Brush with the Law...

[AJZ4London]

So. Driving towards London from Portsmouth today, stunning weather, good tunes. Join the A3 and in front is a Z4 being tailed by a fiesta ST. From the look of the exhaust it was a 2.0. I don't tail them but keep up from a few car lengths behind, the Z is trying to get away but cars are in front. Fiesta is about a metre off his ass. A subaru comes bombing up behind me so I floor it a little but ultimately pull over and let him pass. By this point the Z and ford have shot off doing 120mph +. As the Subaru passes I see two reflectors in the rear and it dawns on me...this is an undercover police car.

I pull in and reduce to 70. 2 minutes later I see flashing lights ahead...the police car is crawling and letting all cars catchup. He orders Z, fiesta and me over to the parking area. I pull up at the end, watching PC plod running up towards me. It goes something like this:

"You need to slow the f*ck down, I clocked you doing ** at one point" I started to apologise and say that I sped up because he was driving close behind me but before I dug myself a hole he let me off saying that the other two were driving faster and at least I kept my distance...so I escape having been filmed at **. Needless to say, 75mph the rest of the way home.

The moral of the story? Don't speed! or just make sure someone else is driving faster than you are or driving dangerously
Is the owner of the other Z on here? Black, on the A3 at 15.30/16.00. Also passed a light blue Z nearer to London, very nice.

[Ian_Mac]

Imagine you were the other Z driver and you got done for racing a FIESTA... oh the shame of it!

[AJZ4London]

haha good point!! If they are on here they would not admit it...

[pvr]

You 100% sure you were let off? Remember they can send the NIP on if he felt like it via the post.

[klarky]

i would of thought if they got you bang to rights you'd have got something, so it sounds like although you were "clocked" at 93 mph they didnt have enough to prove it in court perhaps?

bottom line is we ll know what the limit is, sounds like you had a lucky escape

[ksher]

It was entrapment. Under-covered police cars always follow their targets at speed. If they, especially M3 and hot hatch, go over speed limit, they will be caught.

[Dreamer]

Lucky escape. I would amend your post if i were you. Never admit to anything, even online. Other people have had forum posts brought up as evidence in court before.

[ChrisL]

Yep - Dreamer is right. This happened to someone on Scoobynet - their posts were used as evidence against them!

[AJZ4London]

Good point...

Definitely let-off, rozzer had bigger fish to fry. He was nailing it in the Subaru, just be mindful next time a similar car sticks behind you, they might be filming...

[Greeno]

i would second the 'never admit to anything'.

i have a friend who's a copper and he said you'll be lucky to get off full stop if you get pulled over.

he said the only thing worth a go is if you are asked by a copper (once pulled over) what speed you were going dont give a definitive figure as as soon as you say you were doing 40 in a 30 (for example) you have just admitted guilt.

and you aint got no where to go once you have admitted guilt............

Thankfully i have not and nor do i want be in a position where i have tried this. but quite often it depends on what mood they are in and other circumstances (as you have discovered)

[ovrkll]

This is why, on longer trips, I *always* let a rabbit in front of me and keep about a 1/4 mile behind (Most of the time ). Shame on letting the ST even think he was in a race, either dust 'em or let them go.

[rabman5]

An undercover Subaru?! What is the world coming to?

[pvr]

In The Netherlands they have always had Porsche 911 as standard motorway issue police vehicles. What a job ...

[Breaker]

Imagine you were the other Z driver and you got done for racing a FIESTA... oh the shame of it!

Don't diss the ST! My girlfreinds got one! Nice drivers car and surprisingly agile on the road!

[spokey]

Imagine you were the other Z driver and you got done for racing a FIESTA... oh the shame of it!

Don't diss the ST! My girlfreinds got one! Nice drivers car and surprisingly agile on the road!

Oh God, not here as well. We have a couple of ST fanbois on babybmw and they are very wearing.