Unmarked police cars !!

Burma-Shave · Post by **Burma-Shave** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:41 pm

We have a couple of passat saloons (or similar VW thingmy) up here, with very well hidden blue LED lights. They are quite cool-looking when they have the lights on though..

Question is..why an Evoque? Surely there are more useful motors for apprehending perpetrators than one of those silly Focus-based cul-de-sac trinkets?

crisc204 · Post by **crisc204** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 4:21 pm

Burma-Shave wrote:We have a couple of passat saloons (or similar VW thingmy) up here, with very well hidden blue LED lights. They are quite cool-looking when they have the lights on though..

Question is..why an Evoque? Surely there are more useful motors for apprehending perpetrators than one of those silly Focus-based cul-de-sac trinkets?

IMHO because speedy-speederson will fly past it thinking that's not the Plod!
Especially in Surrey (where I saw one) it didn't look out of place until the Blue's came on...

My friend has an S-Max with the 2.5 Turbo ST Focus engine. they are quite rare and pretty quick

That might be what they are using oop north

stuby · Post by **stuby** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:22 pm

South Yorkshire have an array of different vehicles, 5 series, S max's, 3 series, Focus St, Audi A4 Avant, and the customary dull Volvo's. They have sets of 'ghost' plates, i.e more than 1 reg no. registered to each car so the 'eagle eyed' motorist can't take note of the reg no. cos it may have a different one on the next time its out on patrol - dead sneaky....

How do I know ?

We service the glass replacements for them and have seen the plates in the cars......

Stu

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Wed May 22, 2013 2:03 pm

hot66 wrote:
alfacat wrote:
hot66 wrote:2013 Range Rover Evoque ..... Top speed 135mph

1973 Porsche 911, 2.4s .... Top speed 145mph

Can't see there being a problem

Sadly, Police Helicopter not fast but very agile...

Radio waves very very fast (not really playing fair but there you go)...

And smile your on GATSO camera...

All the best
Ian F.
this is North Yorkshire .... don't think we have a helicopter & deffo no Gatso's .. there are are hand held guns and the cameras in the cars though .... so I'd need some new fangled cloaking device

( disclaimer : I don't condone speeding or trying to outrun an Evoque )

turns out North Yorkshire's new speed camera vans are quite effective

left4dead · Post by **left4dead** » Wed May 22, 2013 2:11 pm

You been nabbed, James?

210bhp · Post by **210bhp** » Wed May 22, 2013 2:15 pm

Dead giveaway in Strathclyde. All the traffic cars, marked or unmarked, have number plates beginning with the same two letters.......

Regards
Mike

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Wed May 22, 2013 2:32 pm

left4dead wrote:You been nabbed, James?

NIP in the post today

1st time in 22 years of driving.

912uk · Post by **912uk** » Wed May 22, 2013 2:39 pm

White Mercedes Vito van 58 plate with a black full length roof rack complete with pipe tube on the rack.
Look close and you see the lights.

Seen it 3 times with the blue lights going on the M3 over the last year. Even saw it again Last Friday.

mycar · Post by **mycar** » Wed May 22, 2013 2:58 pm

hot66 wrote:
left4dead wrote:You been nabbed, James?
NIP in the post today 1st time in 22 years of driving.

The first time you go over the speed limit in 22 years and they nab you ? That is terrible bad luck !

Mike.

misteralz · Post by **misteralz** » Wed May 22, 2013 3:03 pm

stuby wrote:South Yorkshire have an array of different vehicles, 5 series, S max's, 3 series, Focus St, Audi A4 Avant, and the customary dull Volvo's. They have sets of 'ghost' plates, i.e more than 1 reg no. registered to each car so the 'eagle eyed' motorist can't take note of the reg no. cos it may have a different one on the next time its out on patrol - dead sneaky....

How do I know ?

We service the glass replacements for them and have seen the plates in the cars......

Stu

If that's true, it's very illegal and utterly disgraceful.

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Wed May 22, 2013 3:11 pm

Silver 'camper van' on the ribblehead

Mr Pharmacist · Post by **Mr Pharmacist** » Wed May 22, 2013 7:02 pm

I got done by a similar or maybe even the same vehicle a few months ago - the feckers...

I took the speed awareness course option...

and then a few weeks later got caught crossing double white lines overtaking a tractor and trailer crawling up the hill on the A59.

Its not been a good year for me & the police

petric · Post by **petric** » Wed May 22, 2013 7:23 pm

told you all about the camper van in Yorkshire area can kill at a mile apparently sit in lay buys possing as a happy camper! around our town we now have the whole of durham traffic stationed at our cop shop coming and going all the time my big speed and handing demos are now very restricted run loads of 3/5 series bmw saloons and estates and you are correct they swop the plates a customer of mine is a local bike cop and he has told me so peter

Jasper · Post by **Jasper** » Thu May 23, 2013 10:13 am

I have seen a Golf R 32 the fast one with big motor, around Gatwick area recently.

Bruce M · Post by **Bruce M** » Thu May 23, 2013 10:34 am

If it is successful (lots of points issued and fines collected), this sort of thing will be standard procedure for every region in the country.

Hmmm.

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