WARNING! Unmarked Subaru on M23

livvy wrote: They do use a lot of V6 mondeos & 2litre ones. Why is there a high chance of someone going for it ? No one can make you drive faster than the limit, the person who has control of the car is supposed to be you. If you go faster than the limit there is no-one to blame but you, it's your personal responsibility. If someone is travelling faster than you & the limit then just let them go by. You don't have to view it as a threat to your masculinity that another car on the road is travelling faster than you & the speed limit. That's their choice to take the risk & them who'll get the points if caught.

Come on! In the real world the Scooby is percieved as a boy racers car and myself like most people have the urge to 'have a go' the police know this and this is there reason for having it unmarked.

It is no threat to my masculinity when there is another car wishing to travel faster than me, if I choose to 'have a go' then it is because I enjoy it. I admit there is a 'time and a place' for this, speeding in a 30 zone past a school is reckless and punishment should be dealt but on a clear open road away from other people and in good conditions, why not?

Mark

They do use a lot of V6 mondeos & 2litre ones.

Why is there a high chance of someone going for it ?
No one can make you drive faster than the limit, the person who has control of the car is supposed to be you.

If you go faster than the limit there is no-one to blame but you, it's your personal responsibility. If someone is travelling faster than you & the limit then just let them go by. You don't have to view it as a threat to your masculinity that another car on the road is travelling faster than you & the speed limit. That's their choice to take the risk & them who'll get the points if caught.

livvy wrote: That's got nothing to do with entrapment though, neither has the use of unmarked cars either.

So why don't they use say a rover 75, or a V6 Mondeo? Surely they'd get a better discount.

Maybe they do get a good reduction in price but I think another reason is that they know that when they storm up behind another Impreza or a CSL or any other high performance car, there is a high chance that the the guys going to go for it. I feel thats entrapment.

The whole safety issue about speeding should be addressed by increasing the visability of the Police and the number about. Not to give the person a reason to "go for it". My opinion and I'm sticking by it. 

I'm not against the use of unmarked cars in the right circumstances. However I feel an Impreza is a bit too blatent to say the least.

Edited by whitey

The Police purchase cars with two criteria in mind.

Firstly they have to fit the purpose for which they are intended & they have to present value for money over their working life.

There is a wider variety of vehicles that can satisfy the first criteria than the second. Quite often what may seem like the more expensive purchase in the first place, infact offers greater cost effectiveness over the vehicles life. Police don't pay anything like list price on purchases, they get discounts by purchasing in bulk & the premium marques have a much higher resale value depreciating far less than other vehicles that may have been cheaper in the first place.

That's got nothing to do with entrapment though, neither has the use of unmarked cars either.


Edited by livvy

Robmw wrote: Livvy, How about putting inferior cars in their place

Don't get what you mean by that.

whitey wrote: I'd claim entrapment!

On what basis ?

May be of interest for the Sussex guy's. Spotted today on the M23 around Peace Pottage an unmarked dark metallic Impreza with only the flashing blue lights in the windows, NOTHING else to ID it. It was nicking an Audi A6 northbound. Sorry, didn't catch the exact colour or reg as I was hammering along!

I'd claim entrapment!