Anyone seen this before?

Sacarius · Scooby Slapper Joined: 02 Jun 2004 Karma :

I saw this on a Blackbird site:

https://gallery.superblackbird.info/images/rich_allies-pol3.jpg

Do police use these?
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map · Mr Calendar Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Karma :

Badge on the side looks like Durham police.
Like on the Volvo...
https://www.ukemergency2.f9.co.uk/dsc02743.jpg

Durham has a good reputation for bikers and safety. The chief constable doesn't have any fixed speed cameras
(although they do have mobile - here).
They prefer education and have a number of sports bikes in the police logo that they take out to bike meets to break the ice and get talking.

Must work too, as the number of deaths for bikes is very very low (about 1 or 2 from memory) where somewhere like Essex with no police motorcycles the number of deaths is in the high 20s or low 30s (again from memory, please someone correct if possible). Suspect the roads are nicer in Durham too! Very Happy

HTH

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slowarse · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Karma :

yeah, i've heard of em a few times. Very Happy

sickpup · Old Timer Joined: 21 Apr 2004 Karma :

there were 2 based in south yorkshire on the M62.

hugo-a-gogo · Trackday Trickster Joined: 13 Feb 2004 Karma :

a lot of these bikes are just to generate publicity, to take to shows, bike meets etc get bikers seeing the cops as OK

(i used to live in County Durham, roads are ok!)
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Gazdaman · I did a trackday!!! Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Karma :

In essex we do indeed have no police motorcycles, and one of the highest, if not the highest biker death toll. Another was in the paper today, hit a telegraph pole.

Gaz

Diehard · Trackday Trickster Joined: 18 Jan 2004 Karma :

County Durham has a FireBlade and VTR kicking about. I havn't seen the blackbird but it wouldn't suprise me. Will ask me dad about it though (he's in the Durham force). The VTR plus FireBlade were patroling the roads at the croft Superbikes, they got more looks than the Cresent Suzi's Very Happy

. No Gasto's in Durham at all, but the vans are a tad sneaky, but I'm all for reducing deaths.
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Lost_Prophet · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 28 Nov 2004 Karma :

^^funny cos guessing by ure name and sig it looks like you dont care
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