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kj - 3/10/13 at 06:12 AM

Driving up the A1 yesterday when a white skoda pulled out in front of me no indicators and verry sharp with little distance between us, ok so i pulled into the middle lane accelerating slightly, then the skoda comes along side and does the same. I flashed my head liights which stuck on main beam for a second or two and the the skoda decided to flash his blue lights mounted in the standartd back lights, and shot off for a couple of hundered meters.
If i had driven in such a bad way i am sure he would have stopped me

onenastyviper - 3/10/13 at 06:28 AM

Take it as a life lesson.

HowardB - 3/10/13 at 06:44 AM

look at it this way

you now know about at least one of the unmarked cars on the A1,... and you have done us all a good turn by letting us know too


dhutch - 3/10/13 at 06:51 AM

quote:
Originally posted by HowardB
look at it this way, you now know about at least one of the unmarked cars on the A1,... and you have done us all a good turn by letting us know too

Or at least, you know that there is a knob in a White Skoda with blue lights in the rear cluster. May not be an undercover car!

loggyboy - 3/10/13 at 07:02 AM

quote:
Originally posted by dhutch

Or at least, you know that there is a knob in a White Skoda with blue lights in the rear cluster. May not be an undercover car!


That was my instant thought.

iank - 3/10/13 at 07:08 AM

My understanding is that if an unmarked turns it's lights on it always pulls someone (or are on the way quickly to an incident), they don't use them to intimidate people.
Sounds more a muppet with some blue lights in the grill to me.

Possibly make a complaint to the local BIB, and if they don't have a white skoda unmarked they'll likely take an interest.

[Edited on 3/10/13 by iank]

Daddylonglegs - 3/10/13 at 07:22 AM

quote:
Originally posted by iank
My understanding is that if an unmarked turns it's lights on it always pulls someone (or are on the way quickly to an incident), they don't use them to intimidate people.


[Edited on 3/10/13 by iank]


Not always true I'm afraid chap. A couple of years ago I was driving along a dual-carriageway and overtook a car about 300m before the road went back to 2-way and it sped up to stop me. I pulled in behind and flashed, he then gave me 5 seconds of blue lights on the parcel shelf before disappearing off!

I was not speeding, he was doing well under the limit and I was within the limit but about 15mph faster than he was and had oodles of time to get past and pull in safely.......

loggyboy - 3/10/13 at 07:56 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Daddylonglegs
Not always true I'm afraid chap. A couple of years ago I was driving along a dual-carriageway and overtook a car about 300m before the road went back to 2-way and it sped up to stop me. I pulled in behind and flashed, he then gave me 5 seconds of blue lights on the parcel shelf before disappearing off!

I was not speeding, he was doing well under the limit and I was within the limit but about 15mph faster than he was and had oodles of time to get past and pull in safely.......


Quite possible/proabable that wasnt a police car either then!

Ive been flashed by cars with genuine lights a few times that havent been cop cars. A blood transportation car tried to pull me over a few years ago when I was going quite fast past him on the M/way and he didnt like it. It got to the point where I acctually stopped on a slip road and he pulled up along side me and tried to tell me off! I took his plate and reported it.
Wifes also been blued by what I assumed to be a Doctors car that was right up our chuff at 80mph, so when we pulled back in after overtaking another car, we expressed our displeasure with a gesture and a flash, he blued the his rear lights in his rear window. When we pulled up at the next junction I could see the compressed gas warning symbols which made me believe he was just a doctor or similar carrying oxygen or something. He wasnt in call as was quite happy to sit in traffic at the junction.


[Edited on 3-10-13 by loggyboy]

kj - 3/10/13 at 07:56 AM

I was driving with the cruise controll set at 69 which is normally 1 mph under, I have seen them use silver audi's and a silver landrover, he did not bother anyone overtaking him .
Just glad i did not do any rude hand signals

motorcycle_mayhem - 3/10/13 at 07:57 AM

I wouldn't expect any police driver to follow the 'rules', nor the 'law'. These are not things for him.
I avoid all contact with the police, motorised or pedestrianised, it has never been beneficial.

Makes me a tad angry when I hear that our highly trained police drivers are OK to do over 90 mph in a 30 limit, because they're 'trained, professionals'. The people that they hit, injure and kill, unfortunately are not.
Wish the IPCC had teeth.

Peteff - 3/10/13 at 08:17 AM

quote:
Originally posted by loggyboy
A blood transportation car tried to pull me over a few years ago when I was going quite fast past him on the M/way and he didnt like it. It got to the point where I actually stopped on a slip road and he pulled up along side me and tried to tell me off! I took his plate and reported it.
Wife's also been blued by what I assumed to be a Doctors car that was right up our chuff at 80mph, so when we pulled back in after overtaking another car, we expressed our displeasure with a gesture and a flash, he blued the his rear lights in his rear window.


Doctor's lights are green. Police, ambulance, fire and coastguard are allowed blue lights. Report any vehicle for impersonating a police officer if you ever see one again.

loggyboy - 3/10/13 at 08:49 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
quote:
Originally posted by loggyboy
A blood transportation car tried to pull me over a few years ago when I was going quite fast past him on the M/way and he didnt like it. It got to the point where I actually stopped on a slip road and he pulled up along side me and tried to tell me off! I took his plate and reported it.
Wife's also been blued by what I assumed to be a Doctors car that was right up our chuff at 80mph, so when we pulled back in after overtaking another car, we expressed our displeasure with a gesture and a flash, he blued the his rear lights in his rear window.


Doctor's lights are green. Police, ambulance, fire and coastguard are allowed blue lights. Report any vehicle for impersonating a police officer if you ever see one again.


These were defo blue, so maybe a Paramedics.
Any emergency vehicle can have blue lights and they are classed as:

for police purposes (but not necessarily a police vehicle, e.g. search and rescue)
for fire brigade purposes (but not necessarily a fire brigade vehicle)
for ambulance purposes (but not necessarily an ambulance vehicle, e.g. cave rescue)
as an ambulance for moving sick, injured or disabled people
by a specialist company for fire salvage work
by the Forestry Commission for fire fighting
by local councils for fire fighting
for bomb disposalfor nuclear accidents
by the RAF mountain rescue
by the National Blood Service
by HM Coastguard
for mine rescue
by the RNLI for launching lifeboats
for moving around human organs
by Revenue and Customs for serious crime
for mountain rescue purposes
by the military special forces (e.g. The SAS) for a national security emergency

RK - 3/10/13 at 10:52 AM

Why did you flash your lights in the first place? I thought he was alongside.

kj - 3/10/13 at 11:07 AM

Driving up the A1 yesterday when a white skoda pulled out in front of me no indicators and verry sharp with little distance between us, ok so i pulled into the middle lane accelerating slightly, then the skoda comes along side and does the same.


I flashed my lights when he pulled in front of me as per thehighway code they are used to make other drives aware you are there and not to flash drivers out of junctions.

[Edited on 3/10/13 by kj]

Daddylonglegs - 3/10/13 at 11:59 AM

quote:
Originally posted by loggyboy
quote:
Originally posted by Daddylonglegs
Not always true I'm afraid chap. A couple of years ago I was driving along a dual-carriageway and overtook a car about 300m before the road went back to 2-way and it sped up to stop me. I pulled in behind and flashed, he then gave me 5 seconds of blue lights on the parcel shelf before disappearing off!

I was not speeding, he was doing well under the limit and I was within the limit but about 15mph faster than he was and had oodles of time to get past and pull in safely.......


Quite possible/proabable that wasnt a police car either then!
[Edited on 3-10-13 by loggyboy]


It was definitely a police car, standard 'blues' in the back window and they were in uniform!

Irony - 3/10/13 at 01:43 PM

Traffic cops mostly seem to be mostly above the law. I got pulled over for doing a u-turn in a incorrect place. My fault I admit it I was in the wrong. The copper gave me a tedious lecture than then got back into his car and did a you turn where I did a uturn.

kj - 3/10/13 at 03:20 PM

rules for one and rules for another a police officer on my estae uses her phone while driving

Mr Whippy - 3/10/13 at 04:27 PM

Doubt it was even a police car, just a nugget with the lights fitted

MikeRJ - 3/10/13 at 05:56 PM

quote:
Originally posted by kj
Driving up the A1 yesterday when a white skoda pulled out in front of me no indicators and verry sharp with little distance between us, ok so i pulled into the middle lane accelerating slightly, then the skoda comes along side and does the same.


I flashed my lights when he pulled in front of me as per thehighway code they are used to make other drives aware you are there and not to flash drivers out of junctions.

[Edited on 3/10/13 by kj]


So he overtook you and pulled in front, but you didn't believe he was aware of you? I'm not defending his poor driving, but flashing headlamps in those kind of situations is aggressive behavior and often doesn't end well.

kj - 4/10/13 at 06:32 AM

So if he wrote my car off, who would have come out best in a court?
I would not class that as aggresive, if i had of done some hand geusture i would aggree.