Any actual serving police persons on here?

[Cavcraft]

Because this is the internet

 

 

'If I were you I'd (some ridiculous, far fetched imaginary violent act) on his head/wife/front door and all coppers are (something really sweary) then threaten some form of legal retribution (from your relative or friend) that you will never carry out, then get your Facebook friends to 'like' your comments.For added drama, and to further your case' include the words DISCUSTIN and FEWMIN in capital letters.    

[Lacquer Peel]

A lot of people couldn't tell a new Volvo from an old Mercury. Also creeping Americanisation, British police cars look closer to American police cars than they used to.

[Junkman]

you'd have to be pretty stupid and probably need your licence taken away if you confuse this

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With this.

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It's your government that thinks you are too stupid.

The same government also thinks you are too stupid to know what's going on when one taillight of a car in front of you is blinking red instead of orange.

[New POD]

No. Never ever.

 

Polonez!

 

That's numberwang.

 Polish ?

 

Actually I understand that some years back a bloke with an ex police motorbike, Replaced the last 3 letters and still got pulled over for impersonating a police officer.

[Taff]

The horse rider jackets do that and it looks ok.................. from a distance!

 

Wasn't a private prosecution was brought against a woman wearing one and she was deemed as impersonating a police officer?

 

Aplos for quoting the Telegraph. I hope it's true, the horse riders round our way are smug twats

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10039547/Horse-riders-told-not-to-wear-polite-bibs.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

now there's an idea for a paint job for my Galaxie

[Clanger]

http://autoshite.com/topic/10017-the-news-24-thread/?p=883527

 

What you need are door/pillar mounted spotlights...  This one may still be at my local scrapyard... just sayin like.

[Rusty_Rocket]

We have an ex-MET Police Sherpa (no really..) and have to cover everything when it's on the road, including the 'crests' on the side. My pal has had some suitably sized and shaped magnetic covers made up, in the colour of the van. They look quite good

[Parky]

How about "The Police" and claim you are a fan of the Band?

[wuvvum]

 

The same government also thinks you are too stupid to know what's going on when one taillight of a car in front of you is blinking red instead of orange.

The driver is cadence braking and has a brakelight out?

[Cavcraft]

Taff, on 08 Dec 2015 - 6:34 PM, said:

Wasn't a private prosecution was brought against a woman wearing one and she was deemed as impersonating a police officer?

 

 

 

 

If it was just for wearing the vest, I'd hazard a guess at bullshit, as they are approved by the police. 

[MarvinsMom]

[robinmasters]

Having a quick read of the legislation mentioned in that horse jerkin article, there doesn't seem to be any specific mention of vehicles.

 

It seems to be convered by section 90 of the Police Act 1996, which says 'Any person who with intent to deceive impersonates a member of a police force or special constable, or makes any statement or does any act calculated falsely to suggest that he is such a member or constable, shall be guilty of an offence'.

 

It doesn't seem to be any more specific than saying 'a' police force; can they really include North American police forces in that? Not only that, but the definition requires intent. It's probably not worth taking the risk, if a couple of magnetic signs will remove any doubt.

 

More worrying is section 91. If any real police persons appear on this thread, byvery careful not to say anything that might knock their loyalty:

 

91 Causing disaffection.

 

(1)Any person who causes, or attempts to cause, or does any act calculated to cause, disaffection amongst the members of any police force, or induces or attempts to induce, or does any act calculated to induce, any member of a police force to withhold his services, shall be guilty of an offence and liableâ€â€

(a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;

(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine, or to both.

[MarvinsMom]

[Pillock]

The same government also thinks you are too stupid to know what's going on when one taillight of a car in front of you is blinking red instead of orange.

Ooh! I know this!

It's cadence braking on one wheel only, probably the stability control kicking in YO

 

Edit: Grrr, I was all happy with my witty retort and then found some other fucker has done the joke.

[richardmorris]

I think it's the intent part that's important.

However, how about ......

[richardmorris]

Slightly different but there was a cx ambulance that turned up at Citroen club meetings ( Webb family). They had bobble hats to cover the roof lights.

[purplebargeken]

Lights removed or covered.

 

Police - covered.

 

Not connected siren.

 

No guns

 

Donuts are allowed but doughnuts might be frowned upon before being consumed.

 

Job jobbed. 

 

Now can we please let him get on and fix the Oldsmobile, sigh.

[sierraman]

I'll bear all this in mind if I get pulled over next week by a 1985 Rover 3500 police car. It'll be some fucker trying it on.

[willswitchengage]

AFAIK the law (I haven't read the last few posts... lazy I know) is that it comes under the law of 'impersonating a police officer', and obviously decorating your car accordingly qualifies as this. I believe fitting any blue lights, i.e. LEDs and daft headlights counts too.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I'll bear all this in mind if I get pulled over next week by a 1985 Rover 3500 police car. It'll be some fucker trying it on.

I'm sure that a couple of years ago , a copper driving the Met's SD1 to a show helped stop and arrest someone.

[plasticvandan]

Wonder if I could get done for impersonating an invalid if I drove an Invacar?

[Alan_Green]

If it's illegal to impersonate a police officer, how do you explain PCSOs?

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

they don't seem bothered as long as blue lights & "POLICE" cannot be seen.

know one or two involved in film/tv & this seems to suffice, few years back drove a mk2 swb transit from here to luton & back & the above measures didn't seem to cause any concern.

[PhilA]

'Round hereabouts, you get red-n-blue for the local sheriff's deputies, and blue-n-blue for state police.

 

They all have bull bars. All have larger rims with low(ish) profile tires. Sometimes a spotlight on the pillar.

 

Phil

[the judge]

I have heard of some bikers round this way wearing yellow jackets with POLITE in big letters across the back.

 

Ill advised? Yes.

Stupid? Yes.

No friend? Fucking YES!!

 

What a bunch of bellends,yet they stop an American car nobody is going to mistake for a UK one? Bored copper springs to mind

[panhard65]

I think it all depends on the individual copper. Years ago I had a Renault 18. It had yellow headlights and a purple boat light mounted under the front bumper (Silly I know but I thought it looked cool at the time). I got pulled over and the copper said that I could be done for impersonating a police officer and if he had any complaints I would be nicked for it. He did also say the yellow lights were ok and your are allowed any other colour but blue or red on the front and any colour as long as it is red on the back. It does annoy me now many cars you see running around with blue bloody lights on the front that never seem to get pulled up for it. I suppose it is due to the complete lack of traffic police now. Good luck with the hireing it out venture just be careful if anyone asks you to do a prom as the rules are different and you would need a CRB check and lots of other hoops to jump through.

[Louise2cv]

Apparently it is not true about displaying a blue light being illegal.

 

I think if it flashes you are in trouble, but there is no specific law about blue lights.

 

I asked Matt because I find lorries lit up in all kinds of fairy lights quite distracting, at night they do that weird 1970s top of the pops thing (both me and my mom wear contact lenses and we wonder if its something to do with that? Or is it the same for everyone?). He looked it up and asked colleagues in traffic, and they confirmed it was a bit of a myth.

 

I say BAN EVERYTHING.

[Richard]

at night they do that weird 1970s top of the pops thing.

I hope you mean the kaleidoscope effect and not the other weird 1970s top of the pops thing

[Cavcraft]

I'm considering going to get one of those Polite reflective bibs for when I'm riding on the roads.

 

I'm also definitely not* going to get a blue lende for my high powered flashing front light then turn it in when some tit deliberately drives to close when overtaking me.

[scaryoldcortina]