Update to the 159mph speeding plod

[Bobbeh]

actually I have been passed on the A30 recently by police cars doing way over the ton with no blues on -is that legal?? I dont think so.

 

Me too, many times, they seem to do what they want m8, the hypocrisy stinks.

[ChrisSZ]

.....seems it's ok for them to jump red lights and kill people too with very little punishment

[Fifty]

can we buy a radar gun anywhere lol?

Rich:d

[tbourner]

Not sure whether they can legally drive over the limit with no lights on or not, I know they don't need sirens.

 

Only the trained drivers (area car, armed police etc.) can break the speed limit, 'normal' drivers (although still with more training than average Joe) have to obey the limit (they're supposed to).

 

I know as part of the area car training/initiation they have to drive at stupid speed on a reasonably busy motorway, in an unmarked car with no lights/siren on!!

[tbourner]

.....seems it's ok for them to jump red lights and kill people too with very little punishment

 

It is OK for them to jump red lights, but not to kill people.

[KaoriFan]

they showed a part of the A5 last night where he was going at 114mph, and i think most normal people wouldn't dream of doing that speed in the area.

 

does anyone know the time of day it happened, i can't remember it actually being said last night, all i know was they showed some video of the incident and it was dark while he was on the motorway.

 

considering the motorway conditions at the time, and the traffic, it is pure madness.

[Ian R]

Makes mental note: Never put speeds when using a bullet cam on forum

[KaoriFan]

Makes mental note: Never put speeds when using a bullet cam on forum

 

good point. same as when photos are taken with date on and you forget

[KaoriFan]

the first thing in all of this, one to drive a car at 159 you know intimately (no exhaust jokes), and one you don't know well. then again 159 is way too fast on public highway for anyone.

 

they should raise motorway limits to 100, 70 is ridiculous these days (blame old labour and barbara castle). speed is not the problem, it's incompetence, tailgating etc..

 

at 159 what would his 'superior driving skills' have helped if he had tyre blow-out, animal on road - nothing.

 

if you had same skills as the police driver and were a civilian, could you not use the same argument, surely in a way this has set some kind of precedent.

[Pete]

they showed a part of the A5 last night where he was going at 114mph, and i think most normal people wouldn't dream of doing that speed in the area.

Erm...which part of the A5?