 2011 at 14:53

I have never been pulled.

Not even in the supra.

A guy at work constantly gets pulled in his 106 despite not driving like a loan, having all the legal requirements (tax, insurance, legal tyres etc). Becasue of some history on the reg on the car before his ownership.

Princey · 30 Dec 2011 at 14:57

I've never had any beef from the police either. I've had a chaved up hot hatch with a loud exhaust and now I have a chaved up omega with 2 loud exhausts

. Plus I look like a small boy who's nicked his dads car.

Burnsy2023 · 30 Dec 2011 at 14:59

bigjimmyauk said:
I don't get it ? i've been ill for 5 days and my brain is working slow

I'm a Special Constable. So to answer your original question, yes I am.

I've only been pulled 4-5 times in my entire life. 3 of which were in the space of a month or so.

NVP · 30 Dec 2011 at 15:00

LeonT said:
OP an M5 with a young looking driver is always going to get pulled, according to my uncle who is a traffic officer for Surrey police.

What the hell has it got to do with him being Asian? Utter drivel.

Hate to admit it and don't want to start a thing about it but I think in some cases it plays a factor, stereotypes do start from somewhere.

Defcon5 said:
Who did you buy the car from? Bet it makes an ANPR computer light up like a christmas tree

From BMW Used Approved.

NathWraith said:
I have never been pulled.

Not even in the supra.

A guy at work constantly gets pulled in his 106 despite not driving like a loan, having all the legal requirements (tax, insurance, legal tyres etc). Becasue of some history on the reg on the car before his ownership.

I always thought ANPR flags/markers get cleared after change of ownership?

Booner! · 30 Dec 2011 at 15:01

I was routine stopped in my Mk4 Golf and put on my way. But after 3 years of 350z/Z4M and various company cars with my baby face, never pulled once.

NathWraith · 30 Dec 2011 at 15:02

NVP said:
Hate to admit it and don't want to start a thing about it but I think in some cases it plays a factor, stereotypes do start from somewhere.

From BMW Used Approved.

I always thought ANPR flags/markers get cleared after change of ownership?

I have no idea tbh. Would be very easy to work around though.

Get done for drugs/speeding etc, "sell" to your mate, mate "sells" it back. Hey presto ANPR clear!

I would imagine it is a lot more sophisticated than that.

I do have to say there are a certain type of car I always see pulled around here though.

usually MK4 Golfs or smaller hatchbacks like corsa's, saxo's etc. never really new cars.

bigjimmyauk · 30 Dec 2011 at 15:12

Burnsy2023 said:
I'm a Special Constable. So to answer your original question, yes I am.

I've only been pulled 4-5 times in my entire life. 3 of which were in the space of a month or so.

Ah i see my head is a mess at the minute lol.

Do special constables get to drive the cars too then , for some reason i only thought they did beat duty.

LukeTW · 30 Dec 2011 at 15:14

NVP said:
Nope E60 in a small town called Nuneaton.

I think thats your problem

(Only down the road from you)