stubbsy05
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Driving to work today down a bypass, speed limit is 60. I was in a hurry to get to work for a meeting so passed 3 cars doing about 100.
A minute later we drive over a round about and I have a Golf up my arse with a roof rack on. Guy is wearing a white shirt with black things on his shoulders, looked like a copper. Sat behind a further 3 cars doing 35 in a 50 so I overtook them and carried on to work.
Could this guy do anything? Points e.t.c?
[Edited on 29-07-2004 by Alex.S]
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Jason Iles
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No as there is no solid evidence who was driving and what speeds you were doing, he can only take a rough guess.
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Steve
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many other services have white shirts with things on there shoulders, pilots, firemen, paramedics etc
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Joff
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Sometime's you'll get plod waving his warrant card at you - just wave your wallet back and be polite, remembering to keep a hand on the wheel so you remain in control of the car.
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Colin
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PMSL Just give him the fingers and drive off
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L330wnz
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cant do fuck all alex as they got no proof 
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Ditch
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I once had some fool in a pug 406 pulling up alongside me with some badge in his hand, trying to get me to pull over....
nooooo chance matey
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1600power
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yer u wud have been pulled over if they had the evidence m8.....they wont contact u in the post saying blah blah blah!
just remember for next time that going over 70 shud be kept to a privite road 
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Adam-D
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also keep your speed down next few weeks they will have your plate and if hes on duty and see you, well guess
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L33 LEG
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they can do fuck all. its like if an undercover cop ever tries to pull you over, just carry on driving. he has no proof, so no reason to worry about it 
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micra_pete
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undercover, in plain clothes, whatever, if a police bloke, whats to stop, arrest you he can, thats why he's a copper.
if he see's someone slab someone, he can arrest them, if they see someone pissed in a car they can stop them, fine them, if they see you breaking the law, you can be done for it. that is why they are the police
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ajscorsa
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can they do u for speeding tho if there off duty
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micra_pete
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not if they are of duty. i wouldn't have though, just because he's not in a police car doesn't mean he wasn't on duty.
just making a point
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Meat-Pie-SRI
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quote:
Originally posted by L33 LEG
they can do fuck all. its like if an undercover cop ever tries to pull you over, just carry on driving. he has no proof, so no reason to worry about it
er........this is wrong!! Police in unmarked cars can stop you and u'll get arse raped if you don't stop!!
In the scenario of this post, don't worry about it!! His speedo would not have been callibrated so there is no proof of how fast you were going
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wayne hiscock
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ive been stopped by an off duty copper b4
he used all the swear words i cud think of.
so i sat and took it.
i wud have carried on driveing but he sorta thew his bike in front of my car.
only stopped me cos of the noise of my exhaust.
he keeps stopping me cant wait to see him off duty again cunt
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Davidp18
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yer they can do woteva they wnt if there off duty,if they wanna pull u over they can,but i shud think most of em cant be bovd,ignoring em is not a good idea
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gareth9584
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it was just proberly a security guard anyway,dont worry they carnt do anything
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Black Corsa SRi
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yeah i know they can arrest people an that when off duty cause my mate is a copper but there no way he could have done you for speeding when in his private car mate u need some sort of calibrated equpment to proove how fast you were going etc, also even if he had been in a police car and u'd flown past him he could have only done you for your aveage speed after he started to follow you becuase he would have had no solid proof how fast you were going when you went past him. i'd just slow down a bit next time mate and think yourself lucky! LOL Plus think of it this way its not like you murdered someone, and would u like to do watever you do for a job on your days off! i know i wouldnt so should think he'd ave turned a blind eye unless it was really serious anyway, ie drunk or whatever
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Ian
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Depends if it was his own car or an unmarked police car. The latter may just have the ability to accurately track your speed, and even then he'd have to follow you for 1/10th mile at that speed to prosecute.
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MarkM
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Police = Waste of space
[Edited on 29-07-2004 by sport16v]
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Ally
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quote:
Originally posted by sport16v
Police = Waste of space
[Edited on 29-07-2004 by sport16v]
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Ben
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quote:
Originally posted by micra_pete
not if they are of duty. i wouldn't have though, just because he's not in a police car doesn't mean he wasn't on duty.
just making a point
ive never seen police cars with roof racks
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Ben
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quote:
Originally posted by sport16v
Police = Waste of space
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Andrew
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I got followed by an Escort flashing its headlights once doing 45 in a 30. I didn't stop and never heard nothing Also got followed 10 miles by another unmarked police car who clocked me doing 35 but i slowed down and again never heard nothing
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CorsAsh
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My dad used to be an ambulanceman, was driving back from a ceremony in full uniform, when some guy overtook him and cut him up... must have then seen the epaulettes and hat on the dash that resemble coppers uniform, stopped and waved my dad down to apologise profusely...
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