Who can nick you??

[lucky rsm]

Hi all, was travelling down the A13 today doing 60mph in a 50mph, when a police van came along side me from the slip road, and it got me thinking if they have the right to pull you over for speeding or is it just police cars that can?

Also always wonder about other emergancy vehicles, if they can radio in that your doing sank you shouldn't?

So does anyone know if any of these, of the list can get u nicked?
1:Ambulance
2:Fire Engine
3:Police riot van
4:Police van (transit) marked up
5:White van, with a blue square badge on the side saying metropolitan police.
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[carlosthejack...]

Was the van speeding as well then? Nothing can "nick" you if it doesn't have the right equipment on board. A dog van, for example, can stop you and have a word if you go past it at 120mph and one fo the morons in the back seat waves at the copper driving (he even said he wouldn't have done anything if the fat tosser in the back seat hadn't smiled and waved), but they can't nick you, they've got no evidence.
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[lucky rsm]

yeh the meat wagon was speeding as well.

I don't suppose using "nick you" was'nt the correct phrase, getting you pulled was what i was aiming at.

Just always feel abit edgy when going past any of the said vehicles if speeding
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Any marked police vehicle can pull you except for community support officers (who cannot do traffic stops).

I've been stopped by a dog car for a bollocking before. Just did the yes sir no sir routine and went on my way.

Ambulance and Fire engines can't nick you as far as I know. Never had one even bother with me.
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[swampy]

I once got stopped by two paddy wagons. One was behind me, and the other screeched in front of me diagonally like summat out of Starsky and Hutch. I was only doing 30 in a suburban road.

Apparently I had a brake light out...

Was nearly 20 years ago now, and I was a bit young and naive, would probably be a lot more gobby about it now to be honest.
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[garth]

As a keen ambulance chaser I can inform you they don't do shiiiiit.
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[T.C]

Any marked police vehicle can stop you and report you for speeding with the exception as mentioned the Community plod who have no authority at all.

If it is any vehicle other than a traffic car, then the speedometer must be checked against a callibrated speedo or stop watch over the measured mile as soon as practicable after the event and the details of how, where and when the check was done entered into evidence.

Any discrepancies in the accuracy of the speedo would result in the prosecution being quashed, and for this reason it is therefore unlikely that a FPN would be issued but a summons for a court appearance.

Additionally a copper in plain clothes cannot do a traffic stop, but a uniformed copper in a plain car can.

Ambulance, Fire and Highways Traffic Bods also have no authority.

In most cases if non traffic do a speed check, then it usually just results in a bollocking as they can't be bothered to do the speedo check or the paperwork.

If the speed check is done aginst the speedo, then it has to be done over 3/10 of a mile on main roads or 1 mile on a motorway
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[c_dug]

The white combo vans with the met police blue square on the side are used for things like forensic's people, I'm not certain, but I wouldn't think you would get tugged by one of them.
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[neil.]

It's the A13... is there anyone who actually keeps the the speed limit on that road? (except me, officer)

If you were reading the speedo, you may well have been travelling more slowly, say 55mph.

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[The999Kid]

[P.addy]

I did get a warning from the police when they saw me following an ambulance on my little KH125

[GREENI3]

Page 35, rules 107 - 108 of the Highway Code.

[Wilson12345]

Once I was giving it full whack on the YBR and an ambulance overtook me approaching a bend, was incredible.
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[G]

It's the motorway 'wombles' I worry about.
We presume they're also in fairly easy communication with the Police; and quite possibly have a bit of a power trip going on.

[Gazdaman]