bristolbaron 10 Posted February 13, 2005 Coming back from London on the M4 this evening, I may have allegedly been doing just over 100mph. I was in the middle lane as I had just overtaken a car. A police car came bombing up behind me and flashed the blues, so I slowed down ready to pull over, thinking my licence was about to expire and he turned off the lights, overtook me and kept going!?! I'm still confused, my thinking is i was just very very lucky and it was a warning, but I don't know if there's a possibility they may have video'd me or something and i am screwed? any ideas? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe M 0 Posted February 13, 2005 Sounds like they were too busy or couldnt be bothered stopping you, so gave a flash to slow you down then went on there way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bcstudent 0 Posted February 13, 2005 I'd take it as a warning. I'm pretty sure if they had you on video you'd have been stopped and given the opportunity to watch the offending footage. He may have been just about to nick you when news of a *real* crime came on his radio and he felt the need to attend. Lucky man I'd say! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Hub 0 Posted February 13, 2005 Chill dude, if they didnt pull you over there and then they had other matters to deal with. If they stop you in a car they need to show you the evidence there and then before they can prosecute, so really you can rest easy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Furkz 0 Posted February 13, 2005 def a warning if they video'd u, u woulda been stopped read your rights given a producer and be told that you will hearing from a court in 28 days u lucky fecker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Riley 0 Posted February 13, 2005 i swear to god,ive had the same thing happen about 8 years ago,exact same scenario :!: :shock: in my first car,a nova :lol: nothing ever came of it for me,i hope and think its probably the same for you m8 :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Storm 0 Posted February 13, 2005 When he got close he realised you were in a Corrado, chilled and let you go. :cheers: Seriously as mentioned above, they have to stop you etc, so you got off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coolrado 0 Posted February 13, 2005 dont they have to be able to follow you for a certain distance to be able to get a decent average on vascar? maybe you slowed down enough to drop the average speed down to a legal speed, either way you got away with it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JT 0 Posted February 13, 2005 na chill i was in my friends c and we blipped it down a this small dual carig.. we mostly deffinately hit 110 and when we got to the end only about a mile long my mate came out with oh fu*k have a look behind us and there proud and big was a volvo fully up the rear bumper, where he came from no idea, we slowed to 60 and they followed and followed over took and went on there way we were very lucky :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bristolbaron 10 Posted February 13, 2005 Looks like i'm a lucky boy then! I guessed that it was just a warning, but i've not had enough dealings with the police to be sure. I'm starting a new job tomorrow, which requires having a car so i was stupid to be driving as fast as i was. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GIXXERUK 0 Posted February 13, 2005 i've had this mate, i can only assume they were on a call or just taking the pi** if they were going to do anything they would have there and then also had this on the a55 , a car driving really close , drop a cog up to 120 mph on come the blue lights , heart pounding like an epilleptic elbow and he cruises past........ caught him up tho :-) just having fun on his way home i reckon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 13, 2005 lucky escape! They would have pulled you as everyone has said... Just take it as a close escape and remember 100mph is for private roads (cough)... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Graham_E 0 Posted February 13, 2005 very lucky man, have u considered buying a lottery ticket on wednesday?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Furkz 0 Posted February 13, 2005 When he got close he realised you were in a Corrado, chilled and let you go. :cheers: normally they pull u over to have a better loook at it then do u coz their jealous :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempest 0 Posted February 13, 2005 Yup, lucky. Had a similar experience in my Mk1 Rocco, that I took out last March (as it was my birthday :lol:) for a good spin on the 3-lane A46 leading out of Coventry. Saw this Jag in my rear view wanting to overtake, went to the middle lane, slowed down a bit, only to relaise that he didn't want to overtake. Ultimately he did, revealing that heart-aching text "P O L I C E" along the side of his Jag, but I had already slowed down for quite some time, he just stayed in front of me for a bit more (having given me a good look at whilst slowly passing me - you could see his "Gosh, that's a nice Mk1 Rieger-Rocco"-look in his face :lol:), and ultimately turned off onto the M40 :-) Tempest Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Furkz 0 Posted February 14, 2005 birthdays!!!!!!!!!!!!! u should never go driving on your birthdays...i got caught on mine last april and ended getting banned :mad: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomB 0 Posted February 14, 2005 Yup, definately a warning, I had exactly the same thing a while back in my Passat, I was travelling from Oxford to York (2.5 hours *ahem*) and had just joined the A1/M1 link bit south of the A64 turn-off when an unmarked people carrier with lights in the grille came up very quickly behind me, inched past giving me evil looks and then sped off... Now I only use a pace car :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
