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Just gotten off with a warning for doing 90-something on a 70mph dual carriageway.
Came round a nice series of sweeping curves and and came face to face with plod hding behind a van holding a laser gun - backed up with a pursuit motorbike.
Plod flagged me down, I pulled in and got out the motor to talk to him nice and calmly.
He motioned towards the speed gun and asked me if I knew what the speed limit was and how fast I was going.
I played dumb and told him it was a 70mph limit and I guessed I was doing slightly over as he wouldn't have stopped me otherwise. He alleges I was doing over 90mph - probably a bit quicker before the previous bend.
Anyway, he takes me over to the speed gun to show me the reading and does a double take as he realises the reading is not displaying. He goes through what looked like the last few readings, but he can't find the one he says was me doing 90mph+. The fastest on there is 84.xx?
He has a word with his mate on a bike and comes over to tell me that as the conditions were good, the road was clear and I seemed to be in full control of the car he would "let me off this time" [what a cliché]!
As I eat humble pie and slope of to the motor he asks me what the car is and I tell him it's an M5 (I removed the badges a while ago). "Nice motors them" he says and off I go!
>>> Edited by M-Five on Friday 8th March 11:55
Came round a nice series of sweeping curves and and came face to face with plod hding behind a van holding a laser gun - backed up with a pursuit motorbike.
Plod flagged me down, I pulled in and got out the motor to talk to him nice and calmly.
He motioned towards the speed gun and asked me if I knew what the speed limit was and how fast I was going.
I played dumb and told him it was a 70mph limit and I guessed I was doing slightly over as he wouldn't have stopped me otherwise. He alleges I was doing over 90mph - probably a bit quicker before the previous bend.
Anyway, he takes me over to the speed gun to show me the reading and does a double take as he realises the reading is not displaying. He goes through what looked like the last few readings, but he can't find the one he says was me doing 90mph+. The fastest on there is 84.xx?
He has a word with his mate on a bike and comes over to tell me that as the conditions were good, the road was clear and I seemed to be in full control of the car he would "let me off this time" [what a cliché]!
As I eat humble pie and slope of to the motor he asks me what the car is and I tell him it's an M5 (I removed the badges a while ago). "Nice motors them" he says and off I go!
>>> Edited by M-Five on Friday 8th March 11:55
I had a similar experience at Finsbury Park a few years back. I went tanking up the one way system and motorcycle plod jumps out from behind a bus shelter with a speed-gun. He pulls me over and gives me all the spiel and as he is flicking through the gun he can't find my speed.... Then he asks me "How fast were you going?" to which I reply "30 mph c*ntstable" he stamerred "I...I..I can't find your speed..." "unlucky Son," I said and he had to let me go!!! I couldsn't help but laugh as I drove off.He was mortified 
>> Edited by flasher on Wednesday 20th March 07:09
>> Edited by flasher on Wednesday 20th March 07:09
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